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Lot 150

* Davids (Arthur Rhys, DSO MC and Bar, 1897-1917). Original ALS dated 26/10/17 No. 56 Squadron, R.F.C., B.E.F., and addressed, the day before he was killed, believed shot down at Polterrjebrug, very near the front line, at approx. 11:08, British time, by Leutnant Karl Gallwitz, at the time acting Staffelfuhrer of Jasta Boelke, to Frida Mond, later to marry Herbert Brackley, ‘Thanks ever so much for your letter. I was so glad to get news of your family again. I hope you are enjoying your new French School: and I am so glad you seem to have liked Oxford. I hope I shall see when I go there after the war, if I continue to have my present luck in the scrapping. It really is splendid fun if you take it in the right way. Though somehow one has not that immense satisfaction which the people on the ground have that they have done their in the beastly business. Personally I feel I have done nothing at all! Remember me to all the family & excuse haste. Sincerely yours Arthur Rhys Davids. Arthur Rhys Davids was just twenty when he was shot down and killed, he had been on the Western Front with 56 Squadron for six months, having gone straight into the RFC from Eton. He came to public fame as ‘Eton’s Boy Airman’ through shooting down German ace Werner Voss and he is remembered among other things as the pilot who always carried while flying a small volume of William Blake’s poetry which had been given to him as a Christmas present by his sister in 1916. The exact details and circ*mstance of Arthur Rhys Davids’s last fight and death are not known but it seems likely that both he and Voss lie in complete obscurity, probably under five miles apart somewhere in the area of Ypres. A copy of the biography of Arthur Rhys Davids entitled ‘Brief Glory’, by Alex Revell, published in 1984, is included in this lot. (1)

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Lot 153

* Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Logbooks. A group of four logbooks kept by Squadron Leader Maurice Victor Longbottom, commencing Bristol Flying School, Filton, 19 March 1935, flying Tiger Moths, Harts, Audax’s, Ansons, Scapa’s, London II’s and eventually Spitfires, Lockheeds, Blenheims, Wellingtons, etc., all orig. blue cloth bindings, 4to & oblong 8vo. Maurice flew over ninety different aircraft and clocked up a total flying time of just under 2, 000 hours. He was part of the team test-flying the ‘bouncing bomb’ being developed by Barnes Wallis and on 13th May 1943 he records in his logbook in red ink the first live drop of ‘Upkeep’ - only three days before the famous Dambusters Raid took place. For most of 1944 he had been regularly flight-testing Vickers new Warwick aircraft and it was while testing one of these machines on 6th January 1945 that he crashed into a railway junction at Weybridge, Surrey and was sadly killed. (4)

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Lot 155

* The Longbottom Archive. A collection of handwritten letters, mostly between Maurice and his wife, Linda, plus various photographs, news cuttings, two marriage certificates, pilot’s license for private flying, June 1935, navigator’s licence, September 1938 and pilot’s licence for public transport, November 1938, a pocket diary from 1940, etc., the letters, mostly personal and domestic content, commence when Maurice was stationed in Malta and Egypt c. 1937-39, continue from RAF Heston, c. 1940, Boscombe Down, c. 1941 and then on Vickers-Armstrong headed notepaper, often undated, followed by letters of condolence in early 1945 including a photocopy of a letter sent by Barnes Wallis ‘We all were devoted to your husband, as I expect you know, but perhaps there was a specially close link between him & me, for he was so ready and willing to talk over technical problems & we had many discussions together. He was the only one of our pilots with whom one could really plunge into the future, & I miss my contact with him very very greatly’, there are also two long letters of condolence from fellow Vickers test pilot Bob Handasyde, the first dated 2-2-45, explains that he is not yet fit enough to fly but ‘yesterday... Maurice Summers went up very high to carry out some tests to investigate the rudder trouble suspected in Maurice’s accident, with the result that he got into difficulties and had to bail out. There was a strong wind blowing at the time with the result that his parachute dragged him across a roadway and he received rather severe head injuries, but I don’t think he is in any danger. I wish to God that MVL had been up high. I just can’t settle down in this place with everything around me to remind me of him and our friendship’, he also mentions returning Maurice’s logbooks and discusses the disposal of his motor car and other belongings, the second letter dated 27-2-45 starts by saying that Linda’s wish has now been carried out ‘... and dear Maurice is now with the pheasants etc. which gave him and myself so much pleasure. I am very grateful to those concerned in making it possible for me to carry out this last little ceremony which was very simple but I am afraid very sad’, he also discusses the disposal of Maurice’s books, saying that he might give one to Barnes Wallis, and goes on to say ‘M. Summers by the way is making very good progress and is quite his old self, although of course with a fractured dome (head) he will need a lot of care for some time to come’, the handful of photographs include a poignant image of Maurice and Linda, with arms linked, looking happy, dated on the reverse May 1941 (-)

