VC sale and row over pensions

Title

VC sale and row over pensions

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:31

Description

Report on the selling of a Victoria Cross awarded to late Second World War pilot James Nicholson, to raise money for his widow Muriel Nicholson, due to the paucity of service pensions. Includes interview on Thames Television with son James Nicholson; interview with Dr John Tanner of RAF Museum. Male reporter and interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Thames Television; John Tanner; James Nicholson

Keywords

Pensions; Auctions; Pilots; Second World War (1939-1945); Air force; Museums; RAF Museum; Veterans (Armed Forces); Medals; Hendon; War pensions; James Nicholson; Muriel Nicholson

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