An incredibly rare original WWII Second World War Lancaster Bomb-Aimer's Bomb compartment arming switch panel. Service used, the switch panel features various official Air Ministry markings, and would've been used in a standard bomb aimer panel in an Avro Lancaster . The unit, whilst showing signs of wear and use, appears to be in full working order with all switches still locking, and the 'mode selector' still turning. Supplied upon a specially presentation wooden base which has been autographed by 617 Squadron bomb aimer and Dambuster George Johnny Johnson. A fascinating and spine-tingling piece of aviation history.NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
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An original WWII Second World War Lancaster Bomber cockpit instrument 'dial'. The unit with Air Ministry markings, and various official stamps. The top features a viewing panel, which can be lifted to reveal a series of numbers. Likely an altimeter, timer or similar instrument. Along with an autographed placemat board by 617 Squadron Bomb Aimer and Dambuster George ' Johnny ' Johnson. A rare original piece of Lancaster history. NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
' Bomb Gone ' by Nic Brown - beautiful Digital Composite Artwork print. The print depicting the moment of impact from Lancaster AJ-T during the attack on the Sorpe Dam, 16th/17th May 1943. Signed to the image by AJ-T bomb aimer and Dambuster George Johnny Johnson. Measures approx; 30cm x 46cm.NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
' Derwent Practice ' by Piotr Forkasiewicz - exclusive full colour print depicting Avro Lancaster AJ-Q flying over the Derwent Dam on a training excercise in preparation for the Dambusters raid, April 1943. Uniquely signed by Dambuster and Bomb Aimer George Johnny Johnson who has added ' MBE & DFM ' to his signature. Signed especially for this auction. Unframed. 30cm x 45cm.NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
An incredibly rare original WWII Second World War RAF issue MkXIV Bomb Sight. As fitted to all Lancaster bombers during the latter half of the war. Originally designed by PMS Blackett, the sight was often referred to as the ' Blackett Sight '. Used by bomb aimers to fix their target, they were a crucial part of bombing raids during the war. This MkXIV appears largely complete as a unit, with the covered glass plate still present. Various official markings and plaque to front which reads ' Sighting Head Type T-1 '. Rare. NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
' The Dambusters Raid ' John Sweetman - original paperback book. Autographed to the first free end paper by last surviving British Dambuster George ' Johnny ' Johnson, who has added ' I will always remember that night, and the raid ' to his signature. Supplied with a 5x7" colour photograph of Johnson using a handheld bomb sight, inscribed ' Steady, steady, bomb gone!' to his autograph. Exclusive for this auction.NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
' Bomb Gone ' by Nic Brown - beautiful Digital Composite Artwork print. The print depicting the moment of impact from Lancaster AJ-T during the attack on the Sorpe Dam, 16th/17th May 1943. Signed to the image by AJ-T bomb aimer and Dambuster George Johnny Johnson. Measures approx; 30cm x 46cm. Signed uniquely for this event.NOTE: Proceeds from this lot are being donated towards the ' Attack On The Sorpe Dam ' film project. The film tells the story of the famous Dambusters raid of WWII, and features testimony from George 'Johnny' Johnson himself.
A rare and fascinating collection of WWII Second World War period German photographs of battleships. Largely appear to have been taken onboard the Prinz Eugen battleship, including several of the Bismarck. Many annotated to verso, to include; ' PE Towing Bismarck ', (several references to ' PE ' - being the Prinz Eugen), several shots of the Bismarck appearing to be sunk / damaged, photographs of Admiral Lutjens onboard Prinz Eugen, HMS Hood, various on-board shots of Prinz Eugen, a photograph of a U-Boat being constructed, various bomb damage shots appearing to be in Hamburg and others. All presumed to be candid and unique images, likely never before seen. Some in albums, others in sleeves. A rare and interesting personal archive from a Kriegsmarine Naval crew member, believed to have been a serving member on board Prinz Eugen.
