Five: Flight Sergeant E. Grimwade, Air Gunner, 578 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (F/Sgt.), 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany bar, Defence and War Medals, the D.F.M. good very fine, others later issues, mint state, these in box of issue with enclosure document, together with the Recipient's original Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book (27.3.1943-28.5.1945), entries include "ops. Bochum E/A encountered .... Kassel E/A encountered and shot down ... ops to Berlin lll Leipzig ... Schweinfurt... Augsburg .... Oisement, hit by flak ..." together with ariel photograph of a railway depot and two privately taken photographs of the Graf Spee sinking in Montevideo harbour (5)

Details
Five: Flight Sergeant E. Grimwade, Air Gunner, 578 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (F/Sgt.), 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany bar, Defence and War Medals, the D.F.M. good very fine, others later issues, mint state, these in box of issue with enclosure document, together with the Recipient's original Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book (27.3.1943-28.5.1945), entries include "ops. Bochum E/A encountered .... Kassel E/A encountered and shot down ... ops to Berlin lll Leipzig ... Schweinfurt... Augsburg .... Oisement, hit by flak ..." together with ariel photograph of a railway depot and two privately taken photographs of the Graf Spee sinking in Montevideo harbour (5)

Lot Essay

INDENTD.F.M. London Gazette 13.11.1944, Grimwade, Eric Henry, Flight Sergeant, 578 Squadron (Halifaxes).

More from Medals

View All
View All