Hammer

£600

WW2 RAF 1940 Navigator's Bomber Command Medals and Logbook. A scarce early WW2 Navigator's group attributed to Warrant Officer Austin Borden Rex Sutton who commenced operations with 115 Squadron Wellingtons on the night of the 14th July 1940.
1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, Defence Medal, War Medal (Medals loose)
... Aircrew Log Book covers the period October 1939 to May 1945 and records 33 Operations.
... various Items of Ephemera, Service Release Book, Certificates etc. Warrant Officer Austin Borden Rex Sutton RAF career began when he applied to the RAFVR Observer Section in April 1939, his log records his first flight in a Hart on the 17th June 1939. After completing training he flew his first op with 115 Squadron 14th July 1940 to the oil refinery at Gelsinkirchen. A steady flow of ops followed with a trip to Berlin on the 4th August 1940. Then followed his part in the Battle of the Barges with a number of trips to bomb the docks at Le Havre, during September 1940. The German cities including Essen, Cologne, Hamburg were visited and the last op of his tour took place on the 14th December 1940 with an 8 hour 40 minutes trip to Turin. He was then posted as a screened Navigator instructor to 15 OTU at Harwell He remained here until October 1942 and the log then records occasional flights as a Navigator.