"Collection of RAF-related items belonging to Air Vice Marshal Charles Maugham incl air-crew uniform with braids (with AFC), officers cap, jacket, leather flying gloves, paperwork in leather satchel, embroidered badges, squadron plaques & silver plated tray inscribed From officers of the air staff headquarters Strike Command December 1977" Air Vice Marshal Charles Maugham shot to fame when he made headlines in July 1959, when he was CO of 65 Squadron, as the winner of the Daily Mail London-Paris air race that was staged to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Louis Blériot’s pioneering cross-Channel flight. The “Arch to Arc” contest, which began at Marble Arch and ended at the Arc de Triomphe, involved competitors in desperate measures not merely in the air (which was perhaps the easiest part of the course) but on the roads of the respective capital cities and their environs, as the contestants strove first to get from the centre of London to an airfield not too far distant, and then having flown the Channel to get from their landing point in France to the finishing line. He later went on to command 9 Squadron (of sinking the Tirpitz fame), by then a Vulcan nuclear strike squadron at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. Maughan mastered the large and powerful Vulcan and kept his squadron sharply focused during its stressful periods on Quick Reaction Alert. QRA, which was in force throughout one of the chilliest periods of the Cold War, involved one aircraft in each of the Vulcan nuclear strike squadrons being on the runway, armed with a nuclear bomb and ready to take off within 15 minutes of the alarm being sounded. The alert was mounted in all weathers, day and night, 365 days of the year. Subsequent appointments included command of RAF Honington and of RAF Waddington, another Vulcan nuclear strike base. As air attaché in Bonn, 1970-73. His two final appointments were as Air Officer Administration at Strike Command, responsible for personnel, 1974-75, and as SASO to the Command, 1977-78, responsible to the commander-in-chief for operational matters on the RAF’s front line. In retirement from the RAF he was General Secretary of the Royal British Legion, 1978-83, and was an independent panel inspector at the Department of the Environment, 1983-94. Air Vice-Marshal Charles Maughan, CB, CBE, AFC, fighter and bomber pilot, was born on March 3, 1923. He died on December 1, 2009, aged 86 "
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8 late Dinky mainly military items AEC Artic Transporter with Chieftain Tank, AEC Artic Transporter with Helicopter, Volkswagen KDF and 50mm gun, Foden Army Truck, Land Rover Bomb Disposal Unit with plastic surveillance robot kit, Armoured Patrol Car. Also USS Enterprise with photon torpedo firing mechanism, Foden Tipping Lorry. Boxed, minor/some wear, contents VGC.
4 Dinky aircraft Realistic display examples from WWII with operating features: USAF P47 Thunderbolt with battery-powered propeller, Junkers JU 87B Stuka with bomb-release mechanism (cap-fired bomb missing), Hawker Hurricane Mk IIc with wheel-operated machine guns, Messerschmitt Bf109E with battery-powered propeller. Display boxed, some wear, items GC or VGC features not tested..
A fully detailed and most interesting original WWII typewritten Police record of German Flying Bombs in Sussex from 13th June to 9th November 1944, and one isolated incident in 1945, with summary of all 907 incidents (total casualties killed 59, and injured 991) and 59 foolscap pages recording each incident, giving date, time, location (by Parish), map reference, depth of crater, no. of casualties, damage and how shot down (damage varies from “Crawley 10.7.44” where 7 people were killed and 23 seriously injured, 10 houses demolished etc, to “Framfield 5.8.44... 2 pigs killed. Also 2 geese and 5 chicken”), in manilla folder entitled “Flying Bombs. Records. F19”; 6 photograph maps showing locations of all Flying Bomb and Rocket incidents in Sussex and SE England, one of which bears the stamp of “Sussex Police Force. War Duties Dept. 9. Oct 1944. Headquarters, Haywards Heath”; 7 (untitled) photos of damage to buildings and shot down aircraft; 2 other photos of damage to Burgess Hill Police Station, Oct 1940. GC
WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Brief T.L.S., B. N. Wallis, one page, 4to, Effingham, Surrey, 16th March 1978, to Mr. A. Pancott. Wallis thanks his correspondent for their letter, `which my wife and I much appreciate`. Some very light, minor creasing, otherwise VG
A large quantity of early 20th Century French photo topo cards, many of early street scenes, WWI bomb damage and seaside views including St Malo, Dinan, Dinard, Calvados, Vitre, Rennes and many others, some framed also some empty old postcard albums and postcard reference books etc (a lot) many hundreds of cards
Two Untitled Colour Prints, of Lancaster AJ-`P` dropping its bomb whilst evading flak, signed to the margins in graphite and ink by seventeen airmen including John Bell, MBE; Alex M Mckie, DFM; Terry Kearns DSO, DFC, DFM, Larry Curtis, Gill Chalmers, Chan Chandler etc. 39 x 61cms, unframed; AFTER JOHN LARDER, "Operation Chastise" colour print, of Lancaster AJ-`P` amidst flak, signed in graphite to the margin by the artist and Gill Chalmers of AJ-`O`, 33 x 49cms, unframed. (3)
AFTER MAURICE GARDNER, "Dambusters Take-Off" and "Dambusters Return" colour prints, each signed by the artist and Bill Townsend, Douglas Webb and George Chalmers, surviving crew members of Lancaster AJ-O, unframed. Plate size 23 x 44cms, with certificates; An Untitled Colour Print, of a Lancaster dropping its bomb whilst evading flak, signed to the margin in graphite and ink by John Bell, M.B.E, DFC; Harry Johnson, DFM; and seven others. Plate size 39 x 61cms. Unframed. (3)
* Washington (William, 1885-1956). House of Commons Chamber 1941, & ‘Ayes’ Lobby, House of Commons 1941, a pair of copper engravings, showing bomb damage to the Houses of Parliament in 1941, each signed and titled in pencil to lower margin, plate size 38 x 29cm (15 x 11.5ins), and sl. smaller, matching frames, glazed, with label of Jeremy Cooper Limited, London to verso of each (2)
A Large Collection of Press and Other Black & White Photographs, mainly 1930`s to 1960`s, subjects include Argentinian subjects including prisoners, wartime manoeuvres and parades, tuberculosis children, naval, sporting, topography, aerial photographs, bomb damage, Adolph Hitler, theatrical, Fire Brigade, cabinet cards and a quantity of film stills, in two boxes.
The Easton Gibb and Son Archive - Various Projects: including Ipswich Dock, two volumes 1902 - 1905, one volume 1928 - 1929, one volume Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway, 1894, Grampian Electricity Bill, 1929, two volumes Haifa - Baghdad Railway, 1930 - 1931, sixteen volumes of modern work including Bomb-Proof Shelters, January 1940; with volumes from other companies: Glover and Partners - Reorganisation of ABC Bakery, Camden and Sir W G Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd - five volumes, Arapuni Hydro-Electric Works and Waihi Tauranga Railway, 1926 - 1929 (F) (a lot)
A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED OTTOMAN GREEK SHAMSHIR PRESENTED BY THE PACHA OF CANDIA TO CAPTAIN F.T.MICHELL R.N., DATED 1829. with curved blade double-edged towards the point and cut with two slender fullers of differing length along the back-edge, silver hilt comprising a pair of quillons with bud-shaped finials, engraved with scrolls and a bouquet of fruit, moulded back-strap engraved with the presentation inscription and date, and a pair of horn grip-scales fitted with a tear-shaped washer on each side of the pommel, in its original leather-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts cast and chased in relief, comprising locket, middle-band and chape each decorated with sprays of flowers, foliage, trophies and bouquets all within an elaborate series of scrollwork frames, and retaining a ring for suspension (one suspension ring missing). 75.5cm; 29 3/4in blade. Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell KCB (1788-1873) was the son of Lieutenant Sampson Michell RN, a Cornishman who died an admiral in the Portuguese Navy in 1809. He was born in Exeter, entered the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth in 1800 and joined HMS EURYDICE (24) as a Midshipman in 1803, serving in a number of ships and locations before being commissioned lieutenant on 29th May 1807. Serving in several more ships in locations from the Adriatic to Brazil, he became 1st lieutenant of HMS BOYNE (98) in March 1815. When Admiral Lord Exmouth was appointed to command a punitive expedition to Algiers in 1816, he took BOYNE`s officers with him into his flagship, HMS QUEEN CHARLOTTE (100). Before the bombardment of Algiers, late in August 1816, Exmouth appointed Michell to command the battering flotilla of 55 small vessels - principally gun, mortar, rocket and bomb ships - in the acting rank of commander and Michell was confirmed in that rank on 16th September 1816. After a decade on half-pay, Michell was appointed to command HMS RIFLEMAN (18) on 27th December 1826 and took her to the Mediterranean.. During the 1820s Greece fought her war of independence from Turkey: Britain, France and Russia were involved to maintain the balance of power and their own interests in the eastern Mediterranean. At the time, Crete was known by its Venetian name Candia and the Sultan ruled the island though a governor, or Pasha; the island`s capital, now Heraklion, was also known as Candia. It was British policy to recognise Crete as Turkish and British ships were welcomed in its harbours by the island`s governor.. The Ship`s Logs of HMS RIFLEMAN for 1829 (The National Archives; ADM 51/3377 and ADM 53/1140) show that she left Malta, bound for Crete, on 2nd March 1829, taking as passengers two Turks, Mustapha Hassan and Mustapha Ali. On 7th March, she anchored in Port Greco, a harbour on the island of Stondia - now Dia Nisida - off the north coast of Crete opposite the city of Candia. On 8th March, she sailed across the strait to Candia, put the captain, Michell, and the surgeon ashore in a yawl, `stood off and on` until the yawl returned and then, having fired a salute of 19 guns - which was returned by the harbour`s Turkish fort - sailed back to Port Greco, leaving Michell - and, presumably, the surgeon and the ship`s two Turkish passengers - in Candia. On 9th March, she returned and sent the yawl for Captain Michell, who returned at 11.30am, whereupon she left Candia harbour, returning a salute of 21 guns from the fort, and made sail for Malta, arriving there on 16th March 1829. For the remainder of 1829, HMS RIFLEMAN cruised in the Mediterranean but did not return to Crete.. It seems most likely that Michell received the sword offered here in March 1829 as a gesture of thanks from the island`s governor, perhaps for conveying the two Turks from Malta. The Turkish governor of Candia 1832-51 was the Albanian Giritli Mustafa Naili Pasha (b. 1798) who, in 1829, would have been known as plain Mustafa Naili and so may have been the `Mustapha Ali` taken aboard Michell`s ship on the orders of C.-in-C. Mediterranean for passage to Crete; he had been active in suppressing Greek insurrections on Crete in the 1820s and passage on a British sloop-of-war was probably the most sure way of returning him safely to the island.. Michell was promoted post captain on 22nd February 1830, commanded the 5th Rate HMS MAGICIENNE (24) at the siege and bombardment of Acre in 1840 and then the 5th Rate HMS INCONSTANT until 1843. In 1852 he was given command of HMS QUEEN (110) and commanded her during the Crimean War, particularly distinguishing himself at the bombardment of Sebastopol 1854-55, after which he was promoted rear admiral and created CB. Michell returned home to live in Totnes, Devon, where he was elected mayor in 1855 and 1858 and where he died. He became a vice-admiral in 1862 and an admiral in 1866, being created KCB in 1867. In addition to the sword given him by the Pasha of Candia/Crete, he received another from the Sultan, as well as a cloak with diamond clasps and several Turkish orders and decorations; as well as the insignia of a KCB, he received that of an Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Naval General Service Medal 1793-1814, with clasps Algiers and Syria and the British and Turkish medals for the Crimean War.
