The sale of a rare British military medal to an overseas buyer has triggered a fight to keep the coveted award on UK soil, The Express reports. The medal is one of just 22 Victoria Crosses to be awarded to RAF personnel during World War Two, with this particular one going posthumously to Squadron Leader Arthur Scarf, who despite being mortally wounded in an operation in Myanmar heroically continued to fly his aircraft and crew to safety.
His award has been bought by an anonymous overseas buyer at an auction. But the Royal Air Force Museum has the opportunity to fundraise and match the sale price of £250,000.
The museum has now launched a desperate race-against-time fundraiser to keep the symbolic award in Britain. A quarter of a million pounds must be raised by April 30 to match the buyer's price.
