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Auction: 12044 - The Bentley Priory Battle of Britain Trust Appeal Charity Auction
Lot: 48

Uniform and Documentation Relating to Air Vice-Marshal A. Gray, C.B., M.C., Royal Air Force- The recipient´s No. 1 Uniform, showing the rank of Air Vice Marshal, complete with RAF wings, and medal ribands, with trousers- R.A.F. Pilot´s Flying Log Book, covering the period 30.11.1923-4.11.1941- Bestowal Document for the C.B., named to Air Commodore Alexander Gray, and dated 8.6.1944- Two Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, dated 25.11.1943 and 14.1.1944- Various photographs of the recipient, including ones showing the recipient separately with Montgomery and Churchill- Various letters to the recipient, including one from Lord Mountbatten of Burma, dated 16.10.1947, and a hand-written one from Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, dated 6.12.1947- Invitation to the recipient for the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations of R.A.F. Marham, 31.8.1966, with souvenir programmes- The recipient´s R.A.F. Wings, together with various badges and buttons- Two books from the recipient´s library: Monoplanes and Biplanes; and The Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War- Photograph of the recipient with H.M. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth- Photograph of HM Queen Elizabeth inspecting members of the Women´s Auxiliary Air Force at RAF Mildenhall (lot)

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