A Second World War Russian Convoys O.B.E. and Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea group of eight awarded to Captain Wilfred Geoffrey Perrin, Merchant Navy, for services aboard the S.S. Dover Hill when she was bombed in the Kola Inlet, North Russia; he led a team of volunteers to locate and defuse an unexploded 1000lb bomb which had penetrated some 22 feet into her cargo of coal, a feat accomplished after two days and two nights hard work, often under repeated bomb attacks The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Civil) Officers 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea (Captain W. G. Perrin, S.S. ôDover Hillö, 4th April 1943) mounted for wear, nearly extremely fine (8) £1400-1800 O.B.E. London Gazette 12 October 1943. - for services when the ship was bombed and damaged. Lloyds War Medal for Bravery at Sea Lloyds List and Shipping Gazette 5 September 1944. Captain Wilfred Geoffrey Perrin, Master, Dover Hill. For dangerous work in hazardous circumstances. The S.S. Dover Hill, was a cargo vessel of 5,815 tons. She formed part of convoy JW 53 bound for North Russia heavily laden with a cargo of fighter aircraft, tanks, lorries, guns and ammunition. The convoy comprised of twenty eight merchant vessels with an escort of three cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser, one escort carrier, sixteen destroyers, two minesweepers, three corvettes and two trawlers. Such a heavily defended convoy emphasizes both the importance of the cargo and the expectation of trouble from enemy attack. The convoy set off on 15 February 1943, in a gale which developed into such a severe storm that six of the merchant ships were so damaged that they were forced to return to Iceland. The S.S. Dover Hill lost much of her deck cargo overboard, including oil drums and crated lorries, but managed to save the tanks and continue her difficult passage northwards. Despite a concerted attack by JU-88 bombers a few days later the remaining twenty-two merchant ships of the convoy arrived at the Kola Inlet on 27 February. A few days later S.S. Dover Hill discharged her cargo at Murmansk, still being subjected to frequent attack from enemy bombers, and afterwards moved out to an anchorage in the Kola Inlet where the ships lay about a mile apart. The German front being only about ten miles away, these ships came under frequent low-level attack by ME-109 fighter bombers. The D.E.M.S. gunners aboard these merchant ships were kept very busy as they patiently awaited their escort home and, indeed, the gunners aboard S.S. Dover Hill successfully claimed one destroyed and one shared destroyed before the incident occurred whereby the names of several members of her crew appeared in the London Gazette. The personal account that follows is that of the ships Radio Officer David Craig, who related his experiences for the online BBC archive WW2 Peoples War: ôI feel that the story should be told why the names of these men should appear in the London Gazette. I write the story as I remember it but I write on behalf of the nineteen men, as we all worked together and none of us did anything different from anyone else. On Sunday, April 4th we were anchored in Misukovo Anchorage a few miles north of Murmansk and I was playing chess in the Officers mess when Action Stations sounded and our guns opened up at the same time. I went through the pantry, looked out of the door, and saw two JU-88 bombers coming up from astern, high up. Our Bofors shells were bursting below them and when they turned away I assumed we had beaten them off and stepped out on deck. This was a foolish thing to do as, unknown to me the planes had released their bombs before turning away. Four bombs exploded close on the port side and one on the starboard side and I was blown off my feet. As I got up our gunlayer came down from one of the bridge oerlikons and pointed out a large round hole in the steel deck a few yards from where I had been standing. It was obvious that the sixth bomb had gone through the main and tween decks into our coal bunkers and had not exploded. We informed the S.B.N.O, Murmansk of the situation and were advised that there were no British Bomb Disposal people in North Russia. We then realised that we would have to dig the bomb out ourselves in order to save our ship. The minesweeper H.M.S. Jason was ordered to anchor astern of us and to come alongside to render assistance if the bomb should explode, although I doubt if there would have been much to pick up. Incidentally, I did enjoy talking to the Jason by Aldis lamp during this time. You must understand that though the Dover Hill was only a battered old Merchantman she was our home and no German was going to make us leave her while she was still afloat. The Captain [Perrin] lined the whole crew up on the after deck and asked for volunteers, and nineteen of us including our Captain formed our own Bomb Disposal Squad. We had no bomb disposal equipment, in fact we only had a few shovels borrowed from our stokehold and nineteen stout hearts when we started digging back the coal, trying to find the bomb. The bunker was full of good British steaming coal which we were saving for the homeward run so we used a derrick to bring it up on deck, hoping to replace it when we got the bomb out. When the Russian authorities heard what we were doing, although they had many unexploded bombs to deal with in the town, they kindly offered to send one of their Bomb Disposal officers to remove the