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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. single vendor autograph collection. good condition. all autographs come with a certificate of authenticity. we combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. uk postage from £5.99, eu from £7.99, rest of world from £9.99"},"estimateMax":24,"lotNumber":"114","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/68384/lot/259065/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":20,"soldPrice":12,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T00:34:21.550Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£20 - 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(24 october 1893 - 26 april 1983), often known as jackie smyth, was a british indian army officer and a conservative member of parliament. during wwii, he led a unit in france and during the evacuation of dunkirk, and in the burma campaign. although a recipient of the victoria cross. after passing out from sandhurst, smyth was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant with the british indian army on 24 august 1912, [ and was commissioned into the 15th ludhiana sikhs on 5 november 1913. he was promoted to lieutenant on 24 november 1914, three months after the outbreak of the ww1. i the 15th ludhiana sikhs, 3rd (lahore ) division, indian army during the first world war, when his actions earned him the victoria cross (vc). in june 1915, the citation for this award, published in the london gazette read: for most conspicuous bravery near richebourg l'avoue on 18 may 1915. with a bombing party of 10 men, who voluntarily undertook this duty, he conveyed a supply of 96 bombs to within 20 yards of the enemy's position over exceptionally dangerous ground, after the attempts of two other parties had failed. lieutenant smyth succeeded in taking the bombs to the desired position with the aid of two of his men (the other eight having been killed or wounded), and to affect his purpose he had to swim a stream, being exposed the whole time to howitzer, shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire. as well as smyth's vc, the indian distinguished service medal was posthumously awarded to the men killed during this incident. smyth was also awarded the russian order of st george, fourth class, in 1915, and was promoted to captain on 24 august 1916. smyth continued his war service in egypt and on the north-west frontier. . single vendor autograph collection. good condition. all autographs come with a certificate of authenticity. we combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. uk postage from £5.99, eu from £7.99, rest of world from £9.99"},"estimateMax":50,"lotNumber":"155","url":"https://uk.bidspirit.com/ui/lotPage/chaucerauctions/source/catalog/auction/68384/lot/259106/view","tags":["ukCollectibles_MedalsandMilitaria","ukCollectibles","ukCollectibles_all"],"directSalePrice":40,"soldPrice":100,"lastUpdate":"2026-07-25T00:34:13.436Z","textCase":"lower","estimate":"£40 - 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single-handedly to the relative safety of the main troop position, which afforded better cover and where medical treatment could be given. he ordered his other colleague, trooper t to make his own way back to the rear. in total disregard of his own safety, lance corporal apiata stood up and lifted his comrade bodily. he then carried him across the seventy metres of broken, rocky and fire swept ground, fully exposed in the glare of battle to heavy enemy fire and into the face of returning fire from the main troop position. that neither he nor his colleague were hit is scarcely possible. having delivered his wounded companion to relative shelter with the remainder of the patrol, lance corporal apiata re-armed himself and rejoined the fight in counter-attack. by his actions he removed the tactical complications of corporal a's predicament from considerations of rescue. the troop could now concentrate entirely on prevailing in the battle itself. after an engagement lasting approximately 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60 miles from vancouver. after joining the rcaf and qualifying as an air gunner, he crewed up with canadian pilot marcel cuelenaere during training, along with his future dams raid colleague jimmy clay. this crew joined 97 squadron at woodhall spa in october 1942. the cuelenaere crew had completed almost 30 operations together in march 1943 when their pilot reached the end of his tour. this coincided with the call for volunteers for the new 617 squadron, which les munro and most of his crew had decided to accept. because munro's rear gunner was one of those who declined the invitation, weeks volunteered to take his place, even though munro told him and clay that operations with the new squadron would be 'probably special, probably dangerous'. weeks settled in with his new crew, although he suffered from being jammed into his turret when it was damaged by a plume of water when les munro flew too low on a trial drop on 12 may 1943. on the raid itself he was isolated from the rest of the crew when the intercom was severed by flak over vlieland, and it was only when percy pigeon clambered through to the rear of the aircraft that everyone knew he was all right. the munro crew's next operation was some two months later, an attack on an italian power station. over the next 11 months, weeks went on to complete more operations than anyone else in the crew - a total of 60, made up of 33 under munro's captaincy and 27 done previously in 97 squadron. he was commissioned in november 1943, and received the dfc in june 1944. after being taken off operations, weeks went to 1690 bomber defence training flight where munro had been posted as co. he returned to canada after the war. harvey weeks died in chilliwack, bc on 22 march 1992. . single vendor autograph collection. good condition. all autographs come with a certificate of authenticity. we combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. uk postage from £5.99, eu from £7.99, rest of world from 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posted to 106 squadron, whose co was guy gibson. his first operation was the thousand bomber raid on 1 june 1942 when he attacked essen in the crew of wrt off peter merrals. he went on to join sgt james cassels's crew where he completed a full tour in november. he received the dfm for his tour of operations, with the citation particularly noting his part in a skirmish on a trip to saarbrucken when five enemy fighters were attacked and driven off. burcher was a complicated character and although he was at one point put onto a 'dry' stint by gibson for scrapping in the mess, the co obviously respected his gunnery skills as he was then transferred to the gunnery leaders course at sutton bridge in lincolnshire, with a commission. after completing the gunnery leaders course, burcher was sent to 1654 conversion unit at wigsley as an instructor. one of the pilots there was mick martin and according to burcher's account when gibson telephoned martin to ask him to join the new squadron he was 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fdc. signed by 5 astronauts commander henry w. hartsfield, pilot steven r. nagel, mission specialists guion s. bluford and james f. buchli, and payload specialists bonnie j. dunbar. launch day 30/11/1985 ksc cds postmark. sts-61-a (also known as spacelab d-1) was the 22nd mission of nasa's space shuttle program. it was a scientific spacelab mission, funded and directed by west germany - hence the non-nasa designation of d-1 (for deutschland-1). sts-61-a was the ninth and last successful flight of space shuttle challenger before the sts-51-l disaster. sts-61-a holds the current record for the largest crew-eight people-aboard any single spacecraft for the entire period from launch to landing. the mission carried the nasa/european space agency (esa) spacelab module into orbit with 76 scientific experiments on board, and was declared a success.[1] payload operations were controlled from the german space operations center in oberpfaffenhofen, west germany, instead of from the regular nasa 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