Campaign Groups and Pairs 330 Five: Private P. J. Austin, Army Air Corps, late 5th Parachute Brigade, 6th Airborne Division
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, S.E. Asia 1945-46 (14422605 Pte. P. J. Austin. A.A.C.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (5)
£120-£160
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A scarce post-war Fleet Air Arm and R.A.F. pilot’s campaign group of five awarded to Flight Lieutenant J. Sloane, Royal Air Force, who flew Seafires off H.M.S. Ocean during operations off Palestine in 1948, prior to transferring to the R.A.F. and flying Hastings during the Suez Crisis of 1956, and Valettas over the jungle during the Malayan Emergency
1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (Lieut. (P). J. Sloane. R.N.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Near East, Malaya (Flt. Lt. J. Sloane. R.A.F.) mounted as originally worn, unofficial rivets to last, minor edge bruising, very fine (5)
£340-£380
John Sloane was born in May 1925, and enlisted in the Royal Navy in May 1943. He was commissioned Temporary Acting Sub Lieutenant (A) in October 1945, and advanced to Lieutenant (A) in November 1947. Sloane carried out pilot training with 766 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm in Harvards, Fireflies and Seafires at Rattray in 1946. He served with 805 Squadron off the carrier H.M.S. Ocean during operations off Palestine in 1948 - making a crash landing on deck in his Seafire, 10 May 1948.
Subsequent service included with 728 Squadron (Sea Vampires) whilst stationed at Malta from September 1951. Sloane was hospitalised after a serious motor accident and returned to the UK in 1954. After a year with 796 Squadron, Sloane completed his Short Service Commission with the Navy in January 1955. The following year he applied to join the Royal Air Force, and was appointed a Flight Lieutenant. Sloane was posted to 242 O.C.U. prior to being posted as a Varsity pilot to 99 Squadron in August 1956. He flew Hastings with the Squadron out of Cyprus during the Suez Crisis in 1956, dropping paratroopers on Port Said.
Sloane converted to Valettas in March 1957, and was then posted to 52 Squadron at Changi in November of the same year. The Squadron were employed in dropping supplies to troops in the jungle during the Malayan Emergency. The Squadron returned to the UK in September 1960, and Sloane resigned his commission in October 1961. He resided at The Stables, 39 Trumpington Street, Cambridge.
Sold with copied research, including a copy of service record.
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Four: Warrant Officer Air Navigator D. Jones, Royal Air Force, who served with 86 Squadron, Coastal Command, and flying Liberators, sunk an enemy U-Boat north of Shetland on 26 June 1944
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn, very fine (4) £300-£400
David Trevor Jones was born on 1 April 1908, and joined the Royal Air Force on 4 December 1942. He undertook an Air Navigator’s Course at Ancienne Lorette, Quebec, from 7 December 1942 to 30 April 1943, before being posted to 111 O.T.U., Nassau, Bahamas, in September 1943. His first operational posting was to 86 Squadron, Coastal Command, based at R.N.A.S. Maydown, Northern Ireland, at the end of February 1944, and served as a Navigator, flying Liberators.
At the start of April 1944 Jones’s Squadron was transferred to Reykjavik, Iceland, from where over the next two months he carried out various anti-U-Boat searches. Relocating to Tain, Scotland, in early June 1944, his crew had their first (and only) ‘kill’ on the night of 26 -27 June 1944, when north of Shetland they spotted, attacked twice, and, dropping three depth charges, sunk a German U-Boat with the loss of its entire crew.
Jones remained with 86 Squadron until the War in Europe was over, before transferring to Transport Command in August 1945. His final flight was on 28 March 1946.
Sold with the recipient's Royal Canadian Air Force non-Pilot’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 22 October 1942 to 28 March 1946; the recipient’s pre-War Pilot’s Log Book, covering the period 5 October 1938 to 31 August 1939; various group photographs, including four taken at Nassau, Bahamas, featuring the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; R.A.F. cap badge, cloth Observer’s brevet, and Warrant Officer’s cloth rank badges; and copied research regarding the successful attack on an enemy U-Boat, 26 June 1944, including photographic images.
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