LOT 0291 A LARGE ARCHIVE OF PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS AND EPHEMERA, to 133...
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A LARGE ARCHIVE OF PHOTOGRAPHS, LETTERS AND EPHEMERA, to 133104 F/Lt Albert Howley "Witt" Wittridge DFC RAF, 155 Squadron, pertaining to his career in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot, and his hobby of rallying vintage cars, to include: photograph albums; various aeronautical books; fourteen large black and white photographs of military aircraft, framed; letters from Vera Lynn; a watercolour of his 1934 M45 Lagonda sports-tourer 'AXO 773', framed; two copies of his own book "An Evil Boy" (one with presentation inscription); etc. (Qty) Footnote: born in Kingston Upon Thames in 1922, "Witt" was called up in 1941 and undertook pilot training with the RAF in Canada before postings to India, Burma, Egypt and Palestine, later becoming an instructor and then a test pilot before leaving the RAF in 1953. He continued to fly, as a civilian test pilot and then as a private aerial chauffeur, ultimately flying 120 different aircraft in his lifetime. In his latter years he worked as a meteorologist for Birmingham University. He died in 2009, aged 86
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