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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 754

A Pilot's Flying Log Book appertaining to Wing Commander J. E. Storrar, D.F.C. and Bar, A.F.C., Royal Air Force, a remarkable pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain and ended the war with tally of 12 and 2 shared destroyed, with a further 2 and 1 shared probables, 3 damaged and 1 and 8 shared destroyed

Royal Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book, covering the dates 29 November 1940-22 June 1942, inscribed on the cover 'Storrar J. F/Lt. Book II', contents generally good, one or two pages damaged, very fine

James Eric Storrar was born on 24 July 1921 at Ormskirk, Lancashire and entered the Royal Air Force in 1938. Storrar flew the Hurricanes of No. 145 Squadron during the Battle of Britain and was awarded his D.F.C. in August 1940, having scored four victories in the space of five days during the Battle of France, including two Bf110's over Dunkirk on 27 May. During the period covered in this Log Book, he scored another 4 victories, with a further shared victory, including being shot down and wounded on 8 April 1941, having added a Ju87 to his tally, Storrar was forced to walk some 30 miles to the Allied lines. Involved in the Defence of Tobruk until his withdrawal on 20 April, he was thence rested and posted to Training Units. Taking command of No. 65 Squadron in January 1943, he added a Bar to his decoration having scored five more victories since the first award. Joining the Secret Hurricane Mail Flight, Storrar had the distinction of being the first pilot to take off and land following the Normandy Landings, a feat recorded on D+3.

Having been released from the service in April 1947, Storrar became a successful veterinary surgeon in Chester but remained a member of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, making his final flight in February 1957, he died in March 1995.

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