sgt charles frankish 106th squardon

evening all i was wondering if anyone could help me?

my distant cousin charles frankish was in the 106th squadron of the RAF (which was commanded by a certain F/LT guy gibson V.C) what medals would have he been awarded iv'e looked into the newspapers and found that he died on the 16th of december 1943 by being shot down in a Lancaster in germany. i know that he volunteered mid 1940 and served until his death until 16 dec 1943. what medals would he have recieved. i normally can figure this out by army records but i haven't had much to do with RAF records before. any help would be greatly appreciated thank you in advance.

Bombardier frankish

 

I dont think anyone on here is qualified to answer that question, your best bet would be to obtain his service records or contact the medal office as below

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Service records are only available from the MOD link to forms etc is Request records of deceased service personnel

 

SERGEANT Charles Frankish
Service Number: 1071461
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

106 Sqdn.

Date of Death
Died 16 December 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at
REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

26. B. 1.

Germany

• Country of ServiceUnited Kingdom
• Additional InfoSon of David and Margaret Hannah Frankish, of Hull.
• Personal InscriptionAT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM

Download certificate

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56034362/charles-frankish

 

thank you everyone for your help and support. I've received my cousins records back. it appears he had trained for radio communications and then to become an air gunner. it was then four months prior to his death that he was stationed with the 106th squadron. would anybody perhaps be able to shed any further light on his medals. obviously he would have been awarded the defense, war medal and 1939-43 star as qualifying was 2 months which shows on his records. would he have been awarded the air crew and europe star at all as qualifying criteria was two months. was this recorded in flying hours or another method.

any help would be greatly appreciated

many thanks again in advance guys

bombardier frankish