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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Wing Commander

    Division:

    Royal Air Force

    Action Date:

    June – October 1944

    Headquarters, U.S. Army Air Forces, Europe, General Orders No. 82 (April 2, 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Air Forces Award) to Wing Commander Peter Reginald Halley Wickham (SN: 33403), Royal Air Force, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the Royal Air Force in aerial operations in the European Theater of Operations, from June 1944 to October 1944. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Wing Commander Wickham, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service.