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Auction: 12044 - The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal Charity Auction
Lot: 14

A Second War 1945 ´Bomber Command´ Lysander and Lancaster Air Gunner´s D.F.C. Group of Five to Warrant Officer H. Dutton, Royal Air Force, Who Flew in At Least 44 Operational Sorties, Many of Them Over Heavily-Defended German Targets, And Shot Down an Me.109 During a Daylight Raid Over Essen, 18.7.1842a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ´1943´, and contemporarily engraved in upright sans-serif capitals ´534538 Warrant Officer Harry Dutton Bomber Command R.A.F.´b) 1939-1945 Starc) Air Crew Europe Star, with France and Germany bard) Defence and War Medals, good very fine, with the following related items:- D.F.C. Royal Mint case of issue, together with Central Chancery letter regarding the investiture, dated 11.6.1945, and two Buckingham Palace investiture tickets, dated 22.6.1945- Card box of issue for the Second War awards, addressed to H. Dutton, Esq., D.F.C., 30, Wagg´s Road, Congleton, Cheshire- R.A.F. Observer´s and Air Gunner´s Flying Log Book, covering the period 2.3.1941-26.7.1944- The recipient´s unofficial Flying Log, covering the period 27.7.1940-31.5.1942, the inside cover inscribed ´Previous Log Book commencing October 1937 and containing over 450 flying hours was lost in fire at Bekesbourne Aerodrome, Kent on 25th May 1940´- R.A.F. Service and Release Book, and Identity Card- The recipient´s Permanent Passes to RAF Manby and Waddington; and Royal Air Force Pocket Book 1932- Framed and glazed group photograph of the Aircrews of the 44th (Rhodesia) Heavy Bomber Squadron, Royal Air Force, in front of a Lancaster Bomber, taken August 1942- Various photographs of the recipient, including one of him outside Buckingham Palace having received his D.F.C. (lot)

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