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Toby Jug Archbury classics jug stamped with Property of 918th Bomb group on the bottom. Measures 8 inch tall appx. When Berine Lay, Jr. wrote his famous book Twelve O'clock High, he could not have predicted that his work would later be made into a blockbuster movie and popular TV series that would attract a loyal following well into the next century. Neither could he have known that the green Robin Hood Toby Jug he described in the prologue would become an icon representing the valour and courage demonstrated by the men and women fighting for freedom in WWII. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Three boxed Corgi Aviation Archive 1/72 scale diecast aircraft models to include AA34705 EE Canberra (blister pack, model appears mint, box excellent) and 2 limited edition examples, AA35416 Sepecat Jaguar GR1, motorway landing trials 1974 (damaged pitot tube and missing nose gear, some pin damage to bomb racks) and AA36408 Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 'Charity', 29 Sqn 1435 Flight RAF Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands (model near mint but missing raised airbrake part), boxes excellent with modest storage wear

A gold charm bracelet, mid 20th century, the gold curb link bracelet with heart padlock clasp suspending sixteen gold charms including a scallop shell, a mine bomb, a chequebook, a bull, a guitar, a tankard, a German shepherd dog, a key, an articulated fish, a greyhound, a bell, a Portuguese cockerel, a giraffe, and three boxes containing bank notes, length 22cm, padlock and seven charms with British hallmarks, combined gross weight 69 grams

A type written letter from GB 'Kalee Limited' head office in London to employee Mr B. Chapman who is being credited with the sum of £3 for his part in helping to protect the Kalee Limited premises from a German Luftwaffe incendiary bomb attack on the night of Saturday 19th October 1940, whereby Mr B. Chapman, along with Mr Doyle and Mr Tyrrell, most likely on 'firewatch' that evening, assisted in putting out the incendiary bombs with sand in an attempt to prevent any fires from breaking out during the Blitz of London.

A mixed lot containing a document type-written by Lieutenant Colonel Airey Neave DSO, OBE, MC, TD, addressed to Frau Prawitt, the widow of Colonel Gerhard Friedrich Prawitt who was Commandant of Colditz between 13th February 1943 to 16th April 1945. Airey Neave was the first Brit to escape Oflag IVc Colditz during WW2 and who went on to be the Secretary for Margaret Thatcher before being critically wounded on 30 March 1979 when a car bomb fitted with a tilt-switch exploded under his Vauxhall Cavalier as he drove out of the Palace of Westminster car park. He lost both legs in the explosion and died of his wounds at Westminster Hospital an hour after being rescued from the wrecked car. He died age 63. This lot also includes a signed photograph of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and another which is just a printed signature, as well as stamps and a first day cover. Finally, this lot also includes an address given at a memorial by Lord Freyberg VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars, for Major John Bigelow Dodge DSO DSC MC (known as "the Artful Dodger"). Major Dodge was held POW as Stalag Luft III and was one of the 17 escapers in an attempt in 1941 alongside Harry "Wings" Day and Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell Dodge, and his travelling companion, were recaptured two days after their escape, found walking along the autobahn a few miles south of Frankfurt. He was given a short period in solitary confinement before being transferred to Stalag Luft I at Barth, with all the other recaptured escapers.

Hasbro Star Wars Episode 1 Naboo Royal Starship incomplete, with incomplete Droid Tri-fighter & Hyena Bomber. Condition Fair to Good.Royal Starship has been disassembled, there is a damaged outer panel (see photos) and comes with extra figures, electronics appeared to work but not thoroughly tested. Droid Tri-Fighter includes partial accessories, Hyena Bomber has one bomb, no missiles. 

Kenner & Palitoy Star Wars vintage loose vehicles, to include AT-AT (complete), AT-ST (complete), Y-Wing Fighter (complete, with bomb), X-Wing Fighter (complete), B-Wing Fighter (complete, cone has detached but present), Snowspeeder (incomplete), Landspeeder (incomplete). all generally Good to Good Plus. See photo. 

A One Tonne Bomb winch for RAF Bombers Circa WW2 by Handley Page.

Various aircraft instruments including glide path indicator, boost gauge MK3H 6A-1221 and bomb sight lever, in total severn

An Air Ministry issue WWII RAF bomb distributor SD/1065- Lancaster, Sperling etc. boxed

Russland - - Andrej Belyj. Petersburg. Roman in 2 Theilen (russ.) Roman w dwuch chastjac. 2 Bände. Berlin, Epocha, 1922. 268 Seiten, 278 Seiten. 8° , Original Katon (etwas berieben und bestoßen, gegilbt, Deckel mit kl. Knickspuren und kl.- Randeinrissen). Andrej Belyj (1880-1934) gilt als der bedeutendste Prosaautor des russischen Symbolismus. Petersburg erschien erstmals 1913/14. Der Roman gehört zu den bedeutendsten Werken der russischen Literatur. Er gilt als der erste russische Roman modernen Stils. - Schauplatz ist Petersburg im Jahre 1905. Die Handlung spielt an einigen nebligen, feuchtkalten Tagen im Oktober. Nikolaj Ableuchov, Sohn eines hochrangigen Regierungsbeamten, knüpft Kontakte zu einer revolutionären Terrorgruppe. Er erhält den Auftrag, seinen Vater mit einer Zeitbombe zu töten- Papier nachgedunkelt Petersburg was first published in 1913/14 and is one of the most important works of Russian literature. It is considered the first Russian novel in a modern style. - Set in St. Petersburg in 1905, the story takes place on a few foggy, damp and cold days in October. Nikolai Ableukhov, the son of a high-ranking government official, makes contact with a revolutionary terrorist group. He receives the order to kill his father with a time bomb - paper darkened

Mattel Hot Wheels Case for 24 Diecast models containing a group of 10 loose and playworn Hot Wheels Redlines examples to include; Volkswagen Beach Bomb, a Silhouette, Splitting Image, Custom Firebird, and others

A WWI brass Princess Mary Gift Tin together with a George VI Royal Engineers No. 2 Bomb Division shield plaque and a memorial plaque relating to 572773 A/M. E.C. BARRABLE S.A.A.F. 1939-45 (3)

