The RAF Museum in Cosford is urging people across Shropshire to donate to a campaign to help keep a 'national treasure's' Victoria Cross in the UK
Squadron Leader, Arthur Scarf, was the only recipient of the Victoria Cross medal in the Royal Air Force for his services in the Far East during the Second World War.Arthur's incredibly rare medal – and his personal story of courage and heroism – are considered to be national treasures and the RAF Museum is determined to see the medal remain in the UK.
"This unique medal is part of our nation’s heritage, and a significant element to a decisive moment in British history. On December 9, 1941, he led a formation of Bristol Blenheim aircraft in a daylight attack on Japanese forces occupying airfields in Burma, what is today Thailand.
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