Bidspirit auction | WW2 Bomber pilot, cricket legend

WW2 Bomber pilot, cricket legend Bill Edrich signed Bristol Blenheim flown RAF bomber cover. William John Edrich DFC (26 March 1916 - 24 April 1986) was a first-class cricketer who played for Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), Norfolk and England. At the outbreak of war Edrich joined the Royal Air Force, in which he attained the rank of Squadron Leader, operating as a pilot for RAF Bomber Command. On 12 August 1941 he participated in a low-level daylight attack by Bristol Blenheim bombers against power stations in the Cologne area, described by The Daily Telegraph as ””the RAF's most audacious and dangerous low-level bombing raid””. Of the 54 Blenheims sent on the mission, twelve were shot down. For his part in the war he was awarded the DFC. He had ””an immense relief that he survived”” the war and as a result loved to party and lived for the day. Good condition Est.