A WWII German incendiary bomb (inert), together with a bomb fin dropped on Palgrave September 20th 1940 (2)

A set of fins reputedly from a WWII German 50kg bomb found in a barn in Kent

A WWII bomb tail fin, now as a lamp/table, the white painted fin wired with lamp fittings internally85 x 33cm

90s Garage Rock / Punk – 9 LP Records & 3x10”: Supersnazz – Superstupid White Label Promo & Green Vinyl Version, Diode City Pink Vinyl, Devil Youth Blues Pink Vinyl, Devil Dogs – No Request Tonight, Live at The Revolver Club, Sinister Six – Outta Sight!, Sinisteria & 10” Nobody Rides For Free, New Bomb Turks – 10” Tape Worm Blues & Live ’93 with drawing on Sleeve and 10” Watch For Me Girl Comp.  (12)

New Bomb Turks - 22 x 7" Single Records: So Cool So Clean... 1994 Reissue, + The Devil Dogs - Dogs on 45, + The Entombed - I Hate People, My Hopes Are Copacetic, + Hellacopters - All Right, Professional Againster, Spanish Fly By Night Spanish & US Pressings etc.  (22)

British 80s Indie/Goth – 4 LP Records & 8x12”: 1919 – Machine 1983, 12”s Cry Wolf & Earth Song, The S-Haters – Come & 12”s Solitary Habit & White Noise, The Underlings – Fatal Purpose & 12” That Little Girl, The Bomb Party – Liberce Rising, Bivouac -ABC 12” and Tunnel Frenzies 12”s 4 Songs and Knee Deep & Wasted.  (12)

CAPTAIN DONALD JOHN GREY, R.M. (1901/2-1944) - AN IMPORTANT MILITARY COLLECTION showcasing his military career with the Royal Marines, comprising 1914-18 medal and Great War medal awarded whilst a Private in the R.M.L.I, a George V silver waiter by Gladwin Ltd, Sheffield 1929, engraved ‘Presented to Lieut D.J. Grey by his Brother Officers, The Depot R.M. Deal’, dated 7th December 1929, a Chinese 90 standard silver tankard engraved ‘Presented to Capt. Grey by ‘M’ Section H.K.V.D.C.’ (Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps) dated 1937, his tunic, swagger stick, two portraits and dress swordProvenance: By direct family descent. Literature: There is a lack of documented information about Donald Grey, but by family repute, Donald, or Johnny as he was known, was walking down the street circa 1916/7 when a stranger gave him a white feather. Although he was only sixteen he looked older and this affront caused him to try to sign up, however the only service that would take on a sixteen year old was the Royal Marines.He joined up initially for hostilities only but fell in love with the Marines and received his commission and stayed on, with one of his postings being Hong Kong. At the outbreak of war, he was seconded to Vickers Armstrong and worked with R.J. Mitchell to conceive the Grey and Mitchell bombs, as well as working on desalination units for submarines.Sadly Johnny met with a premature end - whilst riding his motorbike to a demonstration of one of his new designs, he hit a rope across the road that was supposed to warn of an unexploded bomb up ahead, but the sign had fallen off. He was badly injured, sent to a plastic surgery hospital where he was given the wrong blood group and he died of pneumonia late in 1944.Johnny left behind his wife, two young children and an unborn baby.

Inert WW2 German Luftwaffe Inert Incendiary Bomb, 34,5cm high with a typical green painted tail fin. Very good condition and nicely marked on the side with type numbers as well as the Waffenamt stamps. Please note we are not able to offer in house post an packing on this lot. Only available to customers in the UK.

Photograph of Sergeant Stephen Burns, 617 Squadron, RAF, Part of the Crew of P/O Geoffrey Rice on the famous ‘Dam Busters’ Raid, Operation Chastise 16th / 17th May 1943, being a postcard photograph of him in Air Gunners tunic with we believe his sister. Also images of his grave in Belgium and an image of his brother in Royal Navy uniform. Accompanying the images is an other ranks RAF cloth waist belt which has been decorated with various British military cap badges. All items came directly from the family by the current vendor, see lot – for family medals. Other items of Burns career in the RAF were sold at auction in 2016. Flight Sergeant Stephen Burns was from Dudley, Worcestershire. He enlisted in the RAF in January 1941 and qualified as an Air Gunner. He was first posted to No57 Squadron operation out of RAF Scampton. He joined the crew of Geoffrey Rice as a rear gunner. His crew were transferred to the newly formed 617 Squadron, and trained for the special bombing operation, later known to be Operation Chastise, the low level bombing mission using Barnes Wallace’s bouncing bomb, also known as the Dam Busters raid. Burns and his crew were part of the second wave of the operation that night, their target being the Sorpe Dam. Their aircraft was soon to be the only plane on the mission of their wave, as the others were either shot down or had to return to base. However disaster also stuck Burns and his crew, as their aircraft flew too close to the water at Vlieland, resulting in them hitting the water and their bouncing bomb was ripped from its mounting. Burns gun turret was soon filled with water, which he had to smash through to drain the water out, resulting in him exclaiming to the pilot and rest of the crew, ‘Christ, it’s wet at the back, Skipper’. The mission now could not be completed, so they head for home, but the landing system had been damaged so the crew had to take precautions. Luckily the plane landed safely back in the UK with all crew members. Burns continued to serve with his crew until they were shot down on the night of 20th / 21st December 1943, when they were tasked with attacking the armaments factory at Liege, Belgium. Everyone except the pilot, Geoffrey Rice was killed, their bodies recovered and buried by the Germans in Gosselies Cemetery, Belgium. Full details and accounts of both actions can be found in the research material which accompanies the lot.

AUCHENTOSHAN 21 YEAR OLD LOWLAND SINGLE MALT 43% ABV / 70cl Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity. Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.

AUCHENTOSHAN VALINCH 2012 FESTIVAL RELEASE LOWLAND SINGLE MALT Bottled: 16/06/2012Bottle Number: 25 / 20057.2% ABV / 70cl Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity.Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.

