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Auction archive: Lot number 604

A Second War casualty group of five

Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$495 - US$619
Price realised:
£900
ca. US$1,115
Auction archive: Lot number 604

A Second War casualty group of five

Estimate
£400 - £500
ca. US$495 - US$619
Price realised:
£900
ca. US$1,115
Beschreibung:

A Second War casualty group of five awarded to Wellington pilot, Squadron Leader P. B. Chamberlain, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed with his crew during a raid on Nuremburg, 12/13 October 1941 India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (P/O P. B. Chamberlain. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with card box of issue for Second War campaign medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. M. Chamberlain, 5 Holmfield Avenue, Loughborough, Leics.’, and named enclosure slip, generally good very fine or better (5) £400-£500 A Second War casualty group of five awarded to Wellington pilot, Squadron Leader P. B. Chamberlain, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed with his crew during a raid on Nuremburg, 12/13 October 1941 India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (P/O P. B. Chamberlain. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with card box of issue for Second War campaign medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. M. Chamberlain, 5 Holmfield Avenue, Loughborough, Leics.’, and named enclosure slip, generally good very fine or better (5) £400-£500 Paul Burton Chamberlain was the husband of Florence Margaret Chamberlain. He passed out from R.A.F. Cranwell, having been awarded the Sword of Honour, in 1936. Chamberlain was commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force in August 1936, and advanced to Flying Officer in February 1938. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in February 1940, and to Squadron Leader in March 1941. Chamberlain served operationally as a pilot with 75 (New Zealand) Squadron (Wellingtons) operating from Feltwell, Norfolk. He, along with his crew of five, were killed in action during a raid to Nuremburg, 12/13 October 1941, ‘T/o Feltwell. Crashed in the vicinity of Dinant (Namur), Belgium, where the crew are buried in the Military Cemetery.’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War refers).

Auction archive: Lot number 604
Auction:
Datum:
17 Jul 2019 - 18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

A Second War casualty group of five awarded to Wellington pilot, Squadron Leader P. B. Chamberlain, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed with his crew during a raid on Nuremburg, 12/13 October 1941 India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (P/O P. B. Chamberlain. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with card box of issue for Second War campaign medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. M. Chamberlain, 5 Holmfield Avenue, Loughborough, Leics.’, and named enclosure slip, generally good very fine or better (5) £400-£500 A Second War casualty group of five awarded to Wellington pilot, Squadron Leader P. B. Chamberlain, 75 (New Zealand) Squadron, Royal Air Force, who was killed with his crew during a raid on Nuremburg, 12/13 October 1941 India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (P/O P. B. Chamberlain. R.A.F.); 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with card box of issue for Second War campaign medals, addressed to ‘Mrs. F. M. Chamberlain, 5 Holmfield Avenue, Loughborough, Leics.’, and named enclosure slip, generally good very fine or better (5) £400-£500 Paul Burton Chamberlain was the husband of Florence Margaret Chamberlain. He passed out from R.A.F. Cranwell, having been awarded the Sword of Honour, in 1936. Chamberlain was commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force in August 1936, and advanced to Flying Officer in February 1938. He was promoted to Flight Lieutenant in February 1940, and to Squadron Leader in March 1941. Chamberlain served operationally as a pilot with 75 (New Zealand) Squadron (Wellingtons) operating from Feltwell, Norfolk. He, along with his crew of five, were killed in action during a raid to Nuremburg, 12/13 October 1941, ‘T/o Feltwell. Crashed in the vicinity of Dinant (Namur), Belgium, where the crew are buried in the Military Cemetery.’ (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War refers).

Auction archive: Lot number 604
Auction:
Datum:
17 Jul 2019 - 18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
United Kingdom
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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