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Six: Warrant Officer Class I N. D. Walker, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late...
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Six: Warrant Officer Class I N. D. Walker, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 37 Operational Sorties during the Second World War 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (22826221 W.O. Cl. 1. N. D. Walker. REME.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22826221 W.O. Cl. 1. N. D. Walker. REME.) mounted court-style as worn, last partially officially renamed, good very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Norman Douglas Walker was born in 1921 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 31 May 1943. After training as a Flight Engineer at 1652 Conversion Unit from March 1944, he was posted for operational flying to 10 Squadron (Halifaxes) at Melbourne, Yorkshire, in May 1944, and flew in 37 operational sorties with the Squadron, including Montorglieil; Mont Candon (twice); Blainville; Thiverny; Kiel; Foret-de-Nieppe (2); Prouville; Bois de Cassan; St. Philibert Ferme; Dijon; Tirlemont-Gloson-Court; Brest; Lumbres; Soesterberg; Le Havre; Gelsenkirchener-Benzin; Calais; Bochum; Duisburg (three times); Wilhelmshaven; Essen; Cologne; Dusseldorf; Munster; Sterkrade; Hagen; Soest; Osnabruck; Hannover; Hanau and Dulmen. Discharged on 9 December 1946, he was subsequently employed as a 'Skilled Turner' at 4 Central Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Donnington, Shropshire, by the War Department from 1948 to 1950, and then took up employment with the Ministry of Supply prior to service as Warrant Officer with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from 1952 to 1979. Sold with the recipient's R.A.F. Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers, covering the period 25 March 1944 to 14 January 1945; the recipient’s R.A.F. Service and Release Book; War Department Civilian Employee's Certificate of Service, dated 29 November 1948 to 13 October 1950; and two portrait postcard photographs of the recipient in uniform.
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Six: Warrant Officer Class I N. D. Walker, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, late 10 Squadron, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 37 Operational Sorties during the Second World War 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; U.N. Medal, on UNFICYP riband; General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (22826221 W.O. Cl. 1. N. D. Walker. REME.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22826221 W.O. Cl. 1. N. D. Walker. REME.) mounted court-style as worn, last partially officially renamed, good very fine (6) £300-£400 --- Norman Douglas Walker was born in 1921 and enlisted in the Royal Air Force on 31 May 1943. After training as a Flight Engineer at 1652 Conversion Unit from March 1944, he was posted for operational flying to 10 Squadron (Halifaxes) at Melbourne, Yorkshire, in May 1944, and flew in 37 operational sorties with the Squadron, including Montorglieil; Mont Candon (twice); Blainville; Thiverny; Kiel; Foret-de-Nieppe (2); Prouville; Bois de Cassan; St. Philibert Ferme; Dijon; Tirlemont-Gloson-Court; Brest; Lumbres; Soesterberg; Le Havre; Gelsenkirchener-Benzin; Calais; Bochum; Duisburg (three times); Wilhelmshaven; Essen; Cologne; Dusseldorf; Munster; Sterkrade; Hagen; Soest; Osnabruck; Hannover; Hanau and Dulmen. Discharged on 9 December 1946, he was subsequently employed as a 'Skilled Turner' at 4 Central Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Donnington, Shropshire, by the War Department from 1948 to 1950, and then took up employment with the Ministry of Supply prior to service as Warrant Officer with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from 1952 to 1979. Sold with the recipient's R.A.F. Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers, covering the period 25 March 1944 to 14 January 1945; the recipient’s R.A.F. Service and Release Book; War Department Civilian Employee's Certificate of Service, dated 29 November 1948 to 13 October 1950; and two portrait postcard photographs of the recipient in uniform.
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