Charlton Heston Ben Hur signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 18 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Charlton Heston born John Charles Carter or Charlton John Carter; October 4, 1923 April 5, 2008 was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star, he appeared in 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film, The Ten Commandments 1956, for which he received his first nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor Motion Picture Drama. He also starred in Touch of Evil 1958 with Orson Welles, Ben Hur 1959, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid 1961, and Planet of the Apes 1968. He also starred in the films The Greatest Show on Earth 1952, Secret of the Incas 1954, The Big Country 1958 and The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965. A supporter of Democratic politicians and civil rights in the 1960s, Heston later became a Republican, founding a conservative political action committee and supporting Ronald Reagan. Heston was the five term president of the National Rifle Association, from 1998 to 2003. After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2003, he retired from both acting and the NRA presidency. Heston died on April 5, 2008, aged 84, from pneumonia. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
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Tony Curtis signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 16 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch b/w portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Tony Curtis born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 September 29, 2010 was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who was mostly popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Although his early film roles were partly the result of his good looks, by the latter half of the 1950s he became a strong screen presence with the range to act in numerous dramatic and comedy roles. In his earliest parts he acted in a string of mediocre films, including swashbucklers, westerns, light comedies, sports films and a musical. However, by the time he starred in Houdini 1953 with his wife Janet Leigh, his first clear success, notes critic David Thomson, his acting had progressed immensely. He achieved his first serious recognition as a dramatic actor in Sweet Smell of Success 1957 with co star Burt Lancaster. The following year he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor in The Defiant Ones 1958. Curtis then gave what could arguably be called his best performance: three interrelated roles in the comedy Some Like It Hot 1959. Thomson called it an outrageous film, and a survey carried out by the American Film Institute voted it the funniest American film ever made. The film co starred Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe and was directed by Billy Wilder. That was followed by Blake Edwards's Operation Petticoat 1959 with Cary Grant. They were both frantic comedies and displayed his impeccable comic timing. He often collaborated with Edwards on later films. In 1960, Curtis played a supporting role in Spartacus, which became another major hit for him. His stardom and film career declined considerably after 1960. His most significant dramatic part came in 1968 when he starred in the true life drama The Boston Strangler, which some consider his last major film role. The part reinforced his reputation as a serious actor with his chilling portrayal of serial killer Albert DeSalvo. He later starred alongside Roger Moore in the ITC TV series The Persuaders! with Curtis playing American millionaire Danny Wilde. The series ran twenty four episodes. Curtis is the father of actresses Jamie Lee Curtis and Kelly Curtis by his first wife, actress Janet Leigh. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Rex Harrison signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 16 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Sir Reginald Carey Rex Harrison 5 March 1908 2 June 1990 was an English actor of stage and screen. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II, reaching the rank of flight lieutenant. He won his first Tony Award for his performance as Henry VIII in the play Anne of the Thousand Days in 1949. He won his second Tony for the role of Professor Henry Higgins in the stage production of My Fair Lady in 1957. He reprised the role for the 1964 film version, which earned him both a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition to his stage career, Harrison also appeared in numerous films, including Anna and the King of Siam 1946, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947, Cleopatra 1963, and played the title role of the English doctor who talks to animals, Doctor Doolittle 1967. In July 1989, Harrison was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1975, Harrison released his first autobiography. His second, A Damned Serious Business: My Life in Comedy, was published posthumously in 1991. Harrison was married six times and had two sons: Noel and Carey Harrison. He continued working in stage productions until shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer in June 1990 at the age of 82. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Anthony Quayle signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 16 x 13 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Sir John Anthony Quayle, CBE 7 September 1913 20 October 1989 was an English actor, film star and director. From 1948 to 1956 Quayle directed at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and laid the foundations for the creation of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His own Shakespearian roles included Falstaff, Othello, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VIII and Aaron in Titus Andronicus opposite Laurence Olivier; he played Mosca in Ben Jonson's Volpone; and he also appeared in contemporary plays. He played the role of Moses in Christopher Fry's play The Firstborn, in a production starring opposite Katharine Cornell. He also made an LP with Cornell, in which he played the role of poet Robert Browning in The Barretts of Wimpole Street. His first film role was a brief uncredited one as an Italian wigmaker in the 1938 Pygmalion subsequent film roles included parts in Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man, Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Battle of the River Plate both 1956, Ice Cold in Alex 1958, Tarzan's Greatest Adventure 1959, The Guns of Navarone 1961, H. M. S. Defiant, David Lean's Lawrence of Arabia both 1962 and The Fall of the Roman Empire 1964. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1969 for his role as Cardinal Wolsey in Anne of the Thousand Days. Often cast as the decent British officer, he drew upon his own wartime experiences, bringing a degree of authenticity to the parts notably absent from the performances of some non combatant stars. One of his best friends from his days at the Old Vic was fellow actor Alec Guinness, who appeared in several films with him. He was also a close friend of Jack Hawkins and Jack Gwillim; all four actors appeared in Lawrence of Arabia. Quayle made his Broadway debut in The Country Wife in 1936. Thirty four years later, he won critical acclaim for his starring role in the highly successful Anthony Shaffer play Sleuth, which earned him a Drama Desk Award. Television appearances include the Armchair Theatre episode The Scent of Fear 1959 for ITV, the title role in the 1969 ITC drama series Strange Report and as French General Villers in the 1988 miniseries adaptation of The Bourne Identity. He starred in the 1981 miniseries Masada as Rubrius Gallius. Also he narrated the miniseries The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 1970, and the acclaimed aviation documentary series Reaching for the Skies. In 1984 he founded Compass Theatre Company, which he inaugurated with a tour of The Clandestine Marriage, directing and playing the part of Lord Ogleby. This production had a run at the Albery Theatre, London. With the same company subsequently toured with a number of other plays, including Saint Joan, Dandy Dick and King Lear with Quayle in the title role. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Fenella Fielding signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 17 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch b/w portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Fenella Fielding born 17 November 1927 is an English stage, film and television actress, popular in the 1950s and 1960s and known as England's first lady of the double entendre. She is known for her seductive image and distinctively husky voice. Fielding appeared in two Carry On films, Carry On Regardless 1961 and Carry On Screaming! 