This is for a fantastic medal group awarded to Pilot officer Martin Cyril Beaufort Grimaldi 141211 Royal air force volunteer reserve who died on the 3rd of July 1943 age 22. Medals are un-named as issued. The medal box has had its name taken of it, issued by the Air Ministry. A coin medal from the Charterhouse O. C recruit competition oration quarter 1936 1st M. For domestic deliveries signed and tracked is mandatory. The item “WW2 RAF KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE MEDAL GROUP PILOT OFFICER GRIMALDI CASUALTY” is in sale since Wednesday, June 5, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “medalman1-uk” and is located in exmouth, Devon. This item can be shipped worldwide.
World War Two Medal group to a pilot from the Fleet Air Arm who was killed in action during attacks on enemy targets in on 9th December 1944. The group were posthumously awarded to Temporary Sub Lieutenant (A) Leonard Anthony Cole R. Leonard Cole came from Eastbourne in Sussex and was 23 years old when he was killed. Leonard was a pilot of a Barracuda II in 828 Squadron based on the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable. 828 squadron were a torpedo bomber reconnaissance squadron who had earlier taken part in the attacks on the Turpitz as part of Operation Goodwood. Tirpitz and the Far East[edit]. 828 Squadron was re-formed as a torpedo bomber reconnaissance squadron in March 1944. Equipped with 12 Barracuda IIs they joined the 2nd Naval Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Wing and joined the Home Fleet aboard HMS Implacable in August that year. [2] They briefly transferred to HMS Formidable in August 1944 and carried out attacks on the German battleship Tirpitz as part of Operation Goodwood. Interestingly enough, there are photos of HMS Implacable taken from the support carried HMS Trumpeter on 9th December 1944, the actual day that Leonard Cole was killed in action on the Imperial War Museum website. There are also photos of the pilots who took part in the attacks on that day and a photo showing damage to another aircraft who took part in the same action. One is titled – Sub Lieut (A) R K L Yeo RNVR, of Exeter, examining flak damage to aileron of his Wildcat on returning from the attack. Copies of these photos shown above and can be seen on the Imperial War Museum website. The damage shown to this other aircraft which took part in the attacks would confirm the cause of the loss of Leonard’s aircraft. Leonard Cole is commemorated on the Solent Memorial as well as Eastbourne Grammer School memorial where had had been a pupil. Worth of more research. Please see my other listings of British medals and militaria. Thanks and kind regards. The item “WW2 Medal Group Pilot Casualty 828 Squadron Fleet Air Arm HMS Implacable” is in sale since Wednesday, June 5, 2019. 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.
Offered is a WW1 Ottoman Turkey Pilots Qualification Badge. Features fine condition gilt & silver wash to 3-piece badge is excellent. Rivetted central wings, with pin-back Assembly. Paul Meybauer of Berlin maker-stamped to convex reverse. An exceptionally good condition, rare piece. As worn by qualified Turkish pilots and German pilot’s who flew with and trained the fledgling Turkish Air Force during the First World War. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. 2/135 Russell St, Morley, WA. We run two specialist military auctions per year. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “WW1 OTTOMAN EMPIRE TURKEY PILOT QUALIFICATION BADGE MEDAL” is in sale since Saturday, June 1, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.
