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27 september 2006) was a senior officer in the royal navy who rose to become first sea lord and chief of the naval staff in the early 1970s. in the second world war, he was an officer on ships tasked with protecting convoys in the atlantic and the mediterranean, and was gunnery officer on the cruiser hms norfolk when she fought the german battleship scharnhorst during the battle of north cape. he later commanded the aircraft carrier hms ark royal, and hosted ian smith on hms tiger. in retirement, he held the position of king of arms of the order of the bath and gloucester king of arms, with responsibility for heraldry in wales. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"109","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299706/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"soldPrice":8,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:51.507Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£8 - 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25 may 1987) was a distinguished royal navy officer who served with distinction during world war ii, particularly commanding light coastal forces. background: son of admiral sir gerald louis charles dickens kcvo, cb, cmg, and a great-grandson of the novelist charles dickens. military career: he was a decorated naval officer during world war ii, known for his work with coastal forces. he was mentioned for successful actions against enemy forces, including engaging and sinking an enemy armed trawler near ijmuiden on 29 april 1943. awards: he was awarded the distinguished service order (dso), member of the order of the british empire (mbe), and distinguished service cross (dsc). good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"111","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299708/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"soldPrice":4,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:03.980Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - 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and this at a time when \"on target\" was defined as within three miles of the aim point. pathfinder force was set up to lead the bomber stream to the target areas and drop markers for the remainder of the force to aim at. later in the war, the pathfinder force would be equipped with a range of newly developed and often highly effective electronic aids, but the initial object was to simply take experienced crews with standard equipment and hone their navigation skills. having already demonstrated that he could pass on his meticulous navigational ability to others, bennett was an obvious choice for the role, yet nevertheless a surprising one. the air ministry's directorate of bomber operations had for some time been pushing to establish an elite precision bombing force, but bomber command aoc-in-c air chief marshal arthur harris was implacably opposed to the idea on the grounds that it would \"lower the morale\" of the other squadrons. when harris learned that vice-chief of the air staff (vcas) air chief marshal sir wilfrid freeman planned to order the change, and that the strong-willed basil embry would probably be given command of the new force, harris bowed to the inevitable, but was given a \"more or less free hand\" in selection of the force commander. he chose to appoint bennett without considering other candidates. harris described bennett as \"the most efficient airman i have ever met\".[6] bennett was called to bomber command hq when he was on the point of leaving with his squadron for the middle east. there he was informed by harris that he was to lead a special force to make use of the new bombing and navigational aids then available and the more sophisticated ones that would follow. with effect from 5 july he was promoted to group captain. in 1943 bennett was promoted with the upgrading of pff to group status to air commodore, and then in december to acting air vice marshal[8] - the youngest ever to hold that rank - giving him a rank similar to those of the other commanders of groups. he remained in command of the pathfinder force until the end of the war, overseeing its growth to an eventual 19 squadrons, a training flight and a meteorological flight, working relentlessly to improve its standards, and tirelessly campaigning for better equipment, in particular for more mosquitos and lancasters to replace the diverse assortment of often obsolete aircraft with which the force started. bennett was not a popular leader: a personally difficult and naturally aloof man, he earned a great deal of respect from his crews but little affection. as harris wrote, \"he could not suffer fools gladly, and by his own high standards there were many fools\". nor did bennett get on well with the other raf group commanders: not only was he 20 years younger, he was an australian. indeed, bennett saw his own appointment in those terms: it was, he believed, a victory for the \"players\" over the \"gentlemen\". there was antagonism between bennett and air vice-marshal ralph cochrane of no. 5 group. in 5 group's 617 squadron, cochrane had his own specialist squadron pursuing high levels of accuracy. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"115","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299712/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"soldPrice":24,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:03.986Z","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. lt col robert johnson usa pilot ww11 ace 27. good condition 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airship rather than a german zeppelin, though it was similar in design. transatlantic flight: the r-34 made history by crossing the atlantic from east fortune, scotland, to mineola, new york, in july 1919. wing commander bert evenden (deceased) wing commander evenden was a member of the crew of his majesty's airship r34 which docked at mineola field, long island, usa on 6th july 1919, after the first east-west crossing of the atlantic by air. this trip took 4 and a half days going into a headwind at an average speed of 45mph. bert was a petty officer engineer in the starboard aft car. bert joined the royal naval air service in november 1914 as an air mechanic first class and his first posting was to the farnborough airship sheds. when this establishment was handed over to the royal flying corps in april 1915, he moved on to walney island. he was promoted to leading mechanic and on 15th january 1917 was posted to inchinnan near glasgow. as a petty officer he completed his aero engines course at rolls-royce, and later asked to make up the crew for test flights on the r34. he transferred to the royal air force on 1st april 1918 as a sergeant. on 3rd june 1939 warrant officer 1st class evenden was commissioned and promoted to flying officer. he served overseas in india, egypt and south africa before retiring as a wing commander in 1949 being mentioned twice in despatches. to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the historic crossing of the atlantic by r34, 86 year old bert travelled in a british airways concorde from london to new york in 1979. his majesty's airship r34 built by william beardmore and company, inchinnan, glasgow in 1918 the r34 was initially placed under the control of the british admiralty. its potential for long range travel prompted the admiralty to loan the r34 to the air ministry in 1918 specifically for a trans-atlantic flight. on 2nd july 1919 with a crew of 30, 4900 gallons of petrol, 230 gallons of oil and with a quantity of food sufficient for the journey, the r34 was ready to make the attempt. one other man was to make the journey, william ballantyne, who was a regular member of the r34 team; however, due to the requirement to reduce airship weight, was not included in the crew. he had made the decision to travel