AUCHENTOSHAN 1966 31 YEAR OLD SINGLE CASK #804 LOWLAND SINGLE MALT Distilled: 14/03/1966Matured in Hogshead #80447.6% ABV / 70cl Auchentoshan is part of a small minority of Scottish distilleries, in that every drop of whisky it produces is sold as a single malt. Similarly unusual is its use of triple distillation to produce a purer spirit that’s light and mildly fruity. Situated just outside Clydebank, the distillery was lucky to survive the 1941 blitz relatively unscathed. Only one of its warehouses was damaged by a bomb blast, and another near miss provided a blast crater that later became the distillery’s picturesque pond.

U2 signed How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb 2004 UK/EU Special Limited Edition CD DVD & Book set. Signed by by Bono, Edge, Larry, Adam Clayton. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Robert Chaplin (British, contemporary), 'Old English Sheep Dog' and 'Swedish Bomb Vessel' watercolours, signed and dated 2000, 9x14.5cm,10x10cm respectively, framed and glazed (2)

Archibald Knox - Liberty & Co - An early 20th Century pewter vase of bomb form raised to three fin feet with relief moulded seed motif, model number 0226, height 19cm.

Clarice Cliff - Applique Idyll - A shape 478 bomb form biscuit barrel circa 1931, hand painted with a Crinoline lady to a cottage garden setting, chrome plated mounts and handle, printed APPLIQUE and Bizarre mark, height 15cm.

Dinky boxed selection including 268 Ambulance 272 Police Accident Unit, Battle of Britain Junkers Stuka 721, Land Rover Bomb Disposal 604, Striker Anti-Tank Vehicle 691, plus others (1 box)The items in this auction are located offsite and as such, we have limited access to provide postage quotes. Therefore, we are only able to offer a discretionary post and packing service on small, singular items. Due to the fragility of lots in this auction, we would strongly advise using a professional packing service in most instances.

Napoleon Preserved from Assassination, AN 9 [1800], a copper medal by H. Auguste, uniformed bust left, rev. inscription, 50mm (Bramsen 76; Julius 857). About extremely fine, tan patina £90-£120 --- The assassination attempt took place in the rue Saint-Nicaise on Christmas Eve, 1800, when a bomb exploded near Napoleon’s carriage en route to the French première of Haydn’s oratorio The Creation

617 Sqn Attack on Wizernes V2 Rocket Base. Signed by 9 men served in 617 Sqn, 24 Jun 07 The Cenotaph 617 Sqn Attack on the Wizernes V2 Rocket Base. G Hobbs Wireless Operator. Personally Signed by Men who served in 617 Dambuster Squadron During WW11. 7 of which on this Attack on the Wizernes V2 Rocket Base 24th June 1944. Wg Cdr J R Bell Bomb Aimer, W/O G Hobbs Wireless/Operator/Air Gunner, W/O L Rooke Flight Engineer, W/O John Phillips Flight Engineer, Flt Lt A Poore Pilot/O James Soilleux Flight Engineer F/O William A Rupert RCAF Bomb Aimer Also signed Flt Lt Harry Humphries appointed founder Adjutant by Wing Commander Guy Gibson to assist in the Dambuster raids, W/O Albert Cherrington Flight Engineer. Details enclosed. Certified Copy no 2 of 2. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.

WW2 The Attacks on Brest Harbour by 617 Sqn RAF cover Signed by 9 617 Sqn Pilots and Air Crew. 5 Aug 07 The Cenotaph The Attacks on Brest Harbour by 617 Sqn Signed by 9 member of 617 Sqn Pilots and Air Crew. Special 617 Sqn Cover. Personally Signed by 9 members of 617 Sqn Pilots and Crew. Wg Cdr John Bell Bomb Aimer, Sqn Ldr Lawrence Goodman Pilot, Sqn Ldr Tony Iveson Pilot, WO Charles Fish Navigator, WO John Des Phillips Flight Engineer, WO Rowland Smith Tail Gunner, WO Alec Bates Wireless Operator, WO Leonard Rooke Flight Engineer, Flt Lt Harold Riding Wire Operator. Details enclosed Certified Copy No 1 of 3. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.

WW2 atom bomb pilot Brig Paul Tibbets signed B29 Washington cover. Rare variety also signed by US fighter aces James Rigg. Tex Hill. Blake Morganville. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.

617 Sqn Target SS Barracks Berchtesgaden Signed 9 Pilots Crew 617 Sqn WW11. 25 Apr 09 Scampton 617 Sqn RAF Operations of WW11 Target SS Barracks Berchtesgaden. Personally Signed by 9 Men who served in 617 ;Dambuster' Squadron Signed by W/O Benjamin Bird DFM Rear Gunner, W Off. C.Basil Fish MID Navigator, WO John Des Phillips Flight Engineer, Air Cmdre. John Langston CBE Navigator, Wg Cdr. John Bell MBE, DFC Bomb Aimer, W/O Leonard Rooke was a Flight Engineer serving with 619 and 617 Sqn. His operations were carried out in Europe, Twenty of which were with 619 Sqn including 10 on Berlin. He was on numerous raids with 617 Sqn including the Dortmund Ems Canal, Saumur Tunnel, Brest, Tirpitz, Urft Dam, Antheor Viaduct and Kembs Canal. WO Reginald Blagdon Air Gunner, WO. Alec Bates Wireless Operator and WO Gerry Hobbs Wireless Operator and air Gunner full details enclosed. Certified Copy No 3 of 3. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.

