Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Sergeant H.A. Powys-Jones, Royal Air Force

1939-45 STAR; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; WAR MEDAL, all unnamed as issued but sold with a quantity of original documentation and two photograph albums including R.A.F. Certificate of Discharge, 4 September, 1940 killed in action, good very fine (3)

Hugh Arthur Powys-Jones was born in London and enlisted on 8 August, 1939. He served briefly with 101 Squadron before being posted to 15 Squadron on 24 May, 1940. He is first mentioned in the Squadron Operations Book on 27 May, when he was harrying the Germans on their advance to Dunkirk, his pilot being P/O Roberts, in a Blenheim. He took part in 16 similar operations through to the end of August. On 3 September he took part in a high-level attack on St Omer aerodrome. Whilst circling their own aerodrome on their return the plane crashed into a field killing all the crew: P/O Myland, Sgt. Powys-Jones, and Sgt. Petrie.