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WW1 COMBAT REPORT
Signed by Major R Collishaw. Combats in the Air Squadron No Seaplane Defence Squad, report dated 5th December 1917 Type and No of aeroplane Sopwich Camel No. B6391 Time 1.20 p.m Armament 2 Vickers Guns Duty Dunkerque Patrol, Pilot Flt Cmdr R Collishaw Height 18,500 Ft Observer Locality 7 miles N. of La Panne Remarks on Hostile machine Type armament speed etc. Two Seater, probably Albatros Narrative At 18,500 feet and about 7 miles Nth of La Panne going Eastward, I attacked from S.W. and closedto 50 yards where I opened fire. The enemy Observer did not see me apparantly.Both my guns jammed after a few shots and then the Observer of the enemy machine fired on me as I drew away. Flt. S Lieut Moyle could not approach the enemy machine because he had motor trouble and I was unable to clear the gun jams so we turned for our Aerodrome and went home.

Signed by Lt Townsend Pilot and Lt Stannard Observer. Combats in the Air Squadron 12 Sqn RFA 12 Wing, Report dated 3 10 18 Type and No of aeroplane R.E.8, F 6204 Time Total flying time ( .193hrs, 23 minutes) Armament Lewis & Vickers Duty N.F.Patrol . Pilot Lt Townsend Height 800 Ft Observer Lt Stannard Locality V1.CorpsFront e Remarks on Hostile machine Type armament speed etc. Bombing Narrative Machine left ground on above duty at 10.05. Whilst over V1 corps front the Longeron and Centre section plane leading edge was shot through by Anti Aircraft fire. Machine turned for base and went back landing heavily with severe damage. Myself & Lt Stannard.

Signed by Lieut R D Williams. On Combats in the Air Army Form W 3348 Squadron 17 Aero Sqn, Report dated 23 August 1918 Type and No of aeroplane Sopwith Camel D 6595 Time approx 6.55 P.M. Armament Vickers. Duty P. Pilot Lieut R D Williams Height 500 Ft Observer None Locality Bapaume Area Narrative. I Attacked a transport line that appeared to be retreatind back in the direction they had come form at the earlier attacks. I came down 100 feet and machine guned the line of troops. Many fell and some ran for the ditches on the road side.I then tried to drop my bombs at the same time but they appeared to jam with the handle locjked. Unable to release them I turned and was not paying full attention when a burst of ground fire hit me. I felt the pain in my lower back and knew I had been hit .Petrol tank hit and I could smell the fuel. I put my finger in the hole made in the tank and started back, landing at No 3 areodrome RAF Station. Signed Lieut Williams 17 Aero Sdn USA.

Signed by Lieut Snoke. On Combats in the Air Army Form W 3348 Squadron 17 Aero Sqn, Report dated 23 August 1918 Type and No of aeroplane Sopwith Camel C8337 Time approx 5.50 P.M. Armament Vickers. Duty L.P. Pilot Lieut R W Snoke Height 500 - 700 Feet Observer None Locality 57c.N..25.c. Cross Roads Bapaume road at above Location Map. Narrative.Time 5.50 P.M. I dropped 4 - 20 lb bombs on five waggons at cross roads 57c.N.25.c. I saw one bomb drop between two lorries. Guns Jammed, I flew away, cleared guns and returned and machine gunned four waggons remaining, firing about 500 rounds. Signed Lieut Snoke 17 Sdn USA. £175.00

Photo Signed Nancy Wake GM, SOE member
Black & White Photo Size 3 ¼ by 5 ¼ of Self in uniform
Personally Signed Nancy Wake GM S.O.E.
In 1935, she met wealthy French industrialist Henri Edmond Fiocca, whom she married on November
30, 1939. She was living in Marseille, France when Germany invaded. After the fall of France, she
became a courier for the French Resistance and later joined the escape network of Captain Ian
Garrow. The Gestapo called her the "White Mouse". The Resistance had to be very careful with her
missions as her life was in constant danger and the Gestapo were tapping her phone and intercepting
her mail.
By 1943, she was the Gestapo's most-wanted person, with a 5 million-franc price on her head. When
the network was betrayed in December 1943, she had to flee Marseille. Her husband Henri stayed
behind where later, unknown to Nancy, he would be captured, tortured and executed by the
Germans.<Actinic:Variable Name = '1'/> Nancy had been arrested in Toulouse, but was released four days later. Her sixth attempt
to cross the Pyrenees to Spain succeeded. She went to Britain and joined the Special Operations
Executive.
On the night of April 29-30, 1944, Nancy Wake parachuted into the Auvergne and became a liaison
between London and the local maquis group headed by Captain Henri Tardivat. She coordinated
resistance activity prior to the Normandy Invasion and recruited more members. She also led attacks
on German installations and local Gestapo HQ in Montluçon.
From April 1944 to the complete liberation of France, her 7000 maquisards fought 22,000 SS soldiers,
causing 1400 casualties.[citation needed] Her French companions, especially Henri Tardivat, praised
her fighting spirit; amply demonstrated when she killed an SS sentry with her bare hands to prevent
him raising the alarm during a raid. During a 1990s television interview, when asked what had
happened to the sentry who spotted her, Wake simply drew her finger across her throat. On another
occasion, in order to replace codes her wireless operator had been forced to destroy in a German raid,
Nancy Wake rode a bicycle for more than 100 miles through several German checkpoints

