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8 april 1993) was an australian bomber pilot of world war ii, known for his part in the \"dambusters\" raid on the night of 16/17 may 1943. born in south australia, shannon joined the royal australian air force (raaf) in 1941 and learned to fly under the empire air training scheme. after further training in the united kingdom he was posted to no. 106 squadron raf, operating avro lancaster heavy bombers, and was awarded the distinguished flying cross (dfc) in january 1943. in march 1943, shannon was selected by no. 106 squadron's commanding officer, wing commander guy gibson, to join the newly formed no. 617 squadron for operation chastise, the attack on the dams of the ruhr valley. awarded the distinguished service order (dso) following the raid, shannon continued to fly with no. 617 squadron until october 1944, during which time he earned bars to his dso and dfc. he was then assigned to transport duties, first with no. 511 squadron and then, in march 1945, with no. 246 squadron. ranked squadron leader, shannon was demobilised after the war and remained in england, becoming an executive with shell. he died in south london in 1993, aged seventy."},"estimateMax":24,"lotNumber":"109","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/67054/lot/255245/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles_philately","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"soldPrice":20,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T00:23:07.719Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - 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(29 january 1918 - 10 april 2001) was a german luftwaffe ace and recipient of the knight's cross of the iron cross during world war ii. the knight's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. arnold doring was credited with 23 aerial victories. he was born on 29 january 1918 at heilsberg in ostpreußen and joined the luftwaffe in 1938 as ground staff. after pilot training, he was posted in november 1940 to 9./ kg 53. in the summer of 1942 he was transferred to 8./kg 55 based on the eastern front. during the fighting at stalingrad, döring achieved his first victories when shot down three russian tb-3 four-engine bombers in one night. he destroyed another six on the ground. during the day he shot down seven mig-1 and mig-3 fighters, and also flew bombing missions in the he 111. in the summer 1943 oberfeldwebel döring undertook wilde sau missions flying single-engine fighters on night interception missions against raf bombers. he achieved his first victory by night on 27/28 september. during his time with ii./jg 300, he claimed five night and three day victories. in may 1944 he was transferred to 7./ njg 2. two further victories were claimed on the night of 3/4 march 1945 over england during operation gisela. on 17 april 1945 he was finally awarded the knight's cross of the iron cross. arnold döring was credited 23 victories (13 at night) in 392 missions (348 as a bomber pilot).he recorded 13 victories at night, including three victories recorded over the eastern front. 10 of his victories were by day, including seven claimed over the eastern front and two usaaf b-17 four-engine bombers over the western front. döring was also very successful against ground targets, destroyed 25 aircraft, 200 vehicles, about 70 wagons and locomotives, 16 tanks, four ammunition wagons, one tank platoon, eight bridges, two ammunition dumps and sinking one gunboat, two tankers and two freighters amounting to 18,000 brt."},"estimateMax":24,"lotNumber":"114","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/67054/lot/255250/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T00:23:14.972Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - 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