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Auction: 6017 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 358

A Scarce Combination Group of Three to Corporal A. MacConnachie, Royal Air Force General Service 1962-, two clasps, Radfan, Northern Ireland, last clasp loose on riband (4259244 LAC. A. Macconnachie R.A.F.); South Atlantic (Cpl. A. Macconnachie (Q4259244) RAF), with rosette, minor official correction; Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., E.II.R., ´Br: Omn.´ type (Cpl. A Macconnachie (Q42592244) RAF), very fine or better, with pewter (Sheffield) tankard, impressed ´The Defence of the Falkland Islands, In Recognition of the Gallant Services Rendered in the Liberation of the Falkland Islands and their Dependencies from the Military Occupation of the Argentine Republic, April 2nd-June14th, 1982. God Save the Queen. Member of the British Task Force 1982´, engraved ´Cpl. Archie MacConnachie 39 (PR) Squadron R.A.F.´ (3) Estimate £ 1,200-1,400Corporal Archibald MacConnachie (1942-1998), born Ayre, Scotland; resident of St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, served in 39 Squadron, Royal Air Force, during the Falklands Conflict. 39 Squadron took part in low level Tactical Reconnaissance Operations (Canberra PR9´s); disbanded May 1982, with some members re-forming into No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit.

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