He was a self-effacing and modest man, held in high esteem by his crew because he never lorded over them or raised his voice to them. He regarded himself as being very lucky, not only because he was able to fly aeroplanes, which he loved doing, but because he survived the War. The family of Group Captain Casement. The superb 1942 D.S.O., 1941 D.F.C. and 1942 Second Award Bar, 1951 A.F.C. group of eight awarded to Group Captain P. R. Casement, Royal Air Force A gallant veteran of no less than three Tours and 81 Ops during the Second World War, Casement cut his teeth with No. 61 Squadron and kept a notable personal diary of each and every one of his Ops in this period; by the time of his twenty-first birthday, he flew on his 28th Op, sharing in Operation Millennium, the first of the Thousand-Bomber Raids on Cologne, 30-31 May 1942 Casement went onto have a prominent position in Coastal Command Operations and shared in sinking U-751 in July 1942: putting in a determined attack, he managed to capture images of the moment he raked the stricken submarine before she sank to the depths Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1942, with top riband bar; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1941, with Second Award Bar, the reverse officially dated 1942; Air Force Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated 1951; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, copy clasp, France and Germany; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf; General Service 1918-62, 3 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, Cyprus (Sqn. Ldr. P. R. Casement. R.A.F.), clasps loose upon riband, mounted as worn, good very fine (8)
