Lot Archive

Lot

№ 580

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27 September 1994

Hammer Price:
£450

A Second World War D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant K.C. Saw, No. 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron, Royal Air Force

DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL, G.VI.R. (632221 F/Sgt., R.A.F.); 1939-45 STAR; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, nearly very fine (5)

D.F.M., London Gazette, 11 June, 1943. The following recommendation was extracted from official records: 'This N.C.O. has taken part in many successful sorties against very heavily defended German towns and against Italian and other objectives. He also took part in daylight attacks on Brest, Danzig, Le Creusot and Milan.'