Wallace & Gromit - Robert Harrop - WGYP01 ' Gromit & The Bomb - A Matter Of Loaf & Death '. Limited to 750. Highly detailed resin figure / statue from the classic Aardman Animations made film. Figure appears mint and undamaged. Within original box. Note; from a large collection of Robert Harrop & other statues / figurines. Condition is stated within each description, however buyers are reminded that such statements are not forensic reports and all items will remain sold 'as is'. As a rule, statues do appear mint and undamaged, but this is not guaranteed. Boxes range in condition, and some have wear from storage. In all instances buyers are required to satisfy themselves. Certificates / paperwork are present if photographed, if there are no photographs of certificates then one isn't present.
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This five signature edition has been personally signed by two RAF veterans who served with 617 Squadron on the Dambusters raid and is conservation matted to include RAF Wings and the original pencil signatures of two further Dambuster veterans. It is accompanied by a matching-numbered copy of the book. We Will Remember Them” which also includes a specially released signed bookplate - Overall matted size: 14½" x 16¾ inches Collectors Edition Signatures: Robert Taylor, Sqn Ldr George 'Johnny' Johnson DFM - Bomb Aimer on Lancaster AJ-T that attacked the Sorpe Dam, scoring a direct hit. Corporal Ken Lucas - Ground Crew Fitter who installed the special modifications to the Lancasters for the raid. Sgt Fred Sutherland - The Front Gunner on Lancaster AJ-N which attacked, and successfully breached, the Eder Dam. - (matted) Fg Off Ray Grayston - The Flight Engineer on Lancaster AJ-N piloted by Les Knight, which breached the Eder Dam. - (matted). Rare only 45 were issued.
Inert WW2 British RAF Practice Bomb, steel body with original fins. Stamped to the body “11 ½ lb 1 – PRO 1940”. Length 45cms. This lot is a inert lot and is legal and safe to own in the UK. We are not able to offer post and packing on this lot. Please note only available to clients bidding from the UK who can arrange collection.
Tagreed Darghouth (Liban, née en 1979)L'Explosion acrylique sur toilesigné 'Tagreed' et daté '2021' (en bas à droite), signé, daté et titré au dosexécuté en 2021150 x 200cm (59 1/16 x 78 3/4in).acrylic on canvassigned and datedFootnotes:ProvenanceCollection de l'artisteLa présente oeuvre est vendue par le Fonds Claude et France Lemand au profit des Artistes et de l'Institut du Monde ArabeL'Explosion, 2021. Thierry Savatier : « L'Explosion rappelle directement le drame qui secoua Beyrouth le 4 août. Celles et ceux qui ont vu le port dévasté et les nuages de fumée ne peuvent éviter ce rapprochement. Mais la force de cette grande toile réside, une fois encore, dans son caractère universel car l'artiste, par l'absence délibérée de personnages dans son tableau, ne cède pas au pathos ; elle se limite à peindre un paysage dévasté. Picasso disait que, pour être réussie, une nature morte aux poireaux devait sentir le poireau ; ici, la toile a le parfum des ruines calcinées. »Tagreed Darghouth est née en 1979 à Saida au Liban. Elle est diplômée de l'Institut des Beaux-Arts de Beyrouth (2000) et de l'Ecole nationale des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (2003). En 2000 et 2001, elle suit les cours de Marwan Kassab Bachi (1934-2016), qu'elle admire et qui a beaucoup influencé son travail, à la Ayloul Summer Academy de Amman (Jordanie). Elle nourrit son art de lectures et de l'observation des maîtres anciens et modernes, en particulier Rembrandt, Courbet, Soutine et Lucian Freud.Proche du néo-expressionnisme, Tagreed Darghouth, qui vit et travaille à Beyrouth, construit ses toiles en couches épaisses de matière, tout en utilisant une palette sobre, sans aucun travail préparatoire. Ses œuvres, de formats moyen et grand, parfois en polyptiques, interrogent le spectateur et le confronte à ses contradictions, à ses erreurs et à ses doutes.Born in 1979, Saida, Lebanon, Tagreed Darghouth studied fine arts at the Lebanese University in Beirut as well as earned a diploma in art education. She then went on to study space art at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Tagreed's social and political themes draw attention to hidden forms of violence and the misconception of the other. In recent years, Darghouth's focus has expanded beyond the borders of Lebanon to encompass global issues. Her last two exhibitions explored the atomic bomb, featuring eerie paintings of mushroom clouds, skulls and the craters left in the Navada desert by nuclear weapons testing, which has transformed the landscape into a deformed, pockmarked wasteland resembling the surface of the Moon. For Darghouth, these exhibitions are all related. 'Every subject gives me a visual challenge to work on. It's a matter of choosing an object that makes the work variable and rich,' she explains. 'I think it's like I'm telling a story with each subject as a chapter of the work.'Click for an instant shipping quoteFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Michael James Hunter Twists Scottish glass incalmo cherry bomb turquoise and red perfume bottle with magenta stopper, approx. height 16cm. IMPORTANT: Online viewing and bidding only. Collection by appointment via our website or arrange with Mailboxes Etc couriers ONLY. Restrictions apply to ensure social distancing.