An original WWI First World War British Mills Bomb / hand grenade. Complete, including detonator cap and pin etc. Inert. ' No.23 ' to base, dated 1916. No.23 was a rifle ' rod grenade ' and had a special fitment to allow it to be fired from a standard rifle. Rare. Measures approx; 10cm tall.
AN H M S SPARTIATE CASUALTY GROUP. Consisting of 1939/45 and Atlantic Stars, War Medal & Condolence Slip. Named to Sto David Cairnduff P/K53075 who died 29/1/1943. Aged 42 years the son of Margaret Wilkinson of Glasgow. HMS Spartiate a WW11 Shore Establishment, established to protect the River Clyde, Govan Shipyards etc, in W W 11. To protect from Mines being laid and all other guard duties and bomb raids, etc
Original antique World War One propaganda poster - Das Geheimnis von Luttich / The Secret of Liege - showing a full size 42cm artillery shell featuring a portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the Imperial German eagle and two images from postcards issued by Gustav Lierch & Co. Berlin showing bomb damage to the Fort de Loncin at Liege in Belgium and inscriptions in stylised gothic text reading Unser Bombenerfolg Luttich gefallen am 7. August 1914 Originalgroosse des 42cm Geschosses / Our bomb shell dropped on 7 August 1914. The German armaments manufacturer Krupp secretly designed this heavy artillery mobile weapon that was built to destroy reinforced concrete and became known as Big Bertha / Dicken Bertha after destroying the Fort de Loncin in 1914; the Fort is now a Great War memorial site and museum. Large size. Good condition, restored paper loss and folds, backed on linen. Country: Germany, year: 1914, artist: Unknown, size(cm): 111x42.
Vintage WAR related paper and other items to include - National Service, The Post Office went to War, Some things you should know if war should come, Basic Chemical Warfare, Nuclear Weapons, ATI There is no need for alarm, The Hydrogen Bomb, The Hydrogen Bomb and The Future of Mankind, Atomic Warfare, House Purchase, Our Mechanised Army, Invest in Yourself - it pays, Training for War Work in the Engineering Industry, Bread into Battle, The Battle of Supplies, The Duties of Air Raid Wardens, The Protection of you Home against Air Raids, What to do about Gas, Your food in Wartime, Evacuation Why and How, Your Gas Mask, plus a linen sandbag, together with a quantity of 1940 War Illustrated magazines (x 9) Picture Posts 1945/7 (x 5) and The Aeroplane Spotter 1945 x 28.
*WWII green cloth flight bag, printed 'Lt B Cely 0741880' in black print, enclosing brown leather flying jacket with fur lining, YKK zipper to the front and front pocket to the lower right panel, three panel back and brown straps, the neck strap stamped in black ink 'B. Bluhm 688233' tailors label for 'Type B, Size 44', with brown leather flying trousers with label for 'Type A3, Regular 40' plus a crusher cap with US Air Force badge applied Lieutenant Colonel Wiilliam (Bill) F. Celey (1916-1992) was the pilot of B17G Flying Fortress, 33rd BS 94th Bomb Group based at Rougham, Suffolk. Celey flew B17G-142-39775 nicknamed Frenesi and the aircraft was significantly damaged during a bombing raid on Brunswick, 11 January 1944. 5 crew baled over enemy territory whilst Celey managed to fly the aircraft back to base with 3 wounded Gunners. He completed 25 missions over Europe during WWII and was awarded many citations including the Silver Star, DFC and other awards. (3)
Royal Air Force. A collection of items relating to the WWII service of Leading Aircraftman Jack Markman, comprising 8 RAF course notebooks to include detailed notes on instruments for example compasses, bombs, cameras, bombsights etc many pages with detailed hand drawn diagrams, together with a War and Defence Medal, RAF side cap with G.VI.R. brass badge dated 1943 plus 8 small books relating to Judaism including The Jews in the War by Israel Cohen plus Service and Release Book 1509208 LAC Jack Markman, Royal Air Force, served during WWII from 1941, described in his release book as having 'superior knowledge of his trade as instrument repairer'. Markman spent most of his time in Bomber Command working on various Marks of Lancaster bomber. His specialism was the Mark XIV bomb sight and the various automatic pilots, "George Sets" as they were known, and one of his postings was a Canadian Squadron operating the few Mk II Lancasters built with Bristol radial engines. (qty)
*Air Raid Precaution. WWII brass Air Raid Warden's bell, stamped 'A.R.P. Bow St' with wooden handle and clapper, 28cm high During the Blitz, Bow Street in the West End of London was hit at 7.24pm on 8 October 1940 destroying the Marquis of Anglesey Wine and Spirits Store, which was a 17th century public house rebuilt in 1908, one person died. On the same night another bomb fell between Bow Street and The Wellington pub, killing two people. (1)
A collection of WWII second world war era and transport related items, to include two brass bomb casings one dated 1937 and one having floral engraving, a selection of ration books in a canvas pouch including motor rations and food rations, a Will's Passing Clouds Cigarettes tin / string tin and a pair of AMS motorcycle goggles, two replica enamel signs including Atlantic Coast Line and White Flyer and other assorted 20th century historical items. Measures 25cm-high 35cm-wide.
