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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 11, Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1998/0297/D
Frederick Bowhill had a varied career between the wars, and served in South Russia, Somaliland, Egypt and Iraq as well as holding many posts at home
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.
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 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.
King Feisal War Medal
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1995/1000/D
Iraq Active Service Medal also known as King Faisal's War Medal awarded to Leading Aircraftman, later Corporal, Norman George Breadon of the Royal Air Force in the 1930s
Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond
Aircraft & Exhibits, 1902-1937, In Storage, 71/D/1152
Sir John Salmond served in both the British Army and the Royal Air Force. In 1930 he succeeded Lord Trenchard as Chief of the Air Staff of the RAF.
Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Dermot Alexander Boyle
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 1993/0395/D
Sir Dermot Boyle was the first Cranwell graduate to become Chief of the Air Staff. He was also the first Chairman of trustees for the Royal Air Force Museum.
Medal Bar of Marshal of the RAF Viscount Trenchard of Wolfeton
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar One, 72/D/1074
Lord Trenchard's medal group includes the Distinguished Service Order awarded during his early military career as well as decorations from his Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force service.
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.
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