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Four: Warrant Officer W. H. C. Taylor, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, 1 copy...
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Four: Warrant Officer W. H. C. Taylor, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, 1 copy clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- William H. C. Taylor served during the Second World War as a Flight Engineer with 99 Squadron, based at Dhubalia, India, from September 1944, flying Liberators over South East Asia. His first operational sortie was an Air Sea Rescue Search on 8 October 1944; further operational sorties included bombing raids on Mandalay; the Burma-Siam Railway; Ramlee Island (21 January 1945 - Log Book entry reads ‘War Operation No. 14. Ramlee Island. Beach Defences and Troops on Invasion of Island. Combine Operation. Navy, Army, R.A.F., USAAF. Fighter Escort. Bomb load 10,000 lbs. Fuel 1,600 gals.’); Rangoon; and Bangkok. Following the cessation of hostilities he transferred to 232 Squadron, Transport Command, based at Palam, India. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book and Air Forces in India Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book starting from 18 April 1944, both with good operational details recorded therein; the recipient’s pocket diary for 1945 with records of flight details; various photographs and photographic images; various newspaper cuttings and other ephemera; and copied research.
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Four: Warrant Officer W. H. C. Taylor, Royal Air Force 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, 1 copy clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted court-style, nearly extremely fine (4) £200-£240 --- William H. C. Taylor served during the Second World War as a Flight Engineer with 99 Squadron, based at Dhubalia, India, from September 1944, flying Liberators over South East Asia. His first operational sortie was an Air Sea Rescue Search on 8 October 1944; further operational sorties included bombing raids on Mandalay; the Burma-Siam Railway; Ramlee Island (21 January 1945 - Log Book entry reads ‘War Operation No. 14. Ramlee Island. Beach Defences and Troops on Invasion of Island. Combine Operation. Navy, Army, R.A.F., USAAF. Fighter Escort. Bomb load 10,000 lbs. Fuel 1,600 gals.’); Rangoon; and Bangkok. Following the cessation of hostilities he transferred to 232 Squadron, Transport Command, based at Palam, India. Sold with the recipient’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book and Air Forces in India Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book starting from 18 April 1944, both with good operational details recorded therein; the recipient’s pocket diary for 1945 with records of flight details; various photographs and photographic images; various newspaper cuttings and other ephemera; and copied research.
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