Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Attributed to Leading Aircraftman C. W. F. Hitchings, Royal Air Force
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Army Council enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. J. Hitchins, 15 Islingwood Place, Brighton 7, Sussex’, extremely fine

Pair: Attributed to A. Vassallo, Royal Air Force
Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45, with Air Council enclosure and medal enclosure slip, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘A. Vassallo Esq., 15 Tawfik Street, Cairo, Egypt’, good very fine (6) £60-£80

Charles Walter Frank Hitchings was born in Brighton, Sussex, on 27 September 1915, and attested for the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 29 January 1940. He served during the Second World War on full-time service from 25 June 1940 to 29 November 1945, in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany as a Gunner with 2713 Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, and was released on 20 February 1946.

Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Service and Release Book; Attestation Paper; Leave Pass; Royal Air Forces Association Membership card; and R.A.F. Regiment cloth insignia.