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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 886

Three: Sergeant (Wireless Operator) M. Holker, Royal Air Force, killed in action when his Wellington crashed returning from an operation over Venice in December 1940

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, together with the Air Council enclosure named 'Sergeant M. Holker' and named entitlement slip, nearly extremely fine (3)

Maurice Holker was born in 1921 at Bolton, Lancashire. He was killed in action when Wellington L7799 of No. 9 Squadron operating from RAF Honington crashed into a hill on Mill Lane, Lullington, Hailsham at 0727hrs on 22 December 1940 whilst returning from an operation on Venice. All six crew members lost their lives and Holker is buried in the Dean St. Mary Churchyard, Bolton.

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