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Medal Bar of Flight Lieutenant William Gethin Owen
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, In Storage, 1989/0234/D
William Owen served as an Observer with No. 235 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, flying in Bristol Blenheim fighters that provided convoy protection, fighter patrols and anti-shipping patrols over the English Channel and North Sea.
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 Wing Commander Eric James Brindley Nicolson
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, 83/D/1062
As a pilot during the Battle of Britain in 1940, Nicolson was awarded RAF Fighter Command’s only Victoria Cross.
Medals of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 76/D/709
Douglas Bader defied all expectations as a double leg amputee to become one of the most successful fighter pilots of the Second World War with 20 confirmed victories.
Medal Bar of Squadron Leader Alfred Whitby
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X002-6494
Alfred Whitby was rated as an exceptional pilot who flew Hurricanes with No. 79 Squadron at Biggin Hill in the Second World War.
Medal Bar of Leading Aircraftman Sidney Edward Jefford
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X002-9848
Sidney Jefford serviced and maintained Rolls-Royce Merlin III engines that powered Hawker Hurricanes during the Second World War. Groundcrew often worked long hours in dangerous situations to keep the aircraft of the RAF in service.
Medal Bar of Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Neil Foxley-Norris GCB, DSO, OBE, FRSA
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, X003-4016
Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris began his long service with the RAF in the University Air Squadron in 1936 and served throughout the Second World War.
Medal Bar of Wing Commander Alan Geoffrey Page, DSO, DFC and Bar
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X003-6855
Geoffrey Page was badly burned when he was shot down while attacking a German bomber formation over the English Channel on 12 August 1940 during the Battle of Britain.
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 Flight Sergeant Avis Hearn
Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Two, X004-7220
The Military Medal was awarded to Avis Hearn for gallantry during the Battle of Britain when she was an Acting Corporal.
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- Battle of Britain, 1940
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- Atlantic, Battle of, 1939-1945 [1]
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