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orders, deCoratioNs, CampaigN medaLs aNd miLitaria 24 24 A Scarce Second War 1941 ‘Evacuation of Greece and Yugoslavia’ D.F.M. Group of Six to Sunderland Air Gunner Warrant Officer W.H. Yates, Royal Air Force; Later Shot Down Whilst Engaging A Submarine Over the Mediterranean He Was Taken Prisoner of War by the Italians, 1.8.1941; Having Managed to Escape, He Was Re- Captured by the Germans in 1943 a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (536375. L.A.C. W.H. Yates. R.A.F.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar d) Defence and War Medals e) Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal, nearly extremely fine, with the following related documents &c.: R.A.F. Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, covering the period 4.10.1939- 1.8.1941 - R.A.F. Service and Release Book - The recipient’s Goldfish Club Card, dated 1.8.1941 - The recipient’s Returned British Prisoners of War Association Membership card - A copy of ‘Flight Out of Yugoslavia’, the recipient’s account of evacuating V.I.P.s from Yugoslavia, 17.4.1941, prior to its fall to Germany - Handle with Care, a book of sketches drawn in German Prison Camps, inscribed by the recipient - The recipient’s Ministry of Aviation Aircraft Maintenance Engineer’s Licence - Various letters regarding the award of the Malta George Cross Fiftieth Anniversary Medal - Commemorative Italian Prisoner of War Medal for Merit, bronze, with top riband bar - Various photographs of the recipient (lot) £2,200-2,600 D.F.M. London Gazette 21.11.1941 536375 Leading Aircraftman William Henry Yates, Royal Air Force ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations.’ The Recommendation, dated 30.7.1941, states: ‘Leading Aircraftsman Yates was Rigger/ Air Gunner in Sunderland L2166 during the evacuation from Greece. L2166 carried out 58 hours 10 minutes operational flying and carried 138 passengers during the evacuation operations between 17 April and 2 May 1941. Although called upon to work both day and night and often 24 hours at a stretch he has never once failed any demand. His devotion to duty and continual cheerfulness under adverse conditions has been a continual inspiration to the Officers and men of the aircraft. LAC Yates has carried out 102 sorties totalling 657.40 operational hours since the outbreak of War with Italy. He has been under WWW.spiNK.Com
November 22, 2012 - LoNdoN Warrant Officer W.H. Yates continual operations during this period. The serviceability of the machine has been such that not once has it failed to answer to requirements. This has been largely due to this airman. He has been involved in 5 enemy actions and has displayed skill and efficiency. His devotion to his duties which not only included those of an air gunner but also the maintenance of his aircraft has been outstanding particularly when operating from advanced bases without the usual ground staff facilities.’ 536375 Warrant Officer William Henry Yates, D.F.M., born 15.4.1917; enlisted in the Royal Air Force, 24.11.1936; served during the Second World War with No.230 Squadron (Sunderlands), based in Egypt, carrying out anti-submarine patrols over the Mediterranean; Operations stepped up with the entry of Italy to the War, and Yates’s first direct contact with the enemy occurred when flying from Malta to Alexandria, 15.9.1940: ‘Engaged Cant 506 fired 300 rounds’ (recipient’s Log Book refers); Yates saw further action on the 12th October: ‘Bombed 4 M.T. Boats and sighted Italian Fleet’ (ibid), before the Squadron’s role shifted to transporting freight and troops between Egypt and North Africa. Between April and May 1941 Yates was involved in the evacuation of Greece, Yugoslavia, and Crete, during which his Sunderland safely transported 138 passengers, including a number of V.I.P.s on the German ‘Hit List’ that were evacuated from Kotor, Montenegro, 17.4.1941, the day the Yugoslav Royal Army capitulated to the Germans. Yates had further contact with the enemy on the 12th June: ‘Italian submarine machine gunned. 100 rounds front turret’ (ibid), before resuming passenger operations, including carrying the Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Middle East Command, Air Marshal Arthur Tedder (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder, G.C.B.) from Cairo to Aboukir, 26.7.1941. Yates’s final flight was a patrol over the Mediterranean, 1.8.1941- his Sunderland was shot down over the sea by an Italian submarine; eight of his crew members were killed, while Yates and three others joined the Goldfish Club by making use of their emergency dinghy, later to be picked up by the submarine and made Prisoners of War. Incarcerated in the Sulmona camp, in the mountains approximately 60 miles east of Rome, Yates succeeded in escaping in 1943, before being re-captured by the Germans and spending the rest of the War in a German Prisoner of War camp (newspaper cutting refers). Following the end of the War Yates left the Royal Air Force, 6.4.1946, and subsequently trained as a civilian Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, based at Filton, Bristol. In October 1973 he returned to his old Italian Prisoner of War camp at Sulmona, where he was presented with the Italian Prisoner of War Medal for Merit by the Italian Ministry of Defence. 35
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