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A 19th Century Bohemian pedestal vase in the manner of Neuwelt or Moser, the circular spread foot rising to a large ovoid body with loop handles and finial topped cover, the body decorated with oval panels enamelled with a female portrait and floral spray opposing all to a ruby ground with gilded foliate scrolls, height 31cm. S/D
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Fransen (Hans) ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY OF THE OLD CAPE AS SEEN BY ARTHUR ELLIOTT Photographs of houses and farmsteads now largely demolished or ruined taken at the beginning of the twentieth century. 343 pages, frontispiece portrait, 162 plates, grey cloth, a good copy in the dust jacket. `Of the nearly ten thousand negatives in the Elliott Collection less than 2000 are of architectural subjects. Of these, 160 of the best and most interesting have been selected, nearly all depicting subjects no longer in existence. The thirty-odd photographs of scenes that do still exist unchanged today have been included because they are Elliot`s `classics`. They also introduce a note of optimism. `Editor`s note. Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: A.A. Balkema Publication Date: 1969 Condition: Good Size: Oblong 4to (275 x 285 mm) Category: Architecture Reserve: $40
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Wallis (J.P.R.) THOMAS BAINES His Life and Exploration in South Africa, Rhodesia and Australia, 1820 - 1875. Illustrated by a selection of Thomas Baines` water-colours, drawings and prints. With captions and a new introduction by F.R. Bradlow. 235 pages, frontispiece portrait, 8 colour plates, numerous black & white illustrations, brown cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket. Publisher Place: Cape Town Publisher: A. A. Balkema Publication Date: 1975 Condition: Very Good Size: Square 4to (270 x 270 mm) Category: Biography, Letters & Diaries Reserve: $40
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Wilson (M.L.), Toussant van Hove-Exalto (Th.) & van Rijssen (W.J.J.) Editors: CODEX WITSENII Annotated watercolours of landscapes, flora and fauna observed on the expedition to the Copper Mountains in the country of the Namaqua undertaken in 1685-6 by Simon van der Stel, Commander at the Cape. Copied at the Cape in 1692 for Nicolaas Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam, Member of he Chamber of the Dutch East India Company, Ambassador to Great Britain, Etc., Etc. 90 pages, frontispiece portrait of Witsen, 160 colour plates, simulated vellum boards, dust jacket, signed by all three editors on the title page, a very good copy. Publisher Place: Cape Town & Amsterdam Publisher: Iziko Museum & Davidii Media Publication Date: 2002 Condition: Very Good Size: 4to (310 x 220 mm) Category: Africana Reserve: $20
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Franck (Bruce) - Illustrator, Manuel (George) & Hatfield (Denis) - Text DISTRICT 6 112pp. Hardcover with DW. Pictorial end-papers. Beautifully illustrated B/W charcoal sketches throughout. With the exception of some oxidized tape marks to the rear eps (presumably to hold a plastic cover in place) all pages are clean and bright. Bindery is tight with unclipped dust-jacket. There is a owner`s name neatly penned to the front free end-paper. Dust jacket has a small nick at the top of the spine. This book offers informed, affectionate and often amusing descriptions and stories of the background and way of life of the people of District 6 an area of Cape Town in South Africa. It is furthermore a portrait of the people of District 6, an area of Cape Town in South Africa, perhaps best known for forced removal of tens of thousands of its inhabitants by the apartheid regime in the 1970s (after this book was published). Publisher Place: Johannesburg Publisher: Longmans South Africa (PTY) Ltd Publication Date: 1968 Condition: Very good Size: 285mm x 213mm x 16mm Category: Apartheid Reserve: $25
