Auction Catalogue

1 December 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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

Lot

№ 1415

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£300

The original “pro-forma - details of sorties” sheets completed by Squadron Leader “Dave” Shannon, D.S.O., D.F.C., the famous Australian pilot who participated in numerous wartime sorties, the “Dambuster” raid among them, comprising 2pp. with typed heading and explanatory notes, followed by Shannon’s handwritten entries for two operational tours, listing some 60 or more sorties from 25 June 1942 through to 25 June 1944, including “Operation Chastise” in May 1943, and noting the award of his D.S.O. and D.F.C. and Bar, generally in good condition, most unusual and interesting £300-400