Lot 286: Sold for £75 hammer
The Christmas Auction: Ceramics, Collectables, Pictures, Wines and Spirits,
Thursday 17th December 2020
Second World War interest, 35 Wing, 'The story of 35 Days in 35 Wing who watched, and helped in the destruction of a German Army 28 July - 31 August 1944', by Lt -Col P E R Wright G(I) Int. 1st Canadian Army, with black and white photographic aerial shot illustrations, together with a framed colour print, 'A Bristol Beaufighter drops a tricolour on the Arc de Triomphe 1942' inscribed (faded) "To my old mate Bertie sincerely Ken Galward 7/12/49", 38cm by 36cm, Gp Capt Ken Galward was a World War II pilot who flew in the Battle of Dunkirk and dropped a tricolour on the Arc de Triomphe