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Goldmann, Charles With General French and the Cavalry in South Africa Hard Cover, xix + 462pp, ex-library quarter leather rebind with red cloth boards, gilt titles on spine, new end papers, portrait frontis, profusely Illustrated with sepia photographs, many fold-out maps, The 8 Folded Sketches by French are not present, some fold out maps and photographs (one loose) are heavily creased but the majority fine, the tissue guard separating the frontis and title page is torn, library cards on fep and stamps on the first pages. `An account of French`s cavalry operations excluding the campaign in Natal. Chapters relate to Colesberg operations; the relief of Kimberley; operations to the fall of Bloemfontein and Pretoria and the campaign in eastern Transvaal to November 1900. The narrative is preceded by an informative introduction relating events to the investment of Ladysmith. Among the appendices are observations on cavalry notes on reconnaissance, on transport and remounts in war`. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Macmillan and Co Publication Date: 1902 Condition: Good Size: 14x22cm Category: Anglo-Boer War Reserve: $70
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Churchill, W.S. Ian Hamilton`s March This is the second of two books that chronicle Churchill`s adventures during the Boer War, which included capture and confinement as a prisoner of war and a daring escape that helped launch his fame and political career. This volume of letters to the Morning Post continues on from Churchill`s earlier book `London to Ladysmith via Pretoria`. The contents set forth the march of Ian Hamilton`s column `on the flank of Lord Roberts` main army,` from Bloemfontein to Pretoria, and it is stated that this force `encountered and overcame the brunt of the Boer resistance,` and traversing 400 miles of the enemy`s country, fought ten general actions and fourteen smaller affairs, capturing five towns. There is an interesting account of the life of the captured officers in Pretoria, and the volume contains a portrait of General Ian Hamilton, and a number of maps and plans illustrating his march. This is the second, and best, edition, published only one month after the first, `and was heavily corrected... and contains four reports not previously published` [Ref: Woods, A5]; (409pp. excluding adverts and index). The contents of this copy contain sporadic spotting typically found in this edition, with heavier patches of spotting evident in the preliminaries and title page, continuing to page 14 (end of chapter one) with more spotting occurring toward the end of the book, from around p.354 to the end of the appendix at p.409, and continuing through the three leaves of advertising just after the fold-out map. One owner inscription at top of first preliminary (in pen) and another pencil note on verso of f.f.e-p. The original black end-papers are intact and in good condition, with the tissue-guard protecting the title page from the portrait frontispiece. The rear folding map is in very good condition. The red cloth binding is good, though the spine is showing wear and fading, with a two inch split to the cloth on the bottom hinge, a small ink stain on spine title, and some puckering at the spine ends. The binding is cracked between pp.144/145 and again at pp.160/161 and 384/385, however all gatherings are intact (no loose pages). The 32pp. of Longmans, Green catalogue (succeeding the adverts) are in very good condition. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Longmans, Green Publication Date: 1900 Condition: good Size: 8vo Category: Churchilliana Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and images
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Baldwin (W.C.) AFRICAN HUNTING AND ADVENTURE FROM NATAL TO THE ZAMBESI Including Lake Ngami, the Kalahari Desert, Etc., from 1852 to 1860. First Edition: 451 pages & 32 pages of publisher’s catalogue, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, 6 tinted lithographic plates by Wolf, 40 wood engraved plates and text illustrations, folding map, recent full brown calf gilt, edges sprinkled, contents bright, a very good copy. Dictionary of South African Bibliography, volume III, pages 42-3. ‘Baldwin arrived in Durban in 1851 having been attracted to South African by Cumming’s `Five Years of a Hunter’s Life` published in 1850. He made several hunting expeditions to Zululand, Marico, Matabeleland and Lake Ngami. In April 1860 he again left for Potchefstroom intent on reaching the Victoria Falls, which he succeeded in doing more by luck than good management on August 3rd. He was the second white man to see the falls, the first to have reached them from the east coast (Natal), and the first to describe them with exactness and give their true dimensions, the accuracy of which he vouched for to David Livingstone himself, when the great explorer arrived about 8th or 9th August.’ Publisher Place: London Publisher: Richard Bentley Publication Date: 1863 Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo (225 x 140 mm) Category: Hunting & Shooting Reserve: $250 Click here to view further details and images
