A post-war General Service Medal awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. N. Dymond, Royal Air Force, who flew in excess of 100 operational sorties over Radfan and elsewhere in Hunters of 1417 Fighter Reconnaissance Flight

General Service 1962, 2 clasps, Radfan, South Arabia (Flt. Lt. J. N. Dymond, R.A.F.), good very fine £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Coldstream Guards, R.F.C., R.N.A.S. and R.A.F. formed by the late Tom Baugh.

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Having attended the R.A.F. College Cranwell 1951-54, Dymond was commissioned as a Pilot Officer and posted to No. 64 Squadron, a Meteor unit based at Duxford, in February 1955, the commencement of a long career that would also witness him flying Vampires and Hunters, and it was in the latter type that he completed over 100 operational sorties over Radfan, Beihan and Yaffa in July-December 1964, while serving in 1417 Fighter Reconnaissance Flight. His other career appointments included 4, 8, 79 and 94 Squadrons and he was placed on the Retired List as a Flight Lieutenant in December 1970.

Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s original R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Books (4), covering the periods September 1951 to July 1955, August 1955 to September 1957, November 1957 to July 1962 and August 1962 to September 1970, together with a “Green Endorsement” for landing his Vampire after complete engine failure at 800 feet on take off, on 20 February 1958, signed by the O.C. A.D.S., Sylt; and quantity of career photographs (approximately 10 images), including air-to-air images of the recipient flying his Hunter over Aden.