Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four original Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Books appertaining to Wing Commander C. E. Barraclough, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps, covering the periods August 1929 to November 1930; November 1930 to September 1936; May 1936 to May 1938; and June 1938 to December 1946, generally very good condition (4) £80-£120

C. E. Barraclough became a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and was posted to 58 Squadron. Serving in France, flying initially Fe2b’s, the squadron converted to Handley Page 400’s in late 1918. Continuing to serve in the inter-War years as an instructor, he served with 70 Squadron in Egypt, before returning to Britain in 1921. Over the next decade he served with various Squadrons, before he joined the Staff in Cario in 1931, and then the Air Ministry in London in 1933, before being posted to the United States of America in 1935. He moved back to No.3 Flying Training School in 1936 and for the next few years continued at this school and then to No.1 Royal Air Force Depot. During the Second War he held various postings at Flying Training Schools and at the Air Ministry. During his service, he flew a very large number of different aircraft types, these noted at the back of his logbooks.

Sold with a small R.A.F. bible, named to the recipient and dated 1944; and a book on Arabic Vocabulary for Egypt.