Banksy (B. 1975)Bomb Love 2002 tagged on the turnover edgespray paint on canvas25.4 by 20.3 cm.10 by 8 in.This work was executed in 2002. Footnotes:This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Pest Control Office.ProvenanceSanta's Ghetto, LondonSimon Finch, London Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2004Bomb Love is pure Banksy: provocative, bitingly satirical and yet tender. Always a vicious opponent of mass media and casual consumerism the sense that today's youth are being sold aggression instead of innocence, war instead of play explodes from the canvas in a flash of bubble-gum pink. The little girl sporting a ponytail tightly hugs onto the cumbersome military weapon as if it were her favourite cuddly toy and this is redolent of his Girl and Balloon in its whimsicality, and Kids on Guns in its wistful agony. All three images are stone cold classics by the artist coming from the zenith of the artist's most celebrated period. The image that first appeared as a black-and-white stencil on the streets of East London in 2001 has since become an iconic Banksy motif which is highly sought after by collectors. Executed on canvas and tagged with the artist's distinctive signature, Bomb Love from 2002 is executed onto a rosy base colour reminiscent of infanthood that enhances the motif and gives the work itself an innocent and naïve quality. Bomb Love is fresh to the market and whilst the artist later executed a print version of the popular subject, works on canvas from the series are rare at auction with the last comparable work having been offered over a decade ago. Banksy's works intend to shock, yet they also aim to engender thought-provoking discourse through their simple visual elements. The proximity of someone so vulnerable, yet so close to danger, is undoubtedly compelling, and through Banksy's clever dichotomy, the artist is sending a message of optimism to the universe, with the aspiration that one day love will overcome war. The image appeared in his autobiographical book Wall and Piece, alongside the caption 'I like to think I have the guts to stand up anonymously in a western democracy and call for things no-one else believes in – like peace and justice and freedom' (the artist in: Wall and Piece, London 2005, p. 29). Bomb Love is charged with a veiled anti-war sentiment and through his rendering, Banksy is tackling international concerns, and critiquing the government and the media for the rose-tinted glasses worn during periods of brutal warfare.This evident juxtaposition of the fragilities of childhood, closely intertwined with the atrocities of war, is an ironic combination of subject matters common in Banksy's Street art. The depiction of a young child heightens the emotions of love, loss, and hope and there is seemingly an appetite amongst collectors for this powerful motif of lost innocence. Earlier in 2021 an original of Girl with Ice Cream on Palette from 2004 sold for £1,100,000 in Bonhams' Post-War and Contemporary sale in London. The artist's empathetic and consistent dialogue within a contemporary global crisis is to be admired and there is an attractive irony to Banksy's compassion. The hybrid street artist and social activist rose to prominence in the 1990s as a graffiti maverick, rejecting any form of government control. Banksy's close encounters with the police in his early years led him to adopt his signature stencils; spraying onto a ready-made template allowed the artist to execute his works quickly, whilst sheltering behind his concealed identity. According to Banksy, 'all graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars' (the artist in: Tristan Manco, Stencil Graffiti, London 2002). Despite the use of stencilling by other notorious street rebels, such as Blek le Rat and Shepard Fairey, Banksy has placed himself in a category of his own and has superseded any expectation of graffiti subculture's success. His outlaw status and anti-establishment street art are the essence of his prolific career and practice. He is perhaps the most important artist to emerge in Britain since the turn of the millennium and this signature work can be seen as a signature example of the artist at his very best.Banksy's ever-growing popularity is testament to his remarkable ability to react and adapt to the contemporary art market, and the world at large. He repeatedly appears in the public eye, and in August 2021 the artist was recognised for the undertaking of his A Great British Spraycation, in which he installed several graffiti pieces across the English coastline, bringing joy and whimsy to local neighbourhoods. He continues to construct his own narrative, and his decision to stay anonymous despite his international attention, makes Banksy an intoxicating enigma.Executed in 2002, Bomb Love is a prime model of Banksy's enduring anti-war art of the last two decades, and in keeping with the context of the sale, the work will be accompanied alongside another highly evocative Banksy piece from the same year, Rude Copper.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of small silver items:Comprising a silver bomb table lighter, William Hutton & Sons Ltd, London, 1895, a pair of menu holders featuring owls' heads, London, 1927, two Scottish wine labels, a quaich, a whisky tot, a small brandy warmer, French medallion etc, 25.5oz. weighable silver. (14)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Germany 2nd World War. A display card collected many years ago of approximately 20 badges and medals in mixed conditions plus buttons. The lot may include a few replicas. Noted: KRIM Crimean Campaign 1941-42, Infantry assault badge, War Service Cross, Bomb disposal service, Motor Transport Driver, Panzer Regiment Breast badge, Luftwaffe badges, Germany Navy eagle, etc. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £21.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.