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Baines (T.) THE GOLD REGIONS OF SOUTH-EASTERN AFRICA 240 pages (including 51 pages of commercial advertisements), frontispiece portrait - a laid down photograph of Baines, title page vignette, large folding map in pocket in back cover, 3 plates, folding facsimile letter, engraved illustrations in the text, original pictorial dark green cloth with a gilt vignette of a galloping zebra on the upper cover, neatly recased – the cloth is dull and lightly stained, some light foxing throughout. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume I, page 71. `The volume is a most important work, and contains full information of every description upon the subject of the gold discoveries in Matabeleland and Mashonaland ... The book also contains an account of the gold discoveries in the Transvaal...` An unusual variant in dark green cloth. Publisher Place: London & Cape Colony Publisher: Edward Stanford, J.W.J. Mackay, Port Elizabeth Publication Date: 1877 Condition: Good Size: 8vo (225 x 150mm) Category: Africana Reserve: $100 Click here to view further details and images
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Geddie (John) THE LAKE REGIONS OF CENTRAL AFRICA A Record of Modern Discovery. 275 pages, engraved frontispiece portrait, 31 engraved plates, double-page map, prize binding in full red calf, titled and decorated gilt on the spine, ‘Church of Scotland Young Men’s Guild’ in gilt on the upper cover, marbled endpapers and edges, prize bookplate on the front paste-down endpaper, a very good copy. Publisher Place: London Publisher: T. Nelson and Sons Publication Date: 1883 Condition: Very Good Size: 8vo (180 x 120 mm) Category: Africana Reserve: $20 Click here to view further details and images
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Letcher (Owen) BIG GAME HUNTING IN NORTH-EASTERN RHODESIA 266 pages, frontispiece portrait, 47 photographic plates, folding map at the end detached, original red cloth with gilt titling on spine - the cloth is faded and dull, inscription of a previous owner on the front free endpaper, contents good. Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books 1785-1999 (New edition 2011), page 164, ‘Letcher hunted in the Luangwa Valley for elephant, buffalo, lion, leopard, eland, and other game. After crossing the Muchinga Mountains, he bagged rhinoceros and elephant as well as roan. He continued his hunt in the swamplands near Lake Bangweulu, then returned to the Luangwa Valley for additional sport. Letcher also mentioned the chimpakwe, the “Brontosaurus” or similar prehistoric beast that natives described living near Lake Bangweulu. He concludes his book with descriptions of the types of game encountered in the area.’ Publisher Place: London Publisher: John Long, Limited Publication Date: 1911 Condition: Good Size: 8vo (225 x 145 mm) Category: Hunting & Shooting Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and images
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Livingstone (David) MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICA Including a sketch of Sixteen Years` Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, down the River Zambesi, to Loanda on the West Coast; thence across the continent, down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean. 711 pages, folding wood-engraved frontispiece of Victoria Falls by J.W. Whymper, portrait, 2 other wood-engraved plates by Whymper, 42 wood engraved plates and other illustrations, 2 folding maps by Arrowsmith - 1 in pocket in rear free endpaper, edged uncut, recently bound in grey cloth with gilt titling on the spine, small stain the margin of the plate at page 66, otherwise contents bright. Bradlow variant 8. A rare variant with both the index and additional pages 8* & 8+. The index and additional pages were issued in early 1858 and they could be obtained from the publisher and bound in. They appeared in cloth bound copies towards the end of February. In the extra page 8’s Livingstone gives a brief account of his married life (to Mary Moffat) and the upbringing of his children whom he had omitted to mention in earlier issues. In this copy the publisher’s catalogue which appears at the end is dated 1st November 1857. Publisher Place: London Publisher: John Murray Publication Date: 1857 Condition: Good Size: 8vo (230 x 145 mm) Category: Travel & Exploration Reserve: $150 Click here to view further details and images
