Stan Attwood's medal list

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Stan Attwood's medal list

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A list of Stan Attwood's medals from a sale catalogue. It also includes a short description of his service life and refers to the documentary 'If I don't come back, have a drink with me'.

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One printed sheet

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SAttwoodSG1814420v10014

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Five: Sergeant S. G. Attwood, Royal Air Force, 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal; G.S.M. 1962, two clasps, Borneo, South Arabia, last clasp loose on riband (Sgt.); R.A.F. Long Service and G.C., E.II.R. (Sgt.), very fine and better
(5)
Sergeant S. G. Attwood joined the R.A.F., 1942 and after training as a Flight Engineer was posted to Bomber Command; as Flight Engineer of Lancaster ‘O for Oboe,’ 50 Squadron, he was present in a number of the “1000 bomber” raids of 1943 and 1944; the targets included Berlin, Essen, Augsburg, Schweinfurt, Frankfurt, Aachen and the raid on Munich when 100 of our aircraft failed to return.
All seven crew members of ‘O for Oboe’ survived the war; Grenada Television gathered them together and made a documentary around them entitled ‘If I don’t come back, have a drink with me’ (screened, 15th July, 1969)
£100-130

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Three: Leading Aircraftman R. P. O’Connell, Royal Air Force, G.S.M., 1918-62, G.VI.R., one clasp, Malaya; Korea; United Nations Korea, very fine, Korea pair rare to R.A.F. personnel
(3)
Leading Aircraftman R. P. O’Connell entered the R.A.F. as a Boy, 1947 and trained as a fitter; he left the R.A.F. in 1954
£80-120

Citation

“Stan Attwood's medal list,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/15072.

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