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* A Victorian silver `castle top` vinegarette, the hinged cover engraved with an exterior view of Crystal Palace from Hyde Park, enclosing gilded foliate scroll grille, base engraved with monogrammed cartouche within engine turned ground, Birmingham, 1850, by Alfred Taylor, (grille loose from hinge), 2.4 x 4.4 cm (1)
* A collection of Second World War items relating to Warrant Officer K.S. Batten, 51 Squadron, Royal Air Force, a ÒCaterpillar ClubÓ member, who took part in the successful `V2` raid over Peenmunde and who along with his crew was taken Prisoner of War after being shot down over Magdenburg 22.1.1944, the archive comprises: Medals: 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence and War Medals, extremely fine, mounted for wearing in card box of issue addressed to `K.S. Batten Esq., 44 Clifton Road, Romford, Essex` with transmission slip Log Book: First entry 11.2.1943, training flights in Botha`s advancing to Wellington`s (April 1943), 17.8.1943 Operations - Peenmunde (bombed at 7000ft), 22.8.1943 Operations - Leverkusen (coned in searchlights, flack, heavy and accurate), 27.8.1943 Operations - Nuremburgh, 3.9.1943 Operations - Minelaying (2000ft unable to find pin point), 3.9.1943 Operations - Mannheim, 6.9.1943 Operations - Munich (forced landing at Benson owing to lack of petrol), 27.9.1943 Operations - Hanover (diverted on return to Bury St Edmunds, Yankee Drome), 29.9.1943 Operations - Bochum (very sticky over target area), 3.10.1943 Operations - Kassel (fired at 2 night fighters with no results), 4.10.11 Operations - Frankfurt (searchlights drove me crazy , fighter attack, two bursts ), 3.11.1943 Operations - Dusseldorf (starboard wingtip damaged by flack), 11.11.1943 Operations - Cannes (full moon, very quiet how beautiful the Mediterranean looks in the moonlight! Diverted landing to Middle Wallop), 19.11.1943 Operations - Leverkusen (Ruhr Defences to ourselves coming back, 7 flack holes), 28.11.1943 Operations - Stuttgart (fighter flare paths very troublesome (Pocklington), 20.12.1943 Operations - Frankfurt (swarms of fighters, flare paths many combats seen. Port inner badly shot up over Dutch Coast), the log book then ceases stamped `Withdrawn from Air Crew Duties`, total flying time 160hrs 40mins. Sundry items: Cloth badges including Air Gunners badge, riband bar, Air Gunners Association and P.O.W. Association ties, crest of 51 Squadron mounted on a wooden shield Caterpillar Club: Gold Caterpillar Club badge, with ruby eyes engraved `Sgt K.S. Batten`, Brass Caterpillar Club badge engraved `Sgt K.S. Batten`Caterpillar Club membership card, and `Congratulations` outer sleeve. NB: It is likely the brass example would have been worn by Batten during his time in the camp and the gold example would have been issued to him in the late 1940s, hence two badges P.O.W. related items: Three passport size photographs of Batten together with a larger photograph and the glass negative.`Kriegie` ID tag, impressed `2423 Stalag Luft`, 6 x 4.2cm, A Wartime Log for British Prisoners, printed `gift from The War Prisoners` Aid of the Y.M.C.A.`, inscribed to `Sgt Ken. S. Batten, prisoner of war, 2423, Barth, Germany, August 3rd 1944, shot down January 21st 1944`. Batten has drawn a picture of his A.G. wing and the following inscription `Sgt K.S. Batten. Rear Gunner. R.A.F. July 6th 1942, Operational Aircrew from July 26th 1943 to January 21st 1944 shot down over Magdeburg during my 24 missions over enemy territory. Remainder of war spent at Barth, Germany`, following page has a poem titled `Dangerous Moonlight`, the rest of the pages are black, the rear of the book has a theatre programme glued into it titled `Hit the Bottle` `The little theatre off Times Square, opening July 3, 1944, Barth, Germany`, there are several pages of fellow prisoners names and addresses, finally the back page has sample of `Ersatz coffee and tea`, A notebook made from packets of cigarettes the crude cover inscribed `KB Notes`, various insertions including a page inscribed `Bets. War over by Sept 30th 44`, and a primitive tin opener Post War items: Warrant certificate, 6.3.1945 (post mark 25.9.1981), R.A.F. release book, 16.10.1945A letter dated 31.12.1948 to Batten from Bill (Pilot William Bruce, R.A.F., 51 Squadron), 51 Squadron Association membership card R.A.F. Ex-Prisoner of War Association Rule Book and Directory Membership, three photographs of Battens wedding day, 51 Squadron Association Annual Reunion invitation, 51 Squadron First Day CoverLetter of condolence to Batten`s wife from the Air Gunner`s Association dated 10.8.1987. The following information is taken from an incredibly detailed account (sold with the lot) written by Warrant Officer S.C. Tait, R.A.F., who served with Batten throughout the war with 51 Squadron and was also taken prisoner of war after the fated operation over Magdenburg, 22.1.1944 Peenmunde Raid 17/18 August 1943: A special raid which Bomber Command was ordered to carry out against the German research establishment on the Baltic coast where the V2 Rocket was being built and tested. Comprising 696 aircraft, 324 Lancasters, 218 Halifaxes and 54 Stirling. The Peenmunde Raid was the only occasion in the latter part of the Second World War when the whole of Bomber Command attempted a precision