Sold by Order of the Family ‘Ohio, being the only tanker, was marked for particular attention, and during the course of her voyage suffered a direct hit from a torpedo, direct bomb hits, any number of near-misses, and was struck by two Luftwaffe aircraft shot down while attacking her. Despite her engines being dead and her hull practically broken in two, she was towed into Grand Harbour by three destroyers and a minesweeper with her cargo virtually intact.’ (The Ohio and Malta - the Legendary Tanker that Refused to Die by Michael Pearson) ‘H.M. Ships were handled throughout with skill and daring, particularly during the final stages when, in the face of concentrated attack from air, submarine and surface forces, it became necessary to tow one of the most important and unwieldy vessels in the convoy, the S.S. Ohio, which had been seriously damaged.’ (Introduction to recommendations for awards to officers and men for Operation Pedestal - Honours and Awards Committee) The important Second War 1942 ‘Operation Pedestal’ D.S.O. group of twelve awarded to Commander H. J. A. S. Jerome, Royal Navy, who, as Commanding Officer of the 17th Minesweeping Flotilla, Malta Force, took operational command during the later stages of Operation Pedestal - the allies final effort to relieve the beleaguered island of Malta - and, under the most trying of circumstances, successfully co-ordinated the safe passage of the vital yet crippled tanker, Ohio, to the safe berth of Valetta’s Grand Harbour. Having arrived in H.M.S. Speedy following the departure of the main convoy escort, Jerome set about organising repeated efforts to stabilise the slowly sinking Ohio even as she remained the object of relentless air attack and under continuous threat from enemy submarines and E-boats. Finally, with a destroyer on either side, another destroyer secured astern to act as rudder and a minesweeper positioned for towing, he succeeded in slowly manoeuvring the fragile tanker through the heavily mined approach towards her ultimately tumultuous reception from the Maltese. A young Midshipman in the battle cruiser H.M.S. Courageous during the Great War, Jerome had served in submarines between the wars and went on to end his distinguished naval career as Commander in Chief of the Irish Navy. Sold with a substantial archive of related original material Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially dated 1942, with integral top riband bar; British War and Victory Medals (Mid. H. J. A. S. Jerome. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star, 1 clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Minesweeping 1945-51 (Cdr/ H. J. A. S. Jerome. D.S.O. R.N.); Spain, Franco Period, Cross of Naval Merit with White Decoration; Italy, Republic, Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, Commander’s neck badge, silver gilt and enamel, the Great War pair very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (12) £8,000-£12,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 10 November 1942: ‘For bravery and dauntless resolution while serving in H.M. Ships when an important Convoy was fought through to Malta in the face of relentless attacks by day and night from enemy submarines, aircraft and surface forces.’ The original recommendation states: ‘For the brilliantly successful feat of saving the tanker Ohio after she had been severely damaged and immobilised I consider the following officers worthy of immediate awards. Acting Commander H. J. A. S. Jerome (Commander Minesweepers Malta) who was in charge of operations during the last day and night on board Speedy.’ Henry Joseph Alexander Savile Jerome was born on 3 June 1900 in Mexico City, the son of the diplomat Lucien Joseph James Robertson Jerome, then British Vice-Consul in Mexico, and his Australian wife Vivien Fane (Savill). He was admitted as an Officer Cadet to the Royal Naval College, Osborne in January 1914 and proceeded to the Royal Naval College Dartmouth before joining the battlecruiser H.M.S. Courageous as a Midshipman in April 1917, remaining in her until the conclusion of the war. Jerome was promoted Lieutenant in September 1921 and went up to Caius College, Cambridge two months later, winning the Oxford and Cambridge Universities Welterweight 1st prize medal in March 1922 (medal with lot) - an artist’s depiction of his victory over P. I. Bell (Queen’s, Oxford) subsequently appeared as a full page feature in the Christmas 1922 edition of The Field magazine (copy with lot). Returning to sea, Jerome joined the Submarine L 56 in September 1922 and served mostly in submarines until August 1927 when he joined the destroyer H.M.S. Sesame. His advancement to Lieutenant-Commander in 1929 was followed by service in a succession of surface ships until 1935 at which time he joined the Royal Marines in Egypt for a year. In 1936, he transferred to an Officer Instructor role with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (South Africa) and was still serving in this capacity when war broke out in 1939. Recalled to home waters, Lieutenant-Commander Jerome served in the Minesweeper Trawler H.M.S. Wardour from January 1941 until his appointment as Commander Minesweepers at Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde in March of that year. Then, in June of 1942, with the war in the Mediterranean - and Malta’s prolonged siege in particular - reaching a critical stage, Jerome was sent to Valetta as Commander Minesweepers Malta, his arrival coming as immediate relief to the submariners of the 10th Submarine Flotilla who had been required to leave Malta on account of mines and the temporary supremacy of enemy aircraft: ‘The one small success of the two failed convoy operations [Harpoon and Vigorous] had been the arrival in Malta of Commander Jerome in Speedy. He had led his three up-to-date fleet minesweepers round Cape Bon during the night of 14/15 June, unnoticed by the enemy who were concentrating on ‘Harpoon’ and the supply ships. The sweepers slipped safely into harbour. Their hard work and courage in the face of constant danger meant that the Tenth’s submarines could now return to their home base.’ (The Fighting Tenth - The Tenth Submarine Flotilla and the Siege of Malta by John Wingate D.S.C.) Operation Pedestal With Operations Harpoon and Vigourous having failed to revictualise the stricken island of Malta, the War Cabinet decided to make one last all out effort. Planning for Operation Pedestal began immediately and Churchill’s assertion that the ‘The Navy would never abandon Malta’ would be put to the test. As Leonard MacDonald, a Royal Marine in H.M.S. Manchester on Pedestal later put it: ‘What other convoy during the war had an escort of 54 men o’ war, including 2 battleships, both 16 inch, four carriers, twelve cruisers and 40 destroyers plus the smaller stuff? We were warned that if we got one ship through and lost half the escort it would be classed as a success.’ Having left the Clyde on 3 August, the convoy passed through the straits of Gibraltar on 9/10 August and, together with its various escort formations, was then subjected to relentless attack from U-Boats and Italian submarines, the Luftwaffe and Regio Aeronautica, and from Axis surface vessels. This story of continuous violence needs no retelling here, but suffice it to say that by the afternoon 13 August, as the now depleted force neared the end of its epic journey, of the 14 merchantmen that originally set out, nine were sunk and three damaged, while the senior service had sustained losses of an aircraft carrier, a cruiser and a destroyer, as well as havin...
