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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 107

Three: Attributed to Aircraftman First Class P.T. Jones, Royal Air Force
1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, nearly extremely fine, with named Air Council condolence slip (3)

540554 Aircraftman First Class Peter Thomas Jones, served during the Second World War with No.37 Squadron (Wellingtons); killed in action over Heligoland Bight, 18.12.1939, when a force of 22 Wellington Bombers sweeping the waters under orders to attack any German warships discovered at sea came into engagement with about 50 Me.109s, and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Surrey.

As a result of this disastrous action, which saw No.37 Squadron lose 5 of their 6 Wellingtons, bombers were subsequently barred from approaching the shores of Germany by day un-escorted.

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