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Stead (W.T.) Editor: LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF CECIL JOHN RHODES With Elucidatory Notes to which are added some chapters describing the Political and Religious Ideas of the Testator. 198 pages, frontispiece portrait of Rhodes, many plates and illustrations (plate at page 9 seems to have been excised and reattached), original green cloth worn and dull. Presentation letter from Stead on his The Review of Reviews letter head laid down on the front paste-down endpaper and a presentation inscription on the front free endpaper. The letter is to G.C. Jarvis an early Rhodes Scholar – steads requests a signed portrait for a gallery of Rhodes Scholars which he is creating and he invites Jarvis to visit him at his offices in London. Publisher Place: London Publisher: “Review of Reviews” Office Publication Date: 1902 Condition: Fair Size: 8vo (225 x 145 mm) Category: Africana Reserve: $50 Click here to view further details and images
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Cape Colony: THE PROMINENT MEN OF THE CAPE COLONY 212 pages, other than Lord Milner and Cecil Rhodes who receive a two-page spread each all the other subjects are given one page with a portrait photograph and a biography. Bound in quarter maroon roan leather with a gilt decorated and title front cover, all edges gilt. The leather of the spine is worn and chipped and the cloth is dull and insect scarred. The contents which are printed on coated paper are generally good apart for several small tears in the lower margins none of which affect the printed area. The last ten pages are lightly water stained around the edges but again this does not affect the printed area. Signed Nangle on the front free endpaper. A Dr. E.C. Nangle’s entry appears on page 172. A South African Bibliography, volume 3, page 751. It is unknown how this book came to be published in Maine. As most of the important figures of the time are included it is presumed not to be hagiograhphic. In the Editors’ Note a delay in publication is explained as being due to the prolongation of the Anglo-Boer War. Publisher Place: Portland, Maine, USA Publisher: The Lakeside Press Publication Date: 1902 Condition: Good Size: Oblong 4to (320 x 240 mm) Category: Biography, Letters & Diaries Reserve: $75 Click here to view further details and images
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Mackenzie (John) AUSTRAL AFRICA, LOSING IT OR RULING IT Being Incidents and Experiences in Bechuanaland, Cape Colony, and England. 2 volumes: 515 + 525 pages, frontispiece portrait in each volume, 30 plates, 2 folding colour maps, original brown cloth title gilt and with a map of Southern Africa stamped in black on the upper covers. There is foxing on the title pages caused by the tissue guards and some scattered foxing elsewhere in the text, spotting on the uncut page edges, book plate on each front paste-down endpapers, whilst the spines are slightly faded the cloth is in very good condition and the bindings firm and tight. Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 850, ‘This work affords the best detailed historical account of the events which led to the inclusion of Bechuanaland amongst the colonies of South Africa – the first step towards the retention of the hinterland of the Cape for the Empire….. The work is of voluminous nature, and it divided into six books which discuss native life in Bechuanaland, the European expansion, the proceedings of the Dutch freebooters, and the foundation and suppression of their republic, the Imperial and Colonial policies with regard to the country, Sir Charles Warren’s expedition, and many other local and colonial matters. The volumes contain a large number of illustrations, a map, and a copious index. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington Publication Date: 1887 Condition: Good Size: 8vo (225 x 145 mm) Category: Africana Reserve: $300 Click here to view further details and images