General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24225245 Pte. C. P. Brady Glosters) partially officially corrected, clasp facing slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine £300-£400 --- Christopher Patrick Brady was born on 13 June 1952 and attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment, serving with the 1st Battalion in Northern Ireland. He was killed by an I.R.A. bomb on 17 July 1973. On this date eight members of the Regiment were on patrol in the Divis Flats, West Belfast. One the top floor the soldiers were inspecting an electricity box- upon opening it a cardboard box was spotted with black tape and two wires coming from it. Almost immediately the 20lb explosion was initiated, and four of the soldiers were injured, two fatally, including Brady. The bomb had been linked by cable to a battery on the ground floor, and was detonated by two youths. Brady was one of five members of the Gloucestershire Regiment who was killed on active service in Northern Ireland. He is buried in Efford Cemetery, Plymouth.
A well documented Great War ‘1917’ D.S.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant Observer W. C. Argent, Royal Naval Air Service, later Royal Air Force who undertook 201 anti-U-boat air patrols in seaplanes with 214 Squadron during the Great War, being forced to ditch 8 times in all and on one occasion seeing his bomb score a direct hit on the deck of an enemy submarine: details of Argent’s life and service are preserved in a series of interviews he recorded with the Imperial War Museum in 1991 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F.13496. W.C. Argent. LG. Mech. R.N.A.S. 1917); British War and Victory Medals (213496. Sgt. W. C. Argent. R.A.F.); Defence Medal; together with the recipient’s associated miniature awards, both groups mounted as worn, nearly very fine and better (4) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.S.M. London Gazette 1 May 1918: ‘For zeal and devotion to duty during the period from 1st July to 31st December 1917.’ William Charles Argent was born on 25 January 1899 at Codicote, Hertfordshire and was educated in London at Brixton and Bonner Hill School, Kingston. He enlisted on 27 April 1916 as a Boy Mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service and underwent Wireless Telegraphy training at Cranwell (held against H.M.S. Daedulus) until February 1917 at which time he was advanced to Air Mechanic Class II. After a short spell at gunnery and bombing school at Eastchurch he was posted briefly to R.N.A.S. Calshot as an wireless operator/air gunner before moving on to R.N.A.S. Portland. From 12 April 1917, Argent undertook 201 air patrols from Portland hunting submarines over the English Channel as an Observer in Short Seaplanes of 241 Squadron. On 15 May 1917 he attacked a U-Boat at location 31R, his log book stating: ‘dropped bombs on submerged sub. 31R. damaged it. TB.81 finishing it off.’ Engine problems were a consistent theme throughout 1917 causing many aborted climbs and premature landings and ditchings at sea (8 in total), the following logbook entries being not atypical: ‘9 July 1917 - forced landing, 40D, smashed floats on landing picked up after about 5 hours by T.B. 81. m/c towed to Lyme Regis a hopeless wreck’ ‘7 Sept. 1917 - nearly nose dived in sea, almost crashed into fishing smack, horrible wind-up’ On patrol on 20 July 1917, he saw a torpedoed ship going under with survivors being picked out of the oil-slicked sea by a trawler. Six days later he attacked another U-boat: ‘26 July 1917 - sub dived leaving some crew in water’ He was promoted to Leading Mechanic on 1 November 1917 and was awarded the D.S.M. for zeal and devotion to duty as an Observer during the latter half of that year. On 25 March 1918, Argent’s log book records a flight with Pilot Ensign Ives: ‘Sub spotted. 31Q. Dropped bomb which fails to explode.’ The following related note is then pasted into the recipient’s logbook: ‘Portland - Seaplane 9856 (Pilot Ensign F. Ives, U.S.N.) left at 1205 to cover the Eastern and Southern patrols, and at 1335, when in position 31R, an enemy submarine was sighted, fully blown, on the surface about half a mile away on the starboard bow. The seaplane overtook the submarine, then turned into the wind and attacked, dropping two 100-lb bombs from 600 feet. One bomb fell 10 feet astern of the submarine the other 10 feet ahead. Turning again, the seaplane dropped another 100-lb bomb, which fell directly on the deck of the submarine. All the bombs failed to detonate. By this time the submarine had submerged, leaving no wake. The seaplane came down low to drop a calcium flare on the spot, and after circling round for some time returned to base.’ In an interview with the Imperial War Museum the recipient describes that on this occasion he believes he sunk the U-Boat but having dropped flares at the location a destroyer later arrived and also depth charged the U-boat. Transferred as Corporal Mechanic to the R.A.F. on its formation on 1 April 1918, he remained based at Portland and advanced to Sergeant Mechanic on 30 July 1918. In June 1919, Argent was posted to R.N.A.S. Fort Grange, Gosport and he was demobilized to the R.A.F. Reserve on 9 November 1919. He served as a fireman with the Auxiliary Fire Service in London 1938-41 before returning to his work as a quantity surveyor after the Second World War. Argent died in Crawley, Surrey in 1999. Note: The Imperial War Museum’s Oral History sound archive contains a highly informative 1 hour 40 minute interview with Argent recorded in 1991. The interview covers the entirety of his life with a large portion devoted to his Great War service. Sold with the following: (i) The recipient’s three Flying Log Books: (a) Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book, S. 1516 first version (the word ‘Pilot’s’ scored through and replaced with ‘Observer’s’). Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 11 November 1918. Copious remarks. (b) Royal Naval Air Service Pilot’s Flying Log Book, S 1516, September 1917 revised version, (the word ‘Pilot’s’ scored through and replaced with ‘Observer’s’, and ‘Royal Naval Air Service’ scored through and replaced with ‘Royal Air Force’). Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 11 November 1918, with one additional entry on 14 May 1919. Copious remarks. (c) Pilot’s Flying Log Book, Army Book 425. Covering the period 12 April 1917 to 2 July 1918. This log book gives the appearance of having been filled out retrospectively. Fewer, more cursory remarks. Note: The reason for existence of the three log books covering roughly the same period isn’t clear. All three log books are in the same hand and contain similar but notably non-identical remarks relating to patrols. (ii) The recipient’s signed ‘Signal Card 1903’ booklet. (Reprint 1915 edition); Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on Demobilization, Army Form Z.21; Certificate of Employment During the War, Form Z.518; Air Training Corps Morse Code Instruction Certificate, A.T.C. Form 8, dated 20 April 1944; Invitation to founder members of the R.A.F. to attend 50th Anniversary events, dated 1 April 1968. (iii) An album (14.5cm x 11cm) containing 72 photographs, the former property of ‘Miss A. Goodspeed, 35 Chalford Rd. W. Dulwich’. Subject matter almost entirely Great War naval subjects including R.N.A.S. seaplanes, naval images of Gallipoli and the Mediterranean e.g. Mytilene. Possibly a combination of the recipient’s photographs and those of another family member. Although pasted into album, the photographs are mostly captioned on reverse. Together with a group portrait of twelve R.N.A.S. N.C.O.s in uniform, 15cm x 10.8cm.
A fine Second War Pathfinder’s D.F.C. group of five awarded to Lancaster mid-upper gunner, Flight Lieutenant T. L. Tracey, Royal Air Force, who flew in at least 63 operational sorties, 29 of which were in Wellingtons with 101 Squadron, including the Thousand Bomber Raid to Cologne, 30 May 1942. After flying one sortie to Essen whilst stationed with an O.T.U., Tracey went on to fly the remainder of his sorties with 7 Squadron, Path Finder Force. Often employed as a Marker Crew, and on occasion as a Master Bomber crew, Tracey’s 2nd tour of operations provided many hair-raising experiences - in particular after returning from a raid on Stuttgart, 28 July 1944, during which Tracey had contributed to shooting down an enemy night fighter, the crew were forced to make an emergency landing at Bradwell Bay with the undercarriage down, engine damage, tyre blown on one wheel and ‘several inches of petrol slopping around in the wireless operator’s area’ Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1944’, in Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany, small traces of verdigris; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, generally good very fine (5) £2,400-£2,800 --- D.F.C. London Gazette 14 November 1944, the original recommendation states: ‘This officer has completed 45 operational sorties of which 15 have been made in Path Finder Force, 13 of them being in a marker crew. As mid-upper gunner he has always displayed great skill. His extreme sense of duty and his application to this task on hand has resulted on several occasions in his evading fighter attacks, and his fine capabilities have been an asset to the crew.’ M.I.D. unconfirmed. Thomas Leslie Tracey joined the Royal Air Force as a Leading Aircraftman, and carried out training as an Air Gunner at No. 8 A.G.S., Evanton from May 1941. After further training at No. 11 O.T.U., Tracey was posted for operational flying with 101 Squadron (Wellingtons), Oakington in September 1941. He flew in at least 29 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Cherbourg; Emden; Le Havre; Antwerp, 2 October 1941 ‘Left large fires, Little Flak but came back with large shell hole’ (Log Book refers); Cologne (5), including 30 May 1942, the first Thousand Bomber Raid; Frankfurt; Berlin; Hamburg (4), including 14 January 1942 ‘Bombed 1650. Shot up. Nav. wounded’ (Ibid); Brest (2); Dusseldorf; Paris; Lubeck; Essen; Dorgland; Baltic; Bolougne; Frisians; Wilhelmshaven; and Duisberg (2). Tracey was posted to No. 26 O.T.U. at the end of August 1942, and whilst stationed there took part in a raid on Essen, 16 September 1942. He served as an instructor, advanced to Warrant Officer, and then was commissioned Pilot Officer in February 1944. Tracey returned to operational flying as a mid-upper gunner with 7 Squadron (Lancasters), Oakington in July 1944. The Squadron operated as part of No. 8 Group, Path Finder Force, and Tracey was crewed with Squadron Leader R. P. Todd, D.F.C., A.F.C. as his pilot. He flew in at least 33 operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Noyelle en Chaussee; Stuttgart (3); Foret de Nieppe; Foret de L’Isle Adam; Blaye; Foret de Mormal; La Pallice; Foret de Montrichard; Soesterberg; Kiel (3); Sterkrade; Russelheim; Deuf de Ternois; Emden; Le Havre (3); Kamen; Munster; Boulogne; Domburg; Calais (2); Emmerich; Wilhelmshaven; Bochum; and Gelsenkirchen. The three raids on Stuttgart, 24, 25 and 28 July 1944 are recalled by the Navigator R. H. Smith in No. 7 Bomber Squadron RAF in World War II, by T. Docherty: ‘The crew were R. P. Todd, pilot; R. H. Smith, navigator; R. Martin, flight engineer; Stanton, wireless operator; Drinkwater and Tracy [sic], gunners; Grant, bomb aimer and Talbot, radar operator. On the 24, 25 and 28 July 1944 Bomber Command attacked the city of Stuttgart. R. P. Todd’s crew took part in all three attacks. Their duty was to drop marker flares to guide the main force of bombers to the target. The 24th operation took