Auction 516
AUTOGRAPH AUCTION TV, MILITARY, SPORT, SPACE, SIGNED PHOTOS, COVERS, FDCS
By Chaucer Auctions
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Mar 28, 2025
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 50:
WW2 Bismarck John Moffat and Peter Beresford signed on two 12 x 8 inch colour Swordfish photos. John William ...
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Sold for: £12
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14.75
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10
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£10 - £14
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WW2 Bismarck John Moffat and Peter Beresford signed on two 12 x 8 inch colour Swordfish photos. John William Charlton Moffat was a Scottish Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot, widely credited as the pilot whose torpedo crippled the German battleship Bismarck and author of the biographical, I sank the Bismarck. Moffat took part in the courageous strike on the German battleship Bismarck during its Atlantic sortie, codenamed Operation Rheinubung, on 26 May 1941 whilst flying a Fairey Swordfish biplane. Lieutenant Commander John Beresford, Fleet Air Arm pilot who helped to sink several U-boats. He was awarded the DSC for his role in protecting the Arctic convoys, but recalled that the most lethal enemy was the mountainous storms. 816 Sqn Fleet Air Arm . HMS Chaser Arctic convoy escort 2 U-boat kills. D-Day submarine searching sorties. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

