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Medal Bar of Air Chief Marshal Baron Dowding of Bentley Priory
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1997/0254/D
Given his huge influence in the success of the RAF in the Battle of Britain, Sir Hugh Dowding has relatively few medals.
Medal Bar of Air Vice Marshal Harold Arthur Cooper Bird-Wilson, CBE, DSO, DFC and Bar, AFC and Bar
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-6817
Arthur Bird-Wilson survived several crashes during his long and successful career as an RAF pilot during and after the Second World War. He was commended for ‘fine fighting qualities and determination in his attacks’.
Medal Bar of Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris GCB, DSO, OBE, FRSA
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-4016
Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris began his long service with the RAF in the University Air Squadron in 1936 and served throughout the Second World War.
Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Henry Humphrey, GCB, OBE, DFC, AFC and Two Bars
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1988/0611/D
Sir Andrew Humphrey had a long and distinguished career in the RAF, beginning at RAF College Cranwell in 1939 as a Flight Cadet. He became Chief of the Air Staff in 1974 and was later promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
Medal Bar of Wing Commander Eric James Brindley Nicolson
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 83/D/1062
As a pilot during the Battle of Britain in 1940, Nicolson was awarded RAF Fighter Command’s only Victoria Cross.
Medal Bar of Group Captain John Alexander Kent
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1988/0713/D
Group Captain ‘Johnny’ Kent was one of the most decorated Spitfire pilots of the Second World War. His tally was 12 enemy aircraft destroyed, three probable, two damaged and one destroyed on the ground.
Medal Bar of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X002-5900
Hermann Göring was awarded the Iron Cross and Pour le Mérite (Blue Max) while serving as a fighter pilot in the First World War.
Medal Bar of Flight Sergeant Avis Hearn
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X004-7220
The Military Medal was awarded to Avis Hearn for gallantry during the Battle of Britain when she was an Acting Corporal.
Medal Bar of Squadron Leader Alfred Whitby
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X002-6494
Alfred Whitby was rated as an exceptional pilot who flew Hurricanes with No. 79 Squadron at Biggin Hill in the Second World War.
Medal Bar of Wing Commander Alan Geoffrey Page, DSO, DFC and Bar
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-6855
Geoffrey Page was badly burned when he was shot down while attacking a German bomber formation over the English Channel on 12 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain.
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- Battle of Britain, 1940
- France, Invasion of, 1940 [2]
- Overlord, 1944 June [2]
- Atlantic, Battle of, 1939-1945 [1]
- Winch, 1941 [1]