Dambuster Les Munro's medals have been handed over to Lord Michael Ashcroft in London after a deal was struck to keep them in New Zealand.
The medals were handed over at the Bomber Command Memorial in London, by Christopher Hill from auction house Dix Noonan Webb, and will now be donated to Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology (Motat).
Mr Munro, 95, the last surviving Dambuster pilot, had planned to sell the medals to raise money for the upkeep of London's Bomber Command Memorial.
This week he agreed to a deal proposed by Lord Ashcroft, who offered to donate $150,000 towards the memorial's ongoing upkeep.
In return, Mr Munro will donate his medals, logbooks and other memorabilia to Motat.