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Lot 156

A hallmarked silver salver, London, 1939, (12.5 troy oz.), with engraved presentation inscription ‘Presented to Flight Lieutenant M.V. Longbottom, D.F.C., on the occasion of his marriage, by the Officers of the P.R.U.’ (Photographic Reconnaissance Unit), with gadrooned edges, on four small ball-and-claw feet, 8 in diam., together with Maurice’s aviator’s wristwatch by Longines, chromium-plated casing engraved on the reverse ‘Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd. Mk. VIIA 6 B/159 2693/40’ with Air Ministry initials and crown, replacement leather strap, plus a silver and enamel RAF Wings brooch, stamped ‘silver’ on reverse, in Gieves presentation case, a small gold metal and enamelled RAF Wings brooch, and a pair of brass collar flashes (6)

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Lot 160

* Aerial photography. Town & Country Planning, written and compiled by Rolf Hellberg F.R.I.B.A., December 1945, original illustrated typescript of an unpublished work laid out as a book, title and 64 pp., the majority of text pages consisting of two tight folio pages pasted side by side, plus a total of approx. 150 b&w photos, including mosaic pattern composite images pasted in with ink captions beneath, the majority of aerial photos, various sizes, including large format, plus a few reproductions of maps, plus tables, etc., contemp. cloth loose leaf binder, large long folio (39 x 54cm) Rolf Hellberg, a Coventry architect, who served as President of the Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists, from 1962 until 1981. The indexed photographic headings on the title page verso includes Obliques, Filters, Plotting, Shadows, Ports, Archaeology, Waterways, Forestry, War Damage and Reconstruction, etc., the official aerial photos used include photographs of Oxford, Raynes Park, Kinlochleven, Packham Harbour, Glass Houses in Holland, Canterbury, Leicester, Wesel, Darmstadt, City of London, etc. (1)

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Lot 163

* Amy Johnson - International Tourist Trophy Race Donington Park. An original race-card entry list & lap-score sheet for the event September 3rd 1937, autograph signed in pencil verso inscribed “Amy Johnson”, four-page fold-out format, shows some age-wear. According to the previous owner this was acquired by his father, who had been in attendance at the race, and the Aviatrix, who was herself a keen sporting motorist was spotted in the paddock and gave her autograph upon request to the excited recipient. (1)

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Lot 164

* Avro (A. V. Roe & Co Ltd). A ‘Tutor’ brochure printed in English, French and German, with additional coverage for the 626, ‘Cadet’, 636, 642, 652 and 652A ‘Anson’, 18 pp., Avro embossed in red on cover, together with three other company brochures, plus George Parnall & Co A rare brochure for the Parnall ‘Parasol’ monoplane built at Yate, near Bristol, three orig. photos of K1128, text, diagrams, orig. paper covers with gilt titles, and a copy of ‘How Longbridge spanned the Years of War’, pub. Austin Motor Co. Ltd, 1945, 52 pp., illustrations after the orig. photos, colour certificate on page 51, with an R.F.D. Co. Ltd brochure, and Miles Aircraft Ltd. Brochures for the ‘Messenger’, ‘Gemini’ and ‘Merchantman’, together with a Percival Proctor IV brochure (13)

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Lot 169

* Bleriot (Louis, 1872-1936). Postcard signed ‘L Blériot’, stamped and franked 25th August 1910, the b&w postcard being no. 28 from Les Pionniers de l’Air series and featuring Blériot and his crossing of the English Channel on 25th July 1909, stamp and franking mark on left of picture, neat signature in sky area below aircraft, postcard verso unused (1)

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Lot 170

* Bleriot (Louis, 1872-1936). Postcard signed ‘L Blériot’, stamped and postmarked 6th August 1908, the b&w image from a photograph showing the Blériot aeroplane used at the ‘Concours de 150 metres a Issy-les-Moulineaux’, neatly signed in left sky area, stamp and franking mark to right margin of image, small paper adhesion mark to upper outer corner and light stain to lower part of image (1)

