The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F.

Three: Flight Lieutenant C. H. F. Palser, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, a Balloon Branch Officer who came under fire at Gosport in August 1940

Defence and War Medals; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Flt. Lt., A.A.F.), together with a set of related miniature dress medals, minor contact marks, good very fine or better (6) £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F..

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Clement Henry Ford Palser was commissioned in to the Auxiliary Air Force as an Acting Pilot Officer in August 1939, when he joined No. 933 (Hampshire) Squadron, a Barrage Balloon Section of the A.A.F. It is likely, therefore, he was present when that unit was attacked by enemy fighters at Gosport on 12 August 1940, an action that resulted in the death of 10 airmen and two civilians. Advanced to Flying Officer that December 1940, he remained employed in the Balloon Section until transferring to the Administrative and Special Duties Branch in July 1942, soon after having been advanced to Flight Lieutenant. Awarded the Air Efficiency Award in July 1948, Palser relinquished his commission in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force in October 1954.