RAF Book of Heroes Listing 107 signatures of Battle of Britain Pilots for sale at Bonhams Oxford
Churchill told Douglas Bader not to lose this book.
By Guest Column —— Bio and Archives--July 14, 2011
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A small leather-bound book that powerfully evokes ‘The Few’ of WWII Battle of Britain, listing 107 signatures of RAF flying officers, goes on sale at Bonhams Militaria Sale in Oxford on August 2nd.
Collected by Norman Phillips, a mess steward at RAF Marklesham Heath in 1941, the little book’s leather cover was apparently cut from a mess chair by Group Captain Douglas Bader CBE, DSO & Bar,DFC, whose remarkable story – flying again after losing both his legs – was the basis of the film ‘Reach for the Sky’.
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