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Lot 172

Bristol Type 164 ‘Brigand’. A scarce publicity brochure for this aircraft, 62 pp., photos after the original, technical details, 8 appendices, two fold-out line drawings, orig. covers, col. frontis., c. 1949, together with a ‘Bristol Sleeve-valve and Turbine engines’ brochure, 40 pp., English and French text, col. and b & w photos after the originals, col. technical drawings, colour reproduction of the ‘Brabazon’ after the original painting by Terence Cuneo dated January 1950, colour photo frontis. of coupled ‘Proteus’ test rig, orig. embossed cover, both oblong folio (2)

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Lot 174

* Brown Bros. A presentation folder, c. 1917, containing fifteen 4.75 x 7in (12 x 17.8cm) prints of Avro, BE 2E &c, Bristol, de Havilland, F.E., Handley-Page, Marlinsyde, Nieuport, R.E., S.E., Short and Sopwith aircraft, together with a de Havilland ‘Flamingo’ brochure, a Gloster Accomplishment brocure, a Fairey ‘Primary Trainer’ folder and two other items (6)

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Lot 178

de Havilland Gazette, 51 orig. issues, June 1947-August 1961, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, some a little rubbed, folio & 4to. Comprises issue numbers 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 60, 66, 67, 69-71, 74, 77-80, 87-92, 94-99, 102-109, 111-124 (plus duplicate number 87). (51)

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Lot 182

* Doncaster Flying Week. Souvenir of England’s First Flying Week held at Doncaster from October 15th to 23rd, 1909, orig. printed tissue napkin produced by The Eclipse Stationery & Printing Co., 79 Vicker Lane, Leeds, depicting an early flying machine in the clouds, within a Japanese style border incorporating figures and buildings, paper lanterns, cherry blossom trees, etc., approx 14 x 13.5in (35.5 x 34cm), framed and glazed (1)

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Lot 184

* Early French Aviation postcards. An album containing twenty-nine corner-mounted b & w aviation postcards in partially completed album, c. 1903-1911, including fourteen real photo postcards and thirteen signed postcards, signers include Maurice Chevilliard, Marcel Hanriot (x3), Albert Louis Kimmerling, Alfred De Pischoff, Frank Barra, Emile Train, Ernie Marie Duval, Emile Dubonnet, Charles Van Den Born, Jules Vedrines and Emil Aubrun, some postally used with messages, mostly showing aircraft and aviators, the earliest postcard showing a photograph of the Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont in an early motor car with onlooking crowd, the card with a message written in an unidentified hand from Sao Paulo, 14th September 1903, during a festival celebrating Santos-Dumont and his lighter than air achievements, addressed to Mademoiselle Nicola Netto at the Brazil Consulate in Paris, contemp. cloth, 4to (1)

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Lot 185

* “En Aeroplane”. Decorative board game printed sheet, French c. 1912, decorative design for parlour game played with dice, including hazards & consequences etc, full-colour lithograph on paper, un-mounted, complete with printed instructions & rules sheet (in 3 languages) (1)

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Lot 187

“Escadrilles” de l’Armee de l’Air 1914-1918. A set of three printed booklets celebrating the history of the French Air Force & Founding Squadrons of the Great War, published by the Secretariat of State for War, [1950], each 20 pp., num. col. illusts. of squadron badges and motifs, orig. col. card wrappers depicting the development of aircraft design, entitled “Chasse”, “Reconnaissance” and “Bombardiers”, for designs by Marcel Jeanjean & Paul Lengelle, silk cord to spines, contained in orig. card folder, 4to (1)

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Lot 216

Technical Manuals. A large collection of approx. 70 mostly A.P. Aviation Manuals, c. 1960s/1990s, numerous illusts. and diagrams, some occ. library markings, including ‘Restricted’ stamps, etc., linen backed printed boards, and ring binders, mostly 4to/folio. Titles include: Aircraft Pneumatic Equipment: Teddington Aircraft Controls, Rover Airborne Auxillary Power Plant, Mk.10201, Naval Aircraft Technical Instructions Book 1, Aircraft Hydraulic Equipment Dowty, Dunlop Spares Book No. 2, Connectors and Examinations: Identification, Tooling & Accessories, Technical Handbook for the Flyplane Predictor System Mark 5, vols. D & E, Dowty Rotol Maintenance Manual No. 847/1, Excaliber Airways Ltd Operations Manual vol. 5, and DC10 Operations Manual vol. 2. (approx. 70)

