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THE BENTLEY PRIORY BATTLE OF BRITAIN TRUST APPEAL CHARITY AUCTION
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A Fine Battle of Britain Pilot’s D.F.C. Group of
Eight to ‘Hurricane Ace’ Group Captain P.D.
Thompson, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
Who Shot Down Three Enemy Aircraft At The
Height of the Battle and Added to His Score in
Numerous Combats During the Siege of Malta
1941-42, Twice Being Wounded and On One
Occasion Baling Out of His Blazing Aircraft From
a Few Hundred Feet; Whilst Station Commander
of RAF Biggin Hill 1956-58, He Was
Instrumental in Establishing the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight, And Flew With Johnnie Johnson
and Jamie Rankin, in the Farewell Flight of the
Last Three Spitfires in First Line Service
a) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse
officially dated ‘1942’
b) 1939-1945 Star, with Battle of Britain Bar
c) Atlantic Star, with France and Germany Bar
d) Africa Star, with copy North Africa 1942-43 Bar
e) Italy Star
f) Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaf
g) Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R. (Flt. Lt. P.D.
Thompson. R.A.F.V.R.), good very fine or better,
mounted court style as originally worn, with the
following related uniforms, documents, photographs,
and other ephemera &c.:
- D.F.C. Royal Mint case of issue, together with
Central Chancery letter regarding the investiture,
dated 24.2.1945
- Caterpillar Club gold brooch badge, with ruby eyes,
reverse engraved ‘S/Ldr. P.D. Thompson’, in original
card box of issue, together with the recipient’s
Caterpillar Club membership card and club tie
- The recipient’s two surviving Flying Log Books,
covering the period 1.5.1941-21.5.1957 and
22.5.1957-30.4.1972, the first log book privately
bound and annotated ‘Previous Log Book destroyed
in Bombing Raid on Halfar in April 1941’, the second
slightly water damaged
- The recipient’s Pilots’ Flying Manual
- Commission Appointing Peter Douglas Thompson a
Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve,
dated 30.9.1940, together with a Commission
appointing the recipient’s father a Second Lieutenant
in the Royal Air Force, dated 1.11.1918
- Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 8.6.1944
- No. 64 Squadron Crest, mounted on a wooden
shield
- No. 129 (Mysore) Squadron Crest, hand painted on
card, with 22 accompanying signatures, together with
a signed portrait photograph of the Maharaja of
Mysore, dated 1942
- The recipient’s full mess kit, comprising jacket with
silver wire pilot’s wings, various shirts, blue and white
waistcoats, trousers, and patent leather shoes
- Tropical mess jacket in white, with Group Captain’s
epaulettes and gold and silver wire pilot’s wings
- Tropical No.1 Jacket, with Group Captain’s
epaulettes, embroidered pilot’s wings, and medal
ribands
Group Captain P.D. Thompson
- Tropical working Jacket, with Group Captain’s
epaulettes, embroidered pilot’s wings, and medal
ribands
- Three No. 1 Uniforms, complete with RAF wings,
and medal ribands, all with trousers
- Various Badges, Buttons, Rank insignia, Pilot’s
Wings, Ribands, cummerbunds, and other dress
related ephemera
- The recipient’s watch, the reverse engraved
‘“Tommy” 185(F) Squadron Malta 1941-42’, lacking
strap and no longer in working order
- Silver plated tankard, engraved ‘Presented to Wg
Cdr. P.D. Thompson by the Engineering Officers
RAF Tengah November 1969’
- Silver salver, with applied bronze crest, engraved ‘Al
Group Captain RAF Peter Thompson, Agregado de
Defensa de Gran Bretana en el Peru, Lima, 18 de Abril
1975’
- Silver cigarette box, the inside engraved ‘La
Asociacion de Agregados Castrenses Acreditados ante
el Gobierno de Peru, Al Coronel Peter Thompson,
Lima, Abril 1975
- Silver gilt Peruvian winged badge, in case of issue,
together with another, mounted on a shield, with a
plaque inscribed ‘Al Coronel RAF Peter D. Thompson
Del Tnte. Gral. Fap Jorge Debernardi Leon’
- Twelve souvenir pennants
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