Three: Flight Engineer Sergeant W. F. Hall, Royal Air Force, who completed 30 operational missions with 90 Squadron and 7 Squadron P.F.F. between December 1943 and July 1944

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (3) £600-£800

W. F. Hall began his operational flying career with 90 Squadron in December 1943; his crew then moved to 7 Squadron, Path Finder Force, where they flew to seven different German targets during the Battle of Berlin in February 1944. After his crew marked the wrong target, they were returned to 90 Squadron to complete their tour. These operations included five “Special Duty” operations in April and May 1944, dropping supplies to the French Resistance, and five daylight missions in July 1944.

Sold with Flying Log Book covering the period September 1943 including his operational flying, wartime training flights through to September 1945, and a large number of postwar civilian flights through to April 1995. Together with an oversized portfolio mission diary in Air Ministry SO Book 129 containing extremely detailed descriptions of all 30 operations with target bombing photos, official damage assessments, official reports of operations, newspaper clippings, and samples of leaflets dropped on these missions. An impressive and comprehensive record.