at any cost and if he was not to be an authorised crew member then it would be as a stowaway. at 0130hrs the bugler sounded the let go signal and the adventure began. its route was to take it from east fortune past the northern tip of ireland at inishtrahull island, st. johns newfoundland, nova scotia and mineola. the trip was filled with both humour and drama. being early days in long distance air travel, little thought had been given to the effect of 'slip stream' when using the ships toilet facilities. on their crystal set the crew listened to the dempsey v willard world championship fight. the arrival of the r34 in america was somewhat premature for it was not expected to leave england until 4th july arriving on the 8th of the month. with no ground crew available, and fuel running short, major pritchard volunteered to parachute to the landing ground and directed docking operations. the flight time was 108 hours 12 minutes. the return journey commenced at 1145hrs on 9th july. due to adverse weather conditions the planned overflying of philadelphia, baltimore and washington was abandoned and she followed the original route back to east fortune. on 11th july the foremost of the two engines broke down and it was considered fuel contamination was the cause. with this problem together with adverse weather forecast en-route it was decided that they land at pulham, norfolk. this decision came as a big disappointment to the crew for weather reports from east fortune were good and even more important for morale a traditional welcome had been prepared there. good condition 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september wright shot down a dornier 17 over maidstone. by the end of the year he had accounted for six enemy aircraft, probably destroyed three more and damaged six. at the end of november he was awarded a distinguished flying medal. as a sergeant pilot he was granted a commission as a pilot officer on probation on 18 december 1940. wright was posted to the far east in 1941, as a flight commander in no. 232 squadron. after the japanese attacks on malaya the squadron reinforced the defences at singapore at the end of january 1942. within a week wright's commanding officer had been killed and wright was promoted to squadron leader. he claimed a japanese bomber damaged off the coast of singapore. the squadron soon evacuated to sumatra and then to java. in march wright was ordered to take his remaining pilots to tjilatjap, ready to board a boat for australia. on arrival however, the last boat had been sunk, and when the island fell to the japanese a few days later wright and his pilots were made prisoners of war. after a period at batavia repairing the airfield, wright and his fellow prisoners were shipped to japan and worked as farm labourers and in shipbuilding yards. after the war, he was granted a permanent commission as a flight lieutenant (but continued to be allowed to use his final wartime rank) on 19 december 1945.[4] wright was a member of the raf's official aerobatic team, no. 247 squadron flying vampires. in april 1948 he flew one of the six vampire f.iiis of no 54 squadron making the first atlantic crossing by jet aircraft. good condition est."},"estimateMax":14,"lotNumber":"121","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299718/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":10,"soldPrice":20,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:52.609Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£10 - 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on 3rd november 1943. despite being severely wounded, continued to fly his damaged lancaster bomber to bomb dusseldorf. managed to land his aircraft safely upon return. squadron leader jock maitland, flew fighters during the korean war and the suez and oman conflicts before developing the wartime battle of britain airfield at biggin hill into a successful civil airport. during his pilot training in the united states, the navy decided that his eyesight was not adequate and he returned to britain to complete his flying training with the raf. he was then posted to palestine to join the spitfire-equipped no 32 squadron. the disturbances in the region had escalated, and the spitfires provided close air support to the army in the field. when britain relinquished her mandate on june 30 1948, no 32 moved to nicosia in cyprus. back in britain, maitland flew meteor day fighters with no 247 squadron before volunteering for duties with the usaf. on his return from korea, he became an instructor at the day fighter combat school. in june 1956 maitland was given command of no 249 squadron, based in amman, jordan, flying the venom fighter-bomber. he left england in his own private light aircraft, a single-engine proctor and en route to jordan landed at his old fighter base at abu sueir in the canal zone, which he found teeming with migs. he was immediately detained for three days under suspicion of being a spy, and the british air attaché had to arrange his release. good condition est."},"estimateMax":14,"lotNumber":"124","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299721/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":12,"soldPrice":6,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:52.626Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£12 - 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(raf). no. 71 squadron was one of the three eagle squadrons, made up of volunteer american pilots who served in world war ii prior to the united states entering the war. the americans would fly hurricanes and spitfires against the luftwaffe. in time, he was promoted to flight lieutenant, and given command of no. 71 squadron. flight lieutenant peterson completed 42 missions while flying with the raf. when he was given command of no. 71 squadron, he was only 21 years old and the youngest squadron commander in the raf. good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"125","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299722/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"soldPrice":4,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:52.634Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - 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quiet, bordering on the introspective. he was to go on to command the legendary 617 dambusters squadron and lead it on one of its most famous raids which finally destroyed the german battleship tirpitz. in july 1944 when leonard cheshire was replaced by wing commander j b willie tait, 617 squadron discovered that it had acquired a commanding officer very much in the cheshire mould. quiet, bordering on introspection, tait, who was a cranwell-trained regular officer, had already flown over 100 bombing operations with 51, 35, 10 and 78 squadrons before joining 617. tait had also received a dso and bar and the dfc. he was 26. in the best traditions of 617 squadron, tait wasted no time in adapting to the mustang and mosquito for low level marking. he appointed two new flight commanders including squadron leader tony iveson dfc. although involved in many of 617 squadrons spectacular operations, taits name is always associated with the destruction of the tirpitz. an earlier attack on the ship by the squadron on 15th september 1944 had caused severe damage but tirpitz was still afloat. on 29th october the squadron was frustrated on the second attack by cloud over the target. the final attack was launched in daylight on 12th november 1944. leading a mixed force of 617 and 9 squadron lancasters, tait achieved complete surprise and had the satisfaction of seeing the tirpitz destroyed at last. he had led all three attacks. on 28th december 1944 tait received a third bar to his dso, becoming one of only two raf men to achieve this distinction. it coincided with his leaving 617 squadron. tait served in the post-war raf, retiring as a group