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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 500

The mounted group of six miniature dress medals worn by Flying Officer A. J. 'Jenkie' Dick, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

A veteran of two operational tours and a highly impressive tally of 86 sorties - in Halifaxes and Lancasters of 102 and 35 (P.F.F.) Squadrons - he invariably experienced some close calls, among them a combat with an Me. 210 in the vicinity of Magdeburg in January 1944; so, too, no less than six trips to the 'Big City'

But most memorable of all was likely the occasion his flak-damaged Halifax ditched off the Dutch coast on the night of 21 June 1943: he and his dinghy-bound crew were spotted by Typhoons in the afternoon of the 22nd and were subsequently rescued by a Walrus pick-up that evening

Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R.; Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R.; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (6)

For his full-size awards and a full biographical note, please see Lot 302.


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