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Leonard Cheshire
| Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO** DFC* (deceased) One of the most courageous and determined bomber leaders of World War II, Leonard Cheshire flew four operational tours, starting in June 1940 with 102 Squadron on Whitley bombers at RAF Driffield. In November 1940, he was awarded the DSO for getting his badly damaged aircraft back to base. He completed his first tour in January 1941, but immediately volunteered for a second tour, this time flying Halifaxes with 35 Squadron. He became Squadron Leader in 1942, and was appointed commanding officer of 76 Squadron later that year. Leonard Cheshire ordered that non-essential weight be removed from the Halifax bombers in a bid to increase speed and altitude, hoping to reduce the high casualty rates for this squadron. Mid-upper and nose turrets were removed, and exhaust covers taken off, successfully reducing the loss rate. In July 1943 he took command of 617 Squadron. During this time he led the squadron personally on every occasion. In September he was awarded the Victoria Cross for four and a half years of sustained bravery during a total of 102 operations, leading his crews with careful planning, brilliant execution and contempt for danger, which gained him a reputation second to none in Bomber Command. Sadly, Leonard Cheshire died of motor neuron disease on 31st July 1992, aged 74. |
Items Signed by Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO** DFC* (deceased) |
  | A DSO for Cheshire by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £260.00 | On the night of 12th/13th November 1940, Whitley V P5005 found itself slightly off course above the primary target due to problems with the intercom. Changing instead to a secondary target, some railway marshalling yards near Cologne, Pilot Officer L...... | |
  | Action This Day by Richard Taylor. (C) Price : £1095.00 | A cold winters morning, as dawn breaks over RAF Lissett, revealing that last nights biting wind has once again brought a covering of snow to the airfield. But, with conditions forecast to improve, tonights operation to bomb industrial targets in Ge...... | |
  | Mosquito into Attack by Robert Taylor Price : £90.00 | Leonard Cheshire VC is one of the most outstanding of all RAF Bomber Pilots. He devised the master bomber technique - flying low over the target marking with flares, allowing the main force to pinpoint the target in the darkness. Cheshire flew over ...... | |
| | Mosquito into Attack by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £100.00 | Leonard Cheshire VC is one of the most outstanding of all RAF Bomber Pilots. He devised the master bomber technique - flying low over the target marking with flares, allowing the main force to pinpoint the target in the darkness. Cheshire flew over ...... | |
  | Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (D) SOLD OUT | Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous, even by todays electronically sophisticated standards. Throughout RAF Bomber Commands arduous six ye...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Top Dog by Robert Taylor. (C) Price : £265.00 | Completing a record 213 operational sorties with Bomber Commands Pathfinder Force, Mosquito LR503 became one of the most successful aircraft in the Royal Air Force during World War II. It flew first with 109 Pathfinder Squadron, and then 105 Pathfin...... | |
  | Vital Support by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £325.00 | Crucial to every squadron in the RAF were the unsung heroes of World War II - the ground crew. Without the vital support of these dedicated men who refuelled the aircraft, rearmed them, maintained them and kept them flying, the pilots and aircrew wou...... | |
  | Lancaster by Frank Wootton. Price : £400.00 | Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Avro Lancaster on 9th January 1941. ...... | |
  | Day Duties for the Night Workers by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | With its mission completed, the mighty Lancaster slowly rolls to a halt on the lonely dispersal point, the roar of its four pulsating Merlin engines steadily slackens, replaced by an eerie silence, broken only by the snapping cracks of cooling metal...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Towards Night's Darkness by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Sometimes it was five, every so often it might be six, occasionally it was three, but usually it was seven men who flew together as a crew with RAF Bomber Command. They formed the closest of bonds, forged through an anvil of freezing temperatures, ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Dambusters by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Lancaster by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Last Flight Home by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Memorial Flight by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Straggler Returns by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO** DFC* (deceased) |
  | Signed Mosquito Prints. Pack Price : £195.00 Saving : £205 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Mosquito into Attack by Robert Taylor Mosquitos at Dusk by Nicolas Trudgian. Sunday Afternoon by Geoffrey R Herickx. | |
| | Robert Taylor Mosquito Aircraft Print Pack Pack Price : £165.00 Saving : £95 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Mosquito into Attack by Robert Taylor Top Dog by Robert Taylor. (B) |