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Stewart (James) DAWN IN THE DARK CONTINENT Africa and its missions - The Duff Missionary Lectures for 1902. 400pp plus 16pp. Original cloth. Complete with b/w portrait frontispiece and nine colour fold-out maps. Some wear to spine ends. Corners bumped. Ex United Methodist College Library rubber stamp to front fixed EP and page 11. Otherwise clean throughout. This stand alone volume forms the sixth of a series of lectures delivered in connection with the Duff Missionary Lectureship, founded by one of the greatest of Indian Missionaries - the Rev. Dr. Alexander Duff. The subject of the present course is African Missions. Publisher Place: Edinburgh and London Publisher: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier Publication Date: 1906 Condition: Very good Size: 222mm x 152mm x 33mm Category: Travel & Exploration Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and images
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Jerome (K.Jerome) MY FIRST BOOK xxiv plus 309pp. Red Pictorial Cloth. Gilt title to spine. New Edition with 185 illustrations. Frontispiece portrait Jerome. Boards are faded. Some tears to head and tail of spine. Ex Libris paste-down to front fixed EP. Prev owner`s stamp to front free EP. Light foxing to prelims. Internally tight and clean. 22 authors talk about their `first` book, viz.; The experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M. E. Braddon, F. W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R. M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, `Q`, Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson. Publisher Place: London Publisher: Chatto & Windus Publication Date: 1897 Condition: Good Size: 214mm x 160mm x 30mm Category: Books about Books Reserve: $30 Click here to view further details and images
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English School, Portrait of Agnes Sole (nee Rowley), oil on panel, 30.5 x 24.5cm (12 x 9 5/8in). A plaque on the frame identifies the sitter and advises that she was married to John Sole of Brabanne, Cambridge on 1st November 1573. Old labels to the back include a book label for Arthur B. Sole, St Thomas Rectory, Winchester, with inscription advising that the painting was given to him in 1878.
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Modern British Art Reference Books and Exhibition Catalogues: Elisabeth Frink; Barry Flanagan; Michael Ayrton; Frink - a portrait; Barbara Hepworth; Gabrielle Koch, intro by Sir David Attenborough, Marston 2002 and 1995 (three copies, one signed); Modern Pots - The Lisa sainsbury Collection by Cyril Frankel, 2000; Lucie Rie and Hans Coper (approx 38)
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The Outstanding Second War `Immediate` 1941 D.S.O., `1940` D.F.M. Group of Six to Hampden and Manchester Pilot, Squadron Leader W.S. "Kip" Herring, Royal Air Force, Who Flew An "Impossible" Return Trip From Berlin, 7.9.1941, When His Aircraft Was Held in a Cone of 50 Searchlights Above The City For Four Minutes, and Peppered With More Than 30 Flak Holes in Wings and Fuselage; He Dragged His Battered Aircraft the 600 Miles To Home, Over The Most Heavily Defended Part of Germany, Unarmed, On One Engine and at a Height of 5,000 Feet; A Very Experienced Pilot, Having Carried Out Over 80 Operational Sorties, He Was Specifically Seconded For the Sikorski V.I.P. Flights in the Summer of 1943; He Was Killed Whilst Serving as Second Pilot in the General Sikorski Air Crash Disaster, 4.7.1943 a) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar officially dated `1941`, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue b) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (564688. Sgt. W.S. Herring. R.A.F.) c) 1939-1945 Star d) Air Crew Europe Star e) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf, generally good very fine, with the following items and documentation: - Caterpillar Club gold brooch badge, with `ruby` eyes, reverse engraved `Sgt. Herring Pres. By Irving Co.` - R.A.F. Halton Barrington Kennett Trophy Medal, silver (Hallmarks for London 1931), reverse engraved `A/A Herring. W.S.