CAPTAIN JACQUES SWAAB 22. AERO SQUADRON DSC, 2X SILVER STARS AND PURPLE HEART. RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED FOR THE AWARD OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR. Of American pilots serving exclusively with the US squadrons, Jaques Swaab was the 3. Highest scoring Ace of WW1. The two higher scoring were the Rickenbacker with 26, flying from March 1918 and the remarkable Frank Luke with 18 from July 1918. Swaab first saw action in September 1918 and spent several weeks in hospital after being wounded, had 10 confirmed and a further up to 7 unconfirmed in just 65 hours in the air! One of, if not the highest of any Nation for hours flown to victories. The first 3 scored on his first flight over the front during an epic encounter in which he was seriously wounded, passed out and crashed his aircraft.. Of all American pilots serving during WW1, Swaab was joint 25. Highest scoring Ace, however the vast majority of the others had served with the RFC or French Air service for a good time (some years), many of these never serving in a US squadron. Distinguished Service Cross, numbered 6256 to Swaab. Silver Star with Oak leaf cluster for second Award, named to Swaab. Purple Heart, named to Swaab. Victory medal with 3 clasps and 10 silver stars one for each victory. New York State Conspicuous Service Cross, no2055. New York State WWI Service Medal. Incredibly rare Aero Club of America Award, only given to Aces. Ribbon bars for above medals. Swaabs WW1 flying licence. Swaabs Pilot badge, unit patch and collar badges from uniform. Aero Squadron enamel badge, only a handful of these extent. One of the photos in the group shows Swaab wearing his. World War Birds International badge and certificate (no 204). Another hugely rare piece. This was an association of Wartime pilots from all Nations who met for reunions badge shows both Allied and German insignia. Framed Wound Award document named to Swaab, dated September 10, 1918 with facsimile signature of Woodrow Wilson. Fantastic framed studio portrait in uniform wearing the ribbon of the DSC and 22nd Pursuit Squadron pin. Large photo of Swaab in civilian clothes with a lapel pin of the DSC. Framed group photo of Mayor of New York presenting Swaab with a model of a Spad. Large framed photo of Swaabs Spad in which he shot down most of his victories. Several original photos of Swaab in uniform, with fellow pilots and next to aircraft. 82 negatives of 22. Aero Squadron pilots, Spads, Aces, Swaab etc, many of which have been modern printed and put into a folder. Copy of The Dawn Patrol, original copy with dedication from Swaabs daughter of course Swaab was technical consultant on the film! Huge amount of supporting documentation and research in a large ring binder; recommendations for Medal of Honor and other awards, combat reports, history of 22. Aero Squadron, unit rosters etc etc. Swaabs commander, Ray Brooks, recommended him for the Medal of Honor for Swaabs first flight, as well as subsequent actions flown while Swaab was still recovering from his wounds. Brooks remembered Swaab as being an excellent chap to be with, a well-bred fellow of good background, well taken care of by the ladies in the USA. He was suave and well-educated; Jewish, but not very religious. A millionaires son, when he was 18, Swaab and his fathers chauffeur built a plane in his garage. They flipped a coin to see who would try it first and Swaab won, crashing the contraption into a wall. After installing a second seat they both managed to get the rebuilt plane into the air, and got good enough to perform simple manoeuvres for local onlookers. It was later, at the School of Aeronautics at Ohio State that Swaab learned he and the chauffeur had been doing things with our airplane that were supposed to be impossible. Swaab volunteered to fly in June, 1917, two months after war was declared and after initial training and a short stint as a flying instructor, he was assigned to the 22nd Aero on 27. August 1918, where he and a lot of other novice pilots would have to do or die in very quick order. After getting in a few practice hops, Swaab made his first combat flight on September 8, 1918. Why should I flatter myself by saying that I was frightened? N Even those words do not adequately describe my condition. Led by Brooks who had only five trips over the front under his belt, the patrol of newbieswas ordered by Capt. Bridgman to Stick togetherlearn your planesand be sure to keep inside your own lines. Swaab would be seeing the front for the first time and was to familiarize himself with landmarks. He recounted what happened during his first combat missionHe had been flying at the rear of a six-plane formation when the leader [Brooks had already turned back with engine trouble] dove away almost vertically, followed in turn by each of the others. Swaab held back, convinced that his comrades were bent on suicide. Up to that point, he had been flying Nieuports, which had all borne placards instructing their pilots never to dive at more than 120 mph, and nobody had told him that Spad 13s were much sturdier and would hold together in a vertical dive. Swaab prudently took his time coming down through a cloud, expecting to find all of his flight strewn in pieces over the countryside. Instead, he saw none of them at all. Climbing back above the clouds, Swaab flew west for 20 minutes. When next he descended through the clouds, he spotted an airfield below. Eureka, Im saved, thought Swaab. As he was coming in to land, another aircraft took off and started climbing up at him. Fortunately, I turned