RAF, World War Two - an archive collection of autographs and...

Hammer

£200

RAF, World War Two - an archive collection of autographs and ephemera, comprising notes, letters, photographs and other material relating to WW2 RAF heroes: signed photographs of Gp. Capt. Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO**, DFC (also two signed letters), AVM James (Johnny) Johnson CB, CBE, DSO**, DFC*, DL (with Spitfire IX EN 398, 1943), W/Cdr. John (Cat’s eyes) Cunningham CBE, DSO**, DFC*, AE, FRAeS (also three signed letters); W/Cdr. Robert R Stanford-Tuck, DSO, DFC**, AFC (photo in cockpit), S/Ldr David Shannon, DSO*, DFC* (and letter), Gp. Capt. Peter Townsend CVO, DSO, DFC* (three letters only), Odette Hallowes GC, MBE (letter only), 1st Lord Shawcross GBE, PC, QC (letter only), also printed menu for Christmas dinner RAF Holme-upon-Spaldingmoor 1944 with ten signatures on rev. (76 Sqn. Flying Halifaxes); Daily Telegraph obit. F/Lt William Reid VC 29/11/2001; Copy No. 5 Group operation order B976 (Operation Chastise – ‘Dambuster’ raid) 4pp foolscap copied onto on A4; copy of Mervyn Hallam’s History of RAF Scampton with honours list (8 + 12pp); photograph of Handley Page Victor BMk.1A XH650 with handbook for its Martin-Baker ejector seat, type 36 (6pp) along with 6 x 4in printed photograph of Herb Reed and the Platters signed by all five, the entire collection curated in a modern ring-binder folder, [1]