Auction Catalogue

25 March 1997

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 669

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25 March 1997

Hammer Price:
£620

A Second World War A.F.C. group of five awarded to Flying Officer H. E. Davis, Royal Air Force

Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1944’ and additionally inscribed ‘F/Lt. H. E. Davis’; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fg. Off., R.A.F.) good very fine (5)

A.F.C. London Gazette 8 June 1944. Flying Officer Harold Edwin Davis.

An interesting account of how Sergeant pilot Davis remained with his burning aircraft and saved the village of Snodland, near Rochester, Kent, from disaster in July, 1936, accompanies the group.