`, with silver top riband bar, in fitted case - No. 4 App. Wing Royal Air Force Londonderry Cup Medal, silver, reverse engraved, `Junior Cross Country W.S. Herring 1930`; Royal Air Force Athletics & Cross Country Association Prize Medal, gilded bronze, reverse engraved, `Junior Cross Country Championship 1937 Runners-Up` - Memorial Scroll named to `Squadron Leader W.S. Herring Royal Air Force - Bestowal Document for the Distinguished Service Order, dated 7.10.1941 - M.I.D. Certificate, dated 31.8.1940 - M.I.D. Certificate, dated 2.6.1943 - Investiture Letters for both D.S.O. and D.F.M., dated 19.2.1942 and 14.11.1941 respectively - Letter to recipient from Ivan Scott, Air Correspondent, The Daily Telegraph, dated 14.11.1941 - Telegraph to recipient`s wife from Lincolnshire Constabulary informing her of her husband`s death, dated 5.7.1943 - Buckingham Palace Letter of Condolence - Portrait of recipient entitled "Kipper", by Cuthbert Orde, signed `Orde 23 April 1942`, framed and glazed, typed note attached to reverse states the following, `This portrait by Orde was commissioned by AVRO following Kip`s return from overhead Berlin at night on one engine in an AVRO Manchester L7432 on 7th September - take off 21.35 and crash landed at RAF West Raynham 06.00 8th September 1941. The slight damage to the surface of this portrait was caused during the evacuation of Limassol, Cyprus during the brief cease-fire following the Turkish invasion in June 1974. The Greek Cypriots were attacking the Turkish Cypriots in the harbour area of Limassol and the RAF and British Army families living in the town eventually got out during the very brief cease-fire. I was a Flight Commander on IX Vulcan Squadron serving at nearby RAF Akrotiri at the time and I lived in Limassol.` The latter is signed by recipient`s son Wing Commander Graham "Kip" Herring - Letter and card from Edward Prchal`s family announcing his death - Letter from David Irving, author of The Death of General Sikorski Accident, to recipient`s widow, dated 1.2.1969 - Letter from Carlos Thompson, author of The Assassination of Winston Churchill, to recipient`s widow, dated 17.6.1969 - Copy of proceedings of the R.A.F. Court of Inquiry held into the Sikorski Crash - Newspaper cuttings and photographic images, with other ephemera Pair: Gunner H. Hardy, Royal Artillery British War and Victory Medals (176078 Gnr. H. Hardy. R.A.), good very fine (lot) D.S.O. London Gazette 7.10.1941 Acting Flying Officer Wilfred Stanley Herring, D.F.M. (44709), 207 Squadron `One night in September, 1941, this officer was the captain of an aircraft which participated in an attack on Berlin. Whilst over the city the aircraft was repeatedly hit by shell-fire from an intense and accurate barrage and, when Flying Officer Herring succeeded in evading the defences, the aircraft had sustained severe damage. The port engine had failed and, owing to lack of hydraulic power to the gun turrets, the aircraft was almost defenceless. Nevertheless, Flying Officer Herring decided to attempt to fly the aircraft back to this country by the shortest route which entailed passing over the enemy`s most heavily defended areas. Overcoming many difficulties he succeeded in reaching this country and in landing safely at an aerodrome with practically no fuel left in the tanks. Throughout, this officer displayed outstanding determination. On numerous occasions, Flying Officer Herring has carried out attacks on the most heavily defended targets, involving deep penetration into enemy territory, and has at all times displayed the greatest ability and devotion to duty.` The Recommendation, dated 17.9.1941, states: `Flying Officer Herring has now completed over 320 hours operational flying as the captain of Hampden and Manchester aircraft and he has always shown the utmost determination to carry through whatever operation he has been allotted. On numerous occasions this officer has been detailed to attack the most heavily defended targets involving deep penetration into enemy territory, and in every instance he has completed his mission with a cool efficiency that has been a model to other aircrews. His resolute behaviour was particularly noticeable on the night of September 7th, when he was the captain of a Manchester which took part in a raid on Berlin. Whilst over the City the aeroplane was the target for intense and accurate anti-aircraft fire and repeated hits were received. Severe damage was sustained, including the seizure of the port engine owing to a punctured radiator. Flying Officer Herring feathered the port air screw, dived out of the defences, sustaining more damage, and decided to attempt to fly the damaged aircraft to England. This decision was taken with the full knowledge that the flight would necessarily have to be made during a full moon by the shortest route