JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 12 March 2024 - 10:00 AM start

Flight Lieutenant Clive Woodward (Bomber) Estcourt, RNZAF (NZ 391045), RAF Bomber Command WWII archive collection.

Lot Details

Includes historical memorabilia from pre-WWII, WWII period and some later material. Estcourt flew as a bomber aimer and navigator, an incredible 40 missions in active service for Bomber Command. The collection includes Ink signed and detailed bra ‘1.8.44 TO 18.3.45. 75(NZ) Squadron -&- 7 Pathfinder Squadron’. Signed by crew members and with their position; ‘Skipper J.R.Layton, Navigator L.E.Anger, Rear Gunner L.D.Moore, Mid Upper Gunner D.O.Light, FHR Bomber Clive W.Estcourt, Wireless Op. T.Nicholas, Engineer F.Samuel’. Together with 42 named towns and cities, presumably bombed by them. Together with two R.A.F. 8.5lb practice bombs, his leather flying money belt, photos of Estcourt, 50+ various planes & others, NZ flags, Roamer watch, flying sunglasses, badges, blue trench coat, blazer, jacket, books and manuals, 11 pre and war period mostly cloth maps and 12 later, movie memorabilia; day bill and other posters, photo stills for 'Mosquito Squadron’ and ‘633 Squadron’ etc., manuscript for the book ‘The Stain On The Glass’ by Charles Jeffrey Gray, brass model planes, plastic model planes, archive material from the Te Rapa Air Force base closed 1992 and more.