Auction Catalogue

4 July 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Miniature Medals

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

Lot

№ 803

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4 July 2001

Hammer Price:
£210

Royal Naval Air Service Log Books and other Documentation Relating to Second Lieutenant F. W. Body, R.N.A.S. Pilot’s Flying Log Books (2), the first with entries between 23 February 1918 and 12 November 1918; the second book dealing in more detail with his operational patrols at Dundee, mostly convoy duties (13 patrols in all); together with eight handwritten training text books; instruction manuals and other books (6), comprising, R.N.A.S. Navigation, Magnetism and Deviation of The Compass 1917; Signalling Training Manual (Provisional) 1915; Practical Flying, by a Flight Commander; Aeroplanes and Airships, by W. E. Dommett; Aeroplanes and Aero Engines, by “Avion”; A General’s Letters to His Son on Obtaining His Commission; and a small quantity of miscellaneous original documentation, generally good condition and an interesting lot £150-200