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A WWII Second World War medal group awarded to one Flight Officer Edward Grahame Fowler of the Royal Canadian Air Force, 420 Squadron. Comprising his War Medal, 1939-45 Star and Air Crew Europe Star. Each with their original ribbons. Fowler was reported as 'Missing' on 12th February 1942 when his Hampden Bomber P4400 'J' was lost whilst attacking German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the famous Channel Dash manoeuvre. Supplied with a copied photograph of Fowler in uniform, a copy of the letter sent to his wife after he went missing, and some later printed research into his aircraft. Consigned from family. The Channel Dash was a German naval operation during the Second World War. A Kriegsmarine squadron comprising the two Scharnhorst-class battleships, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and their escorts were evacuated from Brest in Brittany to German ports. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had arrived in Brest on 22 March 1941 after the success of Operation Berlin in the Atlantic...On 11 February 1942, the ships left Brest at 9:14 p.m. and escaped detection for more than twelve hours, approaching the Strait of Dover without discovery. The Luftwaffe provided air cover in Unternehmen Donnerkeil (Operation Thunderbolt) and as the ships neared Dover, the British belatedly responded. Attacks by the RAF, Fleet Air Arm, Navy and bombardments by coastal artillery were costly failures but Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were damaged by mines in the North Sea (Scharnhorst was out of action for a year). By 13 February, the ships had reached German ports