1939-45 STAR, AIR CREW EUROPE STAR WITH FRANCE & GERMANY CLASP, CANADIAN OVERSEAS VOLUNTEER MEDAL WITH MAPLE LEAF CLASP FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE & WW2 1939-45 WAR MEDAL. ALL AS AWARDED TO SGT-AIR GUNNER / PILOT OFFICER ERIC BLANTON OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE & COMPLETE WITH THE RECIPIENTS CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE, PORTRAIT PHOTGRAPH IN UNIFORM, ASSORTED SNAP SHOT PHOTOGRAPHS AND RELATED NEWPAPER CLIPPINGS & PHOTOS. BLANTON JOINED THE RCAF IN CANADA IN OCTOBER OF 1942 AND SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE UK FROM JULY 1943 TO DECEMBER 1944. HE SERVED IN THE RANKS FROM OCTOBER 1942 TO MAY 1944 WHEN HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A PILOT OFFICER. HE WAS A NATIVE OF TORONTO AND MARRIED AN ENGLISH GIRL WHO WAS IN THE W. HE SERVED AS A AIRGUNNER AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE BOMBING RAID ON LE MANS 13TH & 14TH MARCH 1944 AS PART OF NO-6 GROUP RCAF. THE MEDALS ARE SWING MOUNTED AS WORN AND IS COMMON WITH MODERN CANADIAN GROUPS. THE STARS HAVE BEEN GOLD PLATED / GILDED AND THE SILVER MEDALS HAVE BEEN CHROME / RHODIUM PLATED. THEY ARE HOWEVER 100% GENUINE MEDALS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE? AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO OFFER ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE. The item “WW2 ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE, AIR CREW EUROPE STAR, MEDAL GROUP WITH DOCS & PHOTOS” is in sale since Sunday, January 17, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “themedalcentre” and is located in Hexham. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Era: 1914-1945
- Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
- Service: Air Force
- Country/ Organization: Commonwealth
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