617 Sqn Reculver Bay Signed 8 member of 617 Sqn during WW11. 11 Apr 07 The Cenotaph Special Weapons Test Upkeep Bomb. Reculver Bay 11th April to 14th May 1943. Personally Signed by 10 Men who served in 617 Dambuster Squadron during WW11. Personally Signed by Les Munro Dambuster pilot with 617 Sqn. Operation Chastise May 16/17 1943. On the 2nd Wave with Lancaster ED921, 'AJ-W', which sustained heavy flak damage, and with the Wireless and Intercom rendered unserviceable was forced to return back to base. Rowland Smith 617 Sqn Tail Gunner with 9, 619 and 617 Squadrons. His Pilots were Stout and Knilans. Took put in many raids including the U - Boat - Pens at Brest and Lorient, Flying Bomb Sites, Attack on the Factories of Albert - France, the attack on Toulouse. R ( Reg ) Blagdon air gunner with 61 and 617 Squadrons. His operations were carried out in Europe. Raids on Watten, Siracourt, Boulogne, Lyon, Wizernes, St Cyr and Munich. The aircraft he flew in were Blenheim, Wellington, Lancaster, Liberator and the Dakota. Gerrad Henry. Hobbs warrant Officer - Wireless operator/Air Gunner Squadrons : 50, 617. Theatres of Operation: Europe He was on many raids with 617 including Saumur Tunnel, D Day Spoof, Le Havre and Wizernes of which he was shot down and taken prisoner on 24th June 1944 in Northern France. Aircraft flown : Lancaster. Warrant Officer Alec Shaw Bates 617 Sqn Wireless Operator. Cockshotts Crew Tirpitz raid 12th Nov 1944. Charles Basil Fish Navigator with 617 Sqn. He was on the raid of the 11th to 12th Nov 1944 which was the final raid that the Tirpitz. He was on many other raids, which included the Dortmund - Ems - Canal, Brest, Kembs, Canal Dam, Urft Dam and Berchtesgaden Raid. Flying Officer James Soilleux.617 Sqn in this action. Flying Officer Flight Engineer Squadrons 61,617,46,466, 231. His many raids included two on Brest, three on the Tirpitz, two on Lyons and one each on D Day Spoof and Clemont Ferrand the bombing on Munich and the Siracourt V - weapon storage site and on Angouleme raid. Theatres of operation France and Germany. Aircraft flown, Lancaster, Stirling, Halifax, Liberator. Flt Lt Sydney Grimes wireless operator with Sqns 106,617,9,50.theatres of operation Battle of Ruhr, Hamburg and Berlin with 106 Sqn, Sinking of the Battleship Tirpitz, Urft Dam, E and R boat pens, Bielefeld Viaduct and Dortmund Ems Canal all with 617 Sqn Details enclosed Certified Copy no 2 of 2 . Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.

WW2 Bombing Raid on Munich RAF cover Signed 9 members of 617 Sqn. 24 Apr 07 Cenotaph Bombing Raid on Munich by 617 Sqn Signed 9. Special 617 Sqn Cover Signed by 9 members of 617 Sqn 7 on this raid, John Bell Bomb Aimer, Les Munro 617 Sqn Pilot on Dambusters raid, William Gordon Pilot 617 Sqn, Rowland Smith tail gunner 617 Sqn, Leonard Rooke Flt Eng 617 Sqn, Colin Cole Wireless Operator Air Gunner 617 Sqn, James Soilleux Flt Eng 617 Sqn, Benjamin Bird Rear Gunner 617 Sqn, Sydney Grimes Wireless Operator 617 Sqn. Details enclosed Certified Copy no 2 of 2. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.

A collection of Popular Dance And Electronic 12" Singles. Includes artists: Basement Jaxx, The Beloved, 808 State, The Beatmasters, Fat Boy Slim, Bomb The Bass, Air, Mantronix and similar. Overall condition: Very Good to Very Good Plus. (54)

Stereoscopic Views, WW1, a collection of approx. 70 cards showing Indian troops, Sir Douglas Haig inspecting troops, trenches, weapons, bomb damage, hospital beds etc. together with an Underwood and Underwood box of 'Jerusalem Through The Stereoscope'. Some small duplication (gd)

MANCHESTER WWII AIR RAIDS, a group of 4 albums containing around 900 8 x 10cm photographs of bomb damage to Manchester City Centre and suburbs, including the Cathedral, Royal Infirmary, Royal Exchange and Free Trade Hall, covering raids 13, 16-19, 21-23 and 29-32 over the period October 1940 - July 1942

A BRASS MORTAR CANNON 19TH CENTURY, the open cylindrical body surmounted with angular handle and touch-fuse supported on an oak carriage. 30cm longThe mortar is a short gun that fires bombs, hollow spherical projectiles made of cast iron and filled with black powder. The bomb is pierced with a hole, the eye, into which a fuse is inserted which, like that of shells, communicates the fire inside the bomb to allow it to explode. Unlike cannons which fire directly at the walls, the trajectory of the bomb fired by the mortar is curved, which allows it to pass over the ramparts.

Guaranteed to be Authentic Autographs Three signatures Sir Alan Cobham famous Aviator flew to South African Cape and back in 1926 Given the Air Force Medal flew to India and back presented with the Britannia Trophy. Sir C Burnley Aviation designer Particularly Air Ships senior designer of the Air Ship the R100 also designed gliding bomb World War II. Sir William Morris motor car manufacturer Morris Motors Oxford. Also a controversial politician British Facist The New Party (3)

An American Mk339 mechanical timer fuse for the CBU-100/Mk20 Rockeye cluster bomb, Gulf/Iraq War era

An RAF practice bomb

A BDU 33 Mk 76 25lb practice bomb

A British 1960's 2" mortar bomb Mk 2/3 illum W/Para in original case

An L28A2 81mm illuminating parachute mortar bomb, dated 1976

A WWII British 3" mortar bomb with fuse

A WWII German 1kg incendiary bomb retaining much original finish including painted markings to tail piece

A WWII British Mills bomb hand grenade 36M Mk1

An L15A4 81mm mortar bomb

Group of Lowestoft porcelain teawares, circa 1765-75, comprising a small sparrow beak milk-jug decorated with flowers in the famille rose palette, a coffee cup painted with scattered famille rose flowersprays within pink scale pattern borders, a coffee cup with Mandarin pattern and another with the Redgrave Blue Bomb pattern (4)  Condition Report Mandarin cup - small nibble and rough patches to rimJug - small chip to base, imperfections in glazeGeneral wear and tear.

