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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 421

A scarce 1959 A.F.M. group of three awarded to Master Navigator S. W. Austin, Royal Air Force, who saw active service in Cyprus and the Near East with No. 38 Squadron

Air Force Medal, E.II.R. (582745. F. Sgt. S. W. Austin. R.A.F.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Cyprus, Near East (582745 Sgt. S. W. Austin. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (582745. F. Sgt. S. W. Austin. R.A.F.), mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (3)

A.F.M. London Gazette 13 June 1959.

Stanley William Austin was posted to No. 38 Squadron as a Sergeant Navigator, flying Shackletons on 21 July 1956 (AIR27/2772). They operated from Luqa airfield on Malta and Austin clearly saw extensive operational and training flights in the period. He was attached to the U.K. from 7-13 August 1957 at Aldergrove and was returned home, tour expired on 21 January 1959, with his A.F.M. following some months later.

Austin was posted to No. 24 Squadron on the Hastings aircraft on 13 October 1959, with whom he remained until July 1962 (AIR27/2743 & 2913). Examined in his navigating at FEAF Command at Changi in Novmber 1964, he was posted to No. 511 Squadron, flying the Britannia from 28 October 1965 (AIR27/3199) until his discharge as Master Navigator on 2 July 1968; sold together with copied research.

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