83/Garvey Crew: Ashton, DFC - aircraft piece + ORB details

Object/Artifact

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RAF Pathfinders Archive

Name/Title

83/Garvey Crew: Ashton, DFC - aircraft piece + ORB details

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.409

Description

Aircraft fragment, M-Mother, + ORBs for night when Ashton won the DFC. (3 images)

Context

Aircraft fragment from the night on which Ashton won the Distinguished Flying Cross. The ORB entries give the details. The crew were operating again the following night. The originals of the ORBs are in the National Archives.

Collection

83 Squadron, YASH: HUGH ASHTON, DFC, YZ/BRITISH NATIONAL ARCHIVES, KEW

Category

QAD: Personal - mixed items