1966. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Four Minute Mile signed autograph presentation Roger Bannister, Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher. High quality professionally mounted 17x13 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch action b/w photo and three signatures matted alongside photo from the men who made history on that day. Breaking the four minute barrier was first achieved on 6 May 1954 at Oxford University's Iffley Road Track, by Englishman Roger Bannister, with the help of fellow runners Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher as pacemakers. Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CH CBE 23 March 1929 3 March 2018 was a British middle distance athlete, doctor and academic who ran the first sub 4 minute mile. In the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished fourth. This strengthened his resolve to be the first 4 minute miler. He achieved this feat on 6 May 1954 at Iffley Road track in Oxford, with Chris Chataway and Chris Brasher providing the pacing. When the announcer, Norris McWhirter, declared The time was three, the cheers of the crowd drowned out Bannister's exact time, which was 3 minutes 59. 4 seconds. Bannister's record lasted just 46 days. He had reached this record with minimal training, while practising as a junior doctor. Christopher William Brasher CBE 21 August 1928, 28 February 2003 was a British track and field athlete, sports journalist and co founder of the London Marathon. Sir Christopher John Chataway 31 January 1931, 19 January 2014, often known as Chris Chataway, was a British middle and long distance runner, television news broadcaster, and Conservative politician. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Otto Preminger signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 16 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Otto Ludwig Preminger 5 December 1905 23 April 1986 was an American theatre and film director, originally from Austria Hungary. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five decade career after leaving the theatre. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as Laura 1944 and Fallen Angel 1945, while in the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955, rape Anatomy of a Murder, 1959 and homosexuality Advise & Consent, 1962. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. He also had a few acting roles. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Sir Bill Connolly signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 16 x 13 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Sir William Connolly, CBE born 24 November 1942 is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter and actor from Glasgow. He is sometimes known, especially in his homeland, by the nickname The Big Yin The Big One. His first trade, in the early 1960s, was as a welder specifically a boilermaker in the Glasgow shipyards, but he gave it up towards the end of the decade to pursue a career as a folk singer, firstly in the Humblebums alongside friend Gerry Rafferty until 1971, and subsequently as a solo artist. In the early 1970s, Connolly made the transition from folk singer with a comedic persona to fully fledged comedian, for which he has received numerous awards. Connolly is also an actor and has appeared in such films as Water 1985, Indecent Proposal 1993, Pocahontas 1995, Muppet Treasure Island 1996, Mrs. Brown 1997, The Boondock Saints 1999, The Man Who Sued God 2001, The Last Samurai 2003, Timeline 2003, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2004, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties 2006, Open Season 2006, The X Files: I Want to Believe 2008, Open Season 2 2008, Brave 2012, Quartet 2012, and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 2014. Connolly reprised his role as Noah Il Duce MacManus in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day 2009. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
William Dafoe signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 18 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour platoon photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. William James Dafoe born July 22, 1955, known professionally as Willem Dafoe, is an American actor. A highly prolific character actor, Dafoe has received multiple awards and nominations, including three Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations. Dafoe has frequently collaborated with filmmakers Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Lars von Trier, and Wes Anderson. Dafoe is a founding member of experimental theatre company The Wooster Group, where he acted in several productions. Dafoe made his film debut in Heaven's Gate in 1980 but was fired during production. Dafoe had his first leading role in the outlaw biker film The Loveless 1982 and then played the main antagonist in Streets of Fire 1984 and To Live and Die in L. A. 1985. Dafoe received his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role as Sergeant Elias in Oliver Stone's war film Platoon 1986. In 1988, Dafoe played Jesus in Martin Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ and starred with Gene Hackman in Mississippi Burning, both of which were controversial. Following small roles in Born on the Fourth of July 1989 and Wild at Heart 1990, Dafoe began a six film collaboration with director Paul Schrader with the drama Light Sleeper 1992. Dafoe starred with Madonna in the critically reviled erotic thriller Body of Evidence in 1993 and then co starred in Clear and Present Danger 1994, The English Patient 1996, Speed 2: Cruise Control 1997, and The Boondock Saints 1999. After receiving his second Best Supporting Actor nomination for portraying Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire 2000, Dafoe played Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in the superhero film Spider Man 2002 and played the villains in both Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2003 and XXX: State of the Union 2005. In 2009, he starred in the experimental film Antichrist, one of his three films with Lars von Trier. Dafoe then appeared in The Fault in Our Stars, John Wick, The Grand Budapest Hotel all 2014, The Great Wall 2016, Murder on the Orient Express, and The Florida Project both 2017, for which he received his third Best Supporting Actor nomination. Dafoe has also had voice over roles in Finding Nemo 2003 and its sequel Finding Dory 2016, Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009, John Carter 2012, and Death Note. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Claudine Auger Bond Girl signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 17 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 10x8 inch b/w portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique Domino Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball 1965. She earned the title of Miss France Monde and was also the first runner up in the 1958 Miss World contest. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Claudine Auger Bond Girl signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 17 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 10x8 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. French actress best known for her role as Bond girl Dominique Domino Derval in the James Bond film Thunderball 1965. She earned the title of Miss France Monde and was also the first runner up in the 1958 Miss World contest. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Luise Rainer signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 16 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Luise Rainer 12 January 1910 30 December 2014 was a German and American film actress. She was the first actor to win more than one Academy Award, and at the time of her death, the longest lived recipient. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Susan Hampshire signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 16 x 13 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Susan Hampshire, Lady Kulukundis, CBE born 12 May 1937 is an English actress, known for her many television and film roles. A three time Emmy Award winner, she won for The Forsyte Saga in 1970, The First Churchills in 1971, and for Vanity Fair in 1973. Her other television credits include The Pallisers 1974, The Grand 1997 98, and Monarch of the Glen 2000 05. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Richard Briers signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 17 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Richard David Briers CBE 14 January 1934 17 February 2013 was an English actor. His fifty year career encompassed television, stage, film and radio. Briers first came to prominence as George Starling in Marriage Lines 1961 66, but it was a decade later, when he narrated Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in. SkylArk 1974 76 and when he played Tom Good in the BBC sitcom The Good Life 1975 78, that he became a household name. Later, he starred as Martin in Ever Decreasing Circles 1984 89, and he had a leading role as Hector in Monarch of the Glen 2000 05. From the late 1980s, with Kenneth Branagh as director, he performed Shakespearean roles in Henry V 1989, Much Ado About Nothing 1993, Hamlet 1996, and As You Like It 2006. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Eugen Bentele Hindenburg survivor Great War Zeppelin Ace Signed The Great War 22 Limited Edition Cover. Eugen Bentele was one of 20 engine mechanics onboard the Hindenburg for its final flight. Born in Friedrichshafen on October 18, 1909, Bentele took on an apprenticeship with Maybach Motorenbau when he was 14. He spent the next four years working 52 hour weeks, learning the theory and practice of building and maintaining engines. In the four years following his apprenticeship, from 1927 through 1930, Bentele worked in various departments throughout the Maybach company, and in his last year there he worked on VL 2 airship engines, both assembling them, and testing them on a test rig. He was among the Maybach fitters who, in May of 1929, worked through the night to assemble three new VL 2's for emergency shipment to the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, which was stranded in France, four of its five engines broken down. In April of 1930, Bentele received a call from August Grözinger, Flight Engineer for the LZ 127. Bentele, Grözinger said, you know your way around a VL 2 engine. Do you fancy working on an airship? It was an easy decision for Bentele, and in May of 1930 he officially joined Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, at first in the Propulsion System Testing and Wind Tunnel Department. He was also supposed to act as a replacement onboard mechanic, should one of the LZ 127's usual mechanics fall ill or otherwise be unable to make a flight. Bentele waited an entire year for his chance to take part in a flight, and finally on May 12, 1931 he made his first flight as an engine mechanic. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
F/Lt A. M. Montague Smith WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Wing Commander Arthur Montague Smith Regarded as one of the finest RAF pilots his flying ability served Bomber Command 1939, Fighter Command 1940 and Coastal Command 1941 where he carried out the first Coastal Command Wellington Bomber attack on a U Boat. He next took command of No. 248 Beaufighter Squadron attacking U Boats and German shipping and aircraft over the Bay of Biscay and Western Approaches. One of the truly unsung great flying heroes of WWII overlooked for a decoration he took great pride in the BOB Clasp awarded to him. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
F/Lt A. M. Montague Smith WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Wing Commander Arthur Montague Smith Regarded as one of the finest RAF pilots his flying ability served Bomber Command 1939, Fighter Command 1940 and Coastal Command 1941 where he carried out the first Coastal Command Wellington Bomber attack on a U Boat. He next took command of No. 248 Beaufighter Squadron attacking U Boats and German shipping and aircraft over the Bay of Biscay and Western Approaches. One of the truly unsung great flying heroes of WWII overlooked for a decoration he took great pride in the BOB Clasp awarded to him. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Fl/Off Geoffrey Wellum DFC WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Squadron Leader Geoffrey Harris Augustus Wellum DFC born 4 August 1921 is a British Battle of Britain fighter pilot and author. Born an only child in Walthamstow, Essex, Wellum was educated at Forest School, Snaresbrook before serving in the RAF. Aged eighteen, he signed up on a short service commission with the Royal Air Force in August 1939. The first aircraft he flew was the Tiger Moth at Desford airfield in Leicestershire; after successfully completing the course he then went on to fly the North American Harvard at RAF Little Rissington with 6FTS. He was then posted directly in May 1940 to 92 Squadron, flying Spitfires. He saw extensive action during the Battle of Britain. His first commanding officer was Roger Bushell, later immortalised in The Great Escape, and his close colleagues included Brian Kingcome. Officers and guests celebrating the first anniversary of the arrival of No. 92 Squadron RAF at RAF Biggin Hill, September 1941. Front row, left to right: Wg Cdr John A. Kent Kentowski, Flt Lt Anthony Bartley, Mrs Wade, Flt Lt Robert Holland, Plt Off Trevor Wade and two unidentified ladies. In the back Plt Off Sebastian Maitland Thompson, Fg Off Tom Weiss Intelligence Officer and Fg Off Geoffrey Wellum. He claimed a Heinkel He 111 shot down on 11 September, and a quarter share in a Junkers Ju 88 downed on 27 September 1940. Two and one shared Messerschmitt Bf 109s were claimed 'damaged' during November 1940. A Bf 109 was claimed shot down on 9 July 1941 over France. In February 1942 he was transferred to 65 Squadron based at Debden, being appointed a Flight Commander in March 1942. On 11 August 1942, Wellum led eight Spitfires launched from the carrier HMS Furious to reinforce the fighter complement at Luqa airfield on Malta. Here he joined 145 Squadron on air defence duties. Wellum suffered severe sinusitis and battle fatigue after three years' intensive frontline flying. He returned from Malta to Britain, becoming a test pilot on the Hawker Typhoon, based at Gloster Aircraft. He finished the war as a gunnery instructor, staying in the RAF, first as a staff officer in West Germany, followed by a four year tour with 192 Squadron. He married Grace, his wartime girlfriend, and they had three children. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Flt/Lt John Ellacombe WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12x8 inch signed in pencil. Image of him in uniform. John Ellacombe joined the RAF in 1939 and was posted to 151 Squadron in July 1940, immediately converting to Hurricanes. On 24th August he shot down a He111, but a week later his Hurricane was blown up in combat and he baled out, with burns. Re joining his squadron a few months later, in February 1941 was posted to 253 Squadron where he took part in the Dieppe operations. On 28th July, flying a Turbinlite Havoc, he probably destroyed a Do217. Converting to Mosquitos, John was posted to 487 Squadron RNZAF, and during the build up to the Normandy Invasion and after, was involved in many ground attacks on enemy held airfields, railways, and other 'targets of opportunity'. He completed a total of 37 sorties on Mosquitos. Flying a de Havilland Mosquito XIII with a devastating set of four 20mm cannon in the nose, John Ellacombe flew deep into occupied France on the night before D Day searching out and destroying German convoys and railway targets. As the Normandy campaign raged on, 151 Squadron intensified its interdiction sorties including night attacks on Falaise and the Seine bridges. On August 1st Ellacombe took part in the famous attack by 23 Mosquitoes on the German bar racks in Poitiers, led by Group Captain Wykeham Barnes. Ellacombe had first joined 151 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, direct from Flying Training School. Within weeks he had scored his first victory but also force landed in a field, having shot down a He 111, and baled out of a blazing Hurricane. He baled out a second time during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 but was picked up safely. Post war he had a long and successful career in the RAE. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
