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Auction: 12044 - The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal Charity Auction
Lot: 15

A Good 1944 ´Immediate´ Coastal Command Beaufighter Pilot´s D.F.C. Group of Five to Squadron Leader M.H. Exton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, His Aircraft Was Hit and Turned Upside-Down Whilst Flying on an Anti-Shipping Strike To Egero, 9.10.1944, ´By Sheer Strength and Throttle Manipulation He Managed to Right The Aircraft And Carried Through the Attack, Scoring A Torpedo Hit on One of the Merchant Vessels. He Then Flew His Badly Crippled Aircraft Back To Base, And Made a Successful Landing´a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ´1944´b) 1939-1945 Starc) Atlantic Star, with copy France and Germany Bard) Defence and War Medals, traces of lacquer, very fine, with the following related items:- D.F.C. Royal Mint case of issue- The recipient´s related miniature awards; badge; RAF wings; and various buttons- (2) R.A.F. Pilot´s Flying Log Books, covering the periods 11.12.1941-12.9.1942 and 26.11.1942-28.3.1958 respectively- The recipient´s Memoirs- Three photograph albums, covering the period 1941-1949- The recipient´s Ray Ban sunglasses- Various newspaper articles (lot)

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£2,500