captain in 1966. he died 31st may 2007. good condition 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littlestone, roderick learoyd was born in folkestone in 1913. he joined the royal air force in 1936 and was posted to 49 squadron, bomber command equipped with hawker hind light bombers. on 3 september six hampdens from 83 squadron and three from 49 squadron (including learoyd) were detailed to destroy the old aqueduct carrying the canal over the river ems, north of münster in germany. learoyd took his plane into the target at only 150 feet, in the full glare of the searchlights and flak barrage all round him. after commencing its bombing run learoyd's aircraft was badly damaged, including a ruptured hydraulic system, resulting in inoperable wing flaps and a useless undercarriage. despite this damage, the bombs were duly dropped and learoyd managed to get his crippled plane back to england where he decided that a night landing would be too dangerous for his crippled aircraft and so circled base until first light, finally safely landing without causing injury to his crew or further damage to his aircraft. he was given the freedom of the ancient borough of new romney in november 1940. after surviving the war learoyd retired to civilian life, first as a vip pilot and later as an export sales manager in the motor industry. acting flight lieutenant roderick alastair brook learoyd 37860 :- this officer, as first pilot of a hampden aircraft, has repeatedly shown the highest conception of his duty and complete indifference to personal danger in making attacks at the lowest altitudes regardless of opposition. on the night of 12th august, 1940, he was detailed to attack a special objective on the dortmund ems canal. he had attacked this objective on a previous occasion and was well aware of the risks entailed. to achieve success it was necessary to approach from a direction well known to the enemy, through a lane of especially disposed anti-aircraft defences, and in the face of the most intense point-blank fire from guns of all calibres. the reception of the preceding aircraft might well have deterred the stoutest heart, all being hit and two lost. flight lieutenant learoyd nevertheless made his attack at 150 feet, his aircraft being repeatedly hit and large pieces of the main plane torn away. he was almost blinded by the glare of many searchlights at close range but pressed home this attack with the greatest resolution and skill. he subsequently brought his wrecked aircraft home and, as the landing flaps were inoperative and the undercarriage indicators out of action, waited for dawn in the vicinity of his aerodrome before landing, which he accomplished without causing injury to his crew or further damage to the aircraft. the high courage, skill and determination, that this officer has invariably displayed on many occasions in the face of the enemy sets an example which is unsurpassed. good condition 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kerrill chambers. captain david mccampbell (january 16, 1910 - june 30, 1996) was a united states navy captain, naval aviator, and a medal of honor recipient. he retired from the navy in 1964 with 31 years of service. mccampbell is the united states navy's all-time leading flying ace (called ace of the aces in the navy) and top f6f hellcat ace with 34 aerial victories. he was the third-highest american scoring ace of world war ii and the highest-scoring american ace to survive the war. he also set a united states single mission aerial combat record of shooting down nine enemy planes in one mission, on october 24, 1944, at the beginning of the battle of leyte gulf, in the philippines. good condition 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rescued a child who had fallen into the feeder, an aqueduct which supplies water from the river taff to cardiff, running under concrete slabs served in the second world war with 218 sqn as a sergeant air gunner. anthony john gledhill george cross holder, he was serving as a constable in the metropolitan police force at the time. his partner, constable terry mcfall, won the george cross for the same action. they were on patrol when they were ordered to chase a car driving the wrong way down a one way street. fifteen shots were fired at their police car during the ensuing chase. the criminals' car crashed into a lorry and they attacked the police officers, who were trying to arrest them. both police officers were injured in the confrontation but managed to subdue the men until assistance arrived. good condition 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second bf 109, his spitfire was damaged and he had to crash land in kent. on 15 august 1940 while on a temporary rest break at raf catterick, his squadron was in action against a luftwaffe force of 120 bombers and 21 messerschmitt bf 110 fighters along the yorkshire coast near hartlepool. bennions destroyed one messerschmitt bf 110 of i./zg 76 and damaged another. the squadron returned to hornchurch and on 5 september bennions shot down a junkers ju 88 and probably destroyed a bf 109, and the following day two more bf 109's. he claimed another bf 109 on 9 september and further successes quickly followed bringing his tally to twelve destroyed (one german bomber, 11 fighters), five probably destroyed, and five damaged, including a dornier do 17. on 23 september 1940 he is credited by one source for shooting down hans-joachim marseille over the english channel. marseille survived, and would go on to achieve 158 victories to rank as the most successful german ace against the western allies. bennions was severely wounded on 1 october 1940. that morning bennions was about to go on leave but was scrambled (in spitfire i x4559) to intercept messerschmitts. he shot down one of the raiders before a shell exploded in his cockpit, blinding him in the left eye and severely damaging his right arm and leg. badly burned and bleeding heavily he struggled to bail out, and somehow managed to open his parachute before losing consciousness. he was found in a field near hatfield, and taken to hospital where swift action saved his right eye, but nothing could be done for the left. bennions was transferred to queen victoria hospital, east grinstead, where he was one of the first pilots in the care of sir archibald mcindoe, the pioneer of plastic surgery for the treatment for severe burns. as one of \"archie's guinea pigs\", bennions became a founder member of the guinea pig club. also, as one who had parachuted to save his life, he was eligible to join the caterpillar club. good 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in april of 1939. on completion of flying training tony was posted to 32 squadron at biggin hill, but the co was not satisfied with the level of experience of some of his new recruits. tony had not even seen a hawker hurricane (which the squadron were then equipped with) - so he was sent with two other colleagues to 6 otu, sutton bridge for further flying and familiarisation with the aircraft. tony was sent back to 32 squadron later that month however two days later the squadron was retreated to acklington for a rest - however as tony and his other two new comrades were new, he was posted to 501 squadron at gravesend on 27th august 1940. thrust in at the height of the battle, 501 squadron had experienced pilots having been at the forefront of combat since the battle of france a few months earlier. these pilots had a big influence on the younger, inexperienced likes of tony. on the 11th september, tony's hurricane was shot down following an engagement with heinkels and dornier's. following a head-on attack he was hit by the front air-gunners of the german bombers which destroyed the sump on his hurricane. with smoke pouring from his engine, tony decided as soon as the flames emerged to bail-out. he landed at caterham at a guards depot and often recalled how he was taken by a pair of irish guards to see the co who poured him a couple of whiskeys before returning to base. as a junior pilot tony claimed a few aircraft damaged during his ops including a dornier 215 on 30th august and a me109 destroyed on 29th october - however suggested the more senior pilots made claims and pulled rank in being credited a lot of the time. post battle of britain tony became a test pilot and instructor before a posting to the middle east in early 1945. he returned to the uk in december 1945 before being released a month later with the rank of squadron leader. tony settled in rugby where he also took part in bell ringing at his local church and he became a focal point of the media for the battle of britain commemorations, particularly for the 75th anniversary in 2015.. