Flt Sgt VF Pitcher RAFVR  DFM                                  

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Awarded DFM,   23 Jun 1944   London Gazette 23 June 1944

Re Sotheby’s New York 1998  Sale of Medal Group

Flight Sergeant V.F. Pitcher, No. 49 Squadron, R.A.F.V.R., whose tour included the Peenemunde Raid and seven sorties against Berlin

Distinguished Flying Medal, George VI (1382584, R.A.F.),

1939-45 Star,

Air Crew Europe Star, with France and Germany clasp,

Defence Medal

War Medal      (Medals described as-    good very fine or better)

London Gazette: 27 June, 1944 (General Citation):

''This N.C.O. has completed 28 successful bombing sorties as a Navigator of a Lancaster. These sorties have all been against major targets in Germany - seven of them over Berlin. He has proved himself to be an exceptional Navigator who has always taken his aircraft to the target and back with great accuracy, often in the face of heavy enemy opposition.''

Flight Sergeant Victor Fulton Pitcher, D.F.M., also completed sorties to Cologne, Hamburg (2), Remscheid, Nurnberg (2), Munich, Hanover, Kassel, Stuttgart (4), Magdeburg, Leipzig, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Frankfurt (2) and Essen.