raid by night on such a small target and also had a Master Bomber (piloted by Group Captain J.H. Searby, 83 Squadron). There were three aiming points, the scientists, the workers and the living quarters and the rocket factory and experimental station. The Pathfinders found Peenmunde fairly easily using a new technique of `Shifters` whose task was to move the Markers from one target to the next during the raid. Having found the target fairly easily the Master Bomber`s moved in a controlled the raid successfully. Approximately 180 Germans and 500-600 foreign slave workers were killed. This was the first time that the enemy deployed the Schrage Musik (Slanted or Jazz music) night fighters, effectively a pair of upward firing cannon fitted to an Me 110. Six Bombers became a casualty of the Schrage Musik. 40 aircraft were lost in this raid. 23 Lancasters, 15 Halifaxes and 2 Stirlings (6.7% of the force). Although heavy losses the raid was considered a success as the attack set back the rocket programme by at least two months which as a result delayed further attacks on London. Magdenburg 21/22 January 1944: The raid comprised 648 aircraft and was the first major raid on the city, and was not successful, winds were stronger than forecast and as a result brought some of the bombers into the target area before the Pathfinders. The Germans lit decoy fires, which caused the Pathfinders to miss their concentration of markers, and most of the bombs fell outside of the city. 57 aircrafts were lost on this raid. 35 Halifaxes and 22 Lancasters (8.8% of the force), including Batten`s Halifax L-Love LW 779. The attack came from an Me 110 night fighter, the fighter attacked from the rear starboard quarter destroying half the starboard fin and rudder, then travelled through the fuselage destroying the accumulator. As a result this stopped the bomb doors from opening and fully. The shells then ripped into the two port engines knocking them out along with the elevators on that wing, losing 2000ft per minute the skipper (Pilot, Bill Bruce) responded Òwell, what do we do now?Ó realising there was no chance of getting back to England with one engine the skipper gave the order to bale out, which they did (not before smoking a cigarette though!) Detainment: All the crew had ejected and landed safely but were quickly captured and taken to a local police station where they were interrogated by the local Luftwaffe unit. From there the crew were taken to a fighter base where they were ordered to stand 10ft apart and opposite each other this was to ensure they did not speak or pass messages on, after a short while they were then moved on to Dulag Luft Oberheusel interrogation camp near Frankfurt. Prisoners of War and Camp Life: Once arriving at the camp the crew were each immediately placed into a cell measuring about four feet square. The cell contained a straw mattress only, the walls were plain white with a sign saying Òno writingÓ to stop prisoners leaving messages for each other. Batten and the other crew members were warned to say very little within the camp as there was a ÒSquadron LeaderÓ who spoke perfect English and was known as a Òstool pigeonÓ (someone who was favoured by the Germans and received perks for information), after a few weeks the crew were then moved on to Stalag Luft. Stalag Luft 1 was the main American POW camp and there were about 8000 prisoners there, of which 1500 were British. As soon as the crew arrived, their equipment i.e. boots etc. were taken away and no doubt be taken to the Russian front and they were issued with a `Kriegie` ID tag. According to one source they were useful for dividing up bread fairly (a loaf divided into five slices). Batten and the other crew members were freed when the Russians liberated the camp in June 1945 having been in captivity for 18 months. (-)
* B.O.A.C. Engine and Propeller Overhaul Base, Treforest. A fine and unique presentation album to J. H. Robson, O.B.E., from the staff of this establishment on his retirement dated March 3rd 1950,forty-three photographs mounted on card of workshops and staff, numerous signatures adjacent to photos of staff, each section labelled, with interleaves of card separating each Engine and Propeller overhaul workshop, leather bound, gilt edged card and pages, marbled inner covers with decorative gilt borders, photo of B.O.A.C. overhaul base to cover, gilt embossed, oblong folio (1)
* Fokker `M` Series D1-D6, DR-1, DV-II & DV-III. A collection of aircraft ground portrait photographs, many copied from originals in private collections and from pilots or ground-crews albums,some good engine installation details, camouflage and markings, restored and replica DR-1 machines, D-VII Geschwader line up, museum exhibits, accidents and others, approx. 105 images contained in a folder, some showing signs of minor damp damage (approx. 105)
* Pfalz, Phonix, Rohrbach, Siemens-Schuckert & Rumpler. A miscellaneous collection of photographs from numerous private and official collections and other sources of these WWI aircraft,many copied from originals now lost, aircraft types illustrated including the Pfalz E.I., the D4E Series, Phonix ground aircraft portraits, Geschwader line-up (photo Peter M. Bowers), engine details and others, post WWI Rohnbach tri-motor flying boats including the `Romar` under construction, Rumpler C.IV and other types in Imperial German Air Force service, circa 1917, various Siemens-Schuckert machines, etc., approx. 135 images contained in a folder (approx. 135)
