Spoke to the Medals office at Innsworth the other day. They told me that it is taking about 4 months to get medals issued from date of (their) receipt of application. Mustn't forget that PSF have the pleasure of having to vet every application and OC PMS/PSF has to sign the form. But, apparently, the hold up is mainly due to engraving - the Army Medals office does the engraving for the RAF - so guess who gets to the front of the queue!!
As an aside, why is it that we have to apply for medals? Surely, PMA must know who was there (from OMIS). They could use this as a starter for 10 and the send the list to stations to ask for a double check. There will be people missed off - not swiped into thetare correctly, AT force peopel who were flying in and out all the time and all manner of other reasons. Bet my Dad didn't have to apply for his medals at the end of WW2!!