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| *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature and is for the unmatted version where available. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | |
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 Wing Commander John Bell *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 150 prints. 617 Squadron edition of 125 prints. Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Bell, John (Wing Commander John Bell) After initially training as a Navigator he went on to complete most of his 50 ops in Lancasters as a Bomb Aimer with 617 Sqn, including all the raids against the Tirpitz. |
  Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM (deceased) Died : 2022 *Signature Value : £45 Editions signed : 617 Squadron edition of 125 prints. Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Johnson, George L (Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM (deceased)) Joining the RAF in 1940, George Johnson served with 97 Squadron before joining 617 Squadron. Bomb aimer on American Joe McCarthys Lancaster AJ-T, they attacked the Sorpe Dam, for which he was awarded the DFM. Commissioned a few months later, George retired from the RAF in 1962. The last surviving Dambuster, he died aged 101 on 7th December 2022. |
  Squadron Leader L S Benny Goodman (deceased) Died : 2021 *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : 617 Squadron edition of 125 prints. Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Goodman, L S Benny (Squadron Leader L S Benny Goodman (deceased)) Benny Goodman (Pilot) volunteered for aircrew at 18 years of age and was called up in 1940. After basic training he went to RAF Abingdon - a Whitley OTU - for what he was told would be straight through training. This did not materialise and he found himself in the role of a Ground Gunner. In 1941, a posting eventually came through to the Initial Training Wing followed by Elementary Fyling School at Peterborough and an instructors course at Woodley, Reading; then to Clyffe Pyparde, a holding unit. A sea journey to Canada followed and Service Flying Training School on Ansons. On completion he was posted to Kingston, Ontario, to instruct Acting Leading Naval Airmen on the Royal Navy tactics of the time, e.g. jinking after take off, dive bombing, etc. Eventually he returned to the UK and OTU on Wellingtons at Silverstone and Heavy Conversion Bomber Unit at Swinderby on Stirlings, followed by a short course at the Lancaster Conversion Unit. After an interview Benny and his crew were surprised and delighted to find they had been selected for 617 squadron - this was in 1944 and they had stayed together as a crew on 617 squadron until the war in Europe ended. He completed 30 missions - all with Jock Burnett as his flight engineer. Notable raids Jock took part in were on the Tirpitz, 29th October 1944, dropping the Grand Slam 22,000 bomb on the Arnsberg Viaduct, 19th March 1945, and the attack on Berchtesgarten Eagles Nest, 25th May 1945. Benny Goodman died in July 2021. |
 Flight Lieutenant S V Grimes *Signature Value : £15 Editions signed : 617 Squadron edition of 125 prints. Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Grimes, S V (Flight Lieutenant S V Grimes) Wireless Operator with No.617 Sqn. |
 Flight Sergeant Charles Avey *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : 617 Squadron edition of 125 prints. Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Avey, Charles (Flight Sergeant Charles Avey) Joining the RAF in 1944 he was posted to 617 Sqn as a Mid Upper Gunner on Lancasters and flew on the last 11 Operations of the war, dropping Grand Slam and Tall Boy bombs. |
  Flt Lt Russell Rusty Waughman DFC AFC *Signature Value : £20 Editions signed : Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Waughman, Russell (Flt Lt Russell Rusty Waughman DFC AFC) Volunteered for the RAF in 1941. After training in Canada, he qualified as a heavy bomber pilot. In November 1943 he was posted to No.101 (Special Duties) Squadron at Ludford Magna. He completed a tour of operations, which began during the Battle of Berlin, where they did several operations. Surviving a mid-air collision, only to write the aircraft off on landing, Rusty and his crew on a subsequent flight had a miraculous escape when their aircraft was blown upside down, over the target, at Mailly-le-Camp; they also survived the Nuremberg raid on 30th March 1944, when 97 aircraft were lost - including about one quarter of 101 Sqn strength that night. |
  Warrant Officer Harold Kirby *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Kirby, Harold (Warrant Officer Harold Kirby) Called up in 1942 he attended a flight mechanics course at RAF Halton and then qualified as a flight engineer in 1943, joining 467 Squadron at Waddington on Lancasters. In August 1944 his aircraft was forced to crash land after an operation when a 1000lb bomb from another Lancaster ripped through their port wing and destroyed their undercarriage over France. In September 1944 he joined 97 Squadron at Coningsby on Lancasters as part of the Pathfinders and remained with this unit until the end of the war. He left the RAF in 1946. |
 Flight Sergeant Ron Gard *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Gard, Ron (Flight Sergeant Ron Gard) After completing training as a Rear Gunner he was posted in September 1944 to join No,463 Squadron RAAF, part of No,5 Group RAF, based at Waddington in Lincolnshire. Equipped with Lancasters, he took part in raids over Germany and Norway but on the noght of 14th February 1945, on his 17th mission, his Lancaster was shot down over their target near Leipzig. After bailing out he was captured and spent the remainder of the war as a Prisoner of War in Nuremberg. |
 Warrant Officer Ted Key *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Key, Ted (Warrant Officer Ted Key) Joining the RAF in 1943 he qualified as a Flight Engineer and joined No.514 Squadron equipped with Lancasters. From their base at RAF Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire he completed 29 Operations which included raids over Germany and France to disrupt the supply lines for enemy troops in Normandy. He also took part in missions against V-1 and V-2 bomb sites and as the war ended helped drop supplies during Operation Manna plus carry liberated POWs back to England during Operation Exodus. |
 W/O Rupert Noye DFC *Signature Value : £10 Editions signed : Bomber Command edition of 100 prints. | Noye, Rupert (W/O Rupert Noye DFC) 72 ops as Rear Gunner on Wellingtons then Lancasters of 166 Squadron. |
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