seven hours, thirty minutes, the one of the 25th eight hours, ten minutes; the extra time was due to engine trouble. The aircraft they flew was NE2122:V. For the 28th operation they were again allocated NE122:V. They air tested it for an hour in the afternoon after the engineers had checked it, and took off for Stuttgart at 2240hrs carrying one 4,000 pound bomb and four 1,000 pound target indicators. The Luftwaffe was well prepared to oppose the attacking force, having been warned by the previous two attacks. It was a moonlit night and the German fighters were very active. It was later estimated that about 200 fighters were employed. Sixty-two of the bomber force were lost (which was the third heaviest loss of the war). During the run to the target many air combats and ground fires were seen. The crew of NE122 were briefed to drop their markers visually and to facilitate this they were to locate the small town of Pforzheim which gave a good return on the H2S radar, and there set up a piece of equipment called a ground position indicator (GPI). This threw a spot of light on a target chart. The spot moved along giving the aircraft’s position. The distance to fly was about 15 miles; about four minutes time. During this action the aircraft had to be held straight and level. What happened during the run-in is described in the official combat report... What follows is a first-hand account compiled from the memories of the pilot, the flight engineer and the navigator, Richard Smith: “After setting up the GPI over Pforzheim I was giving the pilot direction instructions. The bomb aimer was lying prone over his bombsight and also pushing out handfuls of window... Suddenly there was an explosion on the starboard side. Also a tremendous racket as the gunners fired their eight Browning machine-guns causing empty .303 cartridges to cascade from the mid-upper turret [Tracey] and rattle against the inside of the fuselage. Also there was a lot of noise over the intercom as the gunners called for evasive action. The aircraft dived violently to starboard and I watched the navigator’s altimeter record a loss of 4,000 feet. The aircraft filled with smoke and the captain gave the order to abandon. My immediate reaction was to grab and fix my parachute and make for the lower escape hatch ready to leave the aircraft as soon as the bomb aimer opened the hatch. We learned later that the hatch could not be opened because the parcels of window were lying across it. The bomb aimer was desperately flinging the parcels out of the way and they were bursting open as he flung them. Suddenly the hatch came open and a blast of freezing air blew through the opening carrying with it masses of strips of tin foil. I was standing in a direct line with the blast and was covered in the stuff. While this was happening the pilot had regained control. The engineer had operated the starboard inner engine fire extinguisher and the captain had cancelled the abandon order. All the crew was still aboard, which fact was probably due to the delay caused by the blocked escape hatch. The Lancaster was settled in straight and level flight, the starboard inner propeller feathered to reduce drag and the crew gradually resumed their stations and regained some of their composure. The bomb load was still aboard and could not then be dropped because the bomb doors could not be opened. We were now some distance away from the target and the position was not known with any accuracy. The important thing was to be heading in the right direction, so a course was set it the westward. The main compass system had gone u/s in the dive, so we were reduced to using th...
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (22438518 Tpr. J. McInnes. 12 L.) minor official; corrections to number and name, polished, nearly very fine £150-£200 --- Jack John McInnes (Canadian), Lance-Corporal 22438518, 12th Royal Lancers, died in hospital at Raub, Pehang, Malaya, on 30 May 1952, from gun shot wounds right side received from accidental mortar bomb explosion whilst on operations in aid of the civil powers.
A Falklands campaign group of five awarded to Warrant Officer Catering Accountant D. ‘Rowdy’ Yates, Royal Navy, whose vivid recollections of his service with H.M.S. Antrim during the conflict were published in his book Bomb Alley, Falkland Islands 1982 Aboard H.M.S. Antrim at War. He later went on to serve with H.M.S. Exeter during the Gulf War 1991 South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (APOCA D W Yates D159012R HMS Antrim); Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (CPOCA D W Yates D159012R RN); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (CPOCA D W Yates D159012R RN); Saudi Arabia, Liberation of Kuwait 1991; Kuwait, Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, first three mounted as originally worn, and last two mounted separately in reverse order to above as worn, light contact marks overall, therefore nearly very fine or better (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- David ‘Rowdy’ Yates was born in Taplow in September 1957. He joined the Royal Navy, aged 18, in 1976. Initially employed as a Stores Accountant, he was subsequently posted to H.M.S. Salisbury and served as a Catering Accountant. Yates advanced to Petty Officer Catering Accountant and was posted for service with H.M.S. Antrim in April 1981. H.M.S. Antrim, a County-class Destroyer launched in 1967, served during the Falklands War under the command of Captain B. G. Young, D.S.O. As part of the advance-guard sent South, she served as flag-ship and played a prominent role in Operation Paraquet, the recapture of South Georgia in April 1982, and assisted in the movement of S.A.S. troops. Between 20-21 May Antrim led the Naval Forces in the Falkland Sound during the amphibious landings. At this time she was hit by a 