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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 21

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A Good Second War '1943' D.F.C. Group of Six to Lancaster Navigator, Flying Officer R.G. Carter, 467 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Who Flew in At Least 35 Operational Sorties, Including in the Famous Moonlight Peenemunde Raid, 18.8.1943, During Which He Was Killed in Action
a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated '1943', and additionally engraved in serif capitals, 'F/O Ronald George Carter D.F.C.', in Royal Mint case of issue
b) 1939-1945 Star
c) Air Crew Europe Star
d) Africa Star
e) Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, with Overseas bar
f) War Medal, generally good very fine, with Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially engraved, 'F.O. R.G. Carter, D.F.C. J.15862', campaign awards all engraved in serif capitals 'J-15862 F.O. R.G. Carter D.F.C.' and in card boxes of issue

Five: Captain G. Carter, Royal Garrison Artillery
1914 Star, with Bar this loose (31294 Cpl. G. Carter. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. G. Carter); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal, generally very fine, Second War medals engraved in small sans-serif capitals 'Capt. G. Carter', mounted as originally worn (11)

D.F.C. London Gazette 13.8.1943 F/O. Ronald George Carter (C/J5862), 467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqn, R.C.A.F.
The Recommendation, dated 26.6.1943, states: 'Flying Officer Carter has completed thirty one successful operational sorties and has proved himself to be a Navigator of exceptional skill, even when flying under the most difficult conditions. He has taken part in successful raids against many of the most heavily defended targets in Germany. He was a member of a crew of a Lancaster aircraft which took part in the very successful raid on the radio-location factory at Freidrichshaven, and the raid on Spezia, made on the return flight from North Africa.
Throughout the whole of his operational tour Flying Officer Carter has displayed outstanding ability, courage and determination. By his unbounded cheerfulness at all times, and his keen sense of duty, this officer has set a fine example to all members of his crew and squadron. I consider that he fully deserves the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross.'

Flying Officer Ronald George Carter, D.F.C., born London, 1920; son of Captain George Carter; studied Journalism at the University of Toronto, Canada; enlisted as LAC in the Royal Canadian Air Force, 1.7.1940; carried out training as a Navigator in Canada, and transferred to the UK, April 1941; initially posted to No. 11 O.T.U., he was posted for operational flying in the Middle East, 5.9.1941; he took part in 19 operational sorties between, 29.9.1941-27.2.1942; returning to the UK, and being commissioned, he took part in at least another 16 operational sorties (the majority of which being with 467 Squadron), between 28.7.1942-18.8.1943; the sorties included: the 'Thousand Bomber Raid' on Bremen, 25.6.1942; Hamburg; Dusseldorf; Stuttgart; Duisburg (2); Essen (2); Dortmund (2); Pilsen; Wuppertal; Friedrichshaven; Spezia and Peenemunde, 17/18.8.1943; on the latter date he flew as Navigator in the crew of Squadron Leader A.S. Raphael, D.F.C., also on board was Flight Lieutenant M.H. Parry who was the squadron's Bombing Leader; they took part in the famous moonlight raid on the V-2 rocket research site, and took off in Lancaster III LM342 PO-, '2145 Bottesford. Crashed in the Baltic while approaching the target' (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1943, W.R. Chorley refers); the crew of eight were all killed in action, and seven of them including Carter are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Captain George Carter, served during the Great War with the 7th Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Garrison Artillery on the Western Front, from 16.9.1914 (entitled to a Silver War Badge).

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