detonator if we could get the bomb up on deck. When we dug about ten feet down into the coal we found the tail fins and, by their size, decided our bomb must be a 1000lb one. Unfortunately the Germans also discovered what we were up to and came back and bombed us again, hoping to set off the bomb we were digging for. Between bomb explosions and the concussion of our own guns the coal used to fall back into where we were digging and things got difficult at times. We had to dig down approximately 22 feet before we got to the bomb, but after two days and two nights hard work we finally got it up on deck. I was standing beside the bomb with two of my fellow officers as our Russian friend started to unscrew the detonator when after a few turns it stuck. He then took a small hammer and a punch and tapped it to get it moving. I can honestly say that every time he hit it I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck standing against my duffle coat hood. After removing the detonator and primer we dumped the bomb into the Kola Inlet where it probably lies to this day. We then moved back to Murmansk for repairs. Of the fifteen ships which had come to Murmansk in February, one had been sunk and four damaged. On 17th May, in company with three other ships we left the Kola Inlet and set out for the White Sea. We arrived in Economia on the North Dvina River where we stayed until 18th July when we moved to Molotovsk (Severodvinsk) and finally on 26th November, with eight other ships, some damaged, we set out for home. Since it was now dark for almost twenty four hours each day and we could only do seven knots maximum speed we went north to the edge of the ice. Knowing that a Russian bound convoy was coming up to the south of us we expected the Germans to attack it and leave us alone. This in fact happened and we eventually arrived in London on 14th December 1943, in time to be home for Christmas.ö After returning from North Russia the Dover Hill was taken over by the Ministry of War Transport and was sunk at Arromanches on 9 June 1944 along with other ships to form an artificial port for the invasion of Normandy.
Abyssinia 1867 (Lieut. J. Withers, 25th Regt. Bomb. N.I.) suspension repaired, minor contact marks, good very fine £350-400 Joseph Withers was first commissioned on 4 June 1858 and was promoted to Lieutenant on 2 October 1860 and appointed Adjutant to the 25th Bombay Light Infantry on 7 February 1862.
A Second World War Middle East operations M.B.E. group of five awarded to Group Captain O. E. Bartlett, Royal Air Force, a long served Explosives Officer (X) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Members 2nd type breast badge; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, all unnamed, generally good very fine (5) £250-300 M.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1942. The recommendation states: This officer has been responsible for the organisation of the forward supply of fuel, ammunition and explosives to the Squadrons. By his pertinacity and resourcefulness he has overcome many unforeseen problems. There have been many instances when he has navigated not only the first R.A.F. convoys but also Army convoys. On one occasion he was successful in overcoming Army opposition to a certain journey which he carried out and ensured sufficient petrol for immediate operations. An example of his coolness is found when he took a Royal Air Force convoy through from Maddalena to the Army Co-Operation Squadron attached to XIII Corps, whilst the Army was carrying out a local withdrawal. This action saved the bulk of the aircraft from being lost and ensured reconnaissance for the Army. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1943 and 8 June 1944. Owen Edward Bartlett, who was born in Forest Hill, London in January 1917, was granted a short service commission as a Pilot Officer in the R.A.Fs Equipment Branch in September 1939, his earlier ambition of qualifying for his ôWingsö having been dashed at the Civil Flying School at Reading, where his examiner noted that his general flying was very dangerous. Possibly encouraged by this ôdangerousö assessment, he decided to pursue a career as an Explosives Officer, in which field he qualified in early 1940, and in March of the following year he was embarked for the Middle East. In his capacity as an explosives expert, Bartlett subsequently served in this theatre of war until January 1944, when he was evacuated home on the sick list, a period that witnessed him serving as an Acting Squadron Leader in command of assorted Maintainance Units (M.U.), in addition to periods of attachment to R.A.F. Headquarters in Malta, and in the Levant, Palestine, in 1943. And while ôMalta G.C.ö must have offered plenty of scope for an officer of his trade, it was in fact for his earlier work in command of No. 121 M.U. in North Africa that he was awarded his M.B.E. and two ômentionsö. He ended the War as an Explosives Officer at Greenham Common. Granted a permanent commission as a Flight Lieutenant in September 1945, Bartletts post-war career encompassed many commands, including nuclear bomb storage sites at R.A.F. Barnham and Faldingworth, and having been advanced to Group Captain in January 1967, he was placed on the Retired List in February 1972. He died in July 1979. Sold with the recipients original M.B.E. warrant and M.I.D. certificates (2), these in original envelopes; together with what would appear to be a wartime photograph of him taken in North Africa.
