Lot Archive

Lot

№ 385

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18 June 1997

Hammer Price:
£110

Three: Sergeant (Rear Gunner) L. G. Smith, No. 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, these all named, together with named condolence slip and card box of issue addressed to his widow at ‘Wycliffe Road, Aufield, Liverpool’ nearly extremely fine (3)

Sergeant L. G. Smith was killed in action on his second operation, 11 May 1944, when his Lancaster failed to return from a strike against Hasselt, Germany.