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Auction: 4004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 43

A Pathfinder's D.F.M. Group of Five to Warrant Officer Air Gunner A.Purvis, Royal Air Force Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (156923 F/Sgt A. Purvis R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, with Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book (13.101943-22.4.1945), Service and Release Book, contemporary documentation and photographs (5) Estimate £ 1,400-1,800 D.F.M. London Gazette 25.5.1945 Flight Sergeant No. 635 Sqn. 'This N.C.O. has participated in 42 operations against the enemy and is now engaged on his second tour of operational duty. He possesses coolness and displays exceptional fearlessness in the face of danger which inspires confidence.' Warrant Officer Alan Purvis D.F.M. 91923-99), born at Percy Main, North Shields; joined the R.A.F. 1942; No. 635 Squadron (Lancasters) June 1944; by March 1945 Purvis had completed 54 operations including Dresden 13/14.2.1945, Kiel, Stuttgart, Stettin, Emden, Essen, Munster, Cologne, Munich, Magdeburg and Nuremburg; died 1999

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