An interesting collection of wartime aviation ephemera, comprising a pilot`s flying log books for Sgt J. Ferguson RAF, including details of operational flying in a Mustang III in the Mediterrannean theatre; various photographs including group portraits of uniformed personnel, aerial shots of bomb damage, and related subjects; a copy of Pilot`s and Engineer`s Notes for the Lancaster, inscribed on the cover `P/O Holmes DFC. No 5`; and a copy of Flying Training Manual Part I - Landplanes.
A good quantity of various makes featuring a number of Morris Minors The lot includes Corgi: c35 Morris Minors as saloons, convertibles and vans – Police, Bomb Disposal, Colman`s Mustard, Shell, Unipart, Bird`s Custard etc; other Corgi: British Rail 2-van set Bedford CA/Ford Popular, Transport of the Early 50s 2-piece Hants & Dorset bus set, Military Air Power HS Buccaneer; Matchbox Yesteryear: 1912 Model T Ford Pepsi, 1928 Bugatti T44, 1938 Mercedes Benz 540K, 1927 Talbot Lyle`s Golden Syrup; Dinky: 1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk, 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible, 1955 Bentley R Continental; Vanguard: Morris Minor – Cussons, Southern Electricity. Also a Matchbox Railway Set and 9 assorted Matchbox Specials rally cars. All boxed, minor wear/minor damage to some, contents mostly VGC or as new. (c80)
* Glass Negatives. Zeppelin wreck, c. 1912, a group of ten glass negatives, 5 x 7 in (12 x 17cm), showing details of a wrecked Zeppelin, including framework, engine, machine gun etc., some parts carry identification display labels, including switchboard for bomb dropping, bomb dropping gear, Fore starboard engine room, elevator, caps found near wreck, commander`s chair, engine room instruments, relics found by police near wreck, cylinder engine, etc. (10)
* WWI - 87a Squadriglia Aeroplani. An album of 229 mounted b&w photos, c. 1918 and sl. later, the majority aerial views mounted four to a page on 29 leaves, the first 23 images (approx. 15 x 11cm) relating to Italian aerial bombings of the Asiago plateau region in North Eastern Italy and Libya, the majority of the remaining mostly similar size images being aerial views of Italian towns, buildings and countryside, including Pisa, Venice, Rome, Capo d`Istria, Verona, Bologna, Triest, one image of Quito with a signed presentation inscription from observer Ettore Lodi to his friend Felice Pozzo, dated April 1923, views of the Italian lakes, three images showing the villa of the poet and fighter pilot D`Annunzio near Lake Garda, one leaf with five aerial images of Mount Etna erupting, five images showing the smoking Mount Vesuvius (1922 and 1925), some images with caption codes and dates in the negative, many neatly captioned in white on mounts beneath, contemp. plain stiff wrappers with spine tie, sl. rubbed and soiled, oblong folio. One aerial photo of the Belvedere Piazza and the Principe Ugenio in Vienna is dated 9th August [1]918 in the negative. This would have been taken during the Flight of Vienna, an epic action performed by the Italian poet and nationalist patriot Gabriele D`Annuzio on 9th August 1918. He flew with eleven Ansalto S.V.A. from his team, the 87a Squadron ("La Serenissima") in a round trip of some 750 miles. They dropped 50,000 propaganda leaflets with text written by D`Annuzio himself. Besides the photographs there is one pen and ink plan showing the electric power station at Cavedine with the locations of three bomb strikes marked in red. (1)
Scrap Album. Modern album with items behind cellophane, relating to the McDougall family. Early 20th Century with emphasis on the Great War. Postcards, including one from Ernst Eiffel, letters, "Dear Sir. I regret that it is found impossible to return to you the bomb that fell in your garden.......15/11/1917 , photographs, etc. most identified. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
WALLIS BARNES: (1887-1979) English Scientist & Inventor of the bouncing bomb used in Operation Chastise (The Dambusters Raid), 16th May 1943. Signed First Day Cover commemorating International Air Day at RAF Hartland Point and featuring a colour illustration of a Bristol Bulldog. Postally cancelled 7th August 1971 and signed by Wallis with his name alone in bold blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the cover. VG
ENOLA GAY: Signed 10 x 8 photograph by three of the crew members of the Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, 6th August 1945 at the end of World War II, comprising Paul Tibbets (pilot), Tom Ferebee (bombardier) and Theodore J. Van Kirk (navigator). The image depicts the three men standing together in their uniforms alongside an aircraft. Each have signed the image in blue ink to clear areas at the head and all have added their positions beneath their signatures. Tibbets has also added Enola Gay in his hand and Ferebee has added the date of 6th August 1945 in his hand. Matted in pale brown and framed and glazed in a wooden frame to an overall size of 13.5 x 15. VG.
