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Auction: 12004 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 11

A Superb and Well Documented Second War ´1944´ D.S.O., 1941 ´Defence of Malta´ D.F.C. Group of Seven to Hurricane Fighter Ace, Wing Commander H.W. ´Chubby´ Eliot, Royal Air Force; Who Claimed 2 Victories, 2 Damaged and 1 Shared During the Battle of France; Was Shot Down During the Battle of Britain, and Returned to Add to His Score With At Least 3 Victories By Day and 1 By Night in the Skies Over Malta, 1940-41; He Recorded Further Victories in Beaufighters and Mosquitos. Eliot was Killed in Action Whilst Leading His Squadron in an Attack on a Bridge in Northern Italy, 4.3.1945
a) Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., silver-gilt and enamel, reverse of suspension bar dated ´1944´, with integral top-riband bar, in Garrard & Co. Ltd case of issue
b) Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse dated ´1941´, in Royal Mint case of issue
c) 1939-1945 Star, with Battle of Britain Bar
d) Air Crew Europe Star
e) Africa Star, with North Africa 1942-43 Bar
f) Italy Star
g) War Medal, nearly extremely fine, campaign awards in card box of issue addressed to ´F.H. Eliot, Esq., 3, Romanhurst Gardens, Hayes Lane, Bromley, Kent´, with named Condolence Slip and the following contemporary related items and documents:
- Pair of Second War Flying Gauntlets, leather, inside inscribed ´F/O Eliot´
- Cockpit light; canvas Gas Mask bag and First Aid bag
- Two R.A.F. Pilot´s Flying Log Books (27.6.1939-30.11.1943 and 1.12.1943-10.1.1945), both annotated ´Killed in Action´ and stamped ´Central Depository Royal Air Force, Apr. 1946´, both bound in leather
- Air Ministry Certificate of Competency and Licence to Fly Private Flying Machines, dated 3.8.1939
- Commission appointing Hugh William Eliot an Acting Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force, dated 1.9.1939, this glazed and framed
- Bestowal Document for the Distinguished Service Order, dated 23.5.1944
- M.I.D. Certificate, dated 22.7.1940
- Central Chancery Letter requesting recipient´s attendance at Investiture, dated 28.3.1942; two Buckingham Palace Investiture Tickets, dated 14.4.1942
- Telegram addressed to recipient´s father, dated 7.9.1940, informing him that his son has been wounded and admitted to Twickenhurst Hospital, Kent
- Telegram similarly addressed, 6.3.1945, informing him that his son has been reported missing as a result of air operations
- Metropolitan Police Telegram similarly addressed informing him that his son is believed dead, dated 20.5.1945; Air Ministry Letter confirming the death of recipient, dated 23.5.1945
- Letter to Mr. and Mrs. Eliot from F/O Richard Bradley, 19 S.A.A.F. Squadron, containing a poem he composed in memory of their son, dated 10.4.1945
- An archive of over 100 Letters and Telegraphs, the vast majority addressed to recipient´s parents, mostly from the recipient dated between 1938-1945, from his various postings including with the B.E.F. in France and whilst stationed in Malta; the balance relating to him, his service and death
- St. Dunstan´s College Chronicle, Michaelmas Term 1945, which carries an Obituary for the recipient
- A number of family and service photographs relating to various stages of recipient´s life, newspaper cuttings and other ephemera (lot)

Sold for
£30,000