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DSO DSC (Bar) RM/RN. Fleet Air Arm ace 'Ronnie' Hay had a long and arduous war. He scored his first air victory with 801 Squadron during the Norwegian campaign. He flew Skuas and Rocs covering the Dunkirk evacuation. During the Battle of Britain with 808 Squadron he was engaged in dockyard defence. Took part in the 'Operation Torch' landings in North Africa. In 1944 operating from HMS Victorious he took part in attacks on Japanese airfields and the huge oil refineries at Palembang. Commander Donald John Sheppard DSC FAA RCN. From March 1944 he was involved in flying operations off the Norwegian coast and took part in the first successful air strike on the German Battleship Tirpitz. In December 1944 & January 1945 he flew in the section of Corsairs led by Major Ronnie Hay. He took part in the invasion of Okinawa. He was credited with 3 or 4 enemy aircraft destroyed. Good condition Est. £20 – 30 LOT114 - Flight Lieutenant T.H.J. Cairns DFC DFM MACCC certificate commemorating the epic raid on Dieppe 19 august 1942. Signed by 88 Squadron RAF. Good condition Est. £15 – 20 LOT115 - Wing Commander James Pelly-Fry DSO DFC MACCC certificate commemorating the epic raid on Dieppe 19 August 1942. Signed by Officer Commanding 88 Squadron 1942-43. Good condition Est. £20 – 30 LOT116 - Wing Commander George Parry DSO DFC (Bar) RAF Mosquito pilot signed MACCC certificate commemorating the Mosquito raid on the Oslo Headquarters of the Norwegian traitor QUISLING carried out on 25th September 1942. Good condition Est. £20 – 30 LOT117 - Lieutenant Colonel Robert S. Johnson USAF ace with 28 confirmed victories signed MACCC Certificate part 56th Fighter Group Zemke's Wolfpack. Good condition Est. £20 – 30 LOT118 - Flight Lieutenant John Alexander Cruickshank VC MACCC certificate signed by Coastal Command Victoria Cross hero. Good condition Est. £15 – 20 LOT119 - Battle Of Britain Calendar unsigned 1990 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Battle. Black and White photographs from the Battle. Good condition Est. £10 – 15. LOT120 - The Dam Busters Daily Telegraph Colour Supplement. Published to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Dam Busters bombing raid on 17 May 1943. 14 page article featuring Guy Gibson VC and his crew. Excellent black and white and colour pictures featuring 'Bomber' Harris, Barnes Wallis, diagram maps of how the bouncing bomb worked, the breached dams, flooding, Gibson's VC and other decorations. Colour photo and interview with Dave Shannon, Basil Feneron & Jim Clay. Article on the book by Paul Brickhill, and the feature film with excellent reproduction photos of the film poster, Richard Todd, Eric Coates and music sheet. Good condition Est. £10 – 15 LOT121 - Wing Commander Stanislaw Skalski Virtuti Militari Cross of Valour (3 Bars) DSO DFC (2 Bars). 501 Squadron. Personal card with note signed by the great Polish top-scoring fighter pilot. Led 'Skalski's Flying Circus' (Poles) in the Desert Campaign. Ended the war with at least 24 victories. Good condition Est. £30 - 40 LOT122 - Squadron Leader Thomas Clifford 'Tony' Iveson DFC 616 Squadron. After the Battle of Britain he joined Bomber Command and was with 617 Dam Busters Squadron taking part in their last great raid of the war, the attack on the German pocket Battleship Tirpitz. Letter invitation to visit him at his home in France. Good condition Est. £25 - 35 LOT123 - Squadron Leader John Reginald Cass Young AFC 249 Squadron BOB. Two Hand Written Responses PLUS Copy of S/Ldr Young's 4 page autobiographical piece 'From Cot To Cockpit.' At the time of his writing in 1990 he was the Historian of the Battle of Britain fighter Association. Good condition Est. £30 - 40 LOT124 - Squadron Leader Vernon Churchill Simmonds 238 Squadron BOB. Hand written letter responding to request for signature. Good condition Est. £25 - 35 LOT125 - Wing Commander Thomas Russell Thomson OBE 607 & 213 Squadrons Hand written note response to request for signature. Good condition Est. £20 - 30 LOT126 - Squadron Leader Kenwyn Roland 'Stuffy' Sutton DFC 264 Squadron BOB, Note from a very gallant New Zealander responding to request for signature. During the Battle of France he took part in attacks on German transport, bridges and pontoons. then flew night intruder patrols in the Battle of Britain. In August 1942 flying with 605 Squadron he attacked gun positions during the raid on Dieppe. In April 1943 with 85 Squadron returning from a daylight raid he was shot down by Canadian anti-aircraft gunners over Hove. He crashed on the railway line with severe injuries which resulted in the loss of his lower left and left arm. He was twice Mentioned in Despatches and returned to flying in 1944 flying Magisters and Oxfords Returning to New Zealand after the war he joined the National Airways Corporation. Good condition Est. £30 - 40 LOT127 - Flight Lieutenant John Walter Pye New Zealander Air Gunner with 25 Squadron. Hand written response to request for signature. Good condition Est. £30 - 40 LOT128 - Squadron Leader Charles Warren MBE DFC 152 Squadron BOB. Hand written note responding to request for signature. Good condition Est. £25 - 35 LOT129 - Wing Commander Peter Douglas Thompson DFC 32 & 605 Squadrons Battle of Britain. Short hand written note responding to request for signature. Good condition Est. £25 - 35 LOT130 - Group Captain John William White MBE 3 Squadron & FIU. Hand written letter responding to request for signature With 32 Squadron in April 1940 he took part in operations against the advancing Germans in the Low Countries, France & Dunkirk. In September 1940 posted to FIU he was shot down by a German raider at night. Lung damage prevented him from flying again in the war. Good condition Est. £30 - 40 LOT131 - Sqn Leader John Bevill Howard Nicholas 65 Squadron, Letter responding to request for signature. Good condition Est. £25 - 35 LOT132 - Squadron Leader Edward Brian Bretherton Smith DFC 610 Squadron Battle of Britain. Ace with 6 confirmed victories. 2-page hand written letter. Good condition Est. £30 - 40 LOT133 - Sqn Ldr Percival Graham Leggatt 615, 245 & 46 Squadron, Battle Britain. Died 2013 Hand written letter. Good condition Est. £20 - 30 LOT134 - Flight Lieutenant Michal Maciejowski-Manson DFC DFM Virtuti Militari Cross of Valour (3 Bars) 249 Squadron Battle of Britain. Hand written letter from Polish pilot. Ace with 11 confirmed victories. 9 August 1943 Shot down and taken POW. After the war he settled in the UK, changed his name to Manson, and re-joined the RAF in 1951. A great fighting Polish pilot. Good condition Est. £30 - 40 LOT135 - Wing Commander P.P.C. 'Paddy' Barthropp DFC AFC 602 Squadron Battle of Britain. Handwritten, amusing response to request for signature. On 15th May 1942 he was shot down by Fw109s over St Omer, baled out and taken P.O.W. He was in Stalag Luft III and took part in 'The Great Escape; but was recaptured and fortunate to be spared the fate of 50 of the escapers who were murdered by the Gestapo. PLUS Copy of Paddy's letter to The Times 27, January 1981complaining about the treatment meted out to the POW's when were freed from captivity and about the pay owed still to them by the RAF. also comment item from The Daily Mail about Paddy's letter of complaint. Good condition Est. £20 - 30 .
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