Auction 402 LIVE MILITARY AUTOGRAPH AUCTION RARE PRINTS, BOOKS, BATTLE OF BRITAIN, LUFTWAFFE, UBOATS, BOMBER COMMAND, MEDALS.
By Chaucer Auctions
May 31, 2024
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 5:

23 WW2 RAF Prisoners Of War and 17 Bomber Command Veterans signed book Into The Dark by Janet Hughes and Reginald ...

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Auction took place on May 31, 2024 at Chaucer Auctions
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23 WW2 RAF Prisoners Of War and 17 Bomber Command Veterans signed book Into The Dark by Janet Hughes and Reginald Wilson. Hardback book with dust cover published 2015, both in very good condition. A Bomber Command story of combat and survival, discovery and remembrance. An uplifting biography tracing the extraordinary course of events that lead Reg to make two important vows. One of these made during the London Blitz was to join the RAF and fight to defend his country. The second was to solve an intriguing mystery many years later - a quest to discover the fate of the aircraft he was shot down in, and became a POW. This copy comes with the following signatures of 42 WW2 RAF veterans - a matted bookplate with signatures of 23 RAF Prisoners of War, and a further 17 signatures of Bomber Command Veterans, signed on the title page. Matted bookplate signed by 23 WW2 RAF Aircrew who became Prisoners OF War. W/O W G "Billy" Bell - 166/103 Sqd. Flt Lt George Cash DFC - 139/571 Sqd. W/O Reg Cleaver - 419 Sqd. W/O Dick Curnock - 425 Sqd. W/O David Denchfield - 610 Sqd. W/O Peter Donaldson - 10 Sqd. W/O Norman Gregory - 101 Sqd. W/O Doug Fry - 15 Sqd. Sqd Ldr Harry Glendinning - 115 Sqd. W/O Bob Hollinrake - 10 Sqd. W/O Stan "Paddy" Hope - 540 PRU. W/O Norman Jones - 625 Sqd. W/O Harry Levy - 9 Sqd. W/O Bob Kendall - 15 Sqd. Flt Lt John Maling - 10 Sqd. W/O Fred Maltas - 35 Sqd. W/O Frank Mannion - 10 Sqd. W/O Russell Margerison - 625 Sqd. W/O John Morrison - 35/58/78 Sqd. AC1 Ernest Mortimer - 84 Sqd. W/O Joe Musgrove - 214 Sqd. Flt Lt Dick Starkey - 106 Sqd. Flt Lt Dennis Thorpe - 626 Sqd. Signed in the book title page, 17 Bomber Command Veterans. Air Cmdr Charles Clark - OBE - 619 Sqd. Flt Sgt Jack Cook - 100/104 Sqd. Sqd Ldr Alex Cowan - 101 Sqd. W/O David Fellowes - 460 Sqd. Sgt Victor T Harding - 617/627 Sqd (Ground Crew). W/O Jeff Hildreth - 170 Sqd. W/O Harry Irons DFC - 9/158 Sqd. Flt Lt Bob Lasham DFC* - 9/97 Sqd. Flt Lt Jo Lancaster DFC - 40/12 Sqd. Flt Lt Len McNamara DFC Ld'H - 10/158/75 Sqd. Flt Lt Alan Payne DFC - 630 Sqd. W/O Maurice Snowball - 550 Sqd. W/O Reg Spencer - 514/617. Sqd. W/O Frank Tolley - 625 Sqd. Flt Sgt Eric Varney - 207 Sqd. W/O Ron Wade - 58 Sqd. Flt Lt Rusty Waughman DFC - 101 Sqd. 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