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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.
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 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.
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.
Medal Bar of Group Captain Geoffrey Brunner
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1993/0470/D
During the Battle of Britain Geoffrey Brunner served with No. 43 Squadron. On 26 August 1940 in a raid off Portsmouth he was attacked by a Messerschmitt Bf 109. With no radio, engine or hydraulics, covered in petrol and wounded in the ankle, he successfully made a wheels-up landing at RAF Tangmere.
Medal Bar of Air Marshal Sir Ralph Squire Sorley
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X005-4201
The medals of Air Marshal Sir Ralph Sorley, comprising gallantry awards and campaign medals.
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.
Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant Frederick William Arthur Hendry
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X008-8787
The DFC was awarded to Hendry on completion of a tour of operations and following his navigating a severely disabled aircraft back to the UK after severe icing resulted in the loss of engines and height over enemy territory.
Medals of Air Commodore Al Deere
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-1918
RAF Spitfire pilot Al Deere was perhaps the most famous of the many New Zealanders who joined the RAF and fought in the Second World War.
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- Defence Medal
- War Medal 1939-1945 [32]
- 1939-1945 Star [24]
- Air Crew Europe Star [15]
- Distinguished Flying Cross [15]
- Coronation Medal 1953 [10]
- Distinguished Service Order [10]
- General Service Medal 1918-1962 [8]
- Air Force Cross [7]
- Victory Medal [7]