P/O Keith Ashley Lawrence WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Keith Ashley Lawrence DFC 25 November 1919 2 June 2016 was a New Zealand born British Royal Air Force Officer, who was one of the last surviving members of The Few. On 30 June he rejoined 234 Squadron which had moved to RAF St Eval, Cornwall. Here the unit's main duties were patrols, scrambles and convoy protection. On 8 July he shared in the destruction of a Junkers Ju 88 the squadron's first victory. On 12 July he damaged a Ju 88. On 15 August 234 Squadron was posted to RAF Middle Wallop, a part of No. 10 Group RAF flying in defence of Portsmouth, Southampton and other targets along the south coast. As there were fewer raids along the south coast than in the south east, about two thirds of patrols, scrambles and interceptions undertaken were flown in support of No. 11 Group RAF, as far as Kent. On 24 August he damaged a Messerschmitt Bf 110. On the afternoon of 7 September the Luftwaffe made its first heavy daylight raid on London. 234 Squadron was amongst those scrambled to intercept the enemy bomber force as it retired. Lawrence damaged a Dornier Do 17 and then joined an attack on a formation of 12 Messerschmitt Bf 109s, one of which he pursued to the coast and shot down. Also on 7 September 234 Squadron lost two important members, its inspirational force, Australian Pat Hughes, who was Lawrence's flight commander, and its CO S/Ldr O'Brian. Two days later, 234 Squadron was posted back to its old base at St Eval to be rested, receive replacement aircraft and train new pilots being posted in from OTUs Operational Training Units; the squadron had lost 18 Spitfires in 4 weeks fighting. Lawrence did not remain with it, but was posted to No. 603 Squadron RAF at RAF Hornchurch, Essex. This was in line with the policy of Keith Park to hold back up to six experienced pilots when a squadron was being rested and post them to squadrons still in action. On 15 September he claimed a Bf 109 destroyed and two more damaged, and on 17 September a further Bf 109. On 8 October 1940 Lawrence was posted to the newly formed No. 421 Reconnaissance Flight RAF, initially based at Gravesend, Kent, and subsequently at West Malling, Biggin Hill and Hawkinge. The unit was formed by Winston Churchill and Dowding to operate in the specialised role of making visual observation and reporting on the approach of high flying fighter sweeps and acquired the nickname of the Jim Crow Flight. On 23 November he damaged a Bf 110. On 27 November, whilst flying alone on an early morning weather recce over Ramsgate he unsuccessfully attacked 3 Bf 109s from II. /JG 26, but was 'bounced' and shot down by the fourth. Records available after the war indicate this was another victory for a leading Luftwaffe ace, Gustav Sprick Oblt. Gustav Sprick Staffelkapitän 8/JG 26, Spitfire at 09. 25 Deal. One wing was blown off Lawrence's Spitfire, and he found himself falling in his stocking feet with his right arm useless. He managed to deploy his parachute and went into the sea. He was spotted and picked up by a lifeboat. Taken to Ramsgate, he was admitted to hospital with a fractured right leg, a lacerated left leg and dislocated right shoulder. He was then transferred to RAF hospital at RAF Halton where he met his future wife Kay. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt Off Bob Doe DFC WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. After applying for a short service commission, Doe joined the Royal Air Force in January 1939. Doe trained with 15 E&RFTS Elementary & Reserve Flying Training School at RAF Redhill, Surrey and combat training with 6 Flying Training School at RAF Little Rissington. Doe was posted on 6 November 1939 to No. 234 Squadron, a Spitfire Squadron at RAF Leconfield alongside Australian Pat Hughes, who would later become an ace. Doe served with No. 234 squadron for most of the Battle of Britain. Doe claimed his first victory on 15 August 1940 when he shot down two Messerschmitt Bf 110s followed by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and a Dornier Do 18 on 16 August, a Bf 109 destroyed of JG 52 and another Bf 109 damaged on 18 August, a half share of a KG 54 Junkers Ju 88 on 21 August and a Bf 109 shot down on 26 August 1940. In September, he added to his tally with No. 234 Squadron with three Bf 110s on 4 September, a shared JG 53 Bf 109 on 5 September, three damaged Dornier Do 17s and a Bf 109 shot down on 6 September, and a Heinkel He 111 destroyed on 7 September. On 27 September 1940 Doe was posted to No. 238 Squadron, flying Hurricanes from RAF Middle Wallop in Wiltshire, claiming his first victory for the squadron on 30 September by shooting down a KG 55 He 111. In October, Doe shot down a Bf 110 on 1 October and a Ju 88 on 7 October, the last of his 14 and 2 shared aerial victories of the battle and of the war. On 10 October, in combat over Warmwell, Dorset with some Bf 109s at 12:00, his plane was critically damaged, and he was wounded in the leg and shoulder. Doe baled out, landing on Brownsea Island while his Hawker Hurricane crashed near Corfe Castle viaduct on what is now part of the Swanage Railway. Admitted to Poole Hospital on 22 October 1940, Doe was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and received a Bar a month later on 26 November. Doe rejoined No. 238 Squadron in December 1940. In January 1941, while flying a night sortie, the oil in the oil cooler of his aircraft froze. As a result of his engine seizing he landed heavily at Warmwell on the snow covered runway, breaking his harness and smashing his face against the reflector sight, almost severing his nose and breaking his arm. Doe was taken to Park Prewett Hospital where he underwent 22 operations by pioneering New Zealand plastic surgeon Harold Gillies. Post war he was invited to join the Guinea Pig Club. On 15 May 1941 he was posted as a Flight Commander to No. 66 Squadron and then joined No. 130 Squadron on 18 August. The series of operations in a two month period and the need to bring through fresh pilots who could be trained by experienced hands, meant Doe's career as a front line fighter pilot was over for the time being. On 22 October 1941 Doe was posted to No. 57 Operational Training Unit as an instructor. On 9 June 1943 Doe went to the Fighter Leaders School at RAF Milfield and then joined No. 118 Squadron at RAF Coltishall in July. In August 1943 he joined No. 613 Squadron. In October 1943 Doe was posted to Burma as the activities on the Western Front changed from defence to attack in preparation for Operation Overlord and the invasion of Normandy; while in the East, the Japanese Army was still advancing on key British Empire assets, including India. In December 1943 Doe was tasked with forming No. 10 Squadron of the Indian Air Force, commanding it throughout the Burma Campaign until April 1945 when he joined the Indian Army Staff College in Quetta and then from August the planning staff at Delhi. On 2 October 1945, Doe received the Distinguished Service Order for his leadership of No. 10 Squadron. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt Off Bob Foster WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Wing Commander Bob Foster flew Hurricane fighters during the Battle of Britain, when he was credited with destroying and damaging a number of enemy aircraft; later in the war he destroyed at least five Japanese aircraft while flying from airfields in northern Australia. For much of the Battle of Britain, Foster was serving with No 605 Squadron in Scotland; but in September 605 moved to Croydon to join the main action over the south east of England. It was soon heavily engaged, but it was not until September 27 that Foster achieved his first success, when he damaged a Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter over Surrey. During this encounter his Hurricane was hit by return fire, and he was forced to make an emergency landing on Gatwick airfield. In 1941 No 605 moved to Suffolk, from where on one occasion Foster chased a lone German Heinkel bomber well out to sea. His gunfire knocked pieces off the enemy aircraft, but it escaped into cloud before Foster could follow up with a second attack. In September 1941 he was transferred to a fighter training unit as an instructor. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Arnold Palmer signed autographed presentation. High quality professionally mounted 18 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Arnold Daniel Palmer September 10, 1929, September 25, 2016 was an American professional golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most charismatic players in the sport's history. Dating back to 1955, he won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and the circuit now known as PGA Tour Champions. Nicknamed The King, he was one of golf's most popular stars and seen as a trailblazer, the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Palmer's social impact on behalf of golf was perhaps unrivalled among fellow professionals; his humble background and plain spoken popularity helped change the perception of golf from an elite, upper class pastime private clubs to a more populist sport accessible to middle and working classes public courses. Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Gary Player were The Big Three in golf during the 1960s; they are widely credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world. In a career spanning more than six decades, he won 62 PGA Tour titles from 1955 to 1973. As of today, he is fifth on the Tour's all time victory list, trailing only Sam Snead, Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Ben Hogan. He collected seven major titles in a six plus year domination from the 1958 Masters to the 1964 Masters. He also won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and in 1974 was one of the 13 original inductees into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt Off Cyril Bamberger WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Bamberger was called to full time service on the outbreak of war, completed his training and rejoined his former squadron, now with Spitfires, at RAF Biggin Hill on 27 July 1940, as a sergeant pilot. Bamberger flew with No. 610 Squadron during the early air fighting over the Channel that followed the Dunkirk evacuation. The squadron suffered heavy casualties, but Bamberger was credited with a probable Messerschmitt Me109 on 28 August in combat off the Kent coast. When No. 610 Squadron was withdrawn to rest in mid September 1940, Bamberger was posted to No. 41 Squadron RAF at Hornchurch and was soon back in action in the Battle of Britain. He was credited with his first confirmed combat victory, again an Me109, over Canterbury on 5 October. With the Battle of Britain winding down, Bamberger volunteered for Malta. He flew Hurricanes with No. 261 Squadron RAF from Hal Far from late November 1940 and was credited with shooting down two Junkers Ju 87 aircraft over the Grand Harbour in January 1941. Bamberger joined No. 93 Squadron RAF in 1942 and was deployed to Tunisia. He was commissioned pilot officer No. 116515 on 9 February 1942 and promoted to flying officer on 1 October 1942. With the same squadron, he returned to Malta in 1943 and was credited with another kill, again a Junkers Ju 87 on 13 July, this time over Sicily. Bamberger was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross DFC which was gazetted on 28 September 1943. Bamberger was promoted to flight lieutenant on 9 February 1944, returned to the UK in July 1944 and in November of the same year was awarded a Bar to his DFC. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt Off John Ellacombe WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. John Ellacombe joined the RAF in 1939 and was posted to 151 Squadron in July 1940, immediately converting to Hurricanes. On 24th August he shot down a He111, but a week later his Hurricane was blown up in combat and he baled out, with burns. Re joining his squadron a few months later, in February 1941 was posted to 253 Squadron where he took part in the Dieppe operations. On 28th July, flying a Turbinlite Havoc, he probably destroyed a Do217. Converting to Mosquitos, John was posted to 487 Squadron RNZAF, and during the build up to the Normandy Invasion and after, was involved in many ground attacks on enemy held airfields, railways, and other 'targets of opportunity'. He completed a total of 37 sorties on Mosquitos. Flying a de Havilland Mosquito XIII with a devastating set of four 20mm cannon in the nose, John Ellacombe flew deep into occupied France on the night before D Day searching out and destroying German convoys and railway targets. As the Normandy campaign raged on, 151 Squadron intensified its interdiction sorties including night attacks on Falaise and the Seine bridges. On August 1st Ellacombe took part in the famous attack by 23 Mosquitoes on the German bar racks in Poitiers, led by Group Captain Wykeham Barnes. Ellacombe had first joined 151 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, direct from Flying Training School. Within weeks he had scored his first victory but also force landed in a field, having shot down a He 111, and baled out of a blazing Hurricane. He baled out a second time during the Dieppe Raid in 1942 but was picked up safely. Post war he had a long and successful career in the RAE. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt Off Terence Kane WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Terence Kane was one of the very few fighter pilots shot down during the Battle of Britain to be captured by the Germans and made a prisoner of war. On September 22, 1940 he had shared in the destruction of a Junkers 88 bomber. The following day, only nine days after joining No 234 Squadron, Kane took off on a routine patrol when Messerschmitt Bf 109s attacked his section. Kane shot one of them down but, during the combat, the engine of his Spitfire was damaged, and he was forced to bale out at 6, 000 feet. He had difficulty escaping from the fighter's cockpit but eventually managed to roll the aircraft over and fall clear. His parachute opened at 500 feet and seconds later he landed in the sea off the French coast. Floating in his life jacket, he was fortunate to be plucked from the sea within two hours by the German Navy. Terence Michael Kane was born in London on September 9, 1920 and educated at Varndean School in Brighton. He joined the RAF on a short service commission in September 1938 and trained as a pilot. After being rescued, Kane was well treated before being taken to his first PoW camp. After initial interrogation he was sent to Oflag IXA/H, a converted medieval castle at Spangenberg, 15 miles south of Kassel. With his fellow RAF PoWs, Kane was moved between camps aa number of times and on October 2, 1941 he was in a large party that arrived at Oflag VIB near Warburg. A week later another group of RAF prisoners arrived, among whom Kane recognised his elder brother, Squadron Leader Mike Kane MBE, whose Whitley bomber had been shot down two months earlier. The younger Kane was unaware that his brother had been posted as missing, or that he had already made a daring escape bid only to be recaptured when he was discovered in the hold of a Swedish ship in the docks at Lübeck. The two brothers were moved in May 1942 to the new Luftwaffe camp, Stalag Luft III at Sagan. They were sent to the East Compound, next to the one where the Great Escape took place in March 1944. On the night of January 27, 1945 the prisoners were given a few hours' notice to gather their belongings and prepare to leave. The Soviet Army was approaching from the east and the Germans had decided to evacuate the camp and march the prisoners westwards. During one of the coldest winters of the century, the men suffered great privation and numerous casualties on what became known as The Long March. Eventually, Kane and his colleagues reached Lübeck where they were liberated by a scout car of the British 11th Armoured Division. Kane was flown back to England on May 8 after four and a half years as a PoW. Kane remained in the RAF, mainly on intelligence duties including two years in the Middle East. He left the service in 1950 but could not settle to civilian life and re joined in February 1954. He specialised as a fighter controller, serving in Germany and in the United Kingdom. After a period as the defence adviser in Libya he became the project officer in the MoD for the Linesman system, a network of radars and a centralised control system for the air defence of the UK. After retiring in 1974 he worked for the Department of Environment for 10 years before managing a golf club. He remained an active golfer until late in his life. