Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
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Mar 16, 2023
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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[DOWDING HUGH]: (1882-1970) British Air Chief Marshal, Commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. Two fascinating original typed transcripts of interviews between historian Robert Wright (1906-1992) and Francis Wilkinson, at one time a subordinate of Dowding, following interviews conducted by Wright on 22nd & 23rd November 1968 and 19th March 1969 while in the process of researching his book Dowding and the Battle of Britain (1969). The typescripts, the first of which was prepared on 25th November 1968, consist of over one hundred 4to pages and inevitably contain many interesting references to Lord Dowding (referred to by Wilkinson as 'Stuffy', Dowding's nickname), as well as Winston Churchill, Keith Park, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Raymond Collishaw, Laurence Olivier (who portrayed Dowding in the film Battle of Britain), William Sholto Douglas, King George VI, the Battle of Britain, Fighter Command, Spitfire aircraft etc. Unpublished in its entirety. VG, 2
