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Auction: 9004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 921

Air Force Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved ´Air Force Cross. Lieutenant John Hirst. Royal Air Force´, extremely fine, with original horizontal riband, and in John Pinches, London, case of issue Estimate £ 750-850 O.B.E. London Gazette 1.1.1951 John Hirst, Esq., A.F.C., Clerk to the River Trent Catchment Board A.F.C. London Gazette 2.11.1918 Lieut. John Hirst, R.A.F. ´´In recognition of valuable flying services performed in their various capacities - Flying Instructors, Test, Ferry, and Experimental Pilots.´´ Lieutenant John Hirst, O.B.E., A.F.C., born 1894, a native of Wombwell, Yorkshire; prior to the outbreak of the Great War Hirst was a solicitor´´s clerk and studied law; joined the Royal Naval Air Service and was posted to Eastchurch, 27.10.1917; Sub-Lieutenant (Observer) 1.2.1918; his papers give Hirst as a ´´qualified Naval Observer flown in seaplanes and land machines´´; Lieutenant Royal Air Force, 1.4.1918.

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