which would entail passing through the thickest part of the enemy searchlight belt and fighter areas. At this time he was also aware that, following the failure of the port engine, there was no hydraulic power to the gun turrets and that the aeroplane was almost defenceless. The return flight was made successfully at about 5,000 feet. The aircraft encountered cloud at the most critical part of the flight and in consequence of severe icing conditions was forced to fly below cloud across the main enemy searchlight area. On arrival back in England, a successful landing was made at an aerodrome with practically no fuel left in the tanks. The decision to make a return flight in the face of all the known and unknown hazards shows that this officer possesses the finest type of courage and determination and the manner in which the flight was executed demonstrates his skill and efficiency as a pilot and captain of a heavy bomber. View Terms & Conditions
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A Good Second War 1944 `Immediate` Evader`s D.F.M. Group of Five to Stirling and Lancaster Wireless Operator, Flight Sergeant, Later Signaller 2, P. Jezzard, 622 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Who Was Killed in a Flying Accident Over the North Sea, 5.4.1948 a) Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1501713 F/Sgt. P. Jezzard R.A.F.) b) 1939-1945 Star c) Air Crew Europe Star d) Defence and War Medals, generally very fine, with the following related items and documents: - Caterpillar Club gold brooch badge, with `ruby` eyes, reverse engraved, `Sgt. P. Jezzard`, in Irving box, with named Membership Card, and enclosure letter, dated 21.7.1944 - `Escapers` Compass; two Silk Maps of France; Royal Air Force Escaping Society badge, gilt and two Pea-Nut Club badges - Cloth insignia including WAG Brevet - R.A.F. Navigator`s, Air Bomber`s and Air Gunner`s Flying Log Book (15.4.1943-5.4.1948), stamped `Death Presumed, Central Depository, Royal Air Force` - Letter from recipient to his family, written after he had escaped to Spain from Occupied France, dated 12.5.1944 - Congratulatory Telegram from Air Chief Marshal A.T. "Bomber" Harris, on the occasion of the award of Jezzard`s D.F.M., dated 23.11.1944 - Telegram to the same effect from the Officer Commanding 622 Squadron, dated 24.11.1944 - Telegram to recipient`s father informing him that his son is `missing` whilst on a training excercise, dated 6.4.1948 - Air Ministry letter to recipient`s father stating that Death is Presumed, dated 17.6.1948 - Letter of Condolence to recipient`s mother from Air Vice-Marshal Sir Basil Embry, dated 12.5.1948 - Several photographs of recipient, including a portrait photograph in uniform; newspaper cuttings and other ephemera (lot) D.F.M. 2.1.1945 1501713 Flight Sergeant Peter Jezzard, R.A.F.V.R., 622 Sqn The Recommendation, dated 12.11.1944, states: `This N.C.O. is now nearing completion of his first tour of operations throughout which his skill, courage and devotion to duty have been outstanding. On the night of 15th/16th March, 1944, the aircraft in which he was despatched on an operational mission to Stuttgart was so severely damaged by enemy action that the crew was ordered to bail out. Before abandoning the aircraft, however, he successfully transmitted a distress message to Base. From this ordeal, Flight Sergeant Jezzard made a successful escape from enemy occupied territory and on return to this country he immediately applied to be returned to his squadron for operational duty. Since his return in August, 1944, he has operated against many heavily defended German targets and has successfully completed several important mining missions. His resourcefulness in emergency and his determination and disregard of personal safety in face of danger is an inspiration to all and is worthy of recognition I strongly recommend an award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.