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Auction: 1005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 22

x The Second War ´1943´ Pathfinder´s D.F.M. Group of Six to Lancaster Flight Engineer, Flight Sergeant S.R. Arter, 97 Squadron, Royal Air Force a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (777715. F/Sgt. S.R. Arter. R.A.F.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Air Crew Europe Star, this a later copy d) Africa Star e) Defence and War Medals, very fine (6) Estimate £ 1,400-1,800 D.F.M. London Gazette 7.12.1943 777715 Flight Sergeant Stanley Roland Arter, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, No. 97 Squadron. The Recommendation states: ´This airman has completed a large number of operational sorties. He has taken part in many of the recent attacks on important German targets which have included Berlin, Nuremberg, and Hanover. On two occasions his aircraft has returned to base with one engine unserviceable. Flight Sergeant Arter has been an outstanding member of a reliable crew and his keenness for operations has been most praiseworthy.´ 777715 Flight Sergeant Stanley Roland Arter, D.F.M. served during the Second World War, and at the time of the award of his D.F.M. was flying with 97 Squadron (Lancasters), part of No.8 (Pathfinder Force) Group- in June 1943 the Squadron marked and illuminated the Zeppelin works at Friedrichshafen and the Italian Naval Base at Spezia, the latter on the occasion of the first "shuttle-bombing" raid.

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