AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Jul 16, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 542:
PORTAL CHARLES: (1893-1971) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Commander-in-Chief of Bomber ...
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Sold for: €180
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Estimated price :
€200 - €300
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PORTAL CHARLES: (1893-1971) British Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command 1940. Portal served as a Flight Commander during World War I. D.S., C F A Portal, in his capacity as Major, R.F.C., Commanding 16 Squadron, one page, 4to, n.p. (France), 18th February 1918. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a Combat Report (headed Combats in the Air) relating to an aerial operation by Lieutenant R. L. Clapp (pilot) and Lieutenant W. J. Blitch (observer), the narrative stating, in full, 'While patrolling over Lens at 8.30 a.m. encountered one E[nemy] A[ircraft] two-seater at about 7,000 feet and fired one drum at it from Lewis Gun. E.A. immediately returned to his own lines firing a few rounds from rear gun as it went'. Signed by Portal at the foot. A few small tears and slight creasing at the head of the page, only very slightly affecting the printed heading, but not the text or signature, about VG