* Prototypes and Experimental Aircraft. A collection of official Air Ministry, Ministry of Supply and A.T.P.S. aircraft portrait photographs,all approx. 6 in x 8 in (15.2 cm x 20.3 cm), most titled and dated with agency stamps verso, unusual types include the Merlin and Ghost Avro `Lancastrian`, various experimental Avro `Tudors` including `Tudor` 8 with Nene engines, the Blackburn & General E6/48 of 1951 (VX330), the Blackburn GR.17/45 with Griffon engine (WB 781), Signals Command `Canberra` (WH 670), the Waco CG-4R, Sikorsky Y.R. 48 with Warner Super Scarab of May 1944 and others, some images marked Secret, approx. 105 images contained in two folders (approx. 105)
* Bader (Group Captain Sir Douglas, 1910-1982). Pilot`s Flying Logbook,commencing 13.9.28 (Avro 9009) flying instruction and exercises with ñAî Squadron, Cadet College, Cranwell, first solo flight (10 minutes), appears to have been 12.2.29, further flying practice, mostly as passenger but no flying for week ending 8.6.29, `Absent playing cricket`, eventually posted to No. 23 (Fighter) Squadron, RAF Kenley, 25.8.30, more flying practice including formation practice, battle climbs and aerobatics, 9.3.31 `Fired guns on butts, NEITHER WORKED. Left-trigger motor push rod stuck. Right-trigger motor push rod missing trigger`, 17.3.31 `Shooting. 250 rounds`, 1.5.31 `Display practice`, 4.5.31 `Night flying and dusk landing`, 26.6.31 `Display at Hendon` [Hendon Air Display, 1931, aerobatics team, ñCî Flight Commander Harry Day. P/O Bader and P/O Geoffrey Stephenson - reserve], 22.7.31 (Bulldog K1672) `Engine burst. Forced landing. OK`, 2.11.31 `Night flying practice`, 14.12.31 `x Country-Reading. Crashed slow-rolling near ground. Bad show`. Following nine months convalescence Bader was posted to Central Flying School 29.9.32 and commenced flying practice as passenger. The logbook has been signed off by A. Church O.C.`D` Flight C.F.S. on 27/10/32, Bader having completed 507.50 flying hours, orig. linen-backed printed boards, worn on spine, 8vo `The Monday morning, 14th December, 1931 was bright and clear with a nip in the air and a little scattered cumulus about 4,000 feet. About 10 o`clock Bader was curing his gloom with some aerobatics not far from the airfield when he saw two Bulldogs taking off and remembered that two of the pilots, Phillips and Richardson, were flying over to Woodley Aerodrome near Reading to see Phillips` brother... Bader tagged on to make a threesome, and half an hour later they settled on the grass in a neat vic at Woodley. In the clubhouse some young pilots, drinking coffee and talking shop as usual, asked Douglas, the Hendon star, questions about aerobatics, and then someone suggested he give a demonstration beat-up of the airfield. Bader said, no, he didn`t want to. The Hendon show had been in a gamecock and the Bulldog was not quite the same... The matter was dropped until they were leaving and a young man suggested it again. Bader again said no, and someone grinned and made some barbed joke about being `windy`. He made it sound like a dare. Richardson took off first, and then a tight-lipped, angry Bader. As soon as he left the ground Bader was banking steeply, turning back, and slanting down for a low run across the field... He had the stick well over... a little top rudder to hold the nose up... stick forward to keep it up and as she rolled upside down throttle back to keep the engine alive. He felt her starting to drop. Stick hard over now; the wings were vertical, glinting in the sun, and she was dropping fast. Grimly he was reefing her round and she was rolling out of it fast when the left wing-tip hit the grass and jerked the nose down. As propeller and cowling exploded into the ground the engine tore out, bouncing in a cloud of flying dirt, and the Bulldog seemed to crumple and cartwheel into a tangle very fast. Pinned by his straps, Bader did not feel anything but heard only a terrible noise. All the airfield was suddenly still, except for the fierce boil of dust round the awkward heap in the middle that looked like crushed brown paper... ` (From Reach for the Sky, by Paul Brickhill, 1954). (1)
* Log Books. An important collection of seven consecutive original log books kept by Air Commodore H.G. Brackley throughout his career as a pilot in the Royal Naval Air Service during the Great War to his time with Imperial Airways up until 1939Log book 1 : First entry 13.7.1915 flying M.F.70 flight duration 11 minutes round the aerodrome, 16th July, three flights combined, flight time 1hr17mins, 800ft climbing to 2000ft undertaken with instructor Alcock (see lot ), qualified for flying 27.7.1915 total time in the air 8hrs18mins, total time alone 4hrs45mins. First solo flight 29.7.1915, flying a Bristol 1218 round Sheppey, the entry reads `after straightening out in the usual way the machine appeared to be re ascending, probably going rebound which followed forced the front wheels against the propeller which smashed at the same time knocking of the left wheel`, transferred to No.4 Squadron 20.9.1915, entry on 4.5.1915 `Dawn raid on Mariakerke aerodrome, thick ground mist but could see vertically downwards easily. Saw aerodrome and dropped 4 65lb bombs. Observed explosions but did not hit shed. Germans sent up a very pretty firework display` last entry 16.2.1917 total time in the air 171hrs18mins, total number of raids 16, total number of different machines flown 22 including Sopwith, Caudron Twin Engine and Handley Page. Log book 2 : First entry 26.2.1917, various test flights, entry 5.4.1917 at Coudekerque No7 Squadron No5 Wing R.N.A.S., `Night raid on railway junction at Steenbrugge Bruges. 