Description
Bomber Command Clasp, mounted on ribbon as issued in labelled MoD box of issue, Flight Lieutenant Thomas Harry Pashley, Royal Air Force, a wartime Pilot.
Label reads: “BOMBER COMMAND CLASP FLT LT T H PASHLEY 153592”
Thomas Harry Pashley was born on 26th January 1912 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, by 1939 he was a Hairdresser (Master) and at some point enlisted with the Royal Air Force during WW2 becoming a L.A.C. with service number 1582441.
He passed “83 Course” from 14th June 1943 to 1st October 1943 at the 36 Service Flying Training School, Penhold, Alberta, which was a Pilot Flying Course.
He would later gain himself a Commission, becoming Flying Officer T.H. Pashley, service number 153592.
He served as a Pilot with 514 Squadron from February 1945 to August 1945.
With issue letter dated 2013, an original pilot’s wings badge circa WW2, RAF Button and annotated Operations map for a bombing operation at Gelsenkirchen.
