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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 16

(x) A Second War '1945' Bomber Command D.F.C. Group of Seven to Warrant Officer I C.H. Jack, 35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force
a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated '1945'
b) 1939-1945 Star
c) Air Crew Europe Star, with France and Germany Bar
d) Defence Medal
e) Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Overseas clasp
f) War Medal
g) Canadian Forces Decoration, E.II.R. (Sgt. C.H. Jack), generally very fine or better, mounted for display, with similarly mounted miniature awards (lot)

D.F.C. London Gazette 17.4.1945 Warrant Officer Clayton Hugh Jack (Can/R.75219), 35 Sqn., Royal Canadian Air Force.
The Recommendation (jointly with several other Commonwealth Servicemen) states: 'W.O. Clayton Hugh Jack (C/R75219), R.C.A.F., 35 Squadron (Air Bomber, Sorties 41, Flying Hours 164). The officers and airmen marked have completed, in various capacities, numerous operations against the enemy, in the course of which they have invariably displayed the utmost fortitude, courage and devotion to duty.'

35 (Madras Presidency) Squadron flew Lancasters for the latter stages of the War, and played 'a major part in historic Bomber Command raids - Le Creusot (19/20th June, 1943), Peenemunde (17/18th August 1943)... and in the early hours of D-Day, 6th June, attacked two German coastal batteries - one at Maisy and the other at Longues. Later in the year the gun batteries on Walcheren Island, key to the vital port of Antwerp, and communications centres supporting Von Runstedt's Ardenne offensive, felt the weight of the squadron's bombing. The closing months of the war saw a series of successful raids on industrial targets, hastening the enemy's final collapse.' (Bomber Squadrons of the R.A.F. and Their Aircraft, P.J.R. Moyes, refers)

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