5 out of the 8 bombs must have hit objective practically no Archie, searchlights active 5 Shorts (bomber) took part all pilots found objective and did good shooting all made good landings on return, Frame (9339) got into 2 spinning nose dives after dropping bombs and was badly shaken`, entry 23.6.1917 `First flight in Handley-Page v.easy to fly and control`, Squadron moved to Alquines 10.3.1918, last entry 21.3.1918, carried forward 323hrs, 55 actual raids, 7 attempted. Log book 3 : First entry 22.3.1918, Squadron returned to Coudekerque 26.3.1918, entry `Royal Air Force came into being 1.4.1918, entry 18.10.1918 `To pick up the King and Queen of the Belgians, General Lambe and others`, `Most enjoyable trip, the Queen sat beside me. General Lambe in the cockpit, the King, Clark, Baker and Belgian staff in the back, flew round Ostende several times and near Bruges, which was still occupied by the Germans. The Queen took many photographs. The escort of 6 camels led by Capt Nash was splendid the whole time. The machine was well decorated with Belgian Colours machine looked like a travelling circus!`, reference to Armistice 12.11.1918. The log book then proceeds to give an account of Blackley`s service in Canada and America, Egypt and Italy, last entry 25.2.1920. Log book 4 : First entry 26.3.1920 (in Egypt) covers the period of Brackley time in Japan to 18.5.1923. Log book 5 Imperial Airways, Air Port of London, Croydon; first entry 12.6.1924 to 21.5.1926. Log book 6 : First entry 23.1.1926 to 30.11.1932 total flying time 936 hours 59 minutesLog book 7 Imperial Airways, London; first entry 5.1.1933 to 17.9.1939, total flying time 1418 hours 35 minutes. (7)
* Canada. A collection of paperwork relating to Brackley`s time in Canada . Spring 1919 saw the demobilization of thousands of young men. The new science of aviation was now taking a new slant away from the destruction of the Great War to an age of pioneers and development. Brackley seized the opportunity for this innovative period. In 1919 The Handley Page V/1500 aircraft `Atlantic` was shipped in multiple crates from Liverpool to Newfoundland, in a bid to attempt the first non-stop Transatlantic flight. The team comprised Major Brackley, Admiral Mark Kerr, and the other pilot, Major Gran, R.A.F., the well-known Antarctic explorer, who was to act as navigator (BM p40). Unfortunately the prize was won by Alcock and Brown in a Vickers Vimy in June 1919. The crew of Atlantic headed for New York but on 5th July 1919 problems developed with the starboard engine which eventually brought the aircraft down in a field in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. Repairs to the Atlantic took most of the, on 9th October 1919 the crew reached New York. The progression of the flight is well documented and the lot comprises 46 black and white photographs, the shipping Atlantic in multiple crates on the ship with which she was transported from Liverpool, the construction in the Newfoundland, the crash at Parrsboro and the arrival in New York, there are also a large number of original newspaper cuttings, letters of congratulations from the Secretary of the King of Belgium and dated 26.10.1919 (BM p66 refer) and another from Hilda Dennis 12.10.1919 (BM p67), Hilda was the wife of Mr W.H. Dennis, the General Manager of the Halifax Herald and the Evening Mail who was a passenger on the day the Atlantic completed its flight. The lot also includes Brackley`s Passport; inscribed to `Major H.G. Brackley, D.S.O., D.S.C.` various stamps include American, Japanese, Belgium stamps, with a wonderful black and white photograph of Brackley wearing a flying helmet, and a souvenir `Parrsboro` pennant. (-)
* Agello (Francesco,1902-1942`velocista-prodigio!`). Animportant archive of photographs, documents and ephemera relating to the life and career ofthis famous Italian test pilot and Schneider Trophy contestant, comprising twenty-eightb & w private, press and manufacturers` photographs, including a fineofficialpublicityimageshowingAgellostandingwiththe winning Macchi-CastoldiMC72seaplane,boldlysignedand inscribed in blue ink to CapitanoFilippoMasoeroanddated 30-10-34, other images include Agello`s family home in Casalpusterlengo, Lombardy, crossing the finishing line, flight celebrationsandreceiving a medal from Mussolini, the archive also includes twoprintedmenus,onefullysignedinink by Agello and approx. twenty others,acongratulatory telegram, related magazines and news cuttings, four glassplatenegatives of a Macchi-Castoldi seaplane and a fine original col. litho.CastrolOilposter,framedand glazed Agello set a new water speed recordof683km/h(424mph)in the MC72 on 10 April 1933 over Lake Garda, NorthernItaly.The following year, at the same location, he again set a new record of 709 km/h (440 mph) on 23 October 1934. This remains (as of 2006) the fastestspeedeverattained by a piston-engine seaplane. Agello was awarded theDe la Vaulx Medal twice. He died during World War II in an aircraft crash while testing a new Italian fighter at Bresso, near Milan. (1)