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt/Off Bill Green WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Flight Lieutenant William James Bill Green 23 April 1917 7 November 2014 was a British Battle of Britain Fighter pilot, who served with the RAF. Flight Lieutenant Green flew Hawker Hurricanes for 9 days during the Battle of Britain, between the 20 and 29 August 1940. During that time he was shot down twice: the first time on 24 August 1940, crash landing at Hawkinge and the second time on 29 August over Deal in Kent. Green joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as an engine fitter in December 1936, and later trained as a pilot. On joining No. 501 Squadron RAF on 19 August 1940, Green had flown only about 5 hours on Hurricanes and had only flown one for the first time the day before but was sent into action regardless on 20 August 1940. Green considers himself to have been one of the least trained pilots during the Battle of Britain and lucky to have survived. The first thing Green knew of being shot down on 29 August 1940 was a large hole appearing in his armoured windscreen and he never saw the aircraft that shot him down. He managed to exit his aircraft, but his parachute initially failed to open as his drogue parachute lines had been cut about nine inches above where they joined the main parachute. His boots were ripped off his feet during the ensuing high speed fall and he remembers quite clearly wondering whether his wife of 12 weeks, Bertha, would wonder whether he had wondered what it would feel like to hit the deck. Bill had resigned himself that this was the end, but just as he neared the treetops, the parachute eventually opened without the drogue and he landed almost immediately in a farm in Elham Valley near Folkestone only to discover that he couldn't stand as he had been wounded in the leg: Two blokes came out of the farmhouse with shotguns and realised I was English. They helped me up and I couldn't stand because I'd been hit, without knowing it, in the leg. They took me back to the farmhouse and gave me a cup of tea and that was the end of the Battle of Britain as far as I was concerned. He continued to serve in the RAF, rising from the rank of Sergeant Pilot to Flight Lieutenant. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt/Off John Freeborn WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. John Connell Freeborn, DFC & Bar 1 December 1919 28 August 2010 was a fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force RAF during the Second World War. In 1939, he shot down another RAF fighter in a friendly fire incident that marked the first death of an RAF fighter pilot in the war, as well as the Supermarine Spitfire's first aerial victory. The following year, he flew more operational hours than any other RAF pilot during the Battle of Britain. Freeborn fought throughout the Battle of Britain as part of 74 Squadron. On 10 July he claimed a Bf 109 of JG 51 and on 24 July shared a Dornier Do 17 'unconfirmed'. Another Bf 109 was claimed on 28 July. On 11 August 1940, the squadron flew into battle four times in eight hours, destroying 23 enemy aircraft, three by Freeborn 2 Bf 110s and a Bf 109 and damaging 14 more. That evening, back at base in Hornchurch, Winston Churchill congratulated the squadron and their ground crew] On 13 August he claimed a Dornier Do 17, but was shot down again, although he wasn't hurt. Freeborn's accomplished flying made him an ace during the Battle of Britain, with seven confirmed kills and he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 13 August 1940 and promoted to command a flight on 28 August. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt/Off Nigel Rose WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Sqn Ldr Rose, who was training to be a quantity surveyor when war broke out, had joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at Southampton in December 1938 as an airman under training pilot. After completing his training in June 1940, he was commissioned as a Pilot Officer and joined No 602 Squadron at Drem the next day. On 13 August he was thrown into the front line when the squadron moved to Westhampnett, a satellite of Tangmere. On one occasion, he found himself in trouble over the Channel after he was shot up by an ME 110 which he later explained had made rather a mess of the spitfire. He went on: At first I thought I had to get out. I put the hood back, undid the straps and got my feet up on the seat. But then I decided that I could get back to Westhampnett. I managed that and landed with no brakes, flaps or radio. After serving with No 54 Squadron and spending time as an instructor in the UK and the Middle East, Sqn Ldr Rose left the RAF in February 1946 and pursued his earlier choice of career, becoming a chartered quantity surveyor. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Plt/Off William Walker WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12x8 inch signed in pencil. Image of him in Flying gear. Flight Lieutenant William Louis Buchanan Walker, AE 24 August 1913 21 October 2012 was, at the time of his death, the oldest surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain. His poem Our Wall about the Battle of Britain is inscribed on a special plinth aside the Christopher Foxley Norris Memorial Wall of the Battle of Britain Memorial, Capel le Ferne, Kent. Walker joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve on 2 September 1938 as an Airman u/t Pilot. He then underwent pilot training at RAF Kidlington, Oxford, flying his first solo on 28 September. He was called up on 1 September 1939, the day World War II broke out. He was posted to 1 Initial Training Wing, Cambridge on 15 November. On 17 February 1940, he was posted to RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire to undergo officer training, where he joined 2 Flight Training School. On 18 June 1940, he was commissioned as a pilot officer on probation. He was given the service number 82662. He was immediately posted to No. 616 Squadron RAF, who were based at RAF Leconfield, East Yorkshire and flew the Supermarine Spitfire. It was with 616 Squadron that he would fight in the Battle of Britain. On 15 August, the squadron was scrambled to intercept a Luftwaffe attack on the North of England. During this engagement, he flew on the wing of his section leader. The result of the action was a success for his squadron, with six enemy bombers shot down. On 19 August, the squadron moved to London and was based at RAF Kenley. On the morning of 26 August 616 Squadron was scrambled to intercept 40 German bombers. Over Dover and Dungeness, they were engaged by Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters as they climbed to attack the bombers. During this engagement, his plane was attacked by Werner Molders, a leading German fighter ace. His Spitfire was hit from behind and the controls were shot away. With a bullet in his right ankle, he was forced to bail out of the plane at 20, 000 ft. He landed in the English Channel and clung to a shipwreck on the Goodwin Sands. He was pulled from the water by a fishing boat, then transferred to an RAF Whaleback that brought him ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. As the local hospital was too damaged to treat his wounds, he was taken instead to the hospital at RAF Halton, Buckinghamshire. He would keep the armour piercing bullet as a souvenir of his experience. After six months recovering, he was posted to an aircraft ferry unit which would deliver new aircraft from their factories to the operational units. His commission was confirmed on 18 June 1941 and he was promoted to the war substantive rank of flying officer. He later transferred to No. 116 Squadron RAF, an anti aircraft unit. On 18 June 1942, he was promoted to war substantive flight lieutenant. He was demobilised in September 1945. As a member of The Few, he was awarded the 1939 45 Star with an additional Battle of Britain clasp. On 24 August 1958, he was granted permission to retain the rank of flight lieutenant. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Sgt Pilot David Denchfield WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Herbert David Denchfield was born on 2nd November 1919 at Eckington near Staveley, Derbyshire. He finished his education at Hemel Hempstead Grammar School and after leaving he worked as a clerk. On 30th April 1940 Denchfield went to 15 EFTS Redhill. He moved to 15 FTS Brize Norton on 17th June, then to 15 AFTS Chipping Norton on 11th August for advanced flying training. From 23rd September he was at 7 OTU Hawarden to convert to Spitfires and then joined 610 Squadron at Acklington on 7th October 1940. On a Blenheim escort to St. Omer on 5th February 1941 the squadron was attacked by Me109's and Denchfield's Spitfire N3249 was hit. Unable to regain control, he baled out at 5000 feet and after landing in a field he was captured by the Germans. Denchfield went first to Dulag Luft at Frankfurt and was subsequently in Stalag Luft I at Earth, Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf, Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan, Stalag Luft 6 at Heydekrug, Stalag 355 at Thorn in Poland and finally Stalag 357 at Fallingbostel near Hanover. Released on 1st May 1945, Denchfield was flown back to the UK a few days later in a Lancaster of 617 Squadron. He was released from the RAF on 12th December 1945 as a Warrant Officer. Denchfield joined AV Roe in February 1946 as a Design Draughtsman/Engineer. On 23rd July 1949 he rejoined the RAFVR as a Flight Sergeant and later instructed at 6 RFS Sywell. