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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 289

Three: Corporal A. S. Philpott, Royal Air Force

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (4022894 L.A.C. A. Philpott. R.A.F.); U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (C4022894 Cpl A S Philpott RAF), mounted as worn, good very fine (3)

Arthur S. Philpott served as a Technician with 1903 Independent Air Observation Post Flight in Korea. Equipped with Auster aircraft, its Army pilots were employed as spotters, flying unarmed for the Artillery. An independent unit, unattached to a particular Squadron, 1903 Flight was formed in Korea in October 1951 and served until the ceasefire, acting as a forerunner to the Army Air Corps.

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