Auction Catalogue

28 July 1993

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 327

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28 July 1993

Hammer Price:
£520

A Bomber Command D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant K.C. Saw, No. 97 (Straits Settlements) Squadron, Royal Air Force

DISTINGUISHED FLYING MEDAL, G.VI.R. (632221 F/Sgt., RAF.); 1939-45 STAR; AIRCREW EUROPE STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, generally very fine (5)

D.F.M., London Gazette, 11 June, 1943. The following recommendation was extracted from the Public Record Office, London: 'This N.C.O. has taken part in many successful sorties against very heavily defended German towns and against Italian and other objectives. He also took part in daylight attacks on Brest, Danzig, Le Creusot and Milan.'

The lot is sold with details of 37 sorties flown by F/Sgt. Saw between April 1941 and November 1942.