The Dam Busters Film signed 12 WW2 RAF Veterans who served with 617 Sqn . 19 Sep 2001 Scampton Guy Gibson and the Dambusters. The Dam Busters. Picture cachet of Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave in The Dam Busters Film Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr, Ernest Clark and Derek Farr. Personally Signed by F Howkins Wireless Op 617 Sqn He took part in the Tirpitz , Dortmund – Ems Canal and Kembs Canal Dam Raids. Arthur Frank Poore DFC Lancaster Pilot with 106 and 617 Squadrons flew on raids included the Saumar Tunnel, Albert, Lyons, Etaples,Brest,Creil and the D – Day Spoof. Flying Officer Raymond .E.Grayston . took part in Operation Chastise as a flight Engineer on Les Knights Crew on Lancaster AJ-N which attacked the Eder Dam 16 to 17 May 1943 Dambuster & later on the Dortmund Ems Canel forced to bail out and became a POW and was sent to Stalag Luft 111. Flt Lt Hubert 'Hughie' Evans RAF DFC. Joined the RAFVR in January 1940 as a Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner flew in Wellington's 1st Tour with 49 Sqn at Scampton in 1941 and then joined 617 Sqn with Quinton's crew until 1944 for his 2nd tour. He was posted to 15 Sqn at Mildenhall on Experimental Bombing of U - Boat Pens. Adjutant Harry Humphries Flt Lt Administrator 617 Squadron (Dambusters) Selected by Guy Gibson to be the founder adjutant and assisted leader of the Dam Busters Raid, put the crews together for this important mission. Flt.Lt. Percy (Bill) Buttle DFC with 51 (Halifax) Sqn. Later joined 617 Sqn., navigator. Theatres of Operation Europe, Aircraft flown Stearman Biplane, Catalina, Anson, Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster . He was Navigator With Sqn Ldr Benny Goodman’s )crew from the time of his first operation with 51 Sqn until termination with 617 sqn. Rowland Smith 617 Sqn Tail Gunner with 9, 619 and 617 Squadrons. His Pilots were Stout and Knilans. Took put in many raids including the U – Boat – Pens at Brest & Lorient, Flying Bomb Sites, Attack on the Factories of Albert – France, the attack on Toulouse. Sqn Ldr L W Curtis DFC, Signals Leader on the Tirpitz mission with 617 Sqn. Also with 149, 99 & 158 Sqns and the famous 617 Dam Buster Squadron. His operations were carried out in Europe, North Africa and Russia. Whilst serving with 617 Squadron he flew with Squadron Leader Micky Martin. He flew on many aircraft, the Wellington, Halifax, Fairey Battle, Whitley, Lancaster, Stirling and Mosquito. He was awarded the DFC and Bar. by Ronald P Castleman Warrant Officer Air Gunner (crew member of Sqn Ldr Poore) Squadrons: 106, 617,Prior 106, No 10 OUT Det.St. Eval May 1943 5 Auti Sub Sweeps Bay of Biscay Theatres of operation Europe Aircraft flown Whitley, Lancaster, Wellington. Sqn Ldr J.Castagnola DSO,DFC* & Bar pilot with 617,57 Squadrons. Was on the Tirpitz, Kembs Canal ( his bomb probably demolished the western most sluice gate ) Ijmuiden, St Cyr Clermont Ferrand, D Day Spoof and Saumar Tunnel raids. Theatres of Operations Western Europe Aircraft flown Dakota, Vampire, Venom, Lancaster, Hunter. Wg Cdr J B Tait 617 Sqn Pilot led attack on the battleship Tirpitz. Awarded 4 DS0's. A. (George) Chalmers DFC, DFM Wireless operator/Air gunner on the Dams Raid, 17 May 43. F/ Sgt W C Townsend Crew 3rd Dams raid Wave Attacked Ennepe dam unsuccessfully Returned safely. Full Details enclosed Certified No 8 of 10 Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

