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Framed case of medals awarded to Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1992/0423/D

Wing Commander Kenneth John Lawson had participated in over 100 operational sorties before his Avro Lancaster was destroyed during an operation to attack Nuremberg on 3 January 1945.

Seven medals in a frame with a silver plaque giving presentation details. The medals include a DSO (bar) and DFC, RAF Museum

Portrait of Wg Cdr Raymond Hilton DSO DFC* and group photograph of 83 Squadron

Archives, In Storage, B3932

‘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.

Photographic protrait of an airman, Crown

Certificate of award of Pathfinder Badge to Flg Off Leslie Arnold Cox, 20 February 1945

Archives, In Storage, A344

In February 1945, Flying Officer Leslie Arnold Cox received a letter from AVM Don Bennett, advising him that he had qualified for the Path Finder Force Badge.

Typescript letter with signature of Don Bennett in ink at bottom right, Crown

A yank in the RCAF

Archives, In Storage, B2445

This is the memoir of American Major Hubert Knilans of No. 617 Squadron detailing his time in the RCAF. He flew in Operation Taxable, a deception operation leading up to D-Day.

A yank in the RCAF | B2445

Rear Gunner (Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton) by Jacob Kramer, lithograph

Fine Art, In Storage, FA00821

Jacob Kramer made this portrait when his Leeds friend Percy Dalton joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve. Following his promotion to Flight Lieutenant, Dalton died when his Wellington bomber was shot down over France in 1942.

Jacob Kramer lithographic portrait of Rear Gunner Pilot Officer Percy Arthur Dalton, Consult Collection Curator before use. / RAF Museum