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Lot 221

* WWII - RAF 303 Polish (F) Squadron. A group of three pilot’s flying logbooks belonging to F/O B. Zborowski, covering the period 9th March 1943 to 30th January 1946, initially showing training then including flights to Sywell, Newton, Cranwell and a few others, plus Tiger Moth, Master III, Spitfires I, II & V, printed tables neatly completed in ink manuscript with occ. stamps and pict. cuttings, orig. cloth, soiled and sl. frayed, 4to, together with a small quantity of approx. fourteen related items including receipts, personal letters, etc., plus a group of sixteen Polish air force journals, c. 1970s-1980s, orig. printed wrappers, 8vo (approx. 30)

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Lot 222

* Zeppelin Bombing-Raid. An original copy of the Los Angeles Evening Herald newspaper dated Wednesday January 20th 1915, a rare surviving edition declaiming the first aerial bombing raid on Britain during the Great War, the headline inscribed “Zeppelins Terrorize England” and related articles & sub-headlines including quotes by H.G. Wells, who had predicted such atrocities in his fictional works decades earlier, mounted in original polished oak glazed frame, 21 x 18in (54 x 46cm) (1)

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Lot 223

Ziegler (Frank). The Story of 609 Squadron Under the White Rose, 1st ed., 1971, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed and chipped d.j. with brown paper protectors covering, 8vo, together with Bag the Hun!, pub. Air Ministry, reprint, November 1943, volvelle to p.15 and target transparency in envelope at rear both still present, orig. printed wrappers, sl. frayed on the spine, oblong 8vo. The front free endpaper and title pages bear a total of 42 signatures of personnel associated with 609 Squadron. Many of the names are neatly identified in pencil beneath and include Sheep Gilroy, George Darley, Alec Ingle, John Bisdee, Count du Monceau, General Mike Donnet, Bee Beamont, Binkie Stark, Eric Roberts, Moose Evans, Frank Ziegler, G. H. Ambler Geerts, Harald Peake, et al. Provenance: David R. Shaw, former chairman of the 609 Squadron Association who obtained this first edition at the book launch of R.A.F. Club in London. (2)

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Lot 224

A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. A good group of original sales brochures and promotional publications, c. 1946, including “Lancastrian”, “York”, “Tudor” MkI & II, and “Nineteen” types, all dated 1946, together with original headed mailing envelope dated February 1947 (6)

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Lot 228

Auster Aircraft & others. A group of scarce early sales brochures and advertising promotional material, c. 1940s, including Auster “Autokrat” and “Arrow” etc, together with “How to Fly a Piper Cub” instructional booklet dated 1944, fully illustrated with colour plates, 32 pp. soft covers, together with some duplicated sales brochures (5)

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Lot 229

Auster Aircraft & others. A similar group of scarce early sales brochures and advertising promotional material, c. 1940s, including Auster “Autokrat” and “Arrow” etc., together with “How to Fly a Piper Cub” instructional booklet dated 1944, fully illustrated with colour plates, 32 pp. soft covers, together with some duplicated sales brochures (5)

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Lot 231

Aviation Sales Literature. A compilation group of sales brochures and related material, c. 1940s-1950s, including Auster, Bristol, Percival etc, including Auster “Autokrat” & “Arrow”, Bristol “Hercules - The Gen” engine specifications booklet for the types Mk VI, XI, XVI and XVII, 24 pp. small-format handbook, Percival “Prince” & “Merganser” leaflets, together with Chrislea “Super Ace” sales brochure, and Airspeed “Consul” & “Ambassador” sales leaflets (24)

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Lot 235

Bristol Aircraft Co. A group of sales brochures and promotional publications, 1939-46, including “The Gen” small-format instruction & specification handbook for Bristol “Hercules” engines of various types, “Famous Military & Civil Aircraft” promotional booklet, Military & Civilian” types 22 p. photo-illustrated 1939-49, “Wayfarer” and “Sleeve-Valve Engines” promotional material etc. (-)

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Lot 239

English Electric Co. A rare original sales brochure for the “Canberra” MkII type, c. 1950s, together with Hawker-Siddeley promotional brochure, and similar for Armstrong-Siddeley “Sapphire” and “ASS” & “Turbo-Jet” engines, with others including “Mamba” & “Python” propeller-turbine engines (4)

