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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 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 9 Air Marshal Sir Harold ‘Micky’ Martin
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1989/0003/D
‘Micky’ Martin was a highly decorated Australian RAF pilot who flew in the Dams Raid of May 1943. He was renowned for his skill at low level flying and completed 83 operations for Bomber Command in aircraft including Hampdens, Manchesters, Lancasters and Mosquitos.
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 6 of Squadron Leader Lawrence ('Benny') Seymour Goodman
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X008-7563
Benny Goodman was born in London and joined the RAF in 1939. He completed 30 operations with No. 617 Squadron including against the battleship Tirpitz. His medals are 1939-1945 Star with Bomber Command Clasp, Arctic Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Legion d'Honneur Order of the Chevalier.
Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2415
The details of where Corporal Reeves served and what his role was are not known, other than that he worked as groundcrew during the Battle of Britain. He represents ‘the Many’ who supported ‘the Few’, without whom the Battle could not have been won.
Military Medal of Sergeant Helen Emily Turner
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 76/D/692
Helen Turner served as a switchboard operator at the busy RAF station at Biggin Hill, as a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force. On 30 August 1940, during an air raid, she kept on working in order to maintain vital telephone contact with Group Headquarters. She and colleague Corporal Elizabeth Henderson only left when a 500lb bomb crashed through the roof and the building caught fire.
Medal Bar of Wing Commander Raymond Hilton
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1993/0280/D
‘Ray’ Hilton was the pilot of our Lancaster R5868 on the first of its 137 operations, to Wilhelmshaven on 8 July 1942. Hilton captained the aircraft on a further 17 operations.
Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2416
The details of where Corporal Reeves served and what his role was are not known, other than that he worked as groundcrew during the Battle of Britain. He represents ‘the Many’ who supported ‘the Few’, without whom the Battle could not have been won.
Medals of Corporal Ernest Gladstone Reeves
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, X001-2417
The details of where Corporal Reeves served and what his role was are not known, other than that he worked as groundcrew during the Battle of Britain. He represents ‘the Many’ who supported ‘the Few’, without whom the Battle could not have been won.
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