"Escaping Society cover Signed 18 RAF WW2 Battle of Britain Dambusters VC winners. Escaping Society Caterpillar Club Signed 18 Members Battle of Britain, Dambuster 8 May 85 BFPS 1945 40th Anniv of VE Day. Caterpillar Club Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the Formation of the RAF Escaping Society. Cover flown in Hercules. Personally Signed by 5 RAF Falcons Display Team & 18 Caterpillar Club Members a Cross section Range from one of the earliest member’s, a per – war jumper, through the Battle of Britain, Dam buster pilot, and Bomber Battle of Germany to a post – War member , the only one on this list who used an ejector seat first. Dambuster A F ( Tony ) Burcher DFM Rear Gunner M for Mother Mohne Dam 16th May 1943.( Dambuster Raid ) Hit by Falk while approaching the target before being crippled by the blast from its own weapon which overshoot and exploded beyond the parapet Crashed Hopgood, Brennan, Earnshaw Minchin Gregory all killed in the Crush only J W Fraser & A F Burcher Survived the crash. Whilst Bailing out Burcher was stuck across the back by the tail. His parachute carried him to earth but a broken back prevented him from moving. He lay there for 3 days until some Hitler Youth found him. They tied a rope around his feet and dragged him to the nearest Gestapo Station who believing he was going to die gave him over to the care of a man they believed was a local vet. This man was prior to the war a back surgeon who had lied to the authorities so as to not have to do War work. Prisoner of war sent to Stalag Luft III sagan where he found an old polish friend from the RAF. The two took part in three famous tunnel escapes Captured by the Germans them realizing who they were they were to be executed as per Hitler's orders the next day. That night the lines ahifted and in the morning the Russians were in charge of the Prison. For reasons unknown the Russians decided they should hang on to these two and so they were sent into internment in Russia. Burcher wasn't repatriated until 1947. WO John Bettany CGM Bales out Lancaster.AVM H A C Bird Wilson Pilot Battle of Britain, Air Marshal Sir Harry Burton, Pilots Wellington shot down over Germany bailed out and escaped back to Great Britain 1st airman to return. Gp Capt John Cunningham Most Successful night fighter Pilot, Air Commodore Alan C Deere, Battle of Britain Pilot bailed out many times and wrote a book called nine Lives. Sqn Ldr Robert F T Doe Battle of Britian Pilot Baled out aircraft on Fire, one of Mcindoe’s ‘’Guinea Pig’’. Gp Capt D E Gillam Battle of Britain Pilot Baled out. Gp Capt Tom P Gleave Battle of Britain Pilot Baled Out on fire became one of McIndoe’s chief ‘’Guinea Pigs. W/O Norman C Jackson VC ( Victoria Cross Holder ) climbed on the wing of his Lancaster to put out the fire in one of the engines, He did this, but the aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and he was blown off the wing. His parachute saved his life. Air Chief Marshal Sir Wallace ( Digger) Kyle, An Australian is the most senior member of those who have signed these covers. He had to bail out of a Bulldog in the mid – thirties. Sqn Ldr James H (Ginger) Lacey fought in the Battle of France and was top scoring British Pilot in the Battle of Britain. He used his parachute on at least 6 occasions. Gp Capt W S O Randle served with Bomber Command throughout the war. He was shot down over Belgium, made his way through France across the Pyrenees into Spain and reached Gibraltar. Served happily in the Royal Air Force until 1972. Flt Lt William Reid VC won his Victoria Cross with 61 Sqn later joined 617 Sqn. When on an operation over Germany his Lancaster was hit by a bomb from a fighter flying Aircraft in the Bomber Stream. He bailed out with some members of his crew and finished up as a POW in Stalag Luft 111. Air Chief Marshal Sir F Rosier Pilot fought in both the Battle of France and the Battle of Britain. It was in this period that he had to use his parachute. Air Vice Marshal Sir Colin Scragg . Pre War airman served with Bomber Command until 1944 when with 166 Sqn he was on a mission over Germany and had to bail out. He finished in Stalag Luft 111. Wg Cdr Robert (Bob ) Stanford – Tuck. Battle of Britain Pilot and was one of the top scorers. Had to bail out of his Spitfire in a sweep over France much later on in the War. POW Stalag Luft 111. Marshal of the RAF Sir Keith Williamson. Only member to bail out Post- War . He bailed out having used his ejector seat first from a Hunter. Full Details enclosed. Certified Copy no 11 of 12 Covers Signed. " Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Navy cover Signed by WW2 Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma. 24 Mar 75 BFPS 1466 Fleet Air Arm Development Project. Personally Signed by the Director of Fleet Air Arm Museum and Also signed by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma who flew the same plane ( S 27 in 1911) that was used on this first Aircraft Carrier. World War 11 Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia the last Viceroy of India, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Defence Staff. Mountbatten was assassinated when a bomb was planted in his boat at Mullaghmore, County Sligo in the Republic of Ireland. Official RN Air Station Yeovilton Cover. RN Yeovilton Ref No RNSC19c. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

WW2 Pathfinder Henry Shackleton 405 sqn bomber command signed stunning 12 x 8 inch colour Lancaster in flight photo. In 1940 Henry left school and volunteered as a Pilot at the age of 18 and 9 months, receiving his Wings as a Pilot Officer at Cranwell College one week before he was 19. He was then sent to North Battlefield, Saskatchewan as a Flying Instructor. By coincidence his elder brother and sister were born in Saskatchewan, though he was born in the U.K. In 1943, with 1,500 flying hours, he was posted to Middleton St George, Darlington, U.K. to join the R.C.A.F 419 Moose Squadron where his R.A.F. crew did 18 bombing trips in their Halifax to Germany and Italy without mishap. Thet then volunteered to join Pathfinders and were posted to R.C.A.F 405 Squadron at Gransden Lodge. 4 Pathfinder trips on Lancasters, target Berlin, went without mishap, but on the 5th one on January 30/31st 1944 they were attacked by two nightfighters, resulting in the loss of use by their port wing forcing him to shout, "abandon aircraft". His Wireless Operator, Red Williams put on his navigator chest parachute, then decided to get a bar of chocolate from his desk, taking off his parachute to put it in his tunic, then replacing his chute at which he heard an explosion as Henry was blown out of the cockpit. ( He obviously was suffering from lack of oxygen as the Lancaster was in a spiralling dive ) He jumped out of the hole in the cockpit and landed in a Berlin street, immediately taken prisoner. After being blown out, Henry pulled on what he thought was my parachute release, but it was release of his seat harness! When it fell away he searched again and to his relief the parachute opened before he fell onto a bush in a Berlin Park. Henry hid by day and walked by night but on the third night, just after people had come out of their shelter during another bomb attack, some children surrounded him, and he was taken to the Burgermasters house, where kind ladies bathed his face and gave him food. (One could assume they were thinking of their own sons bombing the U.K. and he always feel this should be said.) However, a pompous and drunken Army Officer took Henry to a Berlin police cell (which was warm!) A few days later he met Red Williams at the Frankfurt Interrogation Centre, who told him he had been taken to a crashed Lancaster and understood their other five crew members had lost their lives. Thereafter Henry spent until March 1945, as a P.O.W. in Stalag Luft 3. They all took part in the long march to the Germans last stand in Berlin, from which 400 of them escaped from the Camp across the river to the Americans. Good condition Est. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

‡ PAUL PETER PIECH (American-Welsh 1920-1996) limited edition (14/25) woodcut - quote from English poet John Donne, 'No Man is an Island..', signed and dated 1990, 64 x 52cms together with another woodcut print, 'Build a Bomb..' signed and dated 1988, 70 x 50cms (2)Provenance: private collection OxfordshireComments: unframed, some creasing

