04-12-2002, 07:12 PM
Well done that man.- Tal
Great piece. Thanks for sharing it.
I have seen only a few British groups for sale with Soviet awards. Plenty WW1 groups with Imperial Russian stuff, but very few WW2 ones. Also I have never seen awards higher than a PW 1st class. One great group to a Battle of Britain pilot with his PW and also (very rare) the order book with it. But never the biggie awards.
Has anyone seen anymore of these order books to Allied forces?
I found another interesting group with a PW 2nd class. (its not in my collection) I was unable to upload the picture, but I have the following information on it and also a London gazette citation which is very rare.
Soviet Order of the Patriotic War London Gazette 1 April 1944. The recommendation states: ‘This Officer served as a Fighter Pilot during the Battle of Britain and, in the period, completed 120 sorties. He shot down two enemy aircraft, shared in the destruction of another one and damaged three more. Since then he has participated in three intruder sorties, flying in Blenheims of No. 614 Squadron which, owing to its role with airborne forces, has not yet been called upon for operations. U.S.S.R., Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class breast star, silver, gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘96309’ Awarded to Brian Radley MacNamara who was born in 1915, and was seconded to the Royal Air Force from the Royal Tank Regiment in November 1938, after service on the North West Frontier. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was flying Lysanders from Odiham with No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron but, at the height of the Battle of Britain, he volunteered for Fighter Command and joined 603 Squadron at Hornchurch on 1st September, flying Spitfires. His first dogfight took place on the 5th and on the 7th September he shared in the destruction of an He-111. He damaged another He-111 on the 11th and shot down an Me-109 on the 14th. In addition, his log book further records a Do-17 damaged on the 15th (so-called ‘Eagle Day’) and an Me-109 also damaged. In October 1940 he crash landed his Spitfire at Detling, and on 11th November had a dogfight with Ju-87s. Eight days later he shot down an Italian CR-42
regards Munroe
Great piece. Thanks for sharing it.
I have seen only a few British groups for sale with Soviet awards. Plenty WW1 groups with Imperial Russian stuff, but very few WW2 ones. Also I have never seen awards higher than a PW 1st class. One great group to a Battle of Britain pilot with his PW and also (very rare) the order book with it. But never the biggie awards.
Has anyone seen anymore of these order books to Allied forces?
I found another interesting group with a PW 2nd class. (its not in my collection) I was unable to upload the picture, but I have the following information on it and also a London gazette citation which is very rare.
Soviet Order of the Patriotic War London Gazette 1 April 1944. The recommendation states: ‘This Officer served as a Fighter Pilot during the Battle of Britain and, in the period, completed 120 sorties. He shot down two enemy aircraft, shared in the destruction of another one and damaged three more. Since then he has participated in three intruder sorties, flying in Blenheims of No. 614 Squadron which, owing to its role with airborne forces, has not yet been called upon for operations. U.S.S.R., Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd Class breast star, silver, gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered ‘96309’ Awarded to Brian Radley MacNamara who was born in 1915, and was seconded to the Royal Air Force from the Royal Tank Regiment in November 1938, after service on the North West Frontier. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was flying Lysanders from Odiham with No. 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron but, at the height of the Battle of Britain, he volunteered for Fighter Command and joined 603 Squadron at Hornchurch on 1st September, flying Spitfires. His first dogfight took place on the 5th and on the 7th September he shared in the destruction of an He-111. He damaged another He-111 on the 11th and shot down an Me-109 on the 14th. In addition, his log book further records a Do-17 damaged on the 15th (so-called ‘Eagle Day’) and an Me-109 also damaged. In October 1940 he crash landed his Spitfire at Detling, and on 11th November had a dogfight with Ju-87s. Eight days later he shot down an Italian CR-42
regards Munroe
