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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 322

A Scarce Second War 'Far East' Hellcat Pilot's Casualty Group of Four to Sub-Lieutenant (A) I.T. Dean, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Killed in Action During A Strafing Attack On A Japanese Locomotive, 26.7.1945
1939-1945 Star; Atlantic Star; Burma Star; War Medal, Mint State, in card box of issue, addressed to 'Lt. Col. H.G. Dean, Hoccomte Mill, Lydeard St. Lawrence, Taunton, Somerset', with named Admiralty Condolence Slip (lot)

Sub-Lieutenant Ian Trant Dean, R.N.V.R., born Lancashire, 1925; son of Lieutenant Colonel H.G. Dean, D.S.O.; served as a Pilot with the Fleet Air Arm during the Second War; he was posted as a Midshipman to No. 2 Naval Fighter School, August 1944; posted for operational flying to 786 Squadron (Seafires) for service on H.M.S. Ravager (escort aircraft carrier) for Atlantic convoy escort duties, October 1944; transferred to 896 Squadron (Hellcats), May 1945; he was serving with the Squadron on H.M.S. Ameer (escort aircraft carrier), when he was killed in action, 26.7.1945; on the latter date he carried out a strafing attack as part of Operation Livery, a three day operation to clear the approaches to Phuket Island; Dean attacked a Japanese locomotive at Dhung Song Railway Junction, Phuket Island, Thailand; his aircraft burst into flames and crashed into some Palm Trees; he is buried in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.

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