A finely-detailed hand-built wooden 1:48 scale model of the Serpent-Class Bomb Vessel HMS Granado, launched 1695, modelled by J. Pheby, with partially exposed decks, and in glazed case on mahogany plinth. 70cm long (with original purchase receipt, from Langfords of Chancery Lane, London, for £3,400)
World War Two Brooklet V. C Card No 25 s by A/Sq Ldr Ian Willoughby Bazalgette signed by Les Munro. Ian Willoughby Bazalgette, VC, DFC (19 October 1918 - 4 August 1944) was a Canadian-British pilot in the Royal Air Force who was a member of RAF Bomber Command in World War II. On 4 August 1944, piloting an Avro Lancaster in a pathfinder role, Bazalgette and crew flew to Trossy St. Maximin in France to mark a V-1 flying bomb storage cave. Bazalgette's Lancaster was severely damaged by flak prior to arrival at the target and quickly set on fire. Despite the condition of his aircraft, Bazalgette continued to the target and accurately dropped his markers. After completing their task Bazalgette ordered his crew to bail out, however, two members of the crew were injured and unable to jump. Rather than saving himself and leaving the two men to die, Bazalgette attempted to land the burning plane to save his two crew members. Bazalgette landed the plane, but it exploded almost immediately upon alighting, killing all three airmen. For his actions, on 14 August 1945 he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95.
Sir Barnes Wallis WW2 Dambuster 617 sqn Bouncing Bomb signed on his Historic Aviators cover with image of the R100. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95.
WW2 Home Guard Z Zone 1941 “SECRET” Operational Orders.An extremely rare original dossier of documents dealing with all aspects of operations for the Zone. Gives details of possibly German targets after landing including: Kenley, Biggin Hill, and gives details for road blocks, bomb disposal etc. Good clean condition.
RAF WWII medal group with documentation, flight log book and ephemera, the medal group comprising 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star with France / Germany clasp, Africa Star with North Africa 1942-43 clasp, Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal and General Service Medal with Cyprus clasp, awarded to Flt Lt J P Bentley, with miniatures, another War Medal, cloth RAF insignia, rank shoulder boards, identification tags etc. The documentation includes two commissions, one dated 1942 as officer into the RAFVR and the other dated 1948 as Flight Lieutenant into the RAF. His first log book charts his career with the first entry dated November 14 1940 when he flew in a number of aircraft but mainly the Beaufighter and Mosquito, one entry dated 20th July 1944 reads 'anti-flying bomb patrol overland - one flying bomb destroyed'. This lot relates to lots 688, 689 and 690
Books and Me by Len Kelly signed limited edition (32/50); More Memories of a Dean Forest Railwayman by Bob Barnett, signed to the title page; Century Bombers The Story of the Bloody Hundredth by Richard Le Strange, with signed dedication from Charles 'Hong Kong' Wilson inner cover and photograph and signature of Owen D. 'Cowboy' Roane; With Crew #13 by Earl Benham, signed by the author; The Munster Raid: Before and After by Ian L. Hawkins, signed to inside front cover and Andy Anzanos 390th Bomb Group combat diary, signed by the author
Four original Banksy posters from the Banksy exhibition 'Banksy vs Bristol Museum' dated June 13th-August 31st 2009, three different designs, one featuring Michelangelo's 'David' with bomb vest, two featuring hanged Ku Klux Klan members and another of Dorothy from 'The Wizard of Oz' with speech bubble 'I don't think we're on canvas anymore...', each 59 x 42cm (4).
