A Caterpillar group of four to Flight Sergeant J. E. Corrie, 44 (Rhodesia) Squad-ron, Royal Air Force

1939-45 STAR; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; WAR MEDAL, these three privately named; Caterpillar Club Badge, gold brooch with 'ruby' eyes, reverse named (T/Sgt. J. Corrie, Pres. by Irving Co.), very fine (4)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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Sergeant J.E. Corrie made a parachute jump from a disabled aircraft near Margate in the early morning of 18th June, 1941, and was consequently elected a member of the Caterpillar Club and presented with a gold Caterpillar brooch by the Irving Air Chute Company. He was posted missing, presumed killed, on 6 October, 1942, when his Lancaster W4188G failed to return from a bombing mission.