Sold Gallery
These pages display a number of the rare items that I have had the pleasure of selling. To view more details and a larger photograph please click on the thumbnail picture.
R.A.F Named Medal Group With James Nicolson V.C In
Group of medals named to Flt/Sgt E.L Kightley air gunner with 355 Squadron R.A.F who survived the crash in which James Nicolson V.C was killed on the 2nd May 1945. The medal group consists of 39-45 Star - Burma Star - Defence and 39-45 War Medal all four medals have been privately named by Kightley and are mounted as worn. All medals are in excellent condition. Kightley served as a air gunner with No.355 (Liberator) Squadron R.A.F and completed numerous operation in 1944 / 45 against the Japanese in the Burma theatre. During one of its long range bombing missions an attack on the enemy gun positions in the Rangoon area, on 2nd May 1945, the first fighter command V.C of the war, Wing Commander J.B Nicolson, lost his life when the 355 squadron Liberator in which he was flying as passenger ditched in the sea after the engine caught fire, the second pilot and Kightley were catapulted through the perspex nose of the aircraft into the water, Kightley and the second pilot were the only survivors. The medal group comes with photo copies of Kightley log book and a number of photo copy photographs of Kightley and a section from the book \"Nicolson V.C\" which details the crash and Kightley part is described in great detail. A colour photograph of Eric Kightley taken at the 355 Squadron reunion at RAF Cosford in July 1944 is included.
Emergency Water Supplies For Fire Fighting.
Emergency Fire Brigade Organisation - Memorandum on Emergency Water Supplies for Fire Fighting - Issued by the Home Office April 1939. 16 page card cover booklet in very good clean condition.
Consolidated Instructions to Invasion Committees.
Consolidated Instructions to Invasion Committees in England and Wales. 26 page card cover booklet issued by the Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence on the authority of the Minister of Home Security - July 1942. Booklet in good condition with just some rust bleed from staples.
Adler - Schulz, Luftwaffen-Fibel Des Deutschen Jun
Adler-Schulz. Luftwaffen - Fibel des deutschen Jungen. German school boy book of the Luftwaffe. Published Berlin 1943, 76 page card cover book in good condition some slight damage to spine and 1st page detached.
The Air Raid Warden\'s Reference Book.
The Air Raid Warden\'s Reference Book, including a complete section for the permanent recording of Post Sector information. by N.S Kiddell-Monroe A.R.P.S. Published 1940 by Cassell & Company Ltd. Pocket size reference book, 128 pages in good sound used condition.
Ealing A.R.P Residents Meeting Leaflet.
Leaflet approx 20x13cm issued by the Borough of Ealing A.R.P department urging the resident of the Borough to attend a meeting at the local school on air raid precautions. Condition is good with some age discolouring.
\"Senior Fire Guard\" Shoulder Title.
Embroidered Civil Defence \"Senior Fire Guard\" shoulder title, yellow lettering on black background. In good used condition with service wear.
Midland Regional Association of ARP Instructors, L
Chrome and enamel button hole fixing lapel badge for the Midland Regional Association of A.R.P Instructors. The badge is in excellent condition and maker marked to reverse \"Millers Birmingham\".
Wartime R.A.F \"Sidcot\" Flying Suit.
Royal Air Force 1940 pattern Sidcot Flying Suit Outer, Stores reference 22c/365 size 6. This is the early wartime version of the sidcot which has no wiring. The green cotton material is in very good clean condition with just some slight staining, clear A.M stamps and label (some ink staining) marked outer with size measurements and owners name. Zips are A.M marked except for the two leg zips, all are in working order although a little stiff in operation, one leg and one side zip has one tooth missing on each they still operate with care. Removable fur collar is in good condition and A.M stamped.
\"In A Now Forgotten Sky\" - The 31st Fighter
\"In a Now Forgotten Sky\" The 31st Fighter Group in WW2 By Dennis C Kucera. Published 1997 by Flying Machines Press. The 31st Fighter Group were the highest scoring fighter group in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations in WW2. Hardback book of 420 pages fully illustrated with black and white photographs in as new condition.