Medals awarded to a World War II pilot who risked his life to drop the French Tricolour over the Arc de Triomphe in occupied Paris in 1942 are being auctioned.

BBC: Daring World War II pilot Ken Gatward's medals auctioned

People in the Champs-Elysees watched as the French Tricolour streamed from the fuselage of the aircraft and floated down on to the Arc de Triomphe.

BBC: Daring World War II pilot Ken Gatward's medals auctioned

French racing authorities, which stage Europe's richest race - the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe - on the first Sunday in October, had threatened to oppose the changes.

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