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Medal Bar of Wing Commander Innes Bentall Westmacott
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1991/0372/D
During the Battle of Britain Innes Westmacott served with No. 56 Squadron, flying Hawker Hurricanes. In August 1940 he was badly burned after his fuel tank exploded during an attack by a Messerschmitt Bf 110.
Medal Bar of Group Captain Stuart Douglas Culley
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 77/D/172
The medals of Group Captain Stuart Culley including the Distinguished Service Order and campaign medals.
Medal Bar of 6 Squadron Leader Roland Wright
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, X004-6254
Corporal Roland Wright saw action on the North-West Frontier of India during the 1930s. As an air gunner he was awarded a Distinguished Flying Medal in 1932 following an operation to protect British troops at the garrison at Chitral (now in Pakistan).
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 Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter, DSC, DFC
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X007-3906
Medal Bar of Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter. He was awarded the DSC and bar for nine combat victories and for his bombing attacks on Zeebrugge Mole His DFC was a 1919 New Year's Honour and therefore without citation.
Medal Bar of Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Henry Humphrey, GCB, OBE, DFC, AFC and Two Bars
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, In Storage, 1988/0611/D
Sir Andrew Humphrey had a long and distinguished career in the RAF, beginning at RAF College Cranwell in 1939 as a Flight Cadet. He became Chief of the Air Staff in 1974 and was later promoted to Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
Medal Bar of Group Captain Edgar Roper-Curzon Nanson
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Three/Four, 76/D/686
The medals of Group Captain Edgar Nanson, including the Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross and campaign medals.
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.
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.
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.
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- War Medal 1939-1945
- 1939-1945 Star [37]
- Defence Medal [32]
- Air Crew Europe Star [28]
- Distinguished Flying Cross [24]
- Distinguished Service Order [13]
- Coronation Medal 1953 [10]
- Africa Star [8]
- Air Force Cross [8]
- General Service Medal 1918-1962 [8]