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"132","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299729/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:02.753Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£8 - £10","currency":"GBP","id":299729,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":8},{"startPrice":10,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/299730/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ww2 rare 3 us fighter aces signed vj day cover a vraciu, e hanks, r alexander. ac20 40th anniv. v j day signed 3 usa aces a vraciu, e hanks, r alexander 15 aug 85 jersey 40th anniv. v j day. flown boing 747 of cathay pacific on a flight remembering the 40th anniv of v - day on 14th sept 1985 non - stop on a flight london gatwick to hong kong aircraft overhead moscow at 20.08 gmt and delhi at 0114 gmt and kunming china at 0424 gmt landing was at hong kong at 0603 gmt personally signed by capt r l' dixie' alexander, joined 133 eagle sqn he flew spitfires, shot down may 44 on a raid into austria spent year as a pow in stalag 111.lt e r hanks us navy pilot with vp16 6 victories and cdr alexander vraciu, alex vraciu ended wwii as the u.s. navy's fourth-ranking ace with 19 enemy aircraft shot down plus 21 more destroyed on the ground. he spent the last few months of the war as a test pilot at the navy's patuxent river facility. after the war, he commanded vf-51. good condition est."},"estimateMax":14,"lotNumber":"133","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299730/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":10,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:02.754Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£10 - 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1955. admiral oliver in october 1940 he was given command of a dido-class light cruiser, hms hermione, then under construction on the clyde.[1] the ship worked up at scapa flow and as part of the second cruiser squadron took part in the may 1941 hunt for the bismarck. the ship was then assigned to force h based at gibraltar on convoy duties to relieve malta. the ship rammed the italian 600-serie adua-class submarine tembien near tunis on 2 july 1941, for which oliver was awarded a distinguished service order (dso) in november. in 1942 the ship was part of the force which captured the vichy french island of madagascar after which it was assigned to admiral sir henry harwood's eastern mediterranean fleet. in june 1942 as part of the 15th cruiser squadron the cruiser took part in operation vigorous, an attempt to supply malta with a convoy dispatched from the eastern mediterranean whilst another malta-bound convoy was simultaneously dispatched from gibraltar (operation harpoon). on 15 june, operation vigorous was abandoned because of the strength of the air attacks, the depletion of ammunition and fuel caused by them and the nearby presence of the italian fleet. the convoy turned away from malta and headed back towards alexandria, but early the following morning hermione was torpedoed and sunk by u-205 south of crete with the loss of 87 crew out of 570. oliver survived the sinking and served as naval liaison officer to the nile delta army for the next few months, until october 1942 when he was promoted to commodore 2nd class and assigned in gibraltar to organise shipping for operation torch, the invasion of french north africa. following the successful invasion, in january 1943 he was assigned as the senior officer of the north africa inshore squadron,[1] based at bone, algeria which at that time was under repeated air attack, until may 1943 when he moved to a newly captured base at bizerte. for his work during operation torch, oliver was awarded a bar to his dso and american legion of merit. in july 1943 he became commander of force \"n\", with its headquarters at the algiers naval base hms hannibal, for operation husky, the invasion of sicily which took place on 9 july. he was the naval commander of the british assault force at salerno[1] on hms hilary. following the successful conclusion of the operation he was appointed a companion of the order of the bath and upgraded to a commander of the american legion of merit. from late 1943 until february 1944 he was the chairman of a commission, \"accuracy of gunnery committee\". he was then promoted to commodore 1st class and assigned as commander of force \"j\" for operation neptune, the invasion of normandy,[1] for which he was awarded a second bar to his dso. from october 1944 until february 1945 he was in command of the first aircraft carrier squadron on hms royalist, part of the eastern fleet, clearing mines in the aegean sea and providing humanitarian relief. he was promoted to rear admiral in may 1945 when the force was attached to the eastern fleet's 21st aircraft carrier squadron[1] where it took part in the amphibious landing at rangoon. when japan surrendered in august 1945 the force was preparing for the attack on the malay peninsula. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"135","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299732/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:02.757Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£8 - £10","currency":"GBP","id":299732,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":8},{"startPrice":6,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/299733/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"1915 r34 rigger w.w. ballantyne signed cover rafm ha15 major g. h. scott. ww1 rnas r34 airship ww2 w w ballantyne. he joined the royal naval air service in 1915 and worked as a rigger on many airships including the r34 so famous for its double flight across the atlantic with major g h scott as the captain. when told he could not fly on the atlantic crossing attempt, he stowed away with a cat and when the airship landed in new york he became a star overnight and fortunately was not court martialled. ballantyne also served during ww2. signed on a major g h scott rafm ha15 historic cover 1977, flown in a balloon and then dropped by parachute. good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"136","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299733/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:02.759Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - 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commander. he was chief of the air staff in the early 1960s and, in that role, deployed british air power as part of the british response to the brunei revolt. also, in the face of escalating costs, he implemented the cancellation of the british blue streak ballistic missile system but then found the raf was without any such capability when the americans cancelled their own skybolt ballistic missile system. he went on to be deputy supreme commander supreme headquarters allied powers europe in the mid-1960s. born the son of captain sydney royston pike and sarah elizabeth pike (née huddleston),[1] pike was educated at bedford school between 1915 and 1923[2] before joining the royal air force as a flight cadet on 17 january 1924.[3] on successfully passing through the royal air force college cranwell, he was commissioned as a pilot officer on 16 december 1925[4] and immediately posted to no. 56 squadron at raf biggin hill where he flew gloster grebes and then armstrong whitworth siskins.[3] promoted to flying officer on 16 june 1927,[5] he attended the instructors' course at the central flying school in autumn 1928 and then became an instructor first with no. 5 flying training school at raf sealand and then, from may 1929, at the central flying school, where he was a member of the aerobatic team.[3] promoted to flight lieutenant on 9 july 1930,[6] pike attended the long aircraft engineering course at the home aircraft depot at raf henlow from august 1930 and then joined the engineering staff at the raf depot in the middle east in october 1932.[3] he became an instructor at no. 4 flying training school at raf abu suwayr in november 1934[3] and, after attending the raf staff college from january 1937, he was promoted to squadron leader on 1 february 1937.[7] he was posted to no. 10 flying training school at raf ternhill as chief flying instructor in january 1938 and then became a staff officer in the deputy directorate of peace organisation within the air ministry in february 1939. pike served in the second world war, initially on the air staff within the directorate of organisation at the air ministry,[3] and was promoted to the temporary rank of wing commander on 1 march 1940[8] (made permanent in april 1942).[9] he was appointed officer commanding no. 219 squadron flying bristol beaufighters from raf tangmere in february 1941[3] and was awarded the distinguished flying cross on 13 may 1941 for showing great skill in intercepting enemy aircraft at night, destroying a raiding aircraft on his first night patrol.[10] he was awarded a bar to the distinguished flying cross on 30 may 1941 for engaging attackers at night when the aerodrome was illuminated by the glare from a large number of incendiary bombs. pike was given command of the night fighters of no. 11 group in september 1941 and then went on to be station commander at raf north weald in february 1942.[3] promoted to the temporary rank of group captain on 27 march 1942,[12] he became officer commanding no. 1 mobile operations room unit during the allied landings in italy[13] in may 1943 for which role he was mentioned in dispatches in june 1943.[3] he went on to be senior air staff officer at hq desert air force in february 1944.[3] appointed a commander of the order of the british empire in the 1944 birthday honours,[14] he became commandant of the officers' advanced training school in june 1945.[3] he was also awarded the american officer of the legion of merit on 16 october 1945. pike was appointed a companion of the order of the bath in the 1946 new year honours.[15] after the war he stayed in the raf and became director of operational requirements at the air ministry in october 1946 being promoted to air commodore on 1 july 1947.[16] then, after attending the imperial defence college in 1949, he was made air officer commanding no. 11 group in january 1950.[3] he was given the acting rank of air vice-marshal on 9 january 1950.[17] he became deputy chief of staff (operations) at hq allied air forces central europe in july 1951, assistant chief of air staff (policy) in june 1953 and deputy chief of the air staff with the acting rank of air marshal on 9 november 1953.[18] he was confirmed in the rank of air marshal on 1 january 1955.[19] advanced to knight commander of the order of the bath in the 1955 birthday honours,[20] he went on to be air officer commanding-in-chief at raf fighter command in august 1956.[3] he was promoted to air chief marshal on 1 november 1957. pike became chief of the air staff on 1 january 1960.[22] in that role he deployed british air power as part of the british response to the brunei revolt.[23] also, in the face of escalating costs, he implemented the cancellation of the british blue streak ballistic missile system but then found the raf was without any such capability when the americans cancelled their own skybolt ballistic missile system.[23] he was advanced to knight grand cross of the order of the bath in the 1961 new year honours[24] and promoted to marshal of the royal air force on 6 april 1962.[25] pike was then deputy supreme commander supreme headquarters allied powers europe from january 1964 until his retirement in march 1967. good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"138","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299735/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:02.761Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - £8","currency":"GBP","id":299735,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":6},{"startPrice":8,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/299736/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"am sir denis crowley-milling dso dfc 242 sqn bob and alastair steedman signed raf greenham common air tattoo cover. ww2 raf battle of britain fighter pilot. good condition 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flight, which ultimately secured the trophy for great britain. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"140","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299737/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:02.765Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£8 - £10","currency":"GBP","id":299737,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":8},{"startPrice":8,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/299738/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ac66 10th anniversary liberation south georgia sandwich islands signed 3 fdc. 20 8 92 south georgia first day of issue postmark on set of 4 south georgia and the south sandwich islands 10th anniversary of liberation stamps. ssafa nursing and welfare centenary south georgia and south sandwich islands. 10th anniversary of the liberation of south georgia and the south sandwich islands. personally signed by field marshall lord bramall kg,gcb, obe,jp lord lieutenant of greater london and vice president ssafa, general sir peter inge gcb, adc gen chief of the general staff and general sir charles guthrie commander in chief british army of the rhine. backstamped royal air force mount pleasant 22 feb 1993 and royal air force brize norton 11 mar 1993. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"141","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299738/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:55.667Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£8 - £10","currency":"GBP","id":299738,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":8},{"startPrice":6,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/299739/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ww2 usaf aces cdr william e bill henry and col r bruce porter +1 signed raf b32 50th ann of the start of the design of the boeing b-17 fortress ww2 fdc. both us aces. cmdr. william e. henry one of the few night fighter aces had 6½ night kills and 3½ day. on october 1944 cmdr. henry was catapulted from u.s.s. independence cvl at 0245 in the morning off the coast of formosa his call sign was \"cupid 13\". he spotted japanese \"emily\" at about 700 ft. altitude, he came in from behind and shot the left inboard engine and set it on fire, he pulled away to the left and the \"emily\" turned left in front of cmdr. henry, he fired again and the turret gunner from the \"emily\" fired back. the \"emily\" rolled right and splashed into the ocean. the crew of the independence witnessed the victory. this was one of three \"emily's\" that cmdr. henry shot down at night. he was awarded the navy cross for his victories in wwii. major bruce porter flew more than 30 combat missions with marine fighting squadron 121 from guadalcanal and the russell islands and notched up three confirmed aerial victories and four more \"probables\". however, after 19 months in the pacific he \"\u2026thought i'd like to fight the germans too\u2026\". so, based on a rumour that marine night fighter squadrons were to be sent to europe, he asked for this new assignment. porter completed his training in radar guided night interception techniques in early 1945. while he didn't deploy to europe, he was ultimately assigned as the new commanding officer (at the age of 25) of vmf(n)-542, which was operating from the recently captured yontan airfield on okinawa. on the night of 24-25 may 1945, less than 48 hours of taking command of vmf(n)-542, porter led the squadron's personnel in the frenetic defense of the airfield from a daring japanese suicide air assault. a dozen enemy commandos managed to crash land on the yontan flight line with the goal of targeting american planes, a fuel dump, and, very specifically, the members of vmf(n)-542 itself! when the fighting was over, the japanese had successfully damaged or destroyed 35 aircraft and ignited 70,000 gallons of fuel, but vmf(n)-542 suffered only three wounded. on the night 15 june 1945, porter shot down a pair of japanese aircraft (a kawasaki ki-45 \"nick\" fighter and mitsubishi g4m \"betty\" bomber) while flying \"black death\" - his personally assigned grumman f6f-5n (buno 78669) complete with a painted bottle of bourbon on the nose cowling. these two aerial victories made porter an ace and just the third marine pilot to reach that milestone with kills made both during the day and night. good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"142","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299739/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:55.669Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - £8","currency":"GBP","id":299739,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":6},{"startPrice":6,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/299740/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"ww2 usaf lt general george c axtell signed raf b39 intro of boeing b-29 renamed washington 1 to the raf 22 mar 1950 raf fdc. lieutenant general george c. axtell (november 29, 1920 - august 20, 2011) was a united states marine corps general officer, a world war ii flying ace, and a navy cross recipient. during world war ii, he was the youngest commanding officer of a marine fighter squadron. he also served in the korean war and vietnam war. good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"143","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299740/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:55.670Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - £8","currency":"GBP","id":299740,"category":{"en":"COL"},"estimateMin":6},{"startPrice":8,"sold":false,"images":["https://bidspirit-images.global.ssl.fastly.net/chaucerauctions/cloned-images/299741/001/001.jpg"],"available":false,"description":{"en":"50th anniv of the start design b 17 fortress signed 5 battle of britain pilots, crew. 13 april 84 boeing b17 50th anniversary. flown in flying fortress b17 sally b. captain keith sissons. personally signed by avis hearn awarded m m for bravery, waaf during battle of britain whilst under stuka attack on poling radar station aug 1940. sqn ldr g leggett 615, 245 and 46 battle of britain fighter pilot sqn ldr j g p millard nos 1 and 242 squadrons battle of britain fighter pilot. peter ayerst who achieved confirmed victories in the battle of britain and not eligible for the battle of britain clasp. alan w gear 32 hurricane sqn, battle of britain fighter pilot. good condition est."},"estimateMax":10,"lotNumber":"144","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299741/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":8,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:55.672Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£8 - 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joseph marie \"jean-luc\" dehaene ( 7 august 1940 - 15 may 2014) was a belgian politician who served as the prime minister of belgium from 1992 until 1999. during his political career, he was nicknamed \"the plumber\", as well as \"the minesweeper\", for his ability to negotiate political deadlocks. a member of the christen-democratisch en vlaams (cdandv) party and its antecedents, dehaene gained his first ministerial appointment in 1981. dehaene later went on to lead a series of centre-left cabinets from 1992 to 1999. dehaene's first government (1992-1995) included both christian and social democrats and presided over the creation of a new constitution, effectively transforming belgium into a federal state. his second government (1995-1999) coincided with a number of crises in belgium, including the dutroux scandal. the dioxin affair, occurring shortly before the 1999 election, led to a swing against the major parties, and dehaene's government fell. following his final term as prime 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received a short service commission in the royal air force in 1935 and served with no. 43 squadron flying hawker fury aircraft at tangmere from 1936 to 1939. he was a flight commander with no. 229 squadron raf (hawker hurricane aircraft) by may 1940, having helped form and convert the squadron from the bristol blenheim aircraft. he first saw active service during the second world war in france where he commanded a detachment of no. 229 squadron at vitry-en-artois near arras and was shot down by a messerschmitt bf 109, receiving facial burns. returning to active service by october 1940, he commanded 229 squadron from raf northolt for the last 12 days of the battle of britain. he embarked with no. 229 squadron for north africa on board hms furious and led the aircraft in a take-off from ship to north africa via malta. promoted to wing commander in 1941, he took charge of no. 263 wing, where he had joint operational control of the desert air force's fighter squadrons. in november 1941 he spotted an australian tomahawk aircraft being forced down by enemy fighters and landed his single-seater to rescue the pilot. having got sergeant burney aboard, he attempted to take off but suffered a burst tyre and crashed the aircraft. both he and burney walked across the desert for four days, avoiding large enemy patrols, to reach safety with a guards unit. rosier became the deputy commander of no. 211 group and was awarded the distinguished service order for operations over libya in 1941. returning to the uk in 1943, he became simultaneously officer commanding no. 52 operational training unit and raf aston down. he was appointed an officer of the order of the british empire mid that year, before being appointed to command raf northolt in 1944. good condition 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crippled wellington bomber over belgium, and with the aid of the comet escape line travelled through france to cross the pyrenees into spain. in retirement he raised millions of pounds for r.a.f. charities, including the r.a.f. escaping society. on the night of september 16 1942, randle took off to attack essen, his 19th operation, and as he crossed the dutch coast at 21,000ft his wellington took a direct hit from anti-aircraft fire. (note: page of loss on this website) despite the damage to his aircraft he pressed on to the target, where he came under more intense fire. after dropping his bombs, he was again hit and the port engine failed. as the wellington became increasingly difficult to control, he ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft. randle landed in a tree near the german-belgian border and immediately headed for the coast, travelling by night and hiding by day, but after being warned by a farmer that the coast was very heavily defended he decided to turn south. using local trains, he travelled to namur but soon realised that, without identity papers, his luck could not last and he set off to walk towards france. an elderly man put randle in touch with some monks who sheltered him for 10 days before he was passed to the belgian resistance. after an interrogation to ensure that he was not a german infiltrator, he was given clothing and false identity papers showing him to be a flemish commercial traveller. in this guise, he was taken to brussels and a reunion with two of his crew. unknown to him, he was now in the hands of the famous comet line, created and organised by the remarkable 26-year-old andree de jongh (known as dedee). the airmen were kept in \u2018safe houses\u2019 before dedee escorted them to paris. a few days later they continued their journey by express train to biarritz, where a young girl took them by local train to st jean de luz, where they were dressed as local basque farmhands before cycling into the mountains to be met by the veteran basque guide florentino. dedee rejoined the party as it negotiated the narrow forested paths by night, avoiding german patrols before crossing the river bidassoa into spain. dedee then left them, to return a few hours later with a renault taxi. they were taken to the british consul in san sebastian before travelling to madrid and on to gibraltar. randle had been on the run for 55 days. dedee was eventually betrayed, but survived internment in ravensbruck concentration camp. after the war both she and florentino, who escorted nearly 300 evaders across the pyrenees, were awarded george medals. william samuel oliver randle was born in devon on may 17 1921 and attended exmouth grammar school before joining lloyds bank. his first flight was in an avro 504k of alan cobhams flying circus and from that moment he was obsessed with flying. after serving in the home guard during the london blitz he enlisted in the raf in february 1941, training as a pilot in the united states and in britain. in july 1942 he joined no 150 squadron, based in yorkshire, as a sergeant pilot to fly the wellington. he attacked targets in the ruhr and deeper into germany. soon after returning from gibraltar randle was awarded an immediate dfm, the citation stating that he had \u2018carried out all his attacks with persistent skill and courage and shown superb captaincy and airmanship\u2019. it was, however, air ministry policy that successful evaders would not return to operational flying over north-west europe. randle was commissioned and became an instructor at a bomber training unit, a role he filled at various locations for the rest of the war. for his exceptional service he was mentioned in despatches and awarded an afc. for five years after the war randle worked in the air intelligence branch, specialising in combat survival and rescue. he was attached to the usaf, and in december 1952 left for korea to serve in the 3rd air rescue group. flying the sa 16 amphibious aircraft, he made a number of long-range rescue sorties behind enemy lines on search missions and to provide cover for pickup operations of shot-down aircrew. the americans awarded him their \u2018air medal\u2019. while commanding the flying wing at raf thorney island near portsmouth, randle began the fund-raising which he would pursue vigorously for the rest of his life. he served on the air staff in germany, becoming president of the raf germany athletics board and leading raf teams on the nijmegen march, an activity he continued for a number of years. in july 1964 he took command of raf odiham in hampshire, which was opening as the raf\u2019s main support helicopter base, introducing both the wessex and belvedere to active service. the following year, after ian smith declared udi in southern rhodesia, randle was sent to lusaka as chief of staff to the air commander. an air defence organisation was established and raf fighters were deployed to the region. with the introduction of an oil embargo, randle left for dar-es-salaam to manage an airlift of oil into zambia. this was not without its difficulties, but the hard-working and diplomatic randle got matters under control and the airlift proved to be a success. randle returned to odiham in february 1966 . as a leading committee member of the raf escaping society, he was able to arrange a visit to the base by some of the most famous figures of the comet line, including andree de jongh, and by fellow evaders whom they had assisted down the line. randle always claimed that odiham was his happiest and most fulfilling appointment. he served at the mod on helicopter operational requirements before taking up a senior post at the officer and aircrew selection centre on the old battle of britain airfield at biggin hill, where he devoted an increasing amount of time to raising money for raf charities. he established a programme of first-day philatelic covers signed by raf dignitaries, a project which proved highly successful over the years. randle decided to leave the raf under a redundancy scheme in april 1972. he joined the team creating the raf museum at hendon, first as public relations officer, then as education officer, keeper of the battle of britain museum, curator of the bomber command museum (at the opening of which he was reunited with his wellington crew for the first time in 40 years) and finally as director of appeals, a post he left at the end 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scientist at the cern in geneva, working on proton beams in accelerators and plasmas. from 1975 to 1976 he worked at the university of freiburg and the brookhaven national laboratory (new york), in 1977, he joined desy in hamburg to work on the beam optics of the petra storage ring. from 1978 to 1982, he worked at the dfvlr (the precursor of the dlr) in the institute of communications technology in oberpfaffenhofen on space-borne communications. in 1983, he was selected as one of the astronauts for the first german spacelab mission d-1. he flew as a payload specialist on sts-61-a in 1985, spending over 168 hours in space. after his spaceflight he became a professor at the institut für raumfahrtsysteme at the university of stuttgart. from 2000 to 2004, he was head of the european astronaut centre in cologne. in january 2005, he returned to the university of stuttgart teaching on subjects of astronautics and space stations. good condition 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scientist-astronaut in nasa astronaut group 4 in june 1965. he resigned from nasa on august 18, 1969 without having been assigned to any spaceflight missions. michel believed that it was his decision to resign (after it became clear that he would not be given a flight assignment) that motivated the scientific community to demand that his fellow scientist-astronaut harrison schmitt be reassigned to apollo 17 (replacing joe engle) after schmitt's planned mission on apollo 18 was cancelled. good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"169","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299766/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:09:48.363Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - 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development and support. in 1984, he was assigned as pilot on sts-62-a, the first space shuttle mission to launch from vandenberg afb, california. that mission was later cancelled. gardner first flew in space as pilot on the crew of sts-27, aboard the space shuttle atlantis, on december 2-6, 1988. the mission carried a department of defense payload and is noteworthy due to the severe damage atlantis sustained to its critical heat-resistant tiles during ascent. gardner next flew as pilot on the crew of sts-35, aboard the space shuttle columbia, on december 2-10, 1990. the mission carried the astro-1 astronomy laboratory consisting of three ultraviolet telescopes and one