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Old 5th Dec 2009, 11:57
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Tankertrashnav
 
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next to the Order of Lenin
Interesting aside, but there were four RAF recipients of the Order of Lenin, three officers and a flight sergeant, all were aircrew on 151 wing flying Hurricanes in support of the Soviets during Operation Barbarossa. Also I once knew a Welsh plumber who had the Iron Cross 2nd Class, although in fairness he had won this as a Lithuanian who had joined the Waffen SS in order to have a crack at the hated Russians. Taken prisoner in Normandy he ended up in Wales and settled there after the war. He never wore it on Remembrance Day, as he figured it might have caused a few raised eyebrows.
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