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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 548

A very rare 1945 D.F.C., 1952 A.F.M. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant, late Master Gunner J. D. Sanders, Royal Air Force

Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated '1945'; Air Force Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (1319786 F. Sgt. J. D. Sanders. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, clasp, France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Flt. Lt. J. D. Sanders. R.A.F.), mounted as worn, good very fine (7)

Approximately 27 D.F.C., A.F.M. combinations awarded to the Royal Air Force, just one of two with the 2nd type A.F.M.

D.F.C. London Gazette 27 March 1945:

'Warrant Officer Sanders has completed numerous operations in the course of which he has invariably displayed the utmost skill, fortitude and devotion to duty.'

A.F.M. London Gazette 5 June 1952.

John Dennis Sanders was born in 1923 and joined the Royal Air Force in June 1940 and served in the Lancasters of No. 156 Squadron at Upwood and Wyton. During the course of the conflict he flew no less than 40 Ops as an Air Gunner, for some 136 hours in his Log Books and was awarded his Path Finder Force Badge on 1 February 1945. Having been awarded his A.F.M., understood to have been rewarded in respect of his service with No. 35 Squadron, Sanders was made Master Gunner on 6 March 1953. He was commissioned Flying Officer in the General Duties Branch on 23 August 1956 and was promoted Flight Lieutenant on 23 August 1959. Transferred to the Secretarial Branch in February 1964, he was retired on 14 August 1966; sold together with copied research.

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Sold for
£4,800

Starting price
£3200