Black & White Photo Size 5 by 3 inches of View of the Dam from the Airplane View Personally Signed by Sqn Ldr G L Johnson DFM Sgt G L Johnson took part in Operation Chastise as the bomb Aimer on Flt Lt Joe McCarthys Lancaster ED932 AJ T which attacked the Sorpe Dam. For his part in the Dam Raids he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal

13 Sep 65 Biggin Hill Westerham CDS Postmark on 9d x 4 Battle of Britain phoshor Stamps. 25thAnniversary Battle of Britain Spitfire & white cliffs of dover 25th Anniversary Cover Signed by Gp Capt Sir Douglas Bader, the legless Fighter pilot CO 242 Hurricane Squadron during the Battle of Britain,shot down in 1941 and taken prisoner, escaped was recaptured and sent to Oflag 7c Colditz Castle until released by the US Army in 1945,

11 Mar 43 - FPO 233 - Double ring postmark on KGVI 10d stamp and 19 Apr 1943 Sydenham FPO No.233 - Palestine with RAF Censor No.211 Type R11 Daynes No.B1A.

Envelope marked 'Air mail' in manuscript prepaid 3d 3d 3d and 1d the normal airmail rate with double ring. Field Post Office - 32 handstamp with boxed RAF Censor S7 handstamp Type R11. Opened sealed and examined by Base Censor AFW3312. Label in red on white marked with a double ring. Deputy Chief Field Censor handstamp. On the reverse '193' in a single red ring backstamp. Daynes No.B26.

12 May 44 - India 8A stamp cencelled with single ring RAF Post India. 1 handstamp and a single ring unit Censor India W151 handstamp. Airmail. Address RAF India Octagon backstamp 6 over 10. Daynes Group E.

11 Nov 43 FPO No.132 double ring postmark on Indian 6A and 2A stamps. Single unit Censor India G2 standard handstamp. Opened and sealed by Type C90. Opened by Examiner. Black on white with Field Censor India No.22 applied and 163 number.

Sub Type 15AC. Not recorded by Dayne with a framed RAF Censor 97 handstamp Type R17. Airmail cover.

14 Sep 49 Programme
Royal Air Force Association Hammersmith Branch - Battle of Britain Week present a Grand Festival by the Hammersmith Musical Society.

10 Apr 65 - Leicester - Polphgilex 65
Special Polish cover for 25th Anniversary of the Polish wings in the Battle of Britain. In Polish with Polphilex 65 Philatelic Exhibition Leicester postcard. With added Battle of Britain stamp postmarked 13 Sep 45 Westerham.

25 Sep 65 - London SW5 postmark 1/3d and 9d Battle of Britain stamps with added 20th Anniversary Polish Air Force Association in Great Britain Cinderella stamp.

As above but 4d and 1/3d Battle of Britain stamps.

Special Polish Official 25th Anniversary of Battle of Britain First Day Card showing map of Great Britain and French coastline with Eagle & Wreath postcard with postmark as above on 4d Battle of Britain stamp and 4d Churchill stamp.

19 Oct 68 - Leeds Special - 50th Anniversary of RAF Moorgrange CS Boys School
Moorgrange School cover - QE4d stamp and special exhibition postmark.

13 Jul 69 - BFPS 1087 - RAF Binbrook Special 5p Alcock & Brown Stamp
Special J.Follows cover - 50th Anniversary R34 Transatlantic flight 2/6 July 1919 from East Fortune (Scotland) to New York R34.

21 May 70 - Folkestone - 60th Anniversary Channel Crossing by Jacques de Lerseps. 5d Alcock & Brown stamp. 23 Special flown cover re-enactment flight, Diamond Jubilee of second Channel crossing by Jacques de Lerseps from Les Baraques to Dover.

19 Aug 72 - Woodford - 1972 RAFA Woodford Air Show Special RAF Association cover - signed by the complete Red Arrow Display Team.

14 Apr 73 - Newmark Special - commemorating the official opening of the Newmark Air Museum. N.A.M.I. Official cover with red flown in Vickers Supermarine Spitfire cachet - picture cachet of Gloster GL31L meteor FR9. Also flown in Chipmunk. Signed by Chipmunk pilot.