in, Swaab recounted, or that crazy nut would have collided with me. It was during his turn that Swaab saw a large gray cross on the tail of what he now recognized as a Fokker DVII. Unaware that a strong northeast wind had been blowing all day, he had made almost no progress in the opposite direction and had thus ended up over a German aerodrome… Swaab recovered from his shock in time to pull around on the equally surprised German and give him a burst of machine-gun fire; the Fokker went down in flames. With one of his two guns jammed and being fired on from the ground by machine gun and archie, Swaab pulled away into the sun, only to find himself being dived on by a 100 enemy planes. Actually, there were only 10, he explained but I saw each one 10 times! Swaab fired at the leader and saw his antagonist go spinning down. Breaking clear, Swaab again headed west for the nearest hole in the clouds. Just before he reached it, another Fokker got on his tail. Swaab recounted what ensued in his diary. The next instant I saw a group of about 10 Fokkers had enticed me into a game of ring-around-the-rosy, in which the object seemed to be for each one in turn to practice aerial gunnery on me! Fortune permitted me to get closer and closer to a cloudwhen one chap who worked for Buffalo Bill shooting pennies off a blind mans head mistook me for his old partnerand missedgently touching my scalp with three bullets. The cloud had come closer to me and I headed for it when an unfortunate Boche got in the way of some American-made bullets and burst into flames. I made the cloudvrilled a billion metres three times, passed away into semi-consciousness and next found myself pinned under my plane. And French was being spoken! The people argued about my nationality, forgetting that the planes occupant needed assistance until they were awakened by my saying, `Lever ici [lift here]! I knew that phrase perfectlya year of seeing it on every machine had impressed it into my mind. Between them, US units on the ground and formation of Breguet 14B2s of 96. Aero Squadron returning from a bombing mission had witnessed the entire fight and confirmed his three victories. Swaab was given up for lost by his squadron mates for two days. Even after he rejoined them, it was decided that, behind the cavalier humor, he was badly shaken up by the experience. He was therefore sent south to the mineral spa at Vittel to rest. He was soon joined there by Ray Brooks, who was in a similar condition after an epic dogfight of his ownBrooks and Swaab soon came to the conclusion that returning to the front was preferable to the depressing sight of the physical and mental casualties who arrived at Vittel by the trainfull each day. Both agreed to cut short their leave and rejoin the 22nd, which by that time had completed its operations over the St. Mihiel sector and was now flying over the even tougher Argonne Forest. Brooks Medal of Honor statement describes Swaab as still suffering from his wounds when he made his next kills. Swaab quipped, My lip (which he had badly split) was in such great shape that I was sure I would be back in the chewing-gum business a reference to Fleer, his employer before the war. Swaab would become a double ace in little more than a month–a total of 65 hours in the air. During an interview He told how: Our average flight was an hours duration. We carried a maximum of two hours fuel in the Spad and, many times, like the French, if there was a cloud in the sky we didnt fly. If we flew two hours in the day, we considered it a long day. So even the `on days were short. During that month Swaab developed, according to Brooks, into a marksman and a virtuoso pilot. You can read descriptions of Swaabs subsequent actions in the affidavits collected for Brooks Medal of Honor application on his behalf. They are now part of the Brooks Collection at the Archives of the National Air and Space Museum (I have copies or all). His recommendation and affidavits is several pages long so for times sake I will just add the Citations for Awards actually received. Swaab’s DSC came through in 1920. The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant (Air Service) Jacques M. Swaab, United States Army Air Service, for extraordinary heroism in action while serving with 22d Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, U. Army Air Service, A. Near Montfaucon, France, 28 September 1918, and in the region of Champignuelle, 27 October 1918. On September 28 Lieutenant Swaab, although himself pursued by two enemy planes, perceiving one of his comrades in distress and in danger of being shot down, dived upon the enemy plane which was directly behind that of his comrade and shot the enemy plane out of control, forcing it to withdraw. His prompt act in going to the assistance of his comrade enabled the latter to escape. On October 27 Lieutenant Swaab and another member of his group engaged in combat with seven enemy planes. In this encounter, although outnumbered, Lieutenant Swaab continued in his attack and succeeded in shooting down an enemy D. Silver Star Citation 1. By direction of the President, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved July 9, 1918 Bul. 1918, First Lieutenant (Air Service) Jacques M. Swaab, United States Army Air Service, is cited by the Commanding General, American Expeditionary Forces, for gallantry in action and a silver star may be placed upon the ribbon of the Victory Medals awarded him. First Lieutenant Swaab distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Pilot with the 22d Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Metz, France, 