BOCKS CAR: Selection of signed cards, banknotes, FDCs, 8 x 10`s, A.L.S. etc. by various crew members of Bocks Car, the B-29 bomber that dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, 9th August 1945. Included are Charles Albury, Fred Olivi, Kermit Beahan, Frederick Bock, Charles Sweeney, Abe Spitzer, etc. Generally VG. 10
Robert Taylor, Limited Edition Print, "The Dambusters`, signed in pencil by:. Air Marshal Sir Harold (Mick) Martin, KCB, CB, DSO, DFC, AFC, RAAF. Corporal Ken Lucas. Flight Engineer Sergeant Raymond Ernest Grayston. Flight Lieutenant Joseph Charles McCarthy, RCAF, DSO, bar to Distinguished Flying Cross. Flight Lieutenant William "Bill` Reid, VC. Flight Sergeant W.C. (Bill) Townsend, CGM, DFM. Group Captain Lord Leonard Cheshire, VC. Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Arthur T. (Bomber) Harris. Flying Officer Geoffrey Rice, DFC. Sergeant George Leonard (Johnny) Johnston, DFM. Squadron Leader David John Shannon, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar. Squadron Leader Ken Brown, CGM, CD and Bar. Squadron Leader Les Munro, CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC, JP. Warrant Officer Norman Cyril Jackson, VC. Wing Commander Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd, VC. On 16th May 1943 nineteen Lancasters of 617 Squadron under the leadership of Wing Commander Guy Gibson attacked the Moehne, Eder and Sorpe Dams which provided water for the great armament industries of the German Ruhr. The dam faces of the Moehne and Eder were smashed and vast flood waters released. On arrival at the Moehne Dam, Gibson attacked first and scored a direct hit with his Barnes Wallis bouncing bomb. The next aircraft in was hit by flak, and blew up crashing just beyond the dam. Robert Taylor`s print shows the number three aircraft, piloted by Flight Lieutenant Mick Martin making his determined run in, just releasing his bouncing bomb and heading through the devensive curtain of gunfire. Guy Gibson`s aircraft is flying in front and to the starboard of Martin`s in an effort to distract the flak. In spite of this Martin collected a shell right through a wing tank, but his bomb scored another direct hit. Gibson and Martin, then flew in with each of the two successive attacks either distracting the defences of attempting to suppress them with fire from their own air-gunners. The cumulative effect of the fourth direct hit breached the Dam and 150,000,000 gallons flooded the Ruhr valley washing away factories, railway bridges, electric pylons but above all greatly reducing water supplies, necessary to the armament industrial processes. The total cost of the overall operation to 617 Squadron was 56 members lost from 133 original flyers, and eight Lancasters destroyed and four damaged. Gibson was awarded the VC and 32 other aircrew were decorated for this most famous of all air offensive actions. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Two First World War service medals, awarded to Private B Griggs, MGC, another awarded to Private EH Wilson, 6th London Regiment, together with a 1914-15 star, a group of four Second World War medals including one with a bomb and mine clearance bar and a TA Efficient Service medal, a Second World War, Special Constabulary medal, seven other medals and badges including an `Isle of Ely Special Constabulary badge`, a police whistle dated 1917, a scout whistle and various related items
A DFM group of 5:- DFM, 1939/45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with France and Germany clasp, War and Defence to 1477967 F/Sgt. C. Baldwin RAF, sold together with his Observer`s and Air Gunner`s flying log book, plus various duplicated papers, audio tapes and copy citation "Enemy aircraft followed flight Sgt. Baldwin`s Aircraft for 40 minutes, repeatedly opening fire, the Lancaster was not hit once largely due to the action taken by the pilot on instructions from Flight Sgt. Baldwin." The log runs from 8/1942 to 5/1945, an extract read, "(Dusseldorf). Two orange fighter flares then two red lights. Rattling of bullets up fuselage beneath me. Skipper hurt with splinters, crew check. Back on course then second attack by F.W.190. Railed from stem to stern by cannon shells. Turret went up in shower of sparks. Navigator killed. W/S fatally wounded skipper. Engineer bomb aimer and rear gunner all wounded. Luck still holding. Turret u/s, oxygen u/s. Wireless, intercom, heating, most dials, u/s, flew back in somebody elses hands. Aided by the moon. Had to sit on hands and stamp feet to prevent frost bite. Still bombed target". (See illustration)