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An excessively rare Second War ‘Cockleshell’ operations D.S.M. group of seven awarded to Quarter-Master Sergeant J. M. King, Royal Marines, a member of the elite Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment (R.M.B.P.D.) Just two wartime raids were carried out by the hand-picked operatives of the R.M.B.P.D., most famously Operation ‘Frankton’, the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ strike against enemy shipping at Bordeaux in December 1942, and Operation ‘Sunbeam’, a similar canoe launched attack against targets in Leros in June 1944 Sergeant King was well-known to the likes of ‘Blondie’ Hasler and Bill Sparks, having trained beside them in the lead-up to the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ raid, but it was for his part in ‘Sunbeam’ - described as one of the most brilliant sabotage operations of the war - that he was awarded his immediate D.S.M., one of only three such awards to the R.M.B.P.D. On that memorable occasion, in a damaged canoe ‘with water up to their knees’, and in the face of several challenges from enemy sentries, he and his comrade nonetheless placed six limpet mines on an Italian destroyer: they duly detonated with the desired result Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Sergt. J. M. King, PLY/X. 1457); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (PL.X 1457 J. M. King, D.S.M. Sgt. R.M.) minor edge bruise to DSM, light contact marks, good very fine (7) £30,000-£36,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.S.M. London Gazette 28 November 1944: ‘For gallantry in a hazardous operation in the Aegean.’ The recommendation for his immediate award states: ‘Sgt. King was in charge of one of the canoes during operation SUNBEAM. This operation was undertaken to damage shipping in the defended port of LEROS. Sgt. King’s canoe was holed before entering the harbour, he however showing great determination continued with his task using a sponge to plug the hole, and entered the harbour. Here, although challenged he avoided detection and managed to place six limpets on the hull of an enemy destroyer. On the deck of the destroyer were several armed men and there was a sentry on the jetty. By this time the water in the canoe was around his knees. He however with the help of his crew, Marine RUFF, successfully left the harbour undetected and made the R.V. on the Island of CALINO some 8 miles distant. Sgt. King showed great skill and resolution in continuing with this already hazardous task in a badly damaged canoe. The destroyer was badly damaged and had to be sent to PIRAEUS for repairs.’ James Malcolm King was born in Glasgow on 9 June 1918 and joined the Royal Marines in November 1935. His pre-war appointments having included tours of duty in H.M.S. Rodney and H.M.S. Gloucester, he volunteered for ‘special service’ in the newly established Royal Marine Boom Patrol Detachment in July 1942. Under the watchful eye of his new C.O., Major H. ‘Blondie’ Hasler, King was quickly promoted to Acting Temporary Sergeant and took up appointment as the unit’s Physical Training Instructor, a fact referred to by Bill Sparks in The Last of The Cockleshell Heroes, who credits King with establishing the unit’s haphazard assault course. Sparks adds: ‘To build our assault course we used old tyres, ropes and anything else we could think of, but often with disastrous results. Our improvised equipment sometimes collapsed just as a man leapt on to it, or through it or under it, and the injuries were sometimes severe enough to have the victim rushed to hospital. Eventually the hospital complained that they were getting to many casualties from the R.M.B.P.D. To Blondie this was all water off a duck’s back. He didn’t take any notice and nobody was going to make him deviate from that …’ For the duration of their arduous and intensive training, which of course involved many hours at sea in their Cockle canoes, the 34-strong rank and file of the R.M.B.P.D. were divided into two sections. When, at length, it was time for Hasler to select the Operation ‘Frankton’ team for the raid on Bordeaux harbour in December 1942, King was not in the chosen section, a decision that likely saved his life. The story of his comrades – who became known as the ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ - needs no elaboration here, although it is not without interest that Bill Sparks, one of the two survivors, was a member of King’s section in the Aegean at the time of Operation ‘Sunbeam’. Operation Sunbeam Overall command of the R.M.B.P.D.’s ‘Earthworm’ detachment, as the Operation ‘Sunbeam’ men were known, fell to Captain W. Pritchard-Gordon, R.M., whilst Lieutenant J. F. ‘Jasper’ Richards, R.M. led the operation on the night. As had been the case in Operation ‘Frankton’ the participating cockle canoes were all given names. Thus, Richards and Marine Stevens manned Shark; King and Marine Richard Ruff Salmon and Corporal Horner and Marine Fisher Shrimp. The marines and their canoes were embarked in M.L. 360, in readiness for the planned raid on enemy shipping in Portolaga harbour, Leros, the motor launch hugging anchorages on the Turkish coastline as it awaited the signal to launch the raid. That signal arrived in the afternoon of 16 June 1944, when confirmation was received that potential targets had arrived in convoy at Portolaga. Cecil A. Hampshire’s The Secret Navies takes up the story: ‘Soon afterwards the motor launch left the anchorage on silent engines and headed seawards, increasing speed to 16 knots as soon as she was clear of the land. The marines blackened their faces and hands and made a final check of their stores and weapons. In addition to eight limpet mines, each cockle was to carry a walkie-talkie radio, silent Sten gun, grenades, fighting knives, camouflage nets for canoe and crew, spare paddles, a baling sponge and canoe repair outfit, first aid box, 24-hour food pack, cigarettes and matches in watertight compartments, chart, compass and compensator and, not least, a bird call. All limpets were armed with four-and-a-half-hour delay fuses. The weather was ideal, dark and moonless but with plenty of starlight, a gentle swell and a slight mist over the land. After rounding the southern tip of Kalymnos and turning northwards, the motor launch reduced speed to 12 knots fore the final run-up to the dropping zone. During this last leg of the voyage the marines, clad in their cockle suits, squatted silently around their gear on the upper deck, each man engrossed in his own thought.’ And of subsequent events in respect of Sergeant King and Marine Ruff in Salmon, Cecil A. Hampshire continues: ‘A few minutes later the semi-waterlogged Salmon appeared out of the darkness, with King paddling and the weary Ruff stoically bailing out. That they had managed to complete the operation at all was nothing less than remarkable, for they had been bedevilled by a leaking canoe throughout. On entering the harbour they were almost immediately challenged by the bomb patrol vessel. But as she made no move to follow this up, the hails were ignored and Salmon pressed on towards her first objective. Half an hour later they were again challenged, this time from the shore, the shout being heard also by Richards and Stevens in Shark ahead of them. For a few moments the raiders remained perfectly still, then moved off again le...