Armstrong Siddeley. An Instruction Book for the `Mongoose` radial engine, c. 1932,26 pp. diagrams, another similar for the `Genet`, 31 pp. diagrams, c. 1937, some staining to orig. covers with gilt titles and company logo, together with a Shell Aerodrome Manual for Tunisia, pub. 1934 with specifications of landing grounds and illustrations of locations by scale drawings, folio, covers stained and rubbed (3)
* Armstrong Siddeley. Moteurs d`Aviation Armstrong Siddeley, Coventry, c. 1932,a scarce illustrated brochure, printed in French featuring aircraft powered by the `Lynx`, `Jaguar`, `Panther`, Double `Mongoose`, `Leopard`, `Tiger`, Cheetah, `Genet`, and `Genet Major`, 20 pp. with photos after the original line drawings in red of each engine, together with a Martin Baker ejection seat brochure and a Pirelli tyre advertisement mounted on card (3)
Aviation Brochures. A mixed collection of British airline brochures, leaflets and timetables, etc., c. 1920s-30s,including British Airways Ltd. (Hillman`s United Spartan), Handley Page Twin Engine Air Service, Wrightways Air Service, Air Taxis Ltd., De Havilland Aeroplane Hire Service, Instone Airline, Vickers, etc., many multi-page or folding, some printed in colours, some minor dust soiling, otherwise VG (26)
Blackburn Aircraft. An Cirrus Minor 100 hp Series II engine spare parts schedule, together with a Pobjoy Aero Engine Maintenance Manual, pub. Pobjoy Air Motors & Aircraft Ltd., 1936,88 pp. with fifteen plates for the `Niagara III`, `Niagara IV` and `Cataract III`, orig. photos after the original, and a de Havilland D.H. 90 `Dragonfly` manual of instructions (3)
Bristol Aircraft Ltd. Sleeve-Valve Aero-Engines, Issued by the Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited, Filton House, Bristol, c.1947,numerous col. illusts., orig. printed wrappers, slim oblong folio, together with Turbine and Sleeve-Valve Aero-Engines, General Information, Performance Data, and Installation Diagrams ... of ñBristolî Turbine and Sleeve-Valve Aero-Engines in Current Production or Under Development, Issued by the Engine Division of the Bristol Aeroplane Company Limited, c.1950, col. and b & w illusts., data cards contained in rear pocket, orig. printed wrappers, slightly worn, slim oblong folio, with Bristol Britannia Information for Airport Authorities, Issued by Sales Engineering, Bristol Aircraft Limited, Filton House, Bristol, October 1957, b & w diags., tabbed sub-divisions, orig. printed wrappers, 4to, plus two other brochures, for the Bristol 192 and Bristol Britannia. From the James Goulding Collection. (1)
De Havilland. A Manual of Instructions for the `Moth Minor` (D.H. Type 94), pub. c. 1938,38 pp., with fourteen fold-out diagrams and technical drawings, amendments 1 & 2 completed 1962, together with a Care and Maintenance Manual for the 130 h.p. D.H. Gipsy Major aero engine 2nd ed., including amendments 1-11, 45 pp. with fold-out diagrams after the original technical drawings by Frank B. Halford, 1932, and a Manual of Instructions for the D.H. 90 `Dragonfly` dated June 1936, all orig. bindings and covers (3)
* Isotta Fraschini. Caratteristiche dei Motoni Isotta Fraschini Tip ñAssoî, pub. Isotta Fraschini Milano, c. 1930,a rare manufacturer`s engine publicity brochure featuring the `Asso` 80R, `Asso` 200, `Asso` Caccia 450 h.p., `Asso` 500 h.p., `Asso` 500R (510 h.p.), `Asso` RA.7 (590 h.p.), `Asso` 750 (800 h.p.), and `Asso` 1000, each aero-engine detailed specification with photograph, 4-view technical drawing and performance graph, together with details of aircraft fitted with `Asso` engines being the Cant 6, 7, 10, 18, 21, 38 flying boats, the Cant 23 trimotor airliner, Cant 26 biplane, the S.I.A.I. S.59, 62, 55 and 63, the Caproni Ca. 100, 73 (various models), 73, 74, 79, and Ca.90, the Breda 9, 10, 15 and 16, the Macchi M.7, 18, 24 (Military and Civil flying boats), the C.M.A.S.A. built Dornier `Wal`, Piaggio P.6 and Junkers G.24 tri-motor, each aircraft with technical specification and photograph after the original, also text explaining the construction details of `Asso` aero-engines and International Records achieved, 93 pp., inside cover with bookplate from the Biblioteca Caproni, Vizzola with inventory number, covers stained with some spotting, otherwise VG (1)
Potters Bar Zeppelin L31. An original mimeographed copy of Chief Inspector Walter Crook`s duty report for the night of the 1st October, Enfield Police Station, 2nd October 1916,beginning at 6:59pm, then at 11:02 pm the first sounds of an airship engine are noted, by 11:38 pm a Zeppelin was sighted travelling east and giving readings for the following fifteen minutes, noting that she caught fire at 11:55 pm and then began to fall, then `She came to the ground & there was a momentary increased glare of light. We verified the position from our Map & reported at once to OR that we estimated the position where the Zeppelin fell at Potters Bar. During the time the Zeppelin was in sight there was not so much gunfire as usual, & that only from about 11:40 to 11:46 pm. Two or three shells seemed to come very near her & one in particular appeared to burst very close to & slightly above her nose... `, continuing to record further details following the event until they were dismissed by OR at 3:17 am, 4 pp. on four sheets, damp stained, soiled and frayed with some bleeding of ink but no loss of legibility of any text, folio The Zeppelin L31 was under the command of Kapitan Heinrich Mathy, a Zeppelin flying ace on his fifteenth raid. On this occasion Second Lieutenant Wulstan Tempest engaged the Zeppelin just before midnight and it crashed near Potters Bar with all nineteen crew dying. It was the second downing of a German airship in the area in a month, a wooden airship having been brought down over Cuffley on the 3rd September. Tempest was later promoted to Major and order the DSO. (1)
