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September 6, 2012 - LONDON<br />

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Three: Flight Lieutenant C.H.F. Palser, Auxiliary<br />

Air Force<br />

Defence and War Medals; Air Efficiency Award,<br />

G.VI.R. (Flt. Lt. C.H.F. Palser. A.A.F.), nearly<br />

extremely fine (3)<br />

£140-180<br />

Flight Lieutenant Clement Henry Ford Palser, A.E.,<br />

Commissioned Pilot Officer, Auxiliary Air Force, 4.8.1939,<br />

serving with No.933 (Hampshire) Squadron, Balloon<br />

Branch; on the 12th August 1940 the enemy launched a<br />

fierce daylight raid on the barrage balloons of 933 Squadron<br />

at Gosport, which resulted in the death of ten airmen and two<br />

civilians; promoted Flying Officer, 3.9.1940; Flight<br />

Lieutenant, 1.3.1942; awarded the Air Efficiency Award,<br />

15.7.1948; retired, 10.10.1954.<br />

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Pair: Chief Technician D.B. Burley, Royal Air<br />

Force<br />

General Service 1918-62, E.II.R., one clasp, Arabian<br />

Peninsula (4029390 Snr. Tech. D.B. Burley. R.A.F.);<br />

Royal Air Force Long Service & G.C., E.II.R.<br />

(J4029390 Ch. Tech. D.B. Burley. R.A.F.), nearly<br />

very fine, mounted as worn (2)<br />

£80-120<br />

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