E C Temple DFC Bergen Antheor 617 sqn signed WW2 RAF Dambusters 50th ann Cover Rare only 65 issued. Flown by Lancaster PA474 over the Derwent Dam, numbered on the back with flight details on cachet. Special Derwent Dam Keswick 50th ann Dambusters Raid postmark. Warrant Officer Ernest Crosse (E.C.) Temple, DFM, was a British Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve air gunner who flew with the famous No. 617 Squadron ("The Dambusters") during World War II. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM), which was gazetted on November 12, 1943. The Bergen Raid (January 12, 1945): He flew aboard Lancaster Mk I PD233 (flown by Flight Lieutenant Henry John Pryor), which took off from RAF Woodhall Spa to attack U-boat pens in Bergen, Norway, using a massive 12,000-lb Tallboy bomb.Prisoner of War: During this mission, the aircraft was lost or crashed in Norway. Temple survived the crash and became a Prisoner of War (PoW), while some of his crewmates tragically perished.

Please  see other items and check feedback for quality of service

We are always happy to combine shipping, if you use buy now and we can not send a combined shipping invoice we will refund any over payment. All orders are sent in secure packaging and dispatched promptly after payment is received.

All autographed items are hand signed and 100% authentic. I have been a dealer for 25 years and until recently the owner of one of the largest Autograph auction houses in the UK. Now part retired I am selling my collection. Always interested in buying bulk collections as well. I sell TV Film autographs, Star Wars, Dr Who, James Bond, RAF covers, Great War and WW2 WWII memorabilia, Aviation, Concorde, Space, NASA collectables, Cosmonauts, Music, Politics, Historic and Royal memorabilia, Titanic, Postal History and Benham, Internetstamps, Buckingham covers, A G Bradbury and Scott Official covers and other First Day covers FDCs and Coin covers PNCs.