* Heinkel He-III. A fine presentation scale model of the famous war-machine of the German Luftwaffe during the Third Reich and WWII, c. 1938,hollow-form, of fabricated & welded thin steel-plate with excellent detail including nickel-plated rotating propellers, celluloid observation nacelle, cockpit and gun-turret, engine exhausts and bombs to underside, beautifully finished in period ñsplit-camouflageî light & dark green upper works and pale blue-green undersides, with distinctive Luftwaffe markings to wings and tail, on an adjustable swivel-mount above a circular black steel base, having painted inscription ñHeinkel-Kampflugzeug - HE-IIIî, w/span 30 in (76 cm) This fine model was created in the apprentice-department of the Heinkel Aircraft works, one of at least two known models, and presented to Hans Riekert in 1938, in recognition of his services to Aviation and in particular to Heinkel for research and test flying their aeroplanes. A photo-copy image of a similar presentation model accompanies this original example. Acquired at auction in London circa late 1980s, along with the preceding two lots. (1)
* Royal Naval Air Service. Report on Seaplane Operations against Cuxhaven Carried Out 25th December 1914, pub. Air Department, February, 1915,orig. 31 pp. printed report with two folding maps, unbound, sewn as issued, folio On Christmas Day 1914, the first combined sea and air strike was executed by the Royal Navy, aimed at locating and if possible bombing the dirigible sheds housing German `Zeppelin` airships, in a pre-emptive strike to prevent the airships from attacking the United Kingdom. Aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service were carried to within striking distance by seaplane tenders of the Royal Navy, supported by both surface ships and submarines. Fog, low cloud and anti-aircraft fire prevented the raid from being a complete success, although several sites were attacked. Nevertheless the raid demonstrated the feasibility of attack by ship-borne aircraft and showed the strategic importance of this new weapon. All seven aircraft survived the raid, having been airborne for over three hours. Three aircraft retained their tenders and recovered; three others landed off the East Friesian island of Norderney and their crews were taken on board the submarine E11, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Martin Nasmith; the seventh aircraft suffered engine problems and was seen to ditch in the sea some eight miles off Hegoland, the pilot later being rescued by a Dutch trawler. (1)
Vickers Wellington Mk.III and Mk.X. Pilots Notes AP1578 C & K, pub. December 1942,some old damage to covers, typewritten text with fold-outs, diagrams, together with Pilot`s Notes for `Harvard` IIB, `Proctor` III & IV, `Provost` T.I., D.H. `Tiger Moth`, Auster `Autocrat, Lockheed `Constellation` engine and airframe handling notes and four others (12)
WWI - Royal Naval Air Service. Pilot`s flying log book for Flight Sub Lieutenant Herbert Rutter Simms R.N.A.S., 17th August 1915 to 2nd May 1916,twenty-three double page spreads completed in manuscript, aircraft flown include Avro, Curtiss, Bristol, Caudron and Morane biplanes, numerous remarks concerning bad or bumpy landings, engine troubles, etc., good landings beginning in October, patrolling in November and bomb dropping in December and later `Fighting patrol to Ostend. Sighted four submarines. Attacked seaplane on way home. Gun stuck. Got it going & attacked again. When all my ammunition was gone Boche turned away for home` (24th January), `Bombed submarine off Ostend. It just saved itself by diving missed it by seconds` (23rd January), `Fighting patrol to Ypres. Shot a Boche down by Dixmude` (29th February), `Attacked seaplane N.E. of Zeebrugge five miles out to sea, three trays ammunition. Seaplane in plum nose dive & observer jumped out at 3,000 feet. Bombs blew up when machine hit water` (24th April), orig. printed linen boards with name and rank inscribed to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, together with a contemp. newscutting concerning the death of R.N. Sims, a mimeographed admiralty letter dated 14th May 1916 concerning the same and a three page biography reprinted from `The British Roll of Honour`, orig. printed wrappers, vertical fold, slim 4to Sub-Lieutenant H. R. Sims, R.N., was the eldest son of Alderman D. R. Sims, of Chipping Norton. He was born in 1891 and died of Ostend on 5th May 1916 after being shot down by a German torpedo boat whilst engaging a German aircraft off Ostend. His body was recovered from the sea and buried with full military honours in the cemetery at Chipping Norton. His name lives on through the eponymous Sims Gliders, a number of which he constructed between 1908 and 1910.(4)