1,000lb bomb delivered by a Dagger fighter-bomber. The bomb struck the flight deck, gashed two missiles in the magazine and came to rest in the Seaman’s After Heads, without exploding. In further attacks by Daggers she was sprayed with 30mm. shells causing two serious casualties. After 10 fraught hours the unexploded bomb was dealt with by C.P.O. Michael Fellows of the Fleet Clearance Diving Team - an action that was to earn him the D.S.C. Yates’s book Bomb Alley, Falkland Islands 1982 Aboard HMS Antrim at War gives an extensive account of his service with Antrim during the conflict. In particular for the 20-21 May: ‘Being part of an attack in any ground, air or sea situation is not pleasant, but leading it offers a greater risk, or so it appeared in the minutes that ticked past after the alarms had sounded, as tension heightened even further. As well as all the usual user checks on guns, weapon systems, sonars, radars, damage-control apparatus and every other defence and attack mechanism, we were also paying very close attention to our own personal defence preparations. We user checked how we might react if a missile came through, what fire-fighting gear we could use, which way we could try to escape, and how we could increase our personal protection.... We were now doing everything possible to ensure our best chance of survival under any circumstances...’ On the 20th: ‘Already at full action stations, as we moved closer and closer to the Falklands we knew that the next warning of attack would be in the form of a ‘yellow’ or ‘red’. And sure enough at 1520, the ship’s broadcast beat out the message we had all been dreading, ‘Click -AIR RAID WARNING YELLOW - AIR RAID WARNING YELLOW - TASK FORCE COMING UNDER ATTACK FROM TWO MIRAGES AND TWO ENTENARDS.’ We blinked at those around us and our hearts beat faster and faster. Hairs stood like porcupine quills on the back of our necks, and some even felt physically sick. There really were forces out there which were coming straight for us to try and blast us out of the water and wipe us off the face of the earth.....’ (Ibid) On this occasion the attack was beaten off by Sea Harriers from the carrier air protection, and the Antrim was left to proceed towards the Falklands. The following day the Antrim entered the North Falkland Sound with H.M.S. Ardent, and after two hours of bombardment had decimated the Fanning Head anti-tank and mortar stronghold overlooking the landing sites. After the successful bombardment: Our priority was to prepare the ship even further for the air attack which we all knew must be inevitable... We knew the Argentineans would have a go later on, but at least we would have a lot of ships nearby to assist us, and the CAP flying overhead to fend off the counter-attacks. In fact most people had actually calmed down a lot from the previous night, and were now relatively confident of seeing the rest of the day out safely.’ The first of many constant air raid warnings was sounded at 1200hrs: ‘We felt like rats in a barrel running round and round in crazy spiral patterns to avoid the farmer’s stick. And this was only the start, for the raids kept on coming. At 1255, another ‘yellow’ was broadcast. At 1315 as the jets screamed ever closer, the alarm level was raised to ‘red’. Ten minutes later we fired “chaff” again, closely followed at 1326 by three Sea Cat missiles, more “chaff”, and then our 4.5. inch gun again. Argonaut had had her dose of rough medicine, now it was our turn. Antrim was their next target, and the next entry in the rough diary that I kept was 13.30 Fire Sea Slug. HIT. The attacking jet had hit us!.... we could clearly hear the loud ‘swoosh-swoosh’ as our two Sea Slug missiles were fired from the launcher. Then we felt something like a giant mule kick us up the stern of the ship, followed by some horrendous crashing and exploding sounds, only a few yards from where we sitting. Immediately, the operations room broadcast that we had received a direct hit aft, and that the aft damage control party should investigate at the rush.... One of the teams came charging through the adjacent door to let us know what was going on. In a panting voice, the initially unrecognisable anti-flash hooded man yelled, ‘Listen in lads. We’ve been hit by a large four foot six inch bomb back aft. Looks like it’s come in through the Sea Slug launcher doors and passed straight through the magazine. It did not go off, but it did cause a lot of damage and the unexploded bomb is still on board in the aft heads. Recce parties are still combing all the adjacent compartments to check for casualties and the full extent of the damage. So far, miraculously, we don’t appear to have lost anyone, or had any major fires break out.... We think we’ll probably have to evacuate the rear end of the ship and try and make the bomb safe... Less than 10 minutes after the strike, some joker made a ‘pipe’ to say, “The aft heads are now out of bounds” - no shit!’ (Ibid) The Antrim was attacked and hit again, and continued to run the gauntlet in ‘Bomb Alley’ until the Argentineans ceased the offensive at around 1800: ‘With the air attacks over for the day because of encroaching darkness, we now had to try and get rid of the bomb from our aft heads. Much of the ship aft of midships had already been placed out of bounds since the bomb had struck. Now, a specialist team was hurriedly convened to make the bomb safe and to cut it free from its web of tangled metal, deckhead panels, twisted pipes, shattered doors, urinals and toilet pans. While this dangerous work went on, another team started cutting a suitably sized hole above the bomb flight deck, ready to lift it out and drop it over the side.... The bomb-extraction process ran smoothly, and at almost 2230, with an A frame and lifting gear rigged above the hole on the flight deck, a ‘pipe&rsqu...