8 September 1918, while on an aerial patrol over enemy lines. Silver Star Citation 2. First Lieutenant Swaab distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as a Pilot with the 22d Aero Squadron, 2d Pursuit Group, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Thiaucourt, France, 31 October 1918, while leading a patrol. Notice there is no reference to Swaab’s exploit’s on September 8, 1918!!! But the citation cherry picks two of the list of dates offered by Brooks in his MOH application which did include the September 8. Among his other victories, On 23 October Swaab shot down in flames a Fokker D. VII that had just destroyed an American balloon. Evidence suggests his opponent was German 26 Victory Ace Max Näther. Of Jasta 62, who amazingly survived the terrifying ordeal. Blowing up an aircraft 2000 meters from the ground and almost being upset in the process was the experience of Swaab on 31. October 1918, his last Official victory. I was flying last man in our patrol and had just headed north east, when looking below and behind I saw an LVG heading in a westerly direction over Trieourcourt, I signalled to the pilot in front and seeing no other planes, I dived on the LVG.. It turned and headed for its own lines and climbed very rapidly. I climbed from 2000 to 3300 meters, following it and reserving my fire until within 100 feet behind and below it. We were then at between two to four miles from Verdun. Lieutenant Swaab then opened fire letting go about 260 rounds which seemed to go right through the fuselage close to the pilot and observer. When there was an explosion Said Swaab The LVG flying into pieces. The explosion shook my plane, throwing it up and momentarily out of control as I was but a short distance away. It had a dark green and black fuselage, wings, tail, white lines making cross on tail. As Commander of B Flight, 22. Aero Squadron, Swaab finished the War with 10 confirmed and up to another 7 unconfirmed Victories. He was highest scoring pilot of 22. Pursuit Group to which 22. Victories 4, 8 and 9 were shared with another pilot. He was technical advisor on Howard Hawks 1930 film, the original Dawn Patrol with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Although a lot of sites state Swaab worked on the 1938 version. He was an early member of Cross and Cockade and the main speaker at the August 17, 1962 meeting. He died a year later of heart trouble and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, his squadron mate Ray Brooks present along with other notables including General Carl Spaatz. Swaab flew a Spad XIII with the bore the name Mayer II benneth the cockpit in honour of his Father and a star for each victory placed round the units comet insignia. In the large files I have of Swaab, are copies of the recommendation by Brooks for the Congressional Medal of Honor on April 1, these are signed as approved by the board but nothing further seems to have come of actually receiving the Award. Rickenbacker himself had to lobby well into the 1920s to have his Awarded, perhaps Swaab just didnt feel it worth perusing. On another note, there are surprising similarities between Swaab and the group I also have to German fighter pilot Jakob Wolff ; both of course Jewish, both very rich and neither needed to serve and both were in the cigarette/cigar industry! PLEASE NOTE; If you have any questions and require more images please get in touch or contact me directly at jagermedals and I will send you what you need. SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR SIMILAR ITEMS. Keywords; Aircraft plane pilot jasta photos aviation medal flieger flugzeug album photoalbum fabric insignia observer rfc rnas royal flying corps raf royal air force naval air service seeflieger marineflieger medal. The item “SUPERB WW1 AMERICAN JEWISH FIGHTER ACE AVIATION MEDAL BADGE & DOCUMENTS PILOT” is in sale since Friday, May 24, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “albatrosj1″ and is located in SCOTLAND. This item can be shipped worldwide.
This is a good condition WW1 US AEF USAS Named Pilot Grouping Wings Medals Badges Capt JN Thorp Jr NJ. The state medal for New Jersey is named to Capt NJ Thorp Jr. The ribbon is fragile and is tearing because of it being silk. The victory medal is named to him on the rim as Capt JN Thorp Jr Aviator USA. I do not know if this is common to have US Victory medals named on the rim or not as it is the first I have seen. The collars are not exactly matching with one being two piece and the other being one piece both without maker marks. The eagle and one star pennant is also not maker marked but has excellent enamel on it and shows well. The Paterson New Jersey town medal is also named to Capt JN Thorp Jr on the back of it. The wing are outstanding and come complete with a pin on the back. The gold overlay for the US is nicely toned as are the siler wings and shield. They are 3 1/2 inches across. Capt JN Thorp is on the internet and is easily researchable. Also included is a US Aviation 1 star pennant approx 11x 6.5 inches. Originally this was all in a frame but I had to remove it from the frame to make sure that everything was original. The item “WW1 US AEF USAS Named Pilot Grouping Wings Medals Badges Capt JN Thorp Jr NJ” is in sale since Monday, May 13, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW I (1914-18)\Original Period Items\United States\Medals, Pins & Ribbons”. The seller is “armyoutfitters” and is located in North York, Ontario. This item can be shipped to United States, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Australia.