WWI - Shoreham No. 3 Reserve Squadron. Pilot`s flying log book for Eliot Archibald De Pass, 4th April 1916 to 19th May 1917,twenty-eight double-page forms entirely in manuscript, noting dates, machines, passengers and remarks, etc., with various Squadrons, both solo and with passengers including Lieutenant Clark, Lieutenant Dixon, Lieutenant Scholdtz, Second Lieutenant A.M. Strugnall, Captain Williams, Major Dimmer VC, et al, machines including BE2D, BE12 and Bristols, note of night flying, then flying to Salonika, Egypt, Heliopolis and similar, taking photographs, patrolling and escorting, plus evidence of conflict, `Patrol & escort to Eaman. Saw the bombardment. Hells own show. No Huns. Ten friendlies all being archied to Hell`, `Big piece of shell through fusilage. Camera jammed whilst taking P3`, `Attacked by Hun. Tail skid hit. No chance of firing back as he opened fire at about 500 yards and then made off`, `Bombing a transport park two miles west of Demir Hissar. Archi plentiful but wild. Had 8, 20 lbs on board. Hit with 6` and `Bombing same place. Hit will all 8 bombs. A piece of Archi broke a shape rib in top left mainplane`, (39 & 40 Recon.), and on the 44th Reconnaissance `Escort to Lt. Scott who was looking for a landing ground near Drama. On way out saw an Albatross which did not attack. At 3,000 feet was attacked by a Scout & hit in 13 places. After a fight of 5 mins, he sheared off & attacked Scott who eventually bought him down. Landed at Kukos for repairs. Went up after a Hun, but engine missing & had to come down`, small portrait photo of De Pass from an official form tipped in to title-page, orig. stiff wrappers, some edge wear, 8vo De Pass has pasted a small news cutting portrait of Lieutenant F.A. De Pass to the front pastedown. It is not clear whether the two are related, but Lieutenant Frank De Pass (whose father was Sir Eliot De Pass) became the first Jewish soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War. He was killed in action in February 1915. The small photo portrait from a form in this log book notes that Eliot Archibald De Pass of 23 Queensgate Terrace, London, SW7, was born on 10th December 1892. (1)
* Young (John). ñSupermarine ñStranraerî, an original oil painting depicting the twin-engine Flying-Boat of the 1930s over a coastal landscape,oil on canvas, signed by the artist, having artists label verso inscribed & hand-captioned ñSupermarine Stranraer - John Young MSIAD & Guild of Aviation Artists - dated 11/89, framed, 18 x 25 in (46 x 63 cm) (1)
* An E.II.R. Air Vice Marshals Tunic and Trousers reputedly belonging to Air Vice Marshal Ian Spencer, C.B., D.F.C., M.I.D., Breast with R.A.F. cloth wings and riband bar for C.B., D.F.C., with Rosette, 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with Rosette, Defence and War Medals with M.I.D. oakleaf, 1953 Coronation Medal, Legion of Honour, Croix de GuerreD.F.C. London Gazette 4.7.1941 Acting Squadron Leader Ian James Spencer (40150), No110 Squadron. `In June, 1941 this officer led a formation of aircraft which carried out an attack on an enemy merchant ship of about 1,500 tons. In spite of intense anti-aircraft fire from this and other escorting vessels, Squadron Leader Spencer pressed home his attack from a low altitude and the formation succeeded in destroying the merchant vessel. After delivering the attack his aircraft received direct hits causing damage to the starboard engine and inner port petrol tanks, while Squadron Leader Spencer himself was hit in the left leg, sustaining a fracture in two places and his observer was wounded in the back. Despite his injury, Squadron Leader Spencer with the assistance of his observer succeeded in flying his aircraft back to his country although the starboard engine and instrument panel were out of action. On a previous occasion Squadron Leader Spencer successfully bombed an enemy tanker off the Norwegian coast in the face of intense anti-aircraft fire, and although `his port engine was disabled, he succeeded in flying his aircraft safely back to his country. He has shown great determination courage and efficiency`. Air Vice Marshal Ian James Spencer (1916-1968), served with the R.A.F., from 1937 (35 Squadron), advanced Flight Lieutenant 1940, Squadron Leader 1942 (110 Squadron), 1943 Squadron Leader (107 and 88 Squadron) the latter flying Boston`s, Wing Commander 1951, Air Commodore, 1961, Air Vice Marshal 1966. (-)
* Airbus A400M. An unusual exhibition standard scale model by Space Models, London, of this projected propeller-turbine heavy-lift aircraft for Royal Air Force service,finished in all-over military grey-blue, with refuelling probe, the engine pods with rotating eight-blade propellers, 33.25 in (84.5 cm) wingspan, with chrome-plated tripod stand and transit crate 22.25 x 28 x 44 in (56.5 x 71 x 112 cm) (1)
* British Aerospace ATP. A fine and well presented static display 1/12th scale model by Space Models,finished in Company livery, no registration letters, the engine nacelles with separate spinners and propeller blades, 98 in (249 cm) wingspan, with chromium-plated tripod stand, and fitted transit crate, 30 x 42 x 92 in (76 x 106.5 x 233.5 in) (1)
