Auction Catalogue

22 September 2000

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 496

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22 September 2000

Estimate: £400–£500

Two Maps Signed By Various Victoria Cross Holders, Dam Busters and Other Aircrew, comprising a Bomber Command operational map of Frankfurt, compiled 1940, with 24 signatories, including Leonard Cheshire, V.C., Bill Reid, V.C., Norman Jackson, V.C., Roderick Learoyd, V.C., together with five Dam Busters signatures, including Mick Martin and David Shannon, Mick Martin’s signature over written; together with another of the Strait of Dover, marked R.A.F. (War), signed and inscribed by Mick Martin ‘crossing point outward bound to Moehne Dam 16/17 May 1943, also signed by David Shannon and Arthur Harris, mounted in a large display frame, the back of which has a recent paper label stating ‘this is possibly the map carried in Mick Martin’s Lancaster on the night of the raid’, the second map with all the signatures and inscription over written, good condition (2) £400-500