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WW1 German pin Iron Cross Imperial badge medal GODET WWII US Army soldier estate. Here is your chance to own an Italian Air Force pilot’s badge. I would say this is just under 3 wide or about 7.5 centimeters wide. This would be a fantastic piece to display with other items of the period. I never grade my items as mint, even though may be. If for any reason you require additional photos, please do not hesitate to ask. View My Other Items For Sale. Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. Auctiva gets you noticed! Track Page Views With. Auctiva’s FREE Counter. The item “WW2 Imperial airborne Italian FASCIST pin Italy Air Force pilot wing badge medal” is in sale since Wednesday, December 5, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\Italy”. The seller is “william_kramer” and is located in Naperville, Illinois. This item can be shipped worldwide.
Old German WW I pilot badge antique solid silver prince size medal. Pre made time period 1918. The medal looks antique and original!! We got the medal from the soldier family of a old German soldier after he died. TRIXUM: Mobil-optimierte Auktionsvorlagen und Bilder-Hosting. The item “German WW I original solid silver 800 pilot badge antique prince size rare medal” is in sale since Sunday, May 5, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\Germany\Medals, Pins & Ribbons”. The seller is “antikmarktmuensterland” and is located in Dorsten. This item can be shipped worldwide.
WW1 ROYAL FLYING CORPS MEDAL PAIR AWARDED TO FIGHTER PILOT ERIC OSWALD PERRY, 20 SQUADRON. ORIGINAL AND FULL SIZE. WAR MEDAL AND VICTORY MEDAL CORRECTLY NAMED TO LIEUT. LOCKET CONTAINING TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF PERRY. BOOK, PUSHER ACES OF WORLD WAR I. LIEUTENANT PERRY IS MENTIONED ON A FEW OCCASIONS. COPY OF RFC SERVICE HISTORY AND MEDICAL BOARD PROCEEDINGS (LARGE AMOUNT OF RESEARCH). ERIC OSWALD PERRY BORN NOTTINGHAM 12th JANUARY 1898. JOINED THE 3/7Bn SHERWOOD FORESTERS, NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT, BEFORE JOINING THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS AS A PILOT 7th NOVEMBER 1915 (ONLY SEVENTEEN YEARS OLD). LONDON GAZETTE (8/6/1917) 8th FEBRUARY 1917 NEW FLYING OFFICER 2nd LIEUTENANT E O PERRY OF NOTTS AND DERBY REGIMENT. LONDON GAZETTE 7th JANUARY 1918, PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT. LIEUTENANT PERRY SERVED IN THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS FOR 3 YEARS 6 MONTHS. COPY OF MEDAL INDEX CARD SHOWING ENTITLEMENT TO WAR MEDAL, VICTORY MEDAL AND SILVER WAR BADGE. INFORMATION FROM 20 SQUADRON RECORD BOOK, NATIONAL ARCHIVES, KEW. FEBRUARY 24th 1917, LIEUT PERRY FIRST APPEARS ON FLYING ROSTER. OFFENSIVE PATROLS 1st, 17th, 24th March, BOMB RAIDS, 24th MARCH AND 3rd APRIL. WEATHER WAS VERY POOR DURING MARCH AND APRIL. 6th APRIL, PERRY FLYING WITH PTE ALLUM IN A6370 (WITH OTHER FE2D`s) TO BOMB GERMAN AMMUNITION AND SUPPLY DUMP AT LEDEGHEM. AS THEY WERE GETTING INTO LINE FOR A BOMBING RUN A HALBERSTADT SCOUT SUDDENLY APPEARED ABOVE AND IN FRONT OF THEM. PARRY AND ALLUM OPENED FIRE AS THE HALBERSTADT DIVED ACROSS THIER FRONT AND TRIED TO GET ROUND ONTO THEIR TAIL. PERRY OUTMANOEUVRED THE HALBERSTADT AND KEPT CLOSE BEHIND STILL FIRING. AS THE HALBERSTADT TRIED TO DIVE AWAY IT WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND STILL DIVING. THIS WAS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS HIS FIRST OF HIS TWO AIR COMBAT VICTORIES. IT IS BELIEVED THE GERMAN PILOT SURVIVED. AT 06.14 SEVEN F. E, `S SET OUT TO ESCORT SEVEN OF 45 SQUADRON`S SOPWITH 11/2 STRUTTERS ON A PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE MISSION NORTH OF YPRES. ON THE RETURN LEG THE TWO FORMATIONS WERE INTERCEPTED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF ALBATROS SCOUTS. PERRY AND SAYERS WERE FLYING IN A6403. AS THE SOPWITHS MADE THEIR ESCAPE WITH VITAL PHOTOGRAPHS THE F. `S TURNED AND ATTACKED THE GERMANS. PERRY IS CREDITED WITH AN ALBATROS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES. THIS WAS PROBABLY JASTA 18`S LIEUTENANT FRITZ KLEINDIENST. PERRY HAD TO MADE A FORCED LANDING NEAR YPRES DUE TO BULLET DAMAGE TO ENGINE. 