* British Aircraft Corporation B.A.C. 1-11 500. A desktop static display model by Space Models Ltd., London,of composition construction, well finished paintwork, the engine pods with Rolls-Royce logo, 15.75 in (40 cm) wingspan, with chrome-plated tripod stand in fitted carrying case 17.25 in (43.8 cm) wide (1)
* Haniot H.D.-1. A well-built vintage flying scale model of this Macchi-built First World War Belgian fighter aircraft,the spruce and balsa airframe covered with fine-fabric, working flying control surfaces, the pilot`s cockpit with headrest and some instrument action, the aluminium coaming and engine cowl with windshield and offset dummy machine gun, powered by a single cylinder glow plug engine concealed behind a dummy nine-cylinder engine driving a 20 in (51 cm) diameter mahogany propeller, on strut and wire braced, bungee suspended main undercarriage, the wire wheels with rubber tyres, with tail skid, finished in natural dope with the Lion of St. Mark markings of 80 Squadron XII Gruppo Aeroplani Aeronautica Militaire at Marcon Italy 1918, 71 in (181 cm) wingspan (1)
* Propeller. An exceptionally rare (possibly unique) laminated mahogany six-blade propeller,with finely finished slender blades, the boss marked G.W. & Co., No. 505. 110 H.P. Gyro, (some minor old damage), 96.5 in (245 cm) diameter, the boss 96.5 in (245 cm) deep A handful of makers, mostly French, experimented with six bladed propellers at the beginning of WW1. In Britain only the notable pioneer Claude Graham-White did so. The magazine Flight recorded that during the visit of King George V to Graham-White`s factory in December 1917 he was shown a six-bladed propeller. That prop or a similar example, appears to have been purchased by James Graham shortly after WW1 whilst he was based at Hendon as manager of the famous Savage sky writing company. His daughter is the vendor. Gyro in the hub data refers to the American Gyro Motor Co which made a 110HP engine in 1915. Flight remarked on 14 September 1916; It now looks as if visitors to Hendon may have an opportunity of again listening to the healthy bark of the new 110 h.p Gyro which is expected to arrive shortly, when it will be fitted to a Grahame-White Scout. The Gyro Company, was formed in Washington DC by the German polymath Emile Berliner, who was interested in helicopter flight and formed the Gyro company to make a powerful lightweight engine which could provide vertical lift. Graham-White designed his Type XIII as a seaplane but it was later converted to the Grahame-White Scout of 1914 shown below with a two bladed prop. (1)
-----. -----. Brass box, 23mm round, with THE QUEEN PRINCE ALBERT AND BRITAIN’S HOPE within wreath on lid, two medallions inside. The first H M G M QUEEN VICTORIA with date around her gothic bust / EUROPE’S GLORY above Una and the lion. The second H R H PRINCE ALBERT around his bust with dates / ENGLAND’S PRIDE above steam engine and artifacts. [Both medallions appear to be modern proofs.]
A collection of Naval ephemera, comprising various documents and correspondance relating to the career of Chief Engine Room Artificer, C.H. Westall R.N.,who served in both World Wars, including parchment certificate of service; and a commemorative photographic album for the World Cruise of the British Special Service Squadron 1923-1924 (for which period Westall is listed as serving on H.M.S. Danae which participated in the cruise), including images of ‘Crossing the Line’ ceremonies, ethnographical and topographical subjects, group portraits, and others.
CHILDRENS. Ladybird Books [Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends]: Thomas & Terence / James & the Tar Wagons, 1985; Thomas Goes Fishing / James & the Troublesome Trucks, 1984; Percy and Harold / Percy Takes the Plunge, 1987; Thomas & Trevor / Duck Takes Charge, 1986; Pop Goes the Diesel / Dirty Work / A Close Shave, 1987; Percy Runs Away / Thomas & the Breakdown Train, 1984; and Thomas & Bertie / Thomas Down the Mine, 1985. Pictorial boards, illustrations throughout, EACH SIGNED BY REV. W. AWDRY, octavo, (7).
RAILWAY. Hawkins, Chris, & Reeve, George. Great Western Railway Engine Sheds: London Division, first edition, Wild Swan Publications, Didcot 1987. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Russell, J.H. Great Western Diesel Railcar, first edition, Wild Swan Publications, Upper Bucklebury 1985. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Vaughan, A. A Pictorial Record of Great Western Architecture, first edition, Oxford Publishing Company, Poole 1977. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and a further thirty-one works of Great Western Railway interest, (34).
RAILWAY. Vaughan, A. A Pictorial Record of Great Western Signalling, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Oxford 1973. Boards, dustjackets, illustrations, quarto; Lyons, E. An Historical Survey of Great Western Engine Sheds 1947, reprint, Oxford Publishing Co., Poole 1985. Boards, dustjackets, illustrations, oblong quarto; Russell, J.H. Freight Wagons and Loads in Service on the Great Western Railway and British Rail, Western Region, first edition, Oxford Publishing Co., Oxford 1981. Boards, dustjackets, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works of G.W.R. interest, (32).
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