AN UNOFFICIAL PATTERN SHIP'S 6IN . TAMPION FROM THE LIGHT CRUISER H.M.S . COVENTRY , CIRCA 1916 cast in brass with profile elephant and castle with lion over, and motto AVIS MEA CREDO under within rope border, mounted to a circular section of circuit board, the tampion -- 7in. (18cm.) wide Built by Swan Hunter in 1916 but not comissioned until February 1918, Coventry was a C-Class light cruiser of just over 4,000 tons and capable of 29 knots. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet, from 1920 she was HQ ship to Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham. As WWII approached she was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser to meet the threat of increasingly sophisticated aircraft and was damaged by German aircraft attacking the Shetland islands in January 1940. Assigned to the Mediterranean, she survived an Italian torpedo attack and, on 18th May 1941, won the campaign's first VC, awarded posthumously to Albert Sephton for his defence against repeated Stuka dive bomb attacks. On 14th September 1942 she was attacked by a squadron of Junkers 88s and damaged to such an extent H.M.S. Zulu was obliged to scuttle her. Her official pattern badge, also an elephant and castle, was granted on 2nd December 1919.
4x Enlisted Mans Shoulder Boards, all of the M.15/16 non piped style. Service worn. Field Artillery No.204 with chain stitched numbers and flaming bomb above. Regiment 247 numbers laid onto field grey cloth. Hessian Infantry Regiment No.116 beautifully constructed motifs laid on field grey cloth. Wurttemberg Grenadier Regiment 123 two rusty pin holes at base where pinned to a collectors display board, laid upon motif and crown on field grey cloth. (4 items)
6x Prisoner of War Cut Enlisted Mans Shoulder Boards, 204th Foot Artillery Regiment M15/16 non piped, cut below numbers. Field Artillery Regiment No.4 Magdeburg M15/16 style, non piped, cut through base exploding bomb, 1907 board for Infantry Regiment 145 cut half way through the regimental motif. M.15 style white piped Infantry Regiment 92, cut half way through the regimental motif. 7th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment, cut at the lower point of the motif. M.15/16 white piped board, unfortunately unidentified.
6x Enlisted Mans Shoulder Boards, M.15/16 white piped Regiment No.3, M.15/16 non piped Railway (Eisenbahn) Regiment No.1. Beverloo Field Artillery Reserve Regiment 7 M15/16 evidence of previously chain stitch numbers below. M15/16 Field Artillery Regiment No.19 Yellow chain stitch numbers laid on motifs on red. M15/16 Field Artillery Regiment No.15 chain stitch numbers with laid on yellow flaming bomb on red. Infantry Regiment 95 M.15/16 with slight moth nips.
5x Officers Shoulder Boards, Hessian Leib Infantry Regiment No.117, Hauptmann, stitch-on, slightly oxidised red and white fleck within silver lace, subdued regimental motif for this scarce regiment, over double underlay colour of white and blue. Saxon Major’s pre-war large size shoulder board, green and silver fleck within silver lace, white underlay, slip-on. Prussian Major of the 57th Field Artillery Regiment, slip-on, black and silver fleck within silver lace, slight moth to the red underlay cloth. Prussian Leutnant Anti-Aircraft Artillery Unit, black and silver fleck within subdued wartime lace, red underlay, stitch-on with subdued winged bomb motif. Prussian Leutnant to the 4th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Unit, black and silver fleck amongst silver lace, faded red underlay.
