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17 July 2024

Hammer Price:
£280

Three: attributed to Halifax Flight Engineer, Pilot Officer D. C. T. Jagger, 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action on a raid to Kiel on 4-5 April 1943

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all later issues, mounted for wear, with numbered tickertape medal slip, and later issue unnamed medal enclosure, very fine (3) £100-£140

David Colin Tansley Jagger was born in Thorne, Yorkshire, and resided with his wife in Seaton Ross of the same county. He served during the Second World War as a Flight Engineer with 10 Squadron (Halifaxes) operating out of Melbourne, Yorkshire. Jagger, with Flying Officer J. A. Wann, R.C.A.F. as his pilot, was killed in action along with the rest of his crew whilst carrying out an operational sortie to Kiel on 4-5 April 1943. The crew of seven are all commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.