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Medal Bar of Air Commodore John Searby

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, X003-7393

John Searby was credited as the first Pathfinder "Master of Ceremonies" for the Peenemunde raid of August 17 1943, and for this was awarded the Distinguished Service Order seen in the medal bar.

Medal Bar, two crosses, two stars, four medals, of different material held on different coloured ribbons, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Aerial views of Peenemünde, before and one after the 1943 raid

Archives, 1943, In Storage, X004-2322/017

These press cutting were collected by Group Captain John Henry Searby, of No. 83 Squadron, who commanded Operation Hydra.

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