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Book of Bomber Command Heroes, an extraordinary WWII interest autograph book. 230 autographs including Many DFC, AFC MID medal holders. Sadly over 80 were killed and many shot down and held as POWs. Comes with hundreds of pages of research on all the autograph. A unique collection of autographs, poems, sketches collected by schoolboy Raymond Harry Spalding, who lived close to the RAF bases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath in Suffolk. His personal autograph album contains over 230 signatures, dated between March 1941 and November 1942, from Bomber crews serving in the Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and volunteers from the USA. Most of the crews have signed together on the same pages, adding their aircraft call signs (e.g. O Orange, T Tommy, N Nuts, V Victor, C Charlie, P Peter, D's Crew, U's crew) and their ranks/roles e.g. Flying Officer Pilot, Sgt Bomb Aimer, Navigator, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, Front / Rear Gunner & Observer. Some have added their Squadron. Most are from 149 and 115 Sqns with others from 419 and 57 Sqns. Some have added their own personal touches in the form of poems verses, proverbs, comic remarks and drawings which include Pinocchio, Goofy, a Wellington Bomber and a Flying 'Jumbo' elephant. Others have added words of wisdom for young Raymond. On several pages, there are some army signatures, 149 Sqn was involved in the famous wartime propaganda film "Target For Tonight" which was filmed at RAF Mildenhall in 1941. The signatures include Sgt William McCabe (rear gunner) who featured in the film, with a pasted-in contemporary news clip stating he was now training to be a pilot. Names include. Adams, Michael Evelyn, POW 21 Jul 1941, Allen, David Cashman, POW 26 Jul 1941, Vernon George Ingram, MiD, POW 12 Jun 1942 146, Thomas Anderson, DFC*, Frederick Alexander, DFC, Askham, Alfred George ,Bainbridge, John, KIA 19 Aug 1941, Baker, Richard Guy, POW 20 May 1942, Barritt, John, DFC, KIA 21 Feb 1945, Batten, Douglas Esmond, AFC, DFM, Injured in crash-landing 13 Aug 1941, John Alexander Smith, MBE, MiD, Burch, Cyril Robertson, KIA 9 May 1941, John Douglas, KIA 27 Apr 1942, Charles Edward, Killed in a flying accident 17 May 1941, Capham, Ronald George Peter, KIA 30 Jul 1942, Carroll, J, QOCH, Carter, Henry James, DFM, Carter, Peter Charles, Chandler, Charles, OBE, MiD, Reginald Leonard, Injured in crash 10 Apr 1941, Coltman, John, KIA 29 Oct 1942, Ronald Charles, Killed in airplane crash 10 Mar 1949, Cook, Roy Edward, KIA 17 Jun 1944, Henry Bradfield, MiD, Joseph John Edward, KIA 7 Oct 1942, Crosby, Knowles Eugene, DFM, Stanley William, KIA 8 Nov 1941, Davis, Howard Leslie, KIA 9 Jun 1942, Charles Dudley, KIA 29 Aug 1942, Ellerker, Lancelot Herbert, KIA 13 Jul 1944, Finch, Ronald John, KIA 17 Apr 1942 or Ronald James, KIA 4 Jun 1942, Fowler, George Paget, DFC, Richard Thomas Patrick, KIA 30 Jun 1942, Garland, John Francis, KIA 3 Dec 1942, Gee, Donald Antony, Killed in flying accident 7 Oct 1942, Douglas Huntly, KIA 17 Oct 1942, James Noble, POW 15 Jul 1941, Graham, Donald Arthur, KIA 11 Mar 1942, Graham, Irwin Phillips, KIA 12 Sep 1941, Graham, William, Grant, Gerry, POW 18 May 1942, Gray, Ernest William, KIA 13 Aug 1941, Hall, William, CBE, DFC, Arthur Noel, KIA 13 Aug 1941, Hanna, James, 995693 KIA 7 Jun 1944, Hanson, B, Harris, Ronald Leslie, POW 25 Aug 1944, Harris, Thomas Harold, KIA 9 Dec 1942, Richard Edwards, KIA 7 Dec 1942, Herapath, Raymond Dillon, Killed in an air raid 4 Jun 1943, Hickman, Tom, KIA 29 Aug 1942, Hill, Cecil John, MID, Holland, Ernest John, DFM, KIA 13 Apr 1941, Sefton Douglas Lisle, MiD, KIA 17 Jan 1943, Hook, Leslie Herbert, Killed in flying accident 5 Sep 1941, Hutchinson, Ronald, KIA 13 Apr 1941, Ironside, Charles Theodore Lyall McIntosh, Killed