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Lot 240

Fairey Aviation Co. & others. A group of original sales brochures and promotional literature, c. 1940-1950, including Fairey “Girodyne” Helicopters, Fairey “17” Anti-submarine carrier-operated aircraft, “Firefly” attack pursuit machines, together with related press-releases on factory letter-headed specification-sheets etc, and with “Firefly” Target Tug, also with Westland “Whirlwind” and Percival “Airfreighter, and Armstrong-Whitworth “Albemarle” etc. (7)

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Lot 241

Flying Boats & Sea-planes. A group of original sales brochures and related publications, 1930s-1940s, including Supermarine “Walrus”, Short “Empire Flying-Boats”, “Thirty Short Years” promotional brochure (1939), “Sea Otter”, Short “Mayo Composite Aircraft, “Scion”, “Sunderland” and “Golden Hind” types variously dated 1935-1942, Vickers Armstrongs Tribute to Air-Sea Rescue, Supermarine “Walrus” and another similar entitled “Pride in Achievement” (Walrus) dated 1943 and 1942 respectively (10)

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Lot 242

“Flying-Flea”. A rare early 20th c. advertising sales leaflet for the miniature light aeroplane, c. 1920s, photo-illustrated, four-page fold-out format, full-specification details as kit-form components, or fully assembled at 50 (some tears to fold marks), together with sales leaflets and promotional ephemera for “Cygnet” & “Owlet” and “Prestwick Pioneer” light aircraft machines (7)

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Lot 251

* Pioneer Aircraft, Pilots & Personalities. A good collection of original photographs and photo-postcards depicting pioneer aviators and their machines, c. 1908-1919, including Cody, Rolls, Gibbs, Hucks, Pegoud, Prosser, Rowland-Ding, Spratt, Salmet, Graham-White, Dickson, Desoutter, Roch-Kelly, Beatty and others, aeroplanes including Cody, Bleriot, Farman, Deperdussin, Martin-Handasyde, B.E., Bristol “Pullman”, Handley-Page, LVG, Airships & Dirigibles etcvariously featured at Brooklands, Hendon and other venues, variously captioned or annotated, contained in loose-leaf library file (approx. 48)

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Lot 253

Trainers and Light Commercial Aeroplanes. A group of professional and press-release photographs, 1930s-1940s etc., including De Havilland “Tiger Moth”, Auster “Autokrat” Miles “Magister”, “Messenger” and “Gemini”, Percival “Proctor”, Gull, “Q6”, General Aircraft “Cygnet” and “Owlet” etc, tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso, mostly 6 x 8 in (approx. 24)

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Lot 258

WWII RAF Bombers. A group of original promotional brochures and publications 1939-46, including Vickers “Wellington”, Short “Stirling”, Armstrong “Whitley” etc., including specification sheets & related material (10)

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Lot 269

* WWII RAF & Military. A group of fine original press photographs and promotional Air ministry studies, 1939-1940s, including Boulton Paul “Defiant”, Blackburn “Roc” & “Skua” and “Botha” bomber, Hawker “Hurricane” & “Typhoon”, Dornier, Vickers Supermarine “Spitfire”, Westland “Whirlwind” & “Lysander”, General Aircraft “Hamilcar” glider, Tailless Research Glider, Gloster “Meteor”, and Saunders Roe “26” tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso (tba)

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Lot 270

* WWII RAF - de Havilland Mosquito. A group of good original photographs, press and promotional Air ministry studies some by Charles E. Brown, c. 1941-1945, variously captioned numbered and dated to negative, together with two aerial studies of RAF stations Woodbridge and Stradishall dated 1944, variously captioned frontis, tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso (14)

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Lot 271

* WWII Vickers Armstrongs - Charles E. Brown. A group of original photographic studies for Air Ministry and Manufacturers press-release, including Supermarine “Spitfire” 2 seater trainer, “Spiteful”, “Seafire”, “Sea Otter”, and with another depicting Handley-Page “Halifax” bombing-up prior to a sortie (Planet News), and with Saunders-Roe SRA 1 jet Flying-boat piloted by Geoffrey Tyson, etc. variously captioned frontis, tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso (11)

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Lot 274

* Miscellaneous. A mixed collection of photographs, of numerous aircraft types flown by many air forces and civil operations, 1919-1970, including Bristol ‘Belvedere’, Hawker ‘Horsley’, Brewester ‘Bermuda’, Douglas ‘Havoc’, Avro ‘York’, Consolidated ‘Liberator’ G-AGCD, Saunders Roe ‘Princess’ and many others, together with a quantity of air-to-ground photographs of airfields and some negatives, approx. 120 images contained in two boxes and a file wallet, mostly images inscribed verso (2 boxes & a file)

