Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (P.O. M. P. Hall J16063) in case of issue; together with the recipient’s Royal Canadian Air Force Operational Wings Badge; R.A.F. cloth wings; and R.C.A.F. Air Gunner’s cloth Brevet; together with a related British War Medal 1914-20 (3186085 Cpl. J. Hall. N.S.R.) nearly extremely fine (2) £200-£240

Maxwell Palmer Hall was born in 1919, the son of John Henry Hall and Elisabeth Hall, née Palmer, of Berwick, Nova Scotia, and was commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force on 12 October 1942. Posted to 408 Squadron, based at R.A.F. Leeming, as an Air Gunner, he was killed in action on the night of 4-5 April 1943 when his Halifax, piloted by Squadron Leader E. G. Gilmore, D.F.C., was shot down by the German ace Oblt. Paul Szameitat over the Wadden Sea during a raid on Keil. The other Air Gunner, Sergeant R. T. Wiggett, managed to bale out and was taken Prisoner of War, but the rest of the crew was killed. Hall has no known grave and is commemorated along with the rest of his crew on the Runnymede Memorial.

Sold together with the recipient’s Commission Document, dated 3 February 1943; R.C.A.F. Operational Wings Bestowal Certificate, dated 21 August 1946; Minister of National Defence for Air Condolence Card; and a portrait photograph of the recipient, and another with his crew.