A PAIR OF PAIR OF EMBOSSED PEWTER 'BOMB' VASES in the manner of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co, each with stamped numbers '0226' to the underside, 19.5cm high; together with a similar pewter cigarette box, the hinged cover with enamelled lettering 'Cigarettes', stamped number 0414 to the underside, 16.5cm wide x 12.75cm deep x 6.5cm high (3) Provenance: The Estate of the late Rufus Eyre
Theodore Howard Somervell, OBE, FRCS (British 1890-1975) a personal archive of approximately 80 photographs of WW1 subjects, many with handwritten titles and descriptions, including walking wounded, tank in Somme mud and the funeral of a Highland Officer. Named locations include Tincourt, St Idesbalde, Zuydcoote, Le Transloy, Avras, La Boiselle, Moislains, Nurlu and Peronne, subjects include tented camps, operating theatres, German trenches and front line, craters and bomb damage, most 11.5 x 16cm
Theodore Howard Somervell, OBE FRCS (British 1890-1975) personal watercolour and pencil sketchbook of WW1 subjects hand labelled '1917 War and Leave, THS, 1917' and with censor stamp to front, containing approximately 40 sketches and watercolours including La Chapellette, The Dados heavy artillery, St Quentin, Beauvais, Lake District scenes including Scawfell Pike (sic) and Coniston, Fins, many of Moislaine including Hotel da Villa with bomb damage, Canal du Nord and a medical picture 'Gas Gangrene in Anteior Tibial Group Following the Ligation of Ant. Tibial Artery'. Some loose sketches including 'Art Under Difficulties' and battlefield scenes, most 19 x 24cm
A French medal commemorating the re-establishment of the monument to Joan of Arc at Orléans 1803, after 1879, obverse; a uniform bust of Napoleon Bonaparte. Lettering to rim of coin 'Napoleon Bonaparte PREMR. CONSUL DE LA REP. FR, a bomb below'. reverse; a statue of Joan of Arc dividing inscription, 'J.M. CHAPTAL-MTRE. DE L'INTR/J.P.MARET-PREFET/A.E CRIGNON DES ORMEAU-MAIRE'. Above; 'A. JEAN D'ARC. below; 'MONUMENT RETABLI A ORLEANS L'AN XI DE LA REPQUE', diameter 5.5cm. Presented in the original black leather red silk lined case.
Collection of seven Daily Telegraph newspapers with historical themes, 1945 Atomic Bomb of Japan, 1953 Queen Elizabeth Coronation, 1965 Churchill Death, 1966 World Cup, 1961 East Germany seal border, 1963 President Kennedy Assassination and 1969 Moon landing.Condition ReportYellowing with age, all round fairly good condition.
WW2 B17 "Memphis Belle" photo and signature of a Bomber Pilot Captain Robert Morgan 324th Bomb Squadron. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
![WW2 Joe Kayll DSO DFC signed Stalag Luft III cover. Joined 607 [Auxiliary AF] Squadron in 1934 In Nov., 1939 he was FC when t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/badc96c4-0662-4231-b84d-ada400f96c24/8e31152c-b0e2-42d9-ad81-ada70098346d/468x382.jpg)
WW2 Joe Kayll DSO DFC signed Stalag Luft III cover. Joined 607 [Auxiliary AF] Squadron in 1934 In Nov., 1939 he was FC when that unit went to France Took command of 615 Squadron in March 1940 (France) Their records being destroyed by a bomb shortly before their withdrawal, late in May, back to the UK Within the week, he was awarded a DFC & a DSO By the end of June, 615 was back at it with Kayll seeing action until December when he was posted to HQ, Fighter command as S/L Tactics. That only lasted until June 1941 when he was posted to Hornchurch as W/C Flying On 25 July he was flying No.2 to Harry Broadhurst when their section of four were bounced. Only Broady made it back. Kayle Spent the rest of the war as a POW but earned himself an OBE for his escapades. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Greene (Graham) Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Andrew with love from Graham. With a rum punch!" to endpaper with ink ownership inscription of Andrew Duncan above, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 1980; Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first American edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, glacine dust-jacket, slip-case, New York, 1980; and 4 other editions of the same, 8vo (6)⁂ Andrew Duncan appears to have been an occasional correspondent of Greene's and was likely a literary editor.
MILLS BOMB ETC. A Mills Bomb with cutaway section, a practice grenade & three pieces of shell shrapnel. All possibly WWI? Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CANNOT SHIP THIS LOT due to fragility, size or weight. Our recommended carrier is MBE Plymouth on +44 (0) 1752 257224 or info@mbeplymouth.co.uk
WWII BOMB FIN? A bomb tail fin from a house clearance in Penzance. Claimed to be from a bomb dropped during a "tip and run" mission over Penzance by German planes during WWII. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CANNOT SHIP THIS LOT due to fragility, size or weight. Our recommended carrier is MBE Plymouth on +44 (0) 1752 257224 or info@mbeplymouth.co.uk
In present ownership since 2007 with just two previous owners and finished in classic colours.Registered to the first of just three registered keepers on 28/08/1998 and bought by our lady vendor in 2007The R129 SL-Series followed the hugely successful R107 SL range with industry-leading toys and bomb proof reliabilityUnparalleled leather bound interior comfort with more than adequate power from the 3.2-litre V6 engineThis car has been used for leisurely but regular visits to our vendor’s local golf club and serviced appropriately In Azurite Blue with a matching panoramic hardtop, this car offers a great opportunity to own a modern classic Mercedes The history file includes service invoices, well stamped service book and previous MOTs, the most recent of which is valid until September 2022Presented to auction at No Reserve with 158,900 miles indicated (atoc), this SL will make a very smart addition to any sun-dappled pub car parkSpecificationMake: MERCEDESModel: SL 320Year: 1998Chassis Number: WDB1290642F174767Registration Number: TBCTransmission: AutomaticEngine Number: 11294330282290Drive Side: Right-hand DriveOdometer Reading: 158900 MilesMake: RHDInterior Colour: Parchment
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