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Lot 283

* Graf Zeppelin First Europe Pan-American Flight, 1929. A rare original menu card for the onboard ‘Third Day Supper’ (Lakehurst-Friedrichschafen), printed in black with LZ monogram in gold and tipped-in b & w illust. ‘The Graf Zeppelin over New York, the Sherry-Netherland Hotel’, edged in blue, 8vo (1)

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Lot 288

‘Graf Zeppelin’. Another copy of the same brochure, (unsigned), together with an original b & w photographic postcard of the airship ‘Graf Zeppelin’ LZ 127, signed in ink by Dr. Hugo Eckener, c. 1930s (postally unused) (2)

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Lot 304

* Coulson (Gerald). The First Blow. Published to mark the 50th Anniversary of the First R.A.F. Bombing Raid of the Second World War on September 4th 1939 by the Blenheims of 107, 110 and 139 Squadrons, pub. Solomon & Whitehead, 1989, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Flight Lieutenant George Booth, image size approx. 17.5 x 23.5in (43 x 60cm), gilt frame, glazed (limited edition 1016/1089), together with Wootton (Frank), Blenheim Mk IV, n.d., c. 1990, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and five WWII veterans, including the Rt. Hon. Viscount Rothermere, Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom, Air Commodore Edward Sismore, Group Captain Teddy Frayn and leading Aircraftsman Robert Butcher, image size approx. 15 x 24in (38 x 61cm), gilt frame, glazed (limited edition 713/850), plus Turner (Michael), The First Flight of the British Aerial Museum’s Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV WM-Z, pub. 1993, fine colour print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Graham Warner and John Romain, image size 14.5 x 19in (37 x 48cm), gilt frame, glazed (3)

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Lot 315

* Poster. Air France “Fleche d’Orient”, original col. litho. poster for Trans-European Flights dated 1936, art-deco style artwork by Garetto, mounted & framed, 39 x 24in (100 x 61cm) (1)

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Lot 317

* Posters. K.L.M. Koniglich Hollandische Luftfahrtgesellschaft. ‘Der Fliegende Hollander’, [1933], orig. col. litho. poster by Jan Wijga, depicting a four-engined Fokker F XXXVI airliner flying over the sea, with a triple-masted galleon in the background, some minor damage, mostly to top edge, all edges strengthened with masking tape on reverse, together with K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines. The Flying Dutchman, n.d., c. mid 1930s, orig. col. litho. poster after Arjen Galema, printed Kunstdruk & Co., Amsterdam, some minor damage, pin holes to corners and edges strengthened on the reverse, both approx. 39.5 x 25.5in (100 x 65cm) (2)

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Lot 318

* Posters. Europe - Air France, 1948, orig. col. litho. poster by Falcucci, minor edge damage, not affecting image, 39 x 24in (99 x 61cm), together with another Air France poster, Near East-Far East, 1949, orig. col. litho. poster by Lucien Boucher, a little creased around the edges, old sellotape repairs to each corner, both approx. 39 x 24in (99 x 61cm), in stained wood frames with perspex panel, with two other smaller Air France world map posters, c. 1950s, both framed and glazed, plus a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines poster, torn with sl. loss, framed & glazed, and a modern plastic album containing a collection of approx. 35 items of airline ephemera, including menus, postcards and luggage labels, c. 1950s-80s (6)

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Lot 321

* Rayson (John). ‘Little Snoring Intruders’, De Havilland Mosquito, N.F.II. pub. Wood & Richardson Limited, 1991, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by artist and eight pilots?, limited edition of 11/175, 420 x 560mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)

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Lot 355

* Ballooning & Zeppelin Memorabilia. “The Conquest of the Air”, eight coloured glass slides, each with early ballooning scene, some accidents and balloon meets, in original box, together with a packet of ‘Zeppelin’ razor-blades, three match boxes with illustrated labels, a silvered-brass ‘transport’ St. Christopher plaque in leather case and a box collection of “Mit Graf Zeppelin un die Erde” cards (-)

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Lot 357

* Bovey Pottery. A rare ceramic figure of a pilot by Bovey Pottery, Devon, c. 1940, one of a series of maritime figures created by Gwyneth Flock & Fenton Wyness, cream overglaze slipware, 8in (20cm) (1)

