Drone_pilot
01-05-04, 03:18
as a follow on from this post Family forced to sell V.C. (http://www.militaryimages.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=335)
A Victoria Cross awarded to an airman who climbed onto a Lancaster bomber's wing at 20,000ft to put out a fire has sold for a record price.
It went for £235,250 at the Spink auction house in London on Friday, smashing the old record for a VC of £178,250.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3673277.stm)
A Victoria Cross awarded to an airman who climbed onto a Lancaster bomber's wing at 20,000ft to put out a fire has sold for a record price.
It went for £235,250 at the Spink auction house in London on Friday, smashing the old record for a VC of £178,250.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3673277.stm)