R.C.A.F. - D.F.C.

Ok OK OK I know that this is way way off my collecting theme but was something that I could not resist.....

They are all to a Robert Lloyd Kelly a Calgarian, RCAF. Pilot.....

DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS
1939-1945 STAR
AIR CREW EUROPE STAR
ITALY STAR
DEFENCE MEDAL
C.V.S.M. and OVERSEAS BAR
WAR MEDAL

CANADIAN QUEEN ELIZABETH GOLDEN JUBILEE MEDAL (possibly WIFE as he died 1999)

2 sets R.C.A.F. PILOTS WINGS

R.C.A.F. RESERVE PIN
A COUPLE OF CIVILIAN PINS ONE WITH A REAL RUBY

2 PILOTS LOGBOOKS - 57 COMBAT OPERATIONS AGAINST GERMANY AND ITALY FLYING WELLINGTONS (Mostly), HALIFAX and VARIOUS TRAINING AIRCRAFT

AIRCRAFT FLOWN
TIGER MOTH
CESSNA CRANE
AIRSPEED OXFORD
AVRO ANSON
MILES MAGISTER
WELLINGTON III
WELLINGTON VIII
WELINGTON X
WELLINGTON XI
WELLINGTON Z (Never hear of this one)
HANDLEY PAGE HALIFAX

LETTER WITH CITATION FOR AWARD OF D.F.C. APRIL 11, 1944

LETTER OF CONGRADULATIONS FROM AIR OFFICER COMMANDING R.C.A.F. H.Q. ON AWARD OF D,F,C, APRIL 27 1944 SIGNED

LETTER OF CONGRADULATIONS FROM AIR OFFICER COMMANDING #6 (R.C.A.F.) GROUP H.Q. ON AWARD OF D,F,C, APRIL 27 1944 SIGNED

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE:

CANADA: MAY 8, 1941 – AUGUST 6, 1942
UNITED KINGDOM: AUGUST 7, 1942 – JUNE 23, 1943
MIDDLE EAST: JUNE 24, 1943 – NOVEMBER 5, 1943
UNITED KINGDOM: NOVEMBER 6, 1943 – DECEMBER 31, 1944
CANADA: JANUARY 1, 1945 – JUNE 13, 1945

DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE – MAY 29, 1947 – ON DISCHARGE HE WAS 24

MENU DATED JANUARY 3, 1945 WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES

CANADIAN CASED $20.00 LANCASTER AND AIR COMMODORE JOHN FAUQUIER DSO** DFC COMMEMORATIVE COIN WITH CERTIFICATE

14 SINGLE AND GROUP PICTURES OF ROBERT AND HIS CREW

9 VARIOUS GENERAL PICTURES

5 PICTURES OF THE FUNERAL OF SQUADRON LEADER J-15246 R.A. BUCKINGHAM D.F.C, DIED 15 JANUARY 1947

Not going to mount and leave them as they are......

Mike

Very nice. Cheers Brian

That's a remarkable find and congratulations for keeping it in Calgary. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to realize the world beyond the dry log entries. From the Wellington types that were flown, this officer clearly spent time in Coastal Command and flying those overloaded aircraft in all sorts of weather and ocean conditions would have been an extremely dangerous and stressful duty. The fatalities from the flying alone would shock anyone looking closely at them today. And then there was the enemy action ... And he did it 57 times. Clearly competent as well as lucky.

WOW, quite the group for sure. Interesting with such an outstanding group to a Canadian, that he never mounted them to wear. Surly wearing this group he would have attracted a lot of attention at any event or ceremony. Possibly he wished to avoid such recognition.

Good to hear you will not be mounting these, but rather leaving them as he did, in their original boxes. This group is way outside my collecting theme, but certainly would not pass on it.