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Auction: 24111 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 643

Four: Squadron Leader T. Vickery, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oakleaf, sold together with named card box of issue and an archive of original named documents, good very fine

M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1945.

Thomas Vickery was appointed Pilot Officer on 4 May 1940 and was transferred to the Technical Branch on 11 November. Advanced Flight Lieutenant on 1 January 1943 he appears to have flown with No. 83 Group during the D-Day landings. This unit was equipped with Typhoons, armed with rockets and attacked ground-based targets. Acting Squadron Leader by the end of the War Vickery was confirmed in the role on 16 January 1957; sold together with an original Mention in Despatches certificate, two magazine extracts relating to Vickery’s Jewellers, a document of commission, four masonic parchment documents and a booklet entitled No. 83 Group 1943/45 along with a copied London Gazette extract.


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Sold for
£190

Starting price
£140