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A rare Great War D.S.M. awarded to

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1.200 £ - 1.500 £
ca. 1.702 $ - 2.128 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.900 £
ca. 2.695 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 787

A rare Great War D.S.M. awarded to

Schätzpreis
1.200 £ - 1.500 £
ca. 1.702 $ - 2.128 $
Zuschlagspreis:
1.900 £
ca. 2.695 $
Beschreibung:

A rare Great War D.S.M. awarded to Leading Mechanic W. Bunce, Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for his gallantry as a gunner in “Naval 3” in a raid on Burbach in January 1917 - his aircraft being attacked on five occasions Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F. 7088 W. Bunce, Act. Air Mech. 1st Gde., R.N.A.S., 23 Jan. 1917), minor official correction to rate, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1200-1500 Footnote D.S.M. London Gazette 22 April 1917. The citation for the D.S.C. to Sub. Lieutenant H. E. P. Wigglesworth, his pilot, states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and enterprise on 23 January 1917, during a bomb attack by aircraft when considerable damage was done to the enemy blast furnaces at Burbach. During this flight he fought five engagements with enemy aircraft in formations of three, four and five at a time.’ Fellow “Naval 3” pilot, Raymond Collishaw - afterwards the famous ace and an Air Vice-Marshal, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., D.S.C., D.F.C., described the Burbach raid in his autobiography, Air Command: ‘It turned intensely cold as we went into the New Year and conditions were too bad for any further operations until almost a month after the second Dillingen raid. Our first operation of 1917 came on 23 January when we hit the blast furnaces at Burbach, a couple of miles from Saarbrucken. It was my last bombing raid with Three Wing. Red Squadron, with which I was flying, got away first, followed five minutes later by Blue Squadron, and in all 24 Sopwiths were airborne. It was intensely cold as we gained altitude and both the machines and pilots suffered, a number having to turn back with engine trouble. Eighteen of us reached the target - 13 bombers and five fighters - and we flew at 11,000 feet. When we arrived the bombers went down to around 7,000 feet to release their loads. It was difficult to tell what damage we did for although it was beautifully clear at altitude there was a heavy layer of mist up to 3,000 feet. The German reacted vigorously to the raid and we were shelled heavily as we crossed the lines and also on reaching the area around Saarbrucken. In addition, the enemy put up a lot of machines and we were attacked by a dozen or more fighters, some of which pressed home their attacks very well ... one of the British pilots, H. E. P. Wigglesworth, flying a fighter, fought a series of five different engagements with groups of from three to five enemy machines. He and his gunlayer, W. Bunce, drove one of the enemy down and returned safely to Ochey although both were badly frost bitten. The fighter opposition encountered was the heaviest since the Oberndorf raid and it was evident that the Germans were building up their air defences in the areas being hit by the Wing.’ Walter Bunce was born in Camberwell, London in August 1888, and enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service in July 1915. Posted to “Naval 3” in France in July 1916, he remained similarly employed until returning home in April 1917, thereafter serving at Eastchurch, where he was advanced to Leading Mechanic in February 1918. Having then been re-mustered as a Corporal Mechanic in the newly established Royal Air Force, he was demobilised at Crystal Palace in February 1919. N.B. The Honours & Awards of Air Marshal Sir Philip Wigglesworth, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.C., were sold at Sotheby’s on 11 May 1989 (Lot 455).

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 787
Auktion:
Datum:
26.03.2009
Auktionshaus:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
Großbritannien und Nordirland
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

A rare Great War D.S.M. awarded to Leading Mechanic W. Bunce, Royal Naval Air Service, who was decorated for his gallantry as a gunner in “Naval 3” in a raid on Burbach in January 1917 - his aircraft being attacked on five occasions Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (F. 7088 W. Bunce, Act. Air Mech. 1st Gde., R.N.A.S., 23 Jan. 1917), minor official correction to rate, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise very fine £1200-1500 Footnote D.S.M. London Gazette 22 April 1917. The citation for the D.S.C. to Sub. Lieutenant H. E. P. Wigglesworth, his pilot, states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and enterprise on 23 January 1917, during a bomb attack by aircraft when considerable damage was done to the enemy blast furnaces at Burbach. During this flight he fought five engagements with enemy aircraft in formations of three, four and five at a time.’ Fellow “Naval 3” pilot, Raymond Collishaw - afterwards the famous ace and an Air Vice-Marshal, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., D.S.C., D.F.C., described the Burbach raid in his autobiography, Air Command: ‘It turned intensely cold as we went into the New Year and conditions were too bad for any further operations until almost a month after the second Dillingen raid. Our first operation of 1917 came on 23 January when we hit the blast furnaces at Burbach, a couple of miles from Saarbrucken. It was my last bombing raid with Three Wing. Red Squadron, with which I was flying, got away first, followed five minutes later by Blue Squadron, and in all 24 Sopwiths were airborne. It was intensely cold as we gained altitude and both the machines and pilots suffered, a number having to turn back with engine trouble. Eighteen of us reached the target - 13 bombers and five fighters - and we flew at 11,000 feet. When we arrived the bombers went down to around 7,000 feet to release their loads. It was difficult to tell what damage we did for although it was beautifully clear at altitude there was a heavy layer of mist up to 3,000 feet. The German reacted vigorously to the raid and we were shelled heavily as we crossed the lines and also on reaching the area around Saarbrucken. In addition, the enemy put up a lot of machines and we were attacked by a dozen or more fighters, some of which pressed home their attacks very well ... one of the British pilots, H. E. P. Wigglesworth, flying a fighter, fought a series of five different engagements with groups of from three to five enemy machines. He and his gunlayer, W. Bunce, drove one of the enemy down and returned safely to Ochey although both were badly frost bitten. The fighter opposition encountered was the heaviest since the Oberndorf raid and it was evident that the Germans were building up their air defences in the areas being hit by the Wing.’ Walter Bunce was born in Camberwell, London in August 1888, and enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service in July 1915. Posted to “Naval 3” in France in July 1916, he remained similarly employed until returning home in April 1917, thereafter serving at Eastchurch, where he was advanced to Leading Mechanic in February 1918. Having then been re-mustered as a Corporal Mechanic in the newly established Royal Air Force, he was demobilised at Crystal Palace in February 1919. N.B. The Honours & Awards of Air Marshal Sir Philip Wigglesworth, K.B.E., C.B., D.S.C., were sold at Sotheby’s on 11 May 1989 (Lot 455).

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 787
Auktion:
Datum:
26.03.2009
Auktionshaus:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
Großbritannien und Nordirland
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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