in flying accident 6 Oct 1941, Jackson, John R, James, W, Jane, Charles Douglas, Jarrett, G, MiD, QOCH, Jerman, James Auguste, POW 18 May 1942 , Johnson, Donald Murray, Johnson, Henry Peter, Killed 16 Jul 1942, Jones, Alexander, DFM, Jones, POW 19 Jul 1941, Jones William Thomas, POW 1 Jan 1943, Jordan, Thomas Edward, KIA 10 Mar 1942, Keating, Louis Joseph, MiD, Kendall, Richard Bigland, KIA 30 Jul 1942, Ingleby, Cyril, DFC, Injured in crash 10 Apr 1941, Kimpton, Hugh Colin, King, Henry Frank, KIA 16 Jan 1945, Kowalski, Louis, KIA 11 Mar 1942, Leahy, John Michael, KIA 24 Jul 1942, Leedham, William John, KIA 24 Sep 1943, Lickley, Geoffrey, KIA 7 Aug 1941, Littlefield, Jack Richard, KIA 13 Aug 1941, Lown, Ernest Arthur, KIA 18 Mar 1941, Main, James Richard, DFM, Injured in crash 18 Jul 1941, Malcolm, Thomas, POW 5 May 1943, Martin, Barry, KIA 3 Feb 1943, Martin, J (American), Dennis Cokill, DFM, McArthur, Alexander Allan, Reverend, McCabe, William, DFM, Killed in flying accident 30 Apr 1945, Mccrea, Athol Malver William, KIA 3 Dec 1942, McIntyre, A, QOCH, McKay, Harry Robertson, KIA 4 Feb 1943, McMillan, Glen Allen, MiD, KIA 13 May 1943, Mein, Leslie Coore, Merrony, Henry Arthur, KIA 29 Oct 1942, Meynell, Peter Robert Birch, KIA 15 Apr 1941, Frank, Millichip, John, KIA 11 Mar 1942, Moore, Joseph Stanley, Killed in training accident 24 Aug 1943, Morris, Francis Leslie Ashton, Morris, Gerald, KIA 13 Aug 1941, Muir, Clarence Henry, KIA 31 May 1942, Murphy, William Morgan, KIA 29 Oct 1942, Ronald Jack, POW 18 May 1942, Neilson, James, QOCH, Noseley, William Frederick Leonard, KIA 2 Oct 1942, Palmer, A, Parslow, William Vernon, Pate, Harry Allen, Pearce, Basil Vincent, KIA 14 Jul 1942, Phillips, William Charles, Pickering, William Vincent, KIA 30 Jul 1942, Pollard, Maurice Arthur, KIA 4 Feb 1943, Prager, Harry Edward Tony, Price, Frank William, POW 15 Jul 1941, Proudfoot, J, QOCH, Rathe, Donald Stewart, KIA 29 Oct 1942, Rault, Alfred Charles, KIA 17 Sep 1942, Rawlings, Kenneth Charles Herbert, POW 13 Apr 1941, Reeveley, Walter Desmond, Reynolds, L W, QOCH, Richardson, Harry Reginald Jack, KIA 28 Aug 1943, Riley, Albert Thomas, KIA 3 Jan 1943, Robertson, Geoffrey Ernest, KIA 21 Aug 1942, Rodgers, John Robert, DFC, DFM, Rutter, Harry William, Sewell, Gordan Frank, Seymour, William George, DFC, Shannon, Geoffrey Harcourt, Shea, Richard Arthur, KIA 11 Mar 1942, Shields, Robert, Ditched 6 Jun 1942, Shoreman, Albert, Sinclair, Ian Menzies, Skelton, Harold, KIA 11 Mar 1942, Skinner, Bruce Honeyborne, Spalding, Harry, Spooner, Kenneth, KIA 4 Feb 1943, Spratt, Cecil Robert, KIA 30 Jul 1942, Stammers, Ernest Frank, KIA 7 Dec 1942, Stawicki, Hieronim, Stewart, David Cameron, MiD, KIA 13 May 1944, William Harrington Davy, DFM KIA 1941, Frederick Stanley, DFC, KIA 27 Mar 1943, George Keith, KIA 30 Jul 1942, Swain, John Godhugh, DFC, KIA 26 Feb 1943, Thomson, Eric Alexander Raven, KIA 6 Aug 1941, John Leonard, KIA 19 Jul 1945, Tuma, Charles, KIA 4 Feb 1943 871, Tuson, Donald Ernest, KIA 10 Jan 1942 229, Waite, Ronald Herbert Peak, POW 18 May 1942 730, Samuel William, POW 1 Jan 1943 959, Warren, Ronald, KIA 18 Mar 1941 57, Watkins, Leonard John, Westmacott, David, POW 9 May 1941 74, White, Maurice Frederick 59, Whitney, Eric Willan, DFC, Ditched 6 Jun 1942, Whymark, John Percy, DSO, DFC, KFA 4 Oct 1945, Wilkinson, Walter Hugh, KIA 13 Apr 1941, Williams, Lance, KIA 7 Sep 1943, Williams, P, Williams, Thomas Glenville, KIA 9 Dec 1942, , George Francis, KIA 3 Jul 1944, Wilson, Murray Gray, KIA 8 Aug 1944, Graham Roy, Injured in crash-landing 1941, Steven Richards, KIA 17 Jan 1942, James Michael, KIA 18 May 1942, Charles Frederick, KIA 13 Aug 1941.
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Chaucer Select Autograph Auction Curated by Garry King of Autografica
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