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Medal Bar of 13, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt

Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1998/0274/D

Edgar Rainey Ludlow-Hewitt served in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. He became Air Officer Commanding in both Iraq and India in the 1930s.

Bar of 13 metal and enamel medals suspended from coloured ribbons, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAFM/Iain Duncan

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

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.

Nine medals including a white enamel cross (DSO) two silver crosses (DFC and AFC, three bronze stars, and three silver medals, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Medal Bar of Wing Commander Guy Gibson including: Victoria Cross replica; DSO and bar; DFC and bar dated 1940; 1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star with clasp; War Medal 1939-1945.

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1990/0608/D

Wing Commander Guy Gibson was awarded the Victoria Cross (RAF Museum collection 1990/0609/D) on 28 May 1943 for his outstanding skill, determination and courage demonstrated leading No. 617 Squadron during the iconic Dams raid of 16-17 May 1943.

Six medals, including the Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

War Medal 1939-1945 of Sgt Charles Alfred Hilder

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1944, In Storage, X008-8796

The ribbon is not attached to Sergeant Charles Alfred Hilder's War Medal 1939-1945 because it was awarded posthumously.

silver medal depicting the King and ribbon of mirrored red, blue, white vertical bars ofdivided by a central red vertical bar, RAF Museum

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

1939-1945 Star of Sergeant Charles Alfred Hilder

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1944, In Storage, X008-8797

The ribbon is not attached to Sergeant Charles Alfred Hilder's 1939-1945 Star because it was awarded posthumously.

Gold Star and a ribbon of three equally sized bars of colour, light blue, red and dark blue, RAF Museum

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.

RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Air Crew Europe Star of Sergeant Charles Alfred Hilder

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1939-1944, In Storage, X008-8798

The ribbon is not attached to Sergeant Charles Alfred Hilder's Air Crew Europe Star because it was awarded posthumously.

Gold Star and a ribbon with black sides and a central vertical bar of light blue, with narrow yellow bars dividing the black and blue bars, RAF Museum

Medal Bar of Pilot Officer Robert Alan Marshall

Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1997/0384/D

Robert Alan Marshall trained in Canada as a navigator. Marshall joined the RAF as a Sergeant, before being promoted to Pilot Officer, and served with Nos. 12 and 619 Squadrons. Marshall was later seconded to BOAC.

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