VERY RARE AUTOGRAPHED DOUGLAS BADER 257 SQUADRON SIGNATURES LTD EDITION PRINT

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HAPPY TO POST WORLWIDE AUTHENTIC & VERY RARE 257 SQUADRON OF HAWKER HURRICANES 31 BATTLE OF BRITAIN PILOTS AUTOGRAPHED SIGNATURES LTD EDITION 1960-70 PRINT PROCEEDS FROM THIS SALE ARE GOING TO RAF BENEVOLENT FUND THE FULL PROVENANCE BELOW THIS RARE PRINT WAS SOLD AT BONHAMS AUCTIONEERS IN 2004 LOT 329 SALE NUMBER 11090 SOLD FOR £480 Advanced search Auctions How to Services Events About Bonhams Departments Locations RESET IMAGE Zoom instructions ▲Previous lot ▼Next lot Back to auction listing Go to lot number 1 Mar 2004 11 a.m. Park Royal Automobilia Auction 11090 329 A signed Hawker Hurricane print after a painting by Keith Broomfield,,bearing 31 signatures of many Battle of Britain pilots including Douglas Bader, Bob Stanford-Tuck, Dennis Crowley-Milling, Christopher Foxley-Norris, and Harold Bird-Wilson, 37 x 55cm (14½ x 21½ins), framed and glazed. Sold for £480 Category: Motoring / Automobilia Auction terms and conditions FULL MONEY BACK GUARANTEED AS ORIGINAL/AUTHENTIC THANK YOU TEL.0742761790 DOUGLAS BADER WAS 257 SQUADRON HE HAS SIGNED THIS PRINT ALONG WITH 30 PILOTS FROM 257 SQUADRON THE COMPANION IDENTICAL PRINT TO THIS IS CURRENTLY HANGING IN THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN CLUB AT RAF UXBRIDGE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. The 257 squadron was formed on 17 May 1940 at RAF Hendon as a Fighter Squadron, equipped with Spitfires . The squadron became operational at RAF Northolt , where the squadron flew Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain , during which it was part of No. 11 Group RAF . The squadron was based in south-east England throughout the Battle of Britain and in March began taking part in sweeps over France. Night fighter patrols were also flown and in July 1942 converted to Typhoons which began low-level patrols in September to intercept enemy fighter-bomber raids. Escort missions were also flown and in July 1943, it began offensive operations. The squadron started fighter- bombing sorties in January 1944, and as part of Second Tactical Air Force moved to France in July to provide air support for the Allied armies. By October it was based in Belgium for attacks on enemy transport and battlefield targets. The Squadron disbanded on 5 March 1945. PHOTO 7 AND 8 OF ROBERT STANFORD TUCK Douglas Bader’s father was a major in the British Army in the First World War, who was injured badly by shrapnel in 1917, and would go onto die of those wounds in 1922. The loss of his father put a serious financial strain on his family, and there were doubts whether Douglas would be able to go on to public school, but he won a sports scholarship to St Edward's School in Oxford. He also won a prize cadetship to Cranwell Air Force Academy in 1928. Bader took to flying like a duck to water, going solo after only six and a half hours tuition. In 1930, Bader graduated from Cranwell and was posted to a fighter squadron. He was always his own man and could never resist a challenge. In attempting a low level aerobatic display in December 1931, he crashed. Lucky to be alive, Bader was rushed to hospital where they were forced to amputate both his legs below the knee. Amazingly, Bader took the loss of the legs well. He was determined to live a normal life, even if others were not so sure he could. He found he could still fly with his tin prosthetic legs. However, he was retired from the RAF. He married, found a good job, and continued to excel at sports, yet he still missed flying. Upon the outbreak of war in 1939, Bader re-joined the RAF. By the summer of 1941, he had shot down twenty three German planes, the fifth most prolific record in the RAF. On 9 August 1941, Bader collided mid-air with another plane over Le Tourquet. He was captured by German forces and sent to the Colditz prison. He remained there until the end of the war. Bader was knighted in 1976 , and he died in 1982. FINALLY THANK YOU ALL TEL. 0742761790 ANY QUESTIONS THOMAS............ read more

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