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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 133

The campaign group of three awarded to Flight Sergeant (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner) P. Conlon, No. 105 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who was killed in action on a daylight raid off the Dutch coast on 7 July 1941, when his Blenheim was shot down by a Flak ship

1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as issued in their Royal Mint case, nearly extremely fine (3)

Patrick Conlon was born in November 1915 in Tynemouth, Northumberland and by 1939 was living at Longbenton and was a cost clerk at a local firebrick manufacturers. With the outbreak of the Second World War he firstly became a Cadet in the Green Howards and then joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Qualifying as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, he joined No. 105 Squadron who operated on Blenheims. Tasked with an anti-shipping patrol in the North Sea off Scheveningen, Holland, they got wheels up in V5502 GB-U at 1127hrs on 7 July 1941. Unfortunately they were spotted and shot down by a Flak ship and crashed into the sea off Ijmuiden around 1300hrs.

Conlon was buried with Squadron Leader Scott and Sergeant Dewin in The Hague General Cemetery; sold together with official R.A.F. documents confirming the award of these Medals to his widow in February 1986.


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Estimate
£160 to £200

Starting price
£130