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95 Sgt Pilot David Denchfield WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Herbert David Denchfield was born on 2nd November 1919 at Eckington near Staveley, Derbyshire. He finished his education at Hemel Hempstead Grammar School and after leaving he worked as a clerk. On 30th April 1940 Denchfield went to 15 EFTS Redhill. He moved to 15 FTS Brize Norton on 17th June, then to 15 AFTS Chipping Norton on 11th August for advanced flying training. From 23rd September he was at 7 OTU Hawarden to convert to Spitfires and then joined 610 Squadron at Acklington on 7th October 1940. On a Blenheim escort to St. Omer on 5th February 1941 the squadron was attacked by Me109's and Denchfield's Spitfire N3249 was hit. Unable to regain control, he baled out at 5000 feet and after landing in a field he was captured by the Germans. Denchfield went first to Dulag Luft at Frankfurt and was subsequently in Stalag Luft I at Earth, Stalag 8B at Lamsdorf, Stalag Luft 3 at Sagan, Stalag Luft 6 at Heydekrug, Stalag 355 at Thorn in Poland and finally Stalag 357 at Fallingbostel near Hanover. Released on 1st May 1945, Denchfield was flown back to the UK a few days later in a Lancaster of 617 Squadron. He was released from the RAF on 12th December 1945 as a Warrant Officer. Denchfield joined AV Roe in February 1946 as a Design Draughtsman/Engineer. On 23rd July 1949 he rejoined the RAFVR as a Flight Sergeant and later instructed at 6 RFS Sywell. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Sgt Pilot Paul Farnes WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Farnes was mobilised in July 1939. He joined No. 501 Squadron RAF in September 1939 and remained with the squadron when it went to France in May 1940. He claimed his first victories during the Battle of France, with 'shares' in two bombers downed and a He 111 shot down solo. During August 1940 he claimed 5 more and in October 1940 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal DFM. By now a sergeant pilot, he was commissioned a pilot officer on probation on 3 December 1940. In February 1941 Farnes was posted to No. 57 Operational Training Unit as an instructor. In November 1941 he transferred to No. 73 Operational Training Unit in Aden. He was confirmed in his rank and promoted to war substantive flying officer on 3 December 1941. Farnes was posted to No. 229 Squadron RAF in North Africa as a flight commander in February 1942. He flew with the squadron on 27 March 1942 to Malta where he later took command of the squadron. Farnes returned to North Africa in late May 1942. On 26 July 1942, he was promoted to war substantive flight lieutenant. He was then posted to Iraq, where he joined the RAF headquarters staff and remained there until March 1945, receiving a promotion to war substantive squadron leader on 1 May 1944. On return to the United Kingdom he took command of No. 124 Squadron RAF, a command he retained until the end of the war. He ended the war with the acting rank of wing commander. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Sgt Pilot Paul Farnes WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12 x 8 inch signed in Pencil. Image of him in uniform. Royal Air Force fighter pilot and Second World War flying ace who flew during the Battle of Britain as one of The Few, during which he scored 8 kills comprising 7 and 2 shared destroyed, 2 'probables' and 11 damaged. Farnes was mobilised in July 1939. He joined No. 501 Squadron RAF in September 1939 and remained with the squadron when it went to France in May 1940. He claimed his first victories during the Battle of France, with 'shares' in two bombers downed and a He 111 shot down solo. During August 1940 he claimed 5 more and in October 1940 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal DFM. By now a sergeant pilot, he was commissioned a pilot officer on probation on 3 December 1940. In February 1941 Farnes was posted to No. 57 Operational Training Unit as an instructor. In November 1941 he transferred to No. 73 Operational Training Unit in Aden. He was confirmed in his rank and promoted to war substantive flying officer on 3 December 1941. Farnes was posted to No. 229 Squadron RAF in North Africa as a flight commander in February 1942. He flew with the squadron on 27 March 1942 to Malta where he later took command of the squadron. Farnes returned to North Africa in late May 1942. On 26 July 1942, he was promoted to war substantive flight lieutenant. He was then posted to Iraq, where he joined the RAF headquarters staff and remained there until March 1945, receiving a promotion to war substantive squadron leader on 1 May 1944. On return to the United Kingdom he took command of No. 124 Squadron RAF, a command he retained until the end of the war. He ended the war with the acting rank of wing commander. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Sqn/Ldr Stanley Charles Widdows DFC WW2 RAF Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12x8 inch signed in pencil. Image of him in flying gear. Air Commodore Charles Widdows., joined the RAF in 1926 as an aircraft apprentice and commanded a night fighter squadron during the Battle of Britain; at the time of his death on January 10, he was the battle's oldest surviving pilot. After a series of appointments overseas, Widdows returned to Britain in September 1937 as a test pilot with the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, where he carried out extensive performance tests on the first production Hurricanes and Spitfires. Air Commodore Charles Widdows He also flew many other prototypes, and so prized was his experience that at the outbreak of war he was barred from operational flying. His determination to go into combat was eventually rewarded in June 1940 with the command of No 29 Squadron, a night fighter squadron based in Lincolnshire and equipped with the Blenheim. Widdows quickly identified a degree of laxness and low morale among some of the pilots, whom he set about replacing. He rebuilt the squadron around a number of young pilots and radar operators who would achieve fame as ace night fighter crews. Although meticulously fair, he was intolerant of anything casual or familiar when his men were on duty, while his own outstanding ability as a pilot quickly won their respect. Off duty, he was relaxed, sociable and highly popular. No 29 flew night patrols during the Battle of Britain, with modest success; the slow, outdated Blenheim equipped with a very rudimentary air intercept radar made little impression on the Luftwaffe bomber force that started night operations against the northern cities in September and October 1940. At the end of September, however, the squadron received its first Beaufighter, and the night air war was soon transformed. Widdows flew the first aircraft and trained all the pilots as more Beaufighters arrived. Success soon came, although initially it eluded Widdows. Finally, on the night of March 13, 1941, he and his radar operator shot down a Junkers 88 bomber over Lincolnshire. Activity increased in the spring of 1941. One night Widdows was scrambled, but the aircraft's engines began to fail soon after take off. He ordered the radar operator to bail out, but as Widdows left his cockpit he saw that his crewman had been unable to release the rear escape hatch. He returned to the controls of the aircraft and, against all odds, managed to make a crash landing in a field, thus saving his comrade's life. One of No 29's pilots later wrote: The squadron was deeply disappointed when Widdows's cool courage went unrewarded. In our opinion his action ranked with the bravest. When No 29 moved to West Malling in Kent in April, Widdows was appointed station commander. A few days later he was on patrol over the English Channel when he attacked a Junkers 88. As he opened fire, his Beaufighter was badly damaged by return fire, which also put the radio out of action. Widdows took violent evasive action and managed to limp back to his airfield where he discovered that his radar operator had bailed out; the man's body was later recovered on a French beach. Shortly afterwards, Widdows was rested from operations and awarded a DFC for his fine leadership. Stanley Charles Widdows was born on October 4, 1909 at Bradfield, Berkshire, and educated at St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, before joining the RAF as an aircraft apprentice. After training he was one of the few to be awarded a cadetship to the RAF College, Cranwell. He