The poignant Second War Lancaster pilot’s ‘immediate’ D.F.M. group of five awarded to Flight Sergeant T. W. J. Hall, 106 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who flew in 4 operational sorties, during which he was awarded the D.F.M. for his 2nd - Berlin, 24 March 1944 - and was killed in action whilst trying to save his crew during the disastrous Nuremberg Raid, 30/31 March 1944. The ‘body of the pilot [Hall] was found near the wreckage. This brave young man’s operational career had lasted less than a week. He never knew that he had been awarded the D.F.M. for his good work on the Berlin raid.’ Distinguished Flying Medal, G.VI.R. (1333525 F/Sgt. T. W. J. Hall. R.A.F.) on investiture pin; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, generally good very fine (lot) £2,000-£2,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- D.F.M. London Gazette 18 April 1944. The original recommendation states: ‘Flight Sergeant Hall was Captain of an aircraft detailed to attack Berlin on the night of 24th/25th March, 1944. On arrival in the target area, he found that he had over-shot and that the Pathfinder Force marking was in progress behind him. He was also in contact with the "Master of Ceremonies" who was heard giving instructions to bomb the markers. Flight Sergeant Hall then did a left-hand circuit and came in again from the North. By this time, he was 12 minutes late and the target was not well marked. Despite this, he made a straight run in and bombed his target successfully. On the return journey, he found himself over the Ruhr area. Here, his aircraft was suddenly coned by numerous searchlights and subjected to intense predicted heavy flak which caused severe damage to the port mainplane, the rear turret, the Bomb Aimer's compartment, the underside of the fuselage and the port inner and outer engines, the latter of which caught fire. Flight Sergeant Hall here displayed exceptional skill and coolness in extricating his aircraft from this most perilous position. By excellent crew co-operation, the fire was extinguished, the engine feathered and the badly damaged aircraft and crew landed safely back at Base. It was this N.C.O.'s first operational sortie as Captain of aircraft and throughout he showed exceptional courage and skill. He displayed outstanding determination in returning to press home his attack and his skilful pilotage and cool determination under extremely difficult conditions are deserving of the highest praise. I consider Flight Sergeant Hall's courage, skill and devotion to duty fully deserve the immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. 27th March, 1944. Remarks by Base Commander: Flight Sergeant Hall's action in pressing home his attack in the prevailing circumstances showed great determination and courage and was only surpassed by his coolness and skill in extricating his aircraft from the unenviable position in which he found himself on the way home. I strongly support the recommendation for the immediate award of the Distinguished Flying Medal.’ Thomas William John Hall was the son of William Thomas Hall and Emily Hall, of Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire. Hall joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve in 1942. He carried out his initial training as a pilot at No. 15 E.F.T.S., Carlisle and 31 E.F.T.S., De Winton, Calgary, Canada. Hall carried out further training at No. 38 S.F.T.S., Estevan and No. 6 P.A.F.U., Windrush. After gaining his ‘Wings’ at No. 17 O.T.U., Silverstone in November 1943, Hall was posted to No. 1661 Conversion Unit, Winthorpe (Sterlings) and then on to No. 5 L.F.S., Syerston (Lancasters) in February 1944. Hall was posted as a pilot for operational flying to 106 Squadron (Lancasters) at Metheringham in March 1944. He flew four operational sorties with the Squadron, including: Frankfurt, 22 March 1944; Berlin, 24 March 1944, Essen, 26 March 1944 and Nuremberg, 30/31 March 1944 (on which night Bomber Command had 95 aircraft shot down - it’s heaviest losses of the entire war on a single raid). Hall was awarded the ‘immediate’ D.F.M. for his gallantry during only his second operational sortie - to Berlin. Martin Middlebrook gives the following in The Nuremberg Raid, 30-31 March 1944: ‘Six nights earlier, Flight Sergeant Tom Hall of 106 Squadron and his crew had flown to Berlin on the first [sic] operation of their tour. This was the night when unexpectedly violent winds had caused Bomber Command much trouble and seventy-three bombers had been lost. Hall, like many others, had arrived at Berlin too early, but, while others bombed and made for home, Hall did a complete orbit over the heavily defended city before bombing. On the return flight the winds took them, again like many others, over the Ruhr where his Lancaster was hit by Flak and two engines took fire. Hall brought his crew home after a desperate flight, although the Lancaster was written off. Now Hall was on his second [sic] operation [the Nuremberg Raid, 30/31 March 1944]. On the Long Leg his aircraft was hit in the bomb bay and petrol tanks. Sergeant Dack, the wireless operator, describes what happened: “The Skipper [Hall] said, ‘It’s time to get out. Get out everyone.’ I was a careful sort of bloke and I always kept my parachute underneath my seat. I put it on but then she went down with all four engines flat out. It went through my mind that it was just like a scene from one of those American films with the aircraft going screaming down out of control. Once that started, I knew we couldn’t get out. I was thrown on top of the navigator and we were rolling about together. I remember my face being pressed against two dials which I remembered were in the roof so I knew we were upside down. I tried to prod the navigator up towards the front to get out of the front hatch. There was all the time the awful thought that we had a Blockbuster on board which went off on impact. I forgot that we wouldn’t have survived the impact ourselves. Then there was an almighty explosion and I was sent spinning. I thought we had hit the ground but it eventually dawned on me that I was in the air. Then, something whooshed past my face and I was sitting nice and peacefully up in the sky under my parachute. I remember shouting for my wife - I was apologising because I had promised to be home on Saturday” Only Dack and the flight engineer survived this explosion. The body of the pilot [Hall] was found near the wreckage. This brave young man’s operational career had lasted less than a week. He never knew that he had been awarded the D.F.M. for his good work on the Berlin raid.’ The crew’s belief in their pilot’s ability after the Berlin raid is illustrated in a letter to Hall’s mother from the mother of his mid-upper gunner (Tony Poole), dated 6 May 1944: ‘What you may not know is the great confidence Tony and all the rest of the crew had in your son. Tony told me that night [whilst on leave after the Berlin sortie] when he came, he said “Don’t worry mother if ever I’m reported missing, I shall come back. If Tommy can get us through that he can get us through anything.” Sadly Flight Sergeant Hall’s luck ran out, and he was killed in action during the Nuremberg Raid, 30/31 March 1944. He is buried in the Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. Sold with the following related items and documents: R.A.F. cloth pilot’s wings and cap badge; Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book (covering the period May 1942 - 30 March 1944) stamped ‘Death Presumed. Ce...