Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Second Lieutenant T. W. Whittaker, Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. T. W. Whittaker. R.A.F.) edge of VM prepared for naming, good very fine (2) £100-£140

Travis William Whittaker was born on 8 August 1898 and served with both the Royal Naval Air Service and, from 1 April 1918, the Royal Air Force during the Great War. Flying DH4-A8022 with 217 Squadron, he dropped 2 x 230lb bombs on a U-boat 2 miles off Ostend Piers on 27 June 1918, and the following day crashed on landing (but was unhurt). He transferred to the Unemployed List on 15 January 1920.

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