Auction 46 Chaucer Select Autograph Auction Curated by Garry King of Autografica
By Chaucer Auctions
Sep 28, 2022
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 140:

WW2 multiple signed book Dust Clouds in the Middle East the Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and ...

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Auction took place on Sep 28, 2022 at Chaucer Auctions
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WW2 multiple signed book Dust Clouds in the Middle East the Air War for East Africa, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Madagascar, 1940 42 hardback book in very good condition by Christopher Shores. Signed by 24 Pilots Including Flt Lt Jack Biggs, Sqd Ldr Ian Blair, F/O Ken Cockram, F/O Paddy Byrne, W/O E Carter, Flt Lt L Davies, W/O D Denchfield, Air Cdr J Ellacombe DFC, Flt Sgt R Farnborough, W/O J Hodges DFC, Sqn Ldr Stanslaw Jozafiak, W/O T Kelly, Flt Lt A McInnes, Sqn Ldr Jureck Mencel DFC KM** AFM*** Flying with the French Air Force he fought in the Battle of France but was hospitalised after breaking his back in a crash in mid-1940. Returning to operations with 317 Polish Sqn, his first mission was on Spitfires escorting the RAF Bombers taking part in the engagement that lead to the German 'Channel Dash'. He flew Spitfires throughout the Normandy Invasion also flying Hurricanes and Mustangs with 308 and 309 Sqn's scoring victories against Me109's and Me108's and on the 9th April 1945 he shot down an Me262 Jet over Hamburg, W/O E Moore, F/O Bill Mould, Wg Cdr Tom Neil DFC* AFC, Flt Lt H Parry, Sqn Ldr O Parry DFC, P/O S Rhyll AFM, Sqn Ldr Nigel Rose, W/O Ray Stebbings, Sqn Ldr M Wainwright, F/O Frank Wheeler DFC. 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

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