trained as a pilot and was commissioned in July 1931. After two years' flying fighters in England, in 1933 he left for Egypt and nine months later joined No 47 Squadron at Khartoum, flying the Fairey Gordon. Promoted flight lieutenant, in 1936 he was posted to RAF Ramleh, Palestine, before returning to England. In 1942 his experiences of night fighting served him well when he played a wider role as Group Captain Night Operations first at Fighter Command's HQ 11 Group and then at No 12 Group. After commanding a night fighter operational training unit, he joined the air staff of the Supreme HQ Allied Expeditionary Forces in May 1944 and moved to Germany as the war came to an end. Two years in the plans department of the Control Commission in Germany was followed by a return to the fighter business in the air ministry and then as the senior air staff officer at HQ 12 Fighter Group. He was the air defence expert on the staff of the School of Land Air Warfare and was then sector commander at HQ Eastern Sector of Fighter Command. After completing the Imperial Defence College course, his last appointment was a return to the air ministry as director of air defence operations. He retired from the RAF at the end of 1958. Twice mentioned in despatches during the war, he was appointed CB in 1959. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Wg Cmdr Peter Olver WW2 Battle of Britain Pilot signed colour print 12x8 inch signed in pencil. Image of him in uniform. Wing Commander Peter Olver, DFC 4 April 1917 14 February 2013 was a British World War II Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Supermarine Spitfire fighter ace. Olver was born in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. He trained as a pilot after joining the RAF Volunteer Reserve and joined No. 611 Squadron RAF in September 1940 as a Pilot Officer. He then joined No. 603 Squadron RAF based at RAF Hornchurch. On 18 October 1940 he bailed out on his first sortie after being attacked by a Messerschmitt Me109 and was injured on landing. He quickly recovered and after claiming his first kill he joined No. 66 Squadron RAF with which he shot down at least three more aircraft. After posting to North Africa he became the commander of No. 238 Squadron RAF and No. 213 Squadron RAF flying the Hawker Hurricane and destroyed three Italian biplane fighters on the ground. Awarded the DFC, he commanded 1 Squadron SAAF flying MK V Spitfires, destroyed an Italian Macchi C. 202 fighter and was promoted to Wing Commander when the existing commander was killed. Following the Allied invasion of Sicily he shot down an Me109 but was then himself attacked and crash landed. He then spent the remainder of the war as a PoW in camps, including Stalag Luft III. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Wg Cdr Roland Beamont DSO DFC & Bar WW2 ace signed 100 Sqn Canberra cover. British fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force and an experimental test pilot during and after the Second World War. He was the first British pilot to exceed Mach 1 in a British aircraft in level flight and the first to fly a British aircraft at Mach 2. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Falklands 1982 First Airmail cover flown on 1st flight after re occupation. Signed by Grp Capt Price & Ascension Administrator. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Diana Dors signed autograph presentation. High quality professionally mounted 18 x 11 inch overall sized display. 3D double mounted in acid free mountboard. Consists of an 8x10 inch colour portrait photograph and signature piece matted below the photo. Diana Dors born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931, 4 May 1984 was an English film actress and singer. She first came to public notice as a blonde bombshell in the style of American Marilyn Monroe, as promoted by her first husband, Dennis Hamilton, mostly via sex film comedies and risqué modelling. After it turned out that Hamilton had been defrauding her, she continued to play up to her established image, and she made tabloid headlines with the parties reportedly held at her house. Later, she showed a genuine talent for TV, recordings, and cabaret, and gained new popularity as a regular chat show guest. Dors claimed to have left a large fortune to her son in her will, via a secret code in the possession of her third husband, actor Alan Lake, but after Lake's suicide, this code was never found, and no money has ever been traced. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
Russell Brand 7x4 signed b/w photo. Russell Edward Brand born 4 June 1975 is an English comedian, actor, radio host, author, and activist. After beginning his career as a stand up comedian and later becoming an MTV presenter, Brand first achieved notoriety in 2004 as the host of Big Brother's Big Mouth, a Big Brother spin off. In 2007, he had his first major film role in St Trinian's, and the following year he landed a major role in the romantic comedy drama Forgetting Sarah Marshall; the film led to him starring in a spin off, the rock comedy Get Him to the Greek, alongside Jonah Hill in 2010. He also worked as a voice actor in the animated films Despicable Me in 2010, Hop in 2011, and Despicable Me 2 in 2013, and played the title character of the 2011 remake of the romantic comedy Arthur. In 2013, he released the successful stand up special Messiah Complex. Since guest editing an edition of British political weekly New Statesman in 2013, Brand has become known as a public activist and campaigner and has spoken on a wide range of political and cultural issues, including wealth inequality, addiction, corporate capitalism, climate change, and media bias. In 2014, Brand launched his political comedy web series The Trews, released a book entitled Revolution, and began work on a documentary about financial inequality with Michael Winterbottom. Over the course of his career, Brand has been the subject of frequent media coverage and controversy for issues such as his promiscuity and drug use, his outrageous behaviour at various award ceremonies, his dismissal from MTV and resignation from the BBC, and his two year marriage with singer Katy Perry. He has incorporated many of his controversial public antics into his comedic material. In 2015 a biographical documentary called Brand: A Second Coming was release d. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.99, Overseas from £7.95
MANCHESTER UNITED Framed and glazed mounted signed colour photograph of Brian McClair together with a First Day Cover for the match between Manchester United and Red Star Belgrade , 19/11/91 with match franking, (European Super Cup Final). McClair scored the goal which won the trophy for United. Good
LOTINGA'S WEEKLY Two issues, 5/10/1912 which includes Trotting at London Trotting Club's first meeting at Imber Court, Horse Racing at Hurst and Newbury, Newcastle United scoring against Arsenal at Plumstead and Chelsea v Oldham, Charity cricket, Spurs and Liverpool team groups and 30/11/1912 including Hockey, Horse Racing at Lingfield, and 2 pages fro Oldham Ath. V. Derby County, crowd scenes at Chelsea Brighton and Fulham. Fair to generally good
NEW BRIGHTON Six New Brighton home programmes, two Reserve programmes whilst New Brighton were still in the Football League, v Lancaster 47/8 and v Barrow Res 50/51 plus four programmes post Football League for Lancashire Combination first team games , all 55/6, v Lancaster, Bacup, Southport Res and Horwich RMI. Two have scores noted on cover, the others have scores noted on team lists pages. Minor creases. Fair-generally good
MANCHESTER UNITED YOUTH 1953 Very scarce Manchester United four page home programme, Manchester United Youth v Sheffield and Hallamshire County Football Association Youth, 21/9/53. This was a challenge match between the winners of the FA Youth Cup (Manchester United) and the winners of the FA County Youth Cup (Sheffield and Hallamshire). Played at Old Trafford the United team included Colman, Edwards, Whelan, Pegg and Cope who all became first team players whilst the Sheffield team had future England International, Alan Hodgkinson, in goal. Minor fold, no writing. Generally good
HALIFAX TOWN 1912 Very scarce Historic programme for Halifax, volume 1 number 1, dated 7 Sep 1912, Halifax Town v Doncaster Rovers , Town's first game in the Midland Counties League and also their first programme (12 pages). Programme has been professionally restored and is now complete with folds but no writing and is now in fair-generally good condition. As described
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