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Lot 364

* Flight Helmet. A scarce mid 20th c. Pilot’s High Altitude Helmet type “E”, c. 1960s, Reference No 22C/2095 “Taylor Pressure Helmet” No 870 - size Medium, fibreglass shell with applied makers logo transfers and manuscript serial numbers inscribed “PPH 123/256.78.11”, having padded and lined interior, complete with inbuilt oxygen mask with connecting supply-tube, head-phones & intercom with connecting jack-plug lead etc, zip closure to neck fitting with retaining lanyard, sealed clear vizor with tinted over-shield and protective cover, contained in original makers fitted hard carrying-case with lock and leather strap handle, together with related “Restricted” test-check data sheets and annotated check-list etc. dated 1960 (1)

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Lot 378

Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation. Personal Flying Log Book (Aircraft Operating Crew) of Captain John Bruce Rush, Aden Airways & Dragon Airways, 1954-57, flying mostly DC3s, Herons and Viking aircraft and clocking up a total of 4,547.45 flying hours, orig. printed blue cloth, a little rubbed and creased, small 4to, together with an interesting collection of approx. 180 b & w snapshot photographs of Asmara, Khartoum, Kuwait, Mukeiras, Bagdad, Bahrein, etc., giving a good flavour of local life at the time, mostly 2.75 x 4 in (7 x 10 cm), many captioned on verso Many of the photographs are reproduced in Red Sea Caravan. The Aden Airways Story, by Dacre Watson, pub. 2008, a copy of which is included with this lot. (-)

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Lot 389

* RAF. A group of personal memorabilia relating to Group-Captain W.A.Toyne DFC (1917-1994), including silver-plated cigarette-box commemorating his service career, engraved & inscribed 1936-1967, rare original Commission certificate as acting Pilot-Officer, signed by the newly-crowned King inscribed “George R.I.” in red ink (faded) with gilt title, printed and manuscript format with inked signatories of F.W. Bowhill and Donald Banks “by His Majesty’s Command” for the Air Council dated 1937, also with a Graduate Diploma Certificate from USAF War College dated 1954, a printed armorial crest for 213 Fighter Squadron, together with War Service medals group including France & Germany star with Battle of Britain clasp, Aircrew Europe star etc sundry related badges and ephemera including invitation to Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace dated 1972 (-)

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Lot 402

* RFC - Propeller-Hub Souvenir. A good WWI aviation relic, c. 1917, formerly a four-bladed propeller of laminated walnut and mahogany, inscribed no. G. 315 - N80, having inlaid silver-plated mount to centre with each mounting hole filled with polished brass .303 calibre spent cartridge cases, and with brass & gilt bezel clock to centre with RFC badge and eagle with king’s crown motif applied to opposing blade-stems, showing original green paint verso (1)

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Lot 403

* Royal Flying Corps - Ceremonial Sword to Lt K Muskpratt MC, 56 Squadron RFC & RAF. A fine dress-sword by Henry Wilkinson of Pall Mall, London, c. 1916, having heavily etched decorated blade inscribed by maker and with recipient “K. Muskprat” and with Royal Standard armorial decoration inscribed “GVR” and stamped no. 50872, nickel-plated blade & basket hilt with pierced decoration including applied RFC badge, with silver bullion wire-wound shagreen hilt and silver-plated pommel, contained in original brown leather covered scabbard. Commissioned via the Dorset Regiment Lt. K. K. Muskprat was seconded to the RFC in 1916, promoted to Flight Commander with Captain’s rank in 1917 after he was awarded the military Cross for Conspicuous Gallantry on an offensive patrol and Gazetted in October 1917. Designated an ‘Ace’ and credited with 8 kills he remained in the service with the newly created Royal Air Force, but subsequently lost his life in a flying-accident in 1921. (1)

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Lot 410

* Short Sunderland Flying-Boat. An original Cylinder-barrel Souvenir from Pratt & Whitney radial engine, c.1930s, previously removed from Sunderland Flying-boat, heavily finned monobloc incorporating cylinder head (lacking valve-gear) & machined steel barrel. This cylinder barrel was removed from one of the engines powering the last remaining active-flying Short Sunderland flying-boat, after mechanical problem at Calshott in 1990. (1)

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Lot 412

* Trinket Box. A fine WWI period ladies silver and tortoiseshell mounted circular trinket box, the hinged lid with finely engraved R.F.C. pilots wings, opening to reveal a plush lined interior, on three moulded fleur-de-lys feet, the base stamped The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent Street, W. Birmingham, 1916, 3in (7.6cm) diameter (1)

