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Auction: 12044 - The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal Charity Auction
Lot: 22

A Good 1943 Bomber Command ´Immediate´ D.F.M. to Lancaster Navigator Sergeant, Later Flight Lieutenant, L.C.A. Dowdell, Royal Air Force, For His Gallantry In Pressing Home A Raid Over Leipzig, 20.10.1943, and Subsequent Safe Return, Despite His Lancaster Having Been on Fire For Over Four HoursDistinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1395833. Sgt. L.C.A. Dowdell. R.A.F.), extremely fine, in named card box of issue, with the following related items:- City and Guilds of London Institute Technological Examination Prize Medal, the edge inscribed ´Leslie Charles Andrew Dowdell, First Prize, Electrical Installation Work, Course C, 1954.´- Postagram to the recipient from Air Chief Marshal Sir A.T. ´Bomber´ Harris congratulating him on the award of his D.F.M., dated 30.10.1943 and signed ´A.T. Harris´- Letter to the recipient from Air Vice-Marshal E.A.B. Rice congratulating him on the award of his D.F.M.- Two newspaper cuttings regarding the incident for which Dowdell was awarded the D.F.M.- Eight group and individual photographs of the recipient

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