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13 february 2007) was an officer in the royal air force for 36 years, from 1941 to 1977. beginning as a pilot of flying boats with coastal command, he became a flying instructor, and commanded the queen's flight. after various operational commands, his last post was as deputy chief of defence (intelligence) at the uk ministry of defence. wakeford joined the royal air force (raf) in 1941.[1] after flight training with the us navy at naval air station pensacola in florida, he joined coastal command to fly anti-submarine missions.[1] he flew catalina flying boats with no. 212 squadron for 18 months from november 1942,[1] patrolling the indian ocean from its base in karachi. after a period training other pilots of flying boats, he joined no. 210 squadron in october 1944,[1] based at sullom voe in the shetland islands, patrolling the norwegian sea. he flew in support of russian convoys and intercepted german submarines based in norway. wakeford was involved in the last sinking of a german u-boat, on 8 may 1945. ve day was the previous day, and all german submarines had been ordered to travel on the surface: submerged u-boats were liable to be attacked. flying a catalina over the north atlantic, wakeford detected a submerged german submarine. having run out of depth charges, he dropped some sonobuoys to track the u-boat before returning to base in the shetland islands. a second catalina relieved him and damaged u-320. the german submarine was later scuttled off the coast of norway. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"70","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/76193/lot/295327/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:00:43.867Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£8 - 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(clarence) eaker one of america's great air pioneers. the ira eaker aviation museum in dallas is a fitting tribute to the son of a texas tenant farmer who enlisted as a private in 1917, got his wings at kelly field in san antonio, and ended his career as a four-star general in 1947. the museum is also another in a long list of honors for the man who commanded both the 8th air force and the mediterranean allied air forces during world war ii. eaker was commander of 8th air force when it deployed to england in early may 1942. by april 1945, he had accomplished his task by helping defeat nazi germany and freeing western europe. before the end of the war, eaker, like many other army air force leaders, had made up his mind that the military should be reorganized. he wanted the services unified and the air arm to have parity with the army and navy. on april 13, his 49th birthday, eaker was satisfied that the war in europe was over, and made plans to go back to washington, according to his biographer. after returning to aaf headquarters in april 1945, eaker \"was in the forefront in developing force structure, redeployment plans and organizational plans for the postwar air force, \" stated an air force history report. the history report also points to eaker as one of the top men at aaf headquarters in 1945-47, when the aaf fought the successful battle for a separate air force. eaker's executive officer during world war ii writes that even before it was fashionable, the general had a nameplate on his desk that read \"air force spoken here. \" in 1977, when eaker was 81, he received the wright trophy, given annually to a civilian for aiding the cause of aviation. two years later, at age 83, he received the congressional gold medal an award first given to george washington in 1777, and regarded ever since as the noncombatant equivalent of the medal of honour. . good condition 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[2] he participated in ground support during the battle of france, an experience that taught him the importance of close air support for later operations in the war. he was heavily involved in the battle of britain and as officer commanding raf wittering, [2] often flew with the squadrons under his command, both day and night fighter units. harry broadhurst by cuthbert orde, 1941. in december 1940, he was posted to command the hornchurch sector of no. 11 group fighter command, and continued to fly on operations, even as a group captain. on 4 july 1941, leading no. 54 squadron as red 1, he was involved in a dogfight with bf 109s, claiming two bf 109es destroyed at 15. 30 over béthune before he was hit and his aircraft badly damaged by a bf 109. he managed to return to base, belly landing his crippled spitfire, with slight splinters in left arm and left thigh. on 7 july 1941 his spitfire mk. vb was severely damaged by a jg 26 pilot. in the combat he was red 1 and claimed 1-1-0 bf 109f at 09. 50 over gravelines area. in may 1942 he became senior air staff officer (saso), no. 11 group, although he continued to fly operationally where possible. his final kill claims were made on 19 august 1942, bringing his total to 13 destroyed, seven probables and 10 damaged. general sir bernard montgomery with his senior officers at eighth army headquarters at vasto, italy, 1943. from left to right, freddie de guingand, harry broadhurst, montgomery, sir bernard freyberg, miles dempsey and charles allfrey. in late 1942, he was posted to the middle east and became senior air staff officer (saso) to air vice marshal arthur coningham, commander of the desert air force (daf). [2] broadhurst came into conflict with coningham over the use and objectives of the desert air force. broadhurst took command of the daf in january 1943, [2] becoming (at the age of 38) the youngest (until air commodore don bennett was so promoted on 6 december 1943 at the age of 33) air vice marshal in the royal air force. he quickly perfected the way he perceived fighter aircraft ought to be employed as ground support fighter-bombers. his fighter squadrons were trained intensively to strafe and bomb german and italian vehicles, tanks, transport and communication lines. this aerial cover of the 8th army won the approval and appreciation of general bernard montgomery and would form the basis of the ground attack principles used during the d-day landings and beyond. broadhurst's enthusiastic backing of the army and his frank opinions did not always go down well with his superiors in the raf. he returned to the uk in 1944 to command no. 83 group, [2] part of 2nd tactical air force. in september 1945, he became air officer administration at raf fighter command. . good condition est."},"estimateMax":6,"lotNumber":"120","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/76193/lot/295377/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":4,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:01:03.827Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£4 - 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events throughout his imprisonment, which he was able to salvage despite the horrors and privation he and his colleagues suffered on the \"long march\", during the severe winter of 1945 when the pows were driven eastwards ahead of the advancing soviet army. on returning home, casson rejoined the steel industry in sheffield. in june 1946 he was one of the first to volunteer for service when 616 squadron was reformed at raf finningley. the squadron was initially equipped with mosquito night fighters but it soon reverted to the day fighter role, flying meteor f 4s before re-equipping with the f 8 version. in january 1951, casson was promoted to squadron leader and appointed to command 616 squadron. his outstanding period in command culminated in the award of the esher trophy, awarded annually to the most efficient auxiliary air force squadron. casson retired in 1954, when he was awarded the afc for his service in command of 616. he was also the holder of the air efficiency award with bar. 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