A group of four WWII medals, awarded to 546494 Flight Sergea...

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A group of four WWII medals, awarded to 546494 Flight Sergeant Douglas Joseph James Timms RAF, with his flying Log Book, RAF tunic, telegram advising his mother he has been reported missing, a letter from a fellow crewman's mother, asking if he has any information on their son's loss, letter from the Air Ministry advising Mrs Timms of his death, another asking her to identify a silk scarf, another noting he is missing in action, a British Red Cross Society letter advising Mrs Timms of his loss, a note of condolence, a photograph of his headstone, a poignant letter from Paul Bunn, who was the pilot of his Lancaster bomber, writing to Mrs Timms in June 1945, advising her of the last time he saw Douglas Timms ... we were caught by fighters and/or hit in the petrol tanks, which immediately caught fire, within a few seconds the aircraft just blew up in mid-air, and myself, navigator & front armour were blown clean out of the aeroplane, now at that time your son was sitting next to me and when we got the burst from the fighter, he collapsed and slid into the nose of the A/C, and that was the last I saw of him..., and two photographs of friends/comrades Willie Muir, Gunner, and Ronald Halford (?) Navigator
Provenance: Descent through the family

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Note: the two photographs of the young men are not Donald, but his chums, shown in the photographs