World War Two RAF Medal Group to a Pilot from 102 Squadron RAFVR who was killed in action. The medals were awarded to 120581 Flying Officer Pilot Donald Pike who was killed in action on 3rd December 1942. His plane was a Halifax II with the registration number W7913 which was part of 102 Squardon who were based in Pocklington in Yorkshire. The aircraft was on a bombing mission to Frankfurt shot down by a German night fighter flown by Uffz Dieter Erichsen of 2/NJG4 over Resteigne. This website link gives some details about the plane and its loss and actually has some photos of the crew of the plane presumably including Donald Pike. Donald is buried along with the remainder of his crew in Florennes Communal Cemetery which is near Charleroi in Belgium. The group includes the Air Crew Europe Star, the 1939-45 Star, the War Medal, the original medal box which was sent to his wife, Mrs D. Pike in Bristol, a dinner programme from the 10 Air Observers Course, 45 Air School in Oudtshoorn in South Africa on Friday 28th November 1941 which has been signed by numerous attendees of the course (this would have been the air observers course that Donald Pike attended) and a Grand Concert Souvenir Programme on board H. Oronsay was later sunk by a U-Boat attack. The group also includes Donald’s Father in Law’s World War One Medals (Dorothy Pike’s farther). The World War One medals to his father in law are named as follows. A good complete group of family medals and ephemera which are worthy of more research. Please let me know if you need any additional photos or details. Please see my other listings of British and foreign Medals and Militaria. Thanks and kind regards. The item “WW2 Medal Group Killed in Action RAF Pilot with Father in Laws WW1 Medals” is in sale since Friday, April 20, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “harrypitt69″ and is located in Nottingham. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Featured Refinements: British WW2 Medal
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
- Era: 1914-1945
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Service: Air Force