The superb Second World War nightfighter operations D.F.C. and Bar, A.F.C. group of seven awarded to Flight Lieutenant H. 'Jake' Jacobs, Royal Air Force, late Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve: as a Navigator-Radio Leader with 'a very high reputation', he was 'teamed-up' with the famous ace John Braham, with whom he shared in the destruction of at least five enemy aircraft in 1942-43, actions that are vividly described in his hitherto unpublished wartime memoirs, the original manuscript of which is included in the collection.