` 1501713 Signaller 2 Peter Jezzard, D.F.M., a native of Prestwich, Manchester; served as a Cadet, No. 183 (1st Prestwich) Squadron A.T.C., prior to Second War service with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; posted for training to No. 2 Radio School, Yatesbury, April 1943; after additional training at 26 O.T.U. and undertaking a conversion course on Stirlings at 1665 Conversion Unit, posted for operational flying as Wirless Operator to 622 Squadron (Stirlings and Lancasters), Mildenhall, November 1943; intially carried out 8 operational sorties with the squadron including: the Frisian Isles; Bayonne; Berlin; Schweinfurt; Augsburg, 29.2.1944, `Combat with Ju 88. Searchlights and Flak` (Log Book refers); Stuttgart (2), including 15.3.1944, when in Lancaster I LL828 JI-J piloted by Flight Sergeant P.A. Thompson, `T/o 1720 Mildenhall. Last heard on W/T at 0141 transmitting "Baling Out". Reports from the crew tell of attacks from night-fighters and from a fix taken of the wireless message it is likely the engagement took place SE of Rouen in France` (Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War refers); of the crew of seven, four (including Jezzard) managed to evade capture, whilst the remaining members were taken POW; Sergeant T.J. Maxwell, one of those to evade capture, gives the following account: `The thing about bailing out, in total darkness at night, from a crippled aircraft or splashing your 25 ton Lancaster into a raging sea swell was that you didn`t get any practice lessons beforehand, so it was a bit of a new thing. The nearest one got was about a year before was jumping off the top diving board in the warm water and brightly lit baths in Brighton in a flying suit and Mae West. Then the water had loads of noisy laughter and PT life-saving instructors to help if one got into difficulty. It was 1.30 in the morning and pitch black, the top board was about 8,000 feet vibrating and descending rapidly, and spewing fuel and oil from ruptured tanks. No friendly life-savers etc, but the reality that our fuel was being exhausted even faster than calculated had now replaced the `ditching` idea and bailing-out (and pretty soon at that) was the only option left. We, or certainly I was already well into a personal life saving preservation situation. I was personally totally disenchanted when the channel rowing excercise in total darkness was muted as a possibility. I never found the idea of hitting the English Channel at 100mph in total darkness, with sea and swell conditions unknown, and with an indeterminate amount of fuel, to be in the least appealing... Six of the crew all landed in an area 40 miles North East of Rouen and all reasonably close, within a kilometre or so of each other, but when they left the aircraft I was already on the way down some 20 kilometres further back, representing several minutes. The reason for their delay will never be known, but after 57 years almost to the day it has been established that the aeroplane crashed within a couple of miles from where some of the crew were taken POW. Of the four who returned to England on May 22nd on a DC3 from Gibraltar to Bristol (Whitchurch) I only met up later with Peter Jezzard. Both of us returned to operational flying with our original Squadron 622, Peter finishing his `tour` in November 1944 on 35 `trips` and myself on 32, finishing on New Year`s Day 1945` (Interview carried out in 2002 refers). Another member of the crew, Sergeant F. Harmsworth, gives the following account from the time after the crew had landed: `Later I met a schoolteacher who got me a change of clothes and temporary, false ID papers. He took me to a small rail station and there I bumped into my Wireless Operator Peter Jezzard. With barely a wink of recognition, we were on the train; the Frenchman [Maquis] up front, Pete in the middle, and me at the back of the coach. The train was straffed enroute by the R.A.F. guns so we hopped off the train and headed for a ditch. Later, we hopped back on the train and carried on to Paris. We got to the train station and it was very crowded with local Parisians, plus hundreds of German troops. We left the station and kept the same order of 20 ft. apart. After an hour we arrived at an apartment block and met the teacher`s cousin, a vivacious, 20 year old girl, Madeline Vuillemont, who lived with her parents... I was moved across Paris on the metro to the East End... A couple of days after I arrived, trusty John took me to a large store in town, where I stood in line with locals and stood next to German soldiers to get my picture taken in a booth... After 2 days, with good police connections, I received back my French I.D. card with other documents all duly signed and rubber-stamped... They found out it was my 20th birthday, so one night, a sign was put on the door that said, "closed for a family party." View Terms & Conditions
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