£75
151 Sqn Mosquito Navigator's Post War Uniform
all relating to Wing Commander J J Cooper. Consisting blue grey, single breasted, open collar tunic. Pleated chest pockets and lower bag pockets, all with buttoned flaps. Cuffs with Wing Commander rank lace. Left breast with embroidery Navigator half wing over OBE, 39/45 Star, Atlantic Star with rosette, Defence, War medal with MiD and 1953 Coronation medal ribbons. Anodised, QC RAF buttons. Internal named label ... Matching trousers ... Post 1953 Field Service cap with anodised badge and buttons ... Post 1953 Service dress cap with bullion embroidery, QC badge (complete in postal box) ... 1943 dated, RAF commission ... 1944 dated, 151 Sqn photo ... 1942 Southampton University Air Squadron photo, signed to reverse ... 3 x RAF Staff College photo for 1956, 1963 and 1965.
John Joseph Cooper flew with 151 Squadron Mosquitos with his pilot F/O Struthers. 11th Aug flew in Ramrod 161 with other squadrons. March 24 1945 attacked a train near Lippstadt, exploding it and the debris hit their Mosquito knocking out the compass and hydraulics. They crash landed at Manston.
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