Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Flt. Lt. M. G. Geoghegan. R.A.F.V.R.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £240-£280

Michael Gerald Geoghegan was born on 28 April 1914 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 18 November 1937, being commissioned Pilot Officer on 10 August 1940. He served during the Second World War as a Bomber Pilot with 97 (Straits Settlement) Squadron, and was forced to bale out following a raid on Berlin on the night of 12-13 August 1941, when his Manchester crashed near Munster on the return journey. The entire crew descended successfully, and were taken prisoners of War. He was held at Stalag Luft III at Sagan from 19 April 1943 to 28 January 1945 (including the period of ‘The Great Escape’ in March 1944), and was then moved to Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, from where he was liberated in May 1945. His M.I.9 Questionnaire states: ‘Escapes attempted: One unsuccessful attempt by tunnelling, Oflag VI B, February to May 1942.’

He died in Umtali, Rhodesia, in 1966.

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