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Lot 415

* WWI Propeller-Blade Souvenir. A laminated hardwood propeller-blade, c. 1918, well-patinated and polished formerly used as a decorative coat-hanger, length 42in (107cm), together with WWII Aviation Instruments & memorabilia. A group of mid 20th c. Navigation Accessories, 1940s-1960s, including AM co*ckpit Lamp Mk.IA Ref. No. 5C/446, dash-panel compass No. 9030/KH1/54, Turn-and-Bank indicator, Dead-Reckoning Computer Mk.4B ref. No. 6B/2835, Navigational computer Mk.III H ref. No. 6B/250, Glider Kneeboard GB3, Douglas Combined Protractor, Pye Radio Intercom Set, an ammunition cartridge canister and related sundries, etc. (-)

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Lot 416

* WWI Trench Art. A good example by a German aviation artificer of the Great War depicting an early single-seat monoplane, of brass and copper construction from spent bullets & shell-casings etc, well-detailed with rigging wires revolving propeller and wheels etc, with applied decoration of Maltese Crosses to wing-tips, mounted upon the base of an 80mm cannon shell, variously marked, inscribed “ 177 - Polte Magdeburg and dated January 1916”, w/span 7.5in (18cm) (1)

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Lot 417

* WWI Trench Art - SE5A c1917. A good example by a British aviation artificer of the Great War representing a single-seat biplane, of brass and copper construction from spent bullets & shell-casings etc, well-detailed with revolving propeller and wheels etc, engraved and inscribed to underside lower wing “Major G.J. Maxwell RFC - SE5A 56 Squadron 1917” and further inscribed with 20 notches, denoting number of “kills” attributed to the pilot, an “Ace” amongst his fellow aviators (1)

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Lot 421

* WWI - Miniature Aeroplane Models. A group of early 20th c. Prisoner-of-War models of aircraft of the fighting powers c. 1916, beautifully handcrafted in wood and metal, depicting mostly German biplanes including Gotha Bomber, LVG, Albatros DII & DV and Halberstadt types, also Nieuport and Sopwith machines, varnished and painted with identification markings, some with detailed cotton rigging-wires, largest w/span 9in (23cm) (9)

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Lot 425

* Zeppelin LZ77. A framed souvenir of the Airship brought down during a raid in 1916, an aluminium fragment fashioned in the shape of the airship, stamped and inscribed “Zeppel LZ77 - 1916” (sic), mounted on card backing in original oak frame, printed inscription below a decoration of Bristish Allies flags, inscribed “Portion of framework of ZEPPELIN brought down in Essex by the Aircraft Defences, Sept. 23/24th 1916 - Sold for the Benefit of the L&NWR War Seal Fund”, 8 x 10in (26cm) (1)

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Lot 427

US Air Force and others. A large group of clothing & memorabilia, 1939-1945, including uniform hats and helmets, officer’s headwear including service dress caps, steel-helmets (one with liner), various accoutrements including overalls, Sam Browne, badges, insignia, flags, webbing and related (a large carton)

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Lot 435

* USAF WWII - Medals and Insignia. A group of American Air Force medals badges & insignia, 1939-45, including silver winged uniform badges for Pilots, Bombardiers, Paratroopers, Navigators and other service personnel, together with service-uniform medal ribbons (variously mounted) some with stars and oak-leaves for battle commendations, “Expeditionary Service”, squadron and unit identity badges, Presidential Unit Citation enamelled “ribbon” badge, “Military Merit” and “Purple Heart” awards, Air Medal with 5 oak leaves and other related decorations etc. (-)

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Lot 437

* USAF WWII - Medal Awards. A group of original American Air Force medal awards to Major Thomas Dale Hutchinson USAF 1939-45, including Distinguished Flying Cross, “Purple Heart” For Military Merit, Silver Star for “Gallantry in Action” and Air Medal, all contained in original presentation cases with attendant miniature enamelled lapel badges and mounted service-dress ribbons with pin-fixing. Together with two original “stars” war-service medal awards “Good Conduct” & “European & Middle Eastern Campaign” cased with ribbon-bars in original cardstock boxes, together with a further group of related medal awards & stars etc including Purple Heart, Air Force cross, Air Medal (with oak-leaf) etc. Major Hutchinson was a Squadron Commander in the 384th Heavy Bomb Group based at Grafton Underwood leading 25 Missions over Germany & Occupied Europe. He survived, in spite of several flying incidents, to the end of the war, and these were acquired subsequently after his death in 2003. (12)