Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant H. H. Falls, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action while serving as an Air Gunner in a Lancaster of No. 115 Squadron during a sortie to Berlin in November 1943

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, in their original addressed card forwarding box, together with named and numbered issuance slips, Air Ministry condolence slip and Buckingham Palace memorial scroll, these last in the name of ‘Sergeant H. H. Falls’, extremely fine (3) £250-300

Henri Hugh Falls commenced his operational career as an Air Gunner in No. 115 Squadron, a Lancaster unit operating out of Little Snoring, in early November 1944. Allocated to Flying Officer E. B. Woolhouse’s crew, he flew his first sortie - to Mannheim - on the night of the 18th-19th.

Having then been to Berlin and back on at least two occasions in the interim, Falls and his crew lost their lives on another trip to the “Big City” on the night of 26th-27th, when their plane was downed over Stockhelm, north-east of Frankfurt. They were all buried in Durnbach War Cemetery and Fall’s medals were forwarded to Mrs. S. Falls of Shore Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland.