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1939 Dated Attributed Kings Own Scottish Borderers
A good early wartime dated (1939) Glengarry and 1st pattern battledress serge jacket to 3168241 Pte A.F McTaggart 1st Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers. 9x14 cm portrait photograph of McTaggart showing him wearing the jacket and glengarry, photo named and dated on back - 3168241 Pte A.F McTaggart 1st Batl KOSB. 3rd November 1940. Both the jacket and glengarry has his soldiers service number stamped inside (these are quite faint but readable due to age and wear). Jacket is of the early pattern and retains the original KOSB brass shoulder titles, The jacket is in well used condition with a few small (treated) moth and wear damage, some field repairs and is a little grubby. Marked / stamped to inner edge, size 7, broad arrow, 39. Service number to lower waist band. Overall a good untouched been there jacket. Glengarry is in similar condition to jacket well used and untouched original condition with service wear, broad arrow and 39 stamped with service number. Retains both tails and original cap badge.
R.A.F Air Gunner Log Book, 358 Squadron Special Op
Air Gunners flying log book to Sgt A.W Webb, covers the period April 1944 to June 1945. He commenced training at No 7 Air Gunnery School on the 28th April 1944 on Ansons, on the 2nd November he moves to No 5 OTU Canada where his training continues on Liberators a total of 38 hrs flown. May 1945he is transferred to No 358 Squadron flying ops as a rear gunner on Liberators a total of 7 operations are completed 4 of these operations are recorded in his log as \"Special Duty ops as briefed\", The final op states crashed landed on Ramree Island and found by A.S.R Catalina. 358 Squadron were based at RAF Jessore Bengal British India part of South East Asia Command, January 1945 saw a change in the squadrons role to a special duties squadron dropping agents and supplies to resistance groups in Japanese held territory which it continued until it was disbanded in November 1945. The log is in good overall sound condition with some slight water staining to front cover, has all the correct signatures, although only has 11 pages of entries this is a scarce special ops log worthy of further research.
Wartime R.A.F Flight Engineers Brevet.
A good used padded wartime R.A.F flight engineers brevet. Nice quality brevet in good condition with service wear, removed from tunic.
Hitchin Council - Air Raid Wardens Idenitity Card
. Hitchin Urban District Council - Air Raid Precautions - Air Raid Wardens Card. Issued to Mr Maylin, dated - For Duration of War, with photograph to back page. In good condition with just age wear.
Wartime R.A.F Logbook to LAC Bowerbank - Drogue Op
RAF log book to LAC Bowerbank covers the period 1943 to 1946. He trained as a wireless operator qualified September 1942 before being transferred to a Drogue Operator serving mainly in the Middle East at RAF Gianaclis Egypt. The log is in good used sound condition with numerous entries, all correct signatures and is clearly written with some added interesting comments - a/c written off on landing, missed runway on landing, shoot up of billets after take off, fuel cap loose on take off fuel in rear cockpit !!. Main aircraft flown in Defiant, Maryland, Blenheim. Baltimore. A well completed log comes with flying clothing card and small photograph of 1094422 W. Bowerbank.
A.R.P News - National Journal of Air - Raid Precau
A.R.P News - National Journal of Air - Raid Precautions Volume 2 Number 5 October 1939. 30 page magazine style publication with black and white photographs and illustrations. Good clean condition with some rust bleed from staples.
Practical Rescue Training For Air Raid Wardens.
Practical Rescue Training - A Handbook for Wardens and other Civil Defence Personnel by E.C Claxton. Published 1943 by Pitman & Sons. 128 pages card cover booklet with illustrations. In good sound used condition with some staining to front cover.
1914 - 15 Star Trio to Pte J. Hawkins Devonshire R
1914 - 15 Star, British War and Victory medal to 12053 Pte Joseph K Hawkins Devonshire Regiment. Medals are in good condition, clearly named and mounted as worn. He served in France and comes with original medal issue card and envelope.
British War Medal 1914 - 18 to Pte Cox - Died of W
British War Medal 1914 - 1918 to 17633 Pte Frank Ernest Sidney Cox, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died of wounds in England 29th August 1918, aged 22. Private Frank Ernest Sidney Cox was born in Longhope, the son of Henry and Clara Cox, of Cheltenham. Before the war, he worked on Kayte Farm for Mr Frank Burroughs and enlisted in the 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regt late in 1914. He had seen almost 4 years service in the army when he was wounded in France and invalided to England, where he died in King Georges Hospital. He was buried in Cheltenham Cemetery. His brother Albert was also killed in the war.
R.A.F Fighter Command Losses - Vol 2 - 1942 - 1943
R.A.F Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War. Volume 2. Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942 - 1943 by Norman Franks. Published 1998 by Midland Publishing Ltd. 154 pages. Card cover. As new condition.