x-ray telescope. good condition 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(note: page of loss on this website) despite the damage to his aircraft he pressed on to the target, where he came under more intense fire. after dropping his bombs, he was again hit and the port engine failed. as the wellington became increasingly difficult to control, he ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft. randle landed in a tree near the german-belgian border and immediately headed for the coast, travelling by night and hiding by day, but after being warned by a farmer that the coast was very heavily defended he decided to turn south. using local trains, he travelled to namur but soon realised that, without identity papers, his luck could not last and he set off to walk towards france. an elderly man put randle in touch with some monks who sheltered him for 10 days before he was passed to the belgian resistance. after an interrogation to ensure that he was not a german infiltrator, he was given clothing and false identity papers showing him to be a flemish commercial traveller. in this guise, he was taken to brussels and a reunion with two of his crew. unknown to him, he was now in the hands of the famous comet line, created and organised by the remarkable 26-year-old andree de jongh (known as dedee). the airmen were kept in 'safe houses' before dedee escorted them to paris. a few days later they continued their journey by express train to biarritz, where a young girl took them by local train to st jean de luz, where they were dressed as local basque farmhands before cycling into the mountains to be met by the veteran basque guide florentino. dedee rejoined the party as it negotiated the narrow forested paths by night, avoiding german patrols before crossing the river bidassoa into spain. dedee then left them, to return a few hours later with a renault taxi. they were taken to the british consul in san sebastian before travelling to madrid and on to gibraltar. randle had been on the run for 55 days. dedee was eventually betrayed, but survived internment in ravensbruck concentration camp. after the war both she and florentino, who escorted nearly 300 evaders across the pyrenees, were awarded george medals. william samuel oliver randle was born in devon on may 17 1921 and attended exmouth grammar school before joining lloyds bank. his first flight was in an avro 504k of alan cobham's flying circus and from that moment he was obsessed with flying. after serving in the home guard during the london blitz he enlisted in the raf in february 1941, training as a pilot in the united states and in britain. in july 1942 he joined no 150 squadron, based in yorkshire, as a sergeant pilot to fly the wellington. he attacked targets in the ruhr and deeper into germany. soon after returning from gibraltar randle was awarded an immediate dfm, the citation stating that he had 'carried out all his attacks with persistent skill and courage and shown superb captaincy and airmanship'. it was, however, air ministry policy that successful evaders would not return to operational flying over north-west europe. randle was commissioned and became an instructor at a bomber training unit, a role he filled at various locations for the rest of the war. for his exceptional service he was mentioned in despatches and awarded an afc. for five years after the war randle worked in the air intelligence branch, specialising in combat survival and rescue. he was attached to the usaf, and in december 1952 left for korea to serve in the 3rd air rescue group. flying the sa 16 amphibious aircraft, he made a number of long-range rescue sorties behind enemy lines on search missions and to provide cover for pickup operations of shot-down aircrew. the americans awarded him their 'air medal'. while commanding the flying wing at raf thorney island near portsmouth, randle began the fund-raising which he would pursue vigorously for the rest of his life. he served on the air staff in germany, becoming president of the raf germany athletics board and leading raf teams on the nijmegen march, an activity he continued for a number of years. in july 1964 he took command of raf odiham in hampshire, which was opening as the raf's main support helicopter base, introducing both the wessex and belvedere to active service. the following year, after ian smith declared udi in southern rhodesia, randle was sent to lusaka as chief of staff to the air commander. an air defence organisation was established and raf fighters were deployed to the region. with the introduction of an oil embargo, randle left for dar-es-salaam to manage an airlift of oil into zambia. this was not without its difficulties, but the hard-working and diplomatic randle got matters under control and the airlift proved to be a success. randle returned to odiham in february 1966 . as a leading committee member of the raf escaping society, he was able to arrange a visit to the base by some of the most famous figures of the comet line, including andree de jongh, and by fellow evaders whom they had assisted down the line. randle always claimed that odiham was his happiest and most fulfilling appointment. he served at the mod on helicopter operational requirements before taking up a senior post at the officer and aircrew selection centre on the old battle of britain airfield at biggin hill, where he devoted an increasing amount of time to raising money for raf charities. he established a programme of first-day philatelic covers signed by raf dignitaries, a project which proved highly successful over the years. randle decided to leave the raf under a redundancy scheme in april 1972. he joined the team creating the raf museum at hendon, first as public relations officer, then as education officer, keeper of the battle of britain museum, curator of the bomber command museum (at the opening of which he was reunited with his wellington crew for the first time in 40 years) and finally as director of appeals, a post he left at the end of 1986. he was chairman of the royal air force escaping society (1974-77) and a governor of the royal star and garter home for sailors, soldiers and airmen (1981-87). he was appointed mbe in 1952, obe in 1961 and cbe in 1967, and was a fellow of the royal aeronautical society. at the age of 80 he embarked on a career as an author. his autobiography, 'blue skies and dark nights', was published in 2002, and he wrote two novels, 'kondor' and 'broken wings'. good condition est."},"estimateMax":8,"lotNumber":"267","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/77045/lot/299864/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":6,"soldPrice":6,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T02:10:22.182Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£6 - 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for enemy mortar and machine-gun fire. reaching the top of the bridge, he drove out the party below, inflicting over twenty casualties with hand grenades. having been wounded he rejoined his platoon, had his wound dressed, and then carried on in command. richard annand's platoon sergeant said later \"mr annand came to me at platoon headquarters and asked for a box of grenades as they could hear jerry trying to repair the bridge. off he went and he sure must have given them a lovely time because it wasn't a great while before he was back for more\". during the evening another attack was launched and again second lieutenant annand went forward with hand grenades and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. when the order to withdraw was received, he withdrew his platoon, but learning on the way back that his batman was wounded and had been left behind, he returned at once to the former position and brought him back in a wheelbarrow, before losing consciousness as the result of wounds. 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