20 SQUADRON CARRIED OUT TWO SUCCESSFUL RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS. DURING ONE OF THESE MISSIONS PERRY AND ALLUM WERE SHOT DOWN CRASHING NEAR SANCTUARY WOOD. BOTH WERE INJURED, PERRY WAS SHOT IN THE THIGH BY A MACHINE GUN BULLET WHICH ALSO DAMAGED HIS KNEE, HE NEVER FLEW AGAIN. THE INJURY TO HIS LEG RESULTED IN HIS DAMAGED LEG BEING 2 1/2 SHORTER THAN HIS GOOD LEG. A SPECIAL BOOT WAS MADE FOR HIS DAMAGED LEG. SADLY IN 1937 PERRY FELL DOWN THE STAIRS OF A BUS AND DIED OF HIS INJURIES. THE MEDALS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE. The item “WW1 ROYAL FLYING CORPS MEDALS, PILOT ERIC PERRY, 20 SQUADRON, 2 KILLS, WOUNDED 1917″ is in sale since Thursday, April 18, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “celtic_1966″ and is located in Gloucester. This item can be shipped worldwide.
After establishing a fearsome reputation operating from land bases with US Marine Corps pilots in the South Pacific, a new landing approach and special training finally allowed the high performance Chance Vought F4U Corsair to be deployed from Navy carriers. The Corsair soon replaced dive bombers, torpedo planes, and Hellcats, as it could accurately deliver the same load as a dive bomber while retaining its deadly air to air capabilities. In January 1945, the Navy began establishing fighter bomber (VBF) squadrons flying the Corsair off fleet carriers. VBF-1, nicknamed the “Royal Flushers”, was assigned to USS Bennington (CV-20) after she completed repairs in the Pacific in mid-June 1945. Bennington could then better protect herself and the fleet with the air wing while wielding a powerful offensive strike package. VBF-1 flew strikes against Japanese warships and installations on the home islands until the surrender was signed in August 1945. This US Navy WW2 VBF-1 “ROYAL FLUSHERS” F4U CORSAIR FIGHTER PILOT ID’D AIR MEDAL RACK is in very good condition, with a small loose stitch on the front American Campaign drape, some fading to each front drape, mismatched clutches, and with some light overall spot patina and age wear evident (ALL pictured). Otherwise, the rack is in fine shape, with no other damage. Most interestingly, it consists of the Air Medal with the original “gold star” to denote a second award, American Campaign, Asiatic Pacific Campaign, WW2 Victory, and Navy Occupation Service with “ASIA” clasp, sports elegant stitching and fully intact pin posts at the upper back, and is attributed to Ens. Ensign (later Commander) Harold O. “Bo” Bosacki served as an F4U Corsair fighter pilot with VBF-1 during the squadron’s entire deployment aboard the Bennington from June to August 1945, twice earning the Air Medal for number of combat missions flown. On August 13th, 1945 Ensign Bosacki’s aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire during a strike on Central Honshu, but his rugged bird brought him home safely. A fine example of a very rare, original US Navy WW2 VBF-1 “ROYAL FLUSHERS” F4U CORSAIR FIGHTER PILOT ID’D AIR MEDAL RACK. The item “US Navy WW2 VBF-1 ROYAL FLUSHERS F4U CORSAIR FIGHTER PILOT ID’D AIR MEDAL RACK” is in sale since Monday, March 18, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Medals & Ribbons”. The seller is “abramsantiques” and is located in Claremont, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.
