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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 187

An unusual campaign group of five awarded to Leading Aircraftman J. L. Mylan, Royal Air Force, who saw Arctic service during the Second World War

Arctic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Russia, Soviet Union, Ushakov Medal, reverse officially numbered '3639', with accompanying named certificate in case of issue; Russia, 70th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War Medal, the campaign awards in their named, late issue, boxes of issue, overall good very fine (5)

J. L. Mylan served with the service number 1236406, by family repute he was part of the Royal Air Force effort to supply and train Soviet forces on allied lend-lease equipment. This likely places him with No. 151 Wing serving as part of Operation Benedict, at Vaenga airfield near Murmank. There two squadrons- No. 81 and No. 134- flew active combat missions to protect incoming convoys as well as training Russian pilots. Their ground crews were responsible for both maintaining the aircraft in the freezing conditions of the Arctic and also training the Russian ground crews.

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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£500