A Collection of Awards to the R.F.C. and R.A.F. formed by Wing Commander Bill Traynor

Five: Flight Lieutenant A. A. G. Dent, Royal Air Force, a veteran of the Northern Kurdistan 1932 operations

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Northern Kurdistan (560596 L.A.C., R.A.F.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (560596 L.A.C., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (Fg. Off., R.A.F.), generally good very fine, the first rare (5) £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the R.F.C. and R.A.F. formed by Wing Commander Bill Traynor.

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Approximately 65 officers 280 airmen were awarded the “Northern Kurdistan” clasp.

Born in July 1911, Dent was first commissioned in the Royal Air Force in November 1942, and served in the Engineer Branch up until his retirement as a Flight Lieutenant in March 1958.