Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Squadron Leader R. E. Libby, Medical Technician Branch, Royal Air Force

1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Arabian Peninsula (Fg. Off. R. E. Libby. R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Fg. Off. R. E. Libby R.A.F.) good very fine (6) £160-£200

Provenance: Tony Sabell Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013.

Robert Ernest Norman Libby was born in Plymouth on 31 December 1915. Believed to have joined the Royal Air Force around 1938, he was listed on a ship to Gibraltar in 1938, address given as 93 Admiral Street, Devonport. He was commissioned Flying Officer from Flight Sergeant on 3 May 1956, and was later promoted Flight Lieutenant on 8 June 1960, and Squadron Leader in the Medical Technician Branch of the R.A.F. on 8 July 1966. He retired on 11 July 1970, and died in Plymouth in July 1990.