A World War II Bomb Aimer and Caterpillar Club member`s group and family medals, comprising 1939-1945 and France and Germany Stars, Defence and War Medals, in postal box of issue [Mr. R. E. Roff]; gold Caterpillar of the Irvin Air Chute Company, set with ruby eyes, back engraved, F/SGT. R. E. ROFF; with membership card (named but undated); R.A.F. Observer`s and Air Gunner`s Flying Log Book [641559 Sgt Roff R], from 15/9/43, but most activity 1944-45, with B Flight, 466 Squdron, a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) bomber squadron and including, as Air Bomber, "5.3.45 Halifax III `W`, Pilot F/O Swain, Ops Chemnitz - E/R - Severe Icing - Abandoned Aircraft"; also Sight Log Book, 641559 Sgt Roff R, completed only for odd dates in May, 1944; cloth `stripes` and Bomb Aimer`s `wing`9ct; gold tie pin; another, gilt and set with shamrock; black cat mascot; with, to his future wife, Defence and War Medals, in postal box of issue [Miss M. Corkett]; and father-in-law, Word War I, War and Victory Medals [37066 Pte. W. J. Corkett. Bedf. R.]; with assorted badges and buttons, etc. Medals very fine and better. (lot) 256 aircraft took part in the raid on Chemnitz and 11 were reported lost. Roff`s aircraft crashed in the sea near Scarborough with the loss of one life, the remaining crew swimming ashore, 466 Squadron flew its last operational mission on Anzac Day (25th April), 1945. Roff had flown over 207 hours with the squadron, of which 119 hours were night-time operations. The Caterpillar Club was founded by Leslie Irvin in 1922 to honour all whose lives had been saved by parachute. During the War a running total of the number of badges that had been awarded was displayed at their Spirella factory and by VE Day the total had risen to 20,538.
* WWI - Archive of Major L.H. Lloyd, Royal Army Service Corps. Two albums containing numerous original photographs, postcards, maps, war diary, poems, orders, etc. 1914-18, 62 thick card leaves, mounted on both sides with approx. 300 original photographs and real photo postcards and approx. 120 documents, passes, printed orders, maps, original poems, War Diary or Intelligence Summaries, stamps, German billeting notices, christmas cards, invitations to balls, two Mention in Despatch notices etc., all neatly captioned in ink, a few leaves loose, a few minor spots, one half red, one half blue morocco, one upper joint splitting, lightly rubbed, oblong folio. A comprehensive and valuable record of one man`swar. Captain, later Major Lloyd served in Northern France from 1914-1918, the archive going on to 1919 when the British army occupied Cologne. The photographs start with embarkation at Southampton in 1914, arrival in Laventie in France, supplying the front, topography, constructing trenches and barbed wire defences, bomb throwing, shelled buildings, billets, graves, a football match on Christmas Day, 1914, R.F.C. planes and hangars, officers, German prisoners etc. ending with Spa, Antwerp and Cologne in 1919. The documents include several Special Order of the Day`sfrom Field-Marshall Sir Douglas Haig, concert and sporting notices, translations of German orders, regulations, a certificate awarding an Iron Cross, 2nd class, German stamps in occupied Belgium, two manuscript poems, one titled "Our Little dug-out in the Trench" from 2nd Battn, West Yorkshire regiment, a manuscript war diary, from embarkation at Southampton 5 November 1914 to 19 Feb 1915 and two Mention in Despatch notices, 1919. (2)
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