Family Group:

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant K. V. Breed, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in a training accident on 7 August 1945
1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Admiralty enclosure, extremely fine

One: Sergeant C. E. Breed, Royal Air Force
War Medal 1939-45, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£120

Kenneth Victor Breed was born in Leeds on 1 December 1925 and served during the Second World War as a temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant in the Fleet Air Arm, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was killed in a training accident on 7 August 1945, whilst serving with 713 Squadron based at H.M.S. Urley (Ronaldsway Airport, Isle of Man), when his aircraft crashed into the Irish Sea off Port Soderick, Isle of Man, and he is buried in Manston (St. James’) Churchyard.

Charles Edward Breed was born in Leeds on 10 January 1924, and qualified for his wings in Rhodesia on 3 August 1945. He died in Eastbourne, Sussex, on 30 June 2003.

Sold with C. E. Breed’s Pilots Flying Log Book, covering the period 2 January to 17 December 1945; Pilots wings; and two group photographs.