6x Enlisted Mans M.15/16 Shoulder Boards, Field Artillery Regiment 30 yellow numbers and motif on red. Field Artillery Regiment No.58 yellow embroidered numbers and laid on motif on red. Foot Artillery Regiment 139 M.15/16 slight colour running from the red ‘139’ numbers. Regiment 153 M.15/16 white piped with laid on red numbers and crown. M.15/16 Guard Grenadier Regiment No.1 beautifully laid on regimental motif and crown, white piped with old label to the reverse. Field Artillery No.57 finely stitched red numbers on M.15/16 board, the flaming bomb motif with only stitches remaining.
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[MODERN FIRST EDITIONS] Greene, Graham. The Quiet American, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1955, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; with Our Man in Havana, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1958, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; A Burnt-Out Case, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1961, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; In Search of a Character: Two African Journals, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1961, cloth-backed boards, dustjacket, octavo; The Comedians, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1966, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; May We Borrow Your Husband? And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1967, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Travels with My Aunt, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1969, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; A Sort of Life, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1971, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; The Honorary Consul, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1973, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; The Human Factor, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1978, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1980, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Monsignor Quixote, first edition, The Bodley Head, London, 1982, cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and seven others; also one Book Society first edition (The Heart of the Matter), (20).
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Medals, WW2, Battle of Arnhem/Operation Market Garden, Paratrooper PoW, group of three, to Frederick Leonard Overy, Paratrooper, 1st Airborne Division, King's Own Scottish Borderers, comprising 1939 - 1945 Star, France and Germany Star, 1939 - 1945 War Medal, ribbons and ribbon bar en suite with original O.H.M.S. postage box addressed to Overy, Under-Secretary of State for War citation slip with further Note of entitlement from Infantry Record Office [...] Preston, another WW2 ribbon bar: 1939 - 1945, France and Germany, Defence and War; cap badges, The King's Own, Royal Artillery, Notts & Derby; other regimental badges and buttons; an RAF sweetheart's pink satin handkerchief sachetFrederick Leonard Overy (b. 1925), enlisted at 18 years of age into the King's Own Scottish Borders and as part of that regiment become a glider born paratrooper with the 1st Airborne Division. On 17th September 1944, his 19th birthday, he glided into Arnhem. At the subsequent withdrawal Overy, a strong swimmer, swam across the River Whine making the far bank; unfortunately, the current had taken him beyond the Allied bridgehead and into the hands of the Wehrmacht. Taken to Aschaffenburg, north-west Bavaria, he was put to work in a ball bearing factory next to the camp. The United States Air Force bombed the factory and a stray bomb hit the hut where Overy resided taking the roof off, a beam dropped on his left knee fracturing the kneecap. The German medical team removed the broken cap and he was transferred, via the Red Cross, to Harlow Wood Orthopedic Hospital, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. While there he met his future wife Kathleen then serving in the Land Army.
Frog Aircraft Kits, A group of 1:72 scale models of WW11 and later aircraft comprising, F213 Flying Fortress, F215 Lancaster, F512 Bristol Blenheim and Messerschmitt, F522 Fokker Wulf and Bristol Beaufighter, F514 Sea Fury and F247 Wessex Helicopter, (all appear complete but unchecked), together with two factory sealed examples F194 Spitfire and Flying Bomb (2), G-E, Boxes P-G (8)
Pre WW1 era Australian Army Officer’s Mess Dress Jacket & Pants to Brigadier General Reginald ‘Rex’ Rabbett C.M.G. Uniform jacket features black wool body, with bullion flaming bomb badges to lapels and full colonel rank insignia in bullion thread to shoulder boards, with ‘R’ cyphers to base. Comes with matching black wool pants, with red wool stripes to side seams, retaining leather fasteners to ankles. Tailor made by Kitchener LTD of Sydney, with Sydney made buttons. Pants named in pen to Rabett. Well worn, but a quality tailored set still standing the test of time. Large size.
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