Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 328
A Campaign Group of Six to Halifax Flight Engineer, Warrant Officer N.D. Walker, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Who Flew in At Least 37 Operational Sorties; He Later Re-Engaged for Service in Cyprus and Northern Ireland as Warrant Officer 1st Class, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1939-1945 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal; United Nations Medal for Cyprus; General Service 1962-2007, one clasp, Northern Ireland (22826221 W.O.Cl.1 N.D. Walker REME.); Army Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., with 'Regular Army' bar suspension (22826221 W.O.Cl.1 N.D. Walker. REME), remnants of lacquer, last partially officially renamed, generally nearly very fine or better, mounted for wear, with the following original related items and documents:
- The recipient's related miniature awards and riband bars
- R.A.F. Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers (25.3.1944-14.1.1945)
- R.A.F. Service and Release Book
- War Department Civilian Employee's Certificate of Service, 29.11.1948-13.10.1950
- Portrait photograph of recipient in R.A.F. uniform, and photograph of same in REME uniform (lot)
22826221 Warrant Officer Norman Douglas Walker, born 1921; enlisted (no. 1891647) Royal Air Force, 31.5.1943; carried training as Flight Engineer, 1652 Conversion Unit, from March 1944; posted for operational flying to 10 Squadron (Halifaxes), Melbourne, Yorkshire, May 1944; flew in 37 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Montorglieil; Mont Candon (2); Blainville; Thiverny; Kiel; Foret-de-Nieppe (2); Prouville; Bois de Cassan; St. Philibert Ferme; Dijon; Tirlemont-Gloson-Court; Brest; Lumbres; Soesterberg; Le Havre; Gelsenkirchener-Benzin; Calais; Bochum; Duisburg (3); Wilhelmshaven; Essen; Cologne; Dusseldorf; Munster; Sterkrade; Hagen; Soest; Osnabruck; Hannover; Hanau and Dulmen; discharged 9.12.1946; employed as a 'Skilled Turner' at 4 Central Workshops, REME, Donnington, Shropshire, by the War Department, 1948-1950; took up employment with the Ministry of Supply prior to service as Warrant Officer, REME, 1952-79.
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