Description
Physical description
medal and ribbon
King George VI issue DFM; named to repcipient (engraved on rim) as follows: '590560 SGT M.G.P. STRETTON.'
Label
590560 Sergeant Maurice George Percy Stretton DFM RAF. Sergeant Stretton was a pilot serving with 44 Squadron RAF when he was awarded the DFM. 'London Gazette' citation (13 September 1940) reads: 'This NCO pilot has conducted himself with great skill and courage both as a Navigator and first pilot in the course of 28 operations against the enemy. Amongst other successful operations in which he was Navigator, he distinguished himself in mining operations near Oslo and low-level attacks on the safety gates of the Dortmund-Ems Canal aqueducts. Sergeant Stretton has recently qualified as a first pilot. His enthusiasm for operations has been outstanding at all times. His initiative, skill and continuous devotion to duty have been an inspiration to other pilots and Navigators in his squadron' (Recommendation dated 31 July 1940. PRO AIR2/9459). Sergeant Stretton was subsequently a prisoner of war (POW). The set of pilot's wings was made for him by a Polish POW. See also the IWM's Department of Documents for papers relating to his period as a POW etc.
One of a bar of four medals, OMD 5383-5386.
History note
590560 Sergeant Maurice George Percy Stretton DFM RAF. Sergeant Stretton was a pilot serving with 44 Squadron RAF when he was awarded the DFM. 'London Gazette' citation (13 September 1940) reads: 'This NCO pilot has conducted himself with great skill and courage both as a Navigator and first pilot in the course of 28 operations against the enemy. Amongst other successful operations in which he was Navigator, he distinguished himself in mining operations near Oslo and low-level attacks on the safety gates of the Dortmund-Ems Canal aqueducts. Sergeant Stretton has recently qualified as a first pilot. His enthusiasm for operations has been outstanding at all times. His initiative, skill and continuous devotion to duty have been an inspiration to other pilots and Navigators in his squadron' (Recommendation dated 31 July 1940. PRO AIR2/9459). Sergeant Stretton was subsequently a prisoner of war (POW). The set of pilot's wings was made for him by a Polish POW. See also the IWM's Department of Documents for papers relating to his period as a POW etc.
Engraved (on rim)
590560 SGT M.G.P. STRETTON.
