Auction 528
LIVE MILITARY AUTOGRAPH AUCTION BATTLE OF BRITAIN, LUFTWAFFE, UBOATS, BOMBER COMMAND, DAMBUSTERS, NAVY, SPACE
By Chaucer Auctions
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Apr 23, 2025
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 189:
WW2 RAF Lancaster bomber veterans Flt Lt Jo Lancaster 40 sqn and Flt Lt Reg Barker 76 sqn signed 12 x 8 b/w ...
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WW2 RAF Lancaster bomber veterans Flt Lt Jo Lancaster 40 sqn and Flt Lt Reg Barker 76 sqn signed 12 x 8 b/w stunning Lancaster in flight photo. Jo Lancaster, completed 54 operations as a pilot with in Wellingtons with 40 Squadron, and after a period of instructing, in Lancasters with 12 Squadron from RAF Wickenby. He became test pilot after the war and was the first person to use a Martin-Baker ejection seat in an emergency. Reg Barker 76, 635 sqn Reg was shot down on his 21st operation August 26th/27th 1944, target Kiel, by Schrage Musik cannon from a German night fighter as his aircraft left the target, severing the tail section. Miraculously, the rear gunner escaped, but the W/O and MUG were KIA. Reg never forgot his lost crew members. Reg spent the remainder of the war as a PoW at Stalag Luft l at Barth, and was eventually liberated by the advancing Russian army in May 1945. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

