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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 637

A Good Second War Campaign Group of Three to Lancaster Air Gunner, Leading Aircraftsman H.D. Lewis, Royal Air Force, 83 Squadron (Pathfinder Force), Royal Air Force, Who Flew in Over 44 Operational Sorties, Including to Berlin and Back 12 Times, Probably Shot Down 1 Enemy Aircraft and Damaged Another; His Last 2 Sorties Of the War Being On "D" Day, 6.6.1944
1939-1945 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal, good very fine, with R.A.F. Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book (31.5.1942-13.2.1945) (lot)

655765 Leading Aircraftsman H.D. Lewis, joined the Royal Air Force for service during the Second War; carried out initial training at No. 2 A.G.S. Dalcross; U.S.N.A.S. Pensacola, Florida and No. 19 O.T.U. Kinloss; posted as an Air Gunner on attachment to No. 10 O.T.U. (Whitleys), St. Eval (Coastal Command), April 1943; he flew on 6 operational sweeps with the unit before being posted to 1654 Conversion Unit, Wigsley, 6.6.1943; having converted to Lancasters he was posted for operational flying to 83 Squadron (Pathfinder Force), Wyton, 3.7.1943; he flew in 44 operational sorties with the squadron including: Hamburg, 2.8.1943, 'Attacked By F.W. 190. 400RDS' (Logbook refers); Nuremburg; Berlin (12), including 31.8.1943, 'Attacked By (1000 RDS Fired) Me. 109 - Probably Shot Down; F.W. 190 - Damaged; Me. 110 - No Hits Observed' (Ibid); Mannheim (2); Modane; Hanover (3); Munich (2); Kassel, 3.10.1943, 'Fired At Ju 88 100RDS' (Ibid); Frankfurt (3); Friedrichshaven; Stettin; Brunswick (2); Magdeburg; Leipzig; Stuttgart (2), including 20.2.1944, 'Attacked By Me. 210, Ju. 88 (3 Times) All Guns U/S (Frozen)' (Ibid); Schweinfurt; Augsburg; Paris; Lanveoc Aerodrome (Brest); Bourg-Leopold; Tours; Motor Works, Antwerp; Marshalling Yards, Nantes; Cherbourg; "D" Day - La Pernelle, 5/6.6.1944; "D" Day - Caen Bridges, 6.6.1944; posted as an instructor to No. 26 O.T.U., Little Hurwood, January 1945.

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