Second World War Royal Air Force Coastal Command grouping to a member of the Caterpillar Club, Squadron Leader Richard Pennock Burton, born in 1920, Richard Burton attended Aldershot County High School, he joined the Territorial Army in June 1938 as a Gunner in 318 Battery Royal Artillery and was mobilised when war broke out in 1939, in June 1941 he transferred to the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in Canada and the United States, during a training flight at the United States Naval Air Station Pensacola his aircraft caught fire and he was forced to make an emergency parachute jump with his instructor, writing to the Irving Air Chute Co. to inform them of his jump and to claim his Caterpillar Club badge he was informed that due to war time conditions the Caterpillar pins were no longer being issued but were replaced by membership cards, on completion of training Burton was posted 246 Squadron at Bowmore then 423 R.C.A.F. Squadron at Archdale and on to 204 Squadron at Jui in West Africa, a Coastal Command Squadron flying Sunderland Flying Boats, after the war he was posted to various R.A.F. training establishments including No.3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, as an instructor, ending his career flying jet aircraft such as the Meteor and Vampire, the grouping includes a scarce Coastal Command Irving sheepskin lined flying jacket with its integral high visibility yellow hood still intact, zip body and puller missing from the front with AM zips to the sleeve, no sign of a label ever being present, together with a pair of Irving Flying suit thermally insulated trousers, Air Ministry label with contract No. B24376/39/C.1.(750), size 5, dated 1940, braces fitted, Leslie Irving, an American, first manufactured the classic flying jacket, in 1926 he set up a manufacturing company in the U.K. and became the main supplier to the R.A.F. in WW2, also included is Sqn Ldr. Burton's R.C.A.F. Pilots Flying Log Book, first entry June 1942, last entry July 1960, a letter explaining in detail his emergency parachute jump while under training, letters from the Irving Air Chute Company admitting him to the Caterpillar club and promising to send a pin should one become available, ephemera from his time in West Africa including poignant letters from the mother and wife of an airman killed in an accident, autographed Officers mess opening souvenir booklet, Victory Thanksgiving Service booklet and hymn sheet,an arrest and charge sheet for flying to low over a beach, and slips informing him of his close arrest and release from arrest, pilots graduation booklet from No.3 F.T.S. Felltwell where he trained as an instructor, ephemera from the U.S.N.A.S.Pensacola, Soldiers Service and Pay Book ( Gunner Burton), Transfer to R.A.F. form,Field Service Pocket Book, medal ribbon bar for the Atlantic Star, Defence Medal 1939-1945 British War Medal with M.I.D. emblem and Territorial Army Efficiency Medal,cap badges to the Royal Artillery and West Yorkshire Regiment ( believed to be his fathers), photographs in training at Pensacola, and later group photographs,(Qty)
Second World War Royal Air Force Coastal Command grouping to a member of the Caterpillar Club, Squadron Leader Richard Pennock Burton, born in 1920, Richard Burton attended Aldershot County High School, he joined the Territorial Army in June 1938 as a Gunner in 318 Battery Royal Artillery and was mobilised when war broke out in 1939, in June 1941 he transferred to the Royal Air Force and trained as a pilot in Canada and the United States, during a training flight at the United States Naval Air Station Pensacola his aircraft caught fire and he was forced to make an emergency parachute jump with his instructor, writing to the Irving Air Chute Co. to inform them of his jump and to claim his Caterpillar Club badge he was informed that due to war time conditions the Caterpillar pins were no longer being issued but were replaced by membership cards, on completion of training Burton was posted 246 Squadron at Bowmore then 423 R.C.A.F. Squadron at Archdale and on to 204 Squadron at Jui in West Africa, a Coastal Command Squadron flying Sunderland Flying Boats, after the war he was posted to various R.A.F. training establishments including No.3 Flying Training School, Feltwell, as an instructor, ending his career flying jet aircraft such as the Meteor and Vampire, the grouping includes a scarce Coastal Command Irving sheepskin lined flying jacket with its integral high visibility yellow hood still intact, zip body and puller missing from the front with AM zips to the sleeve, no sign of a label ever being present, together with a pair of Irving Flying suit thermally insulated trousers, Air Ministry label with contract No. B24376/39/C.1.(750), size 5, dated 1940, braces fitted, Leslie Irving, an American, first manufactured the classic flying jacket, in 1926 he set up a manufacturing company in the U.K. and became the main supplier to the R.A.F. in WW2, also included is Sqn Ldr. Burton's R.C.A.F. Pilots Flying Log Book, first entry June 1942, last entry July 1960, a letter explaining in detail his emergency parachute jump while under training, letters from the Irving Air Chute Company admitting him to the Caterpillar club and promising to send a pin should one become available, ephemera from his time in West Africa including poignant letters from the mother and wife of an airman killed in an accident, autographed Officers mess opening souvenir booklet, Victory Thanksgiving Service booklet and hymn sheet,an arrest and charge sheet for flying to low over a beach, and slips informing him of his close arrest and release from arrest, pilots graduation booklet from No.3 F.T.S. Felltwell where he trained as an instructor, ephemera from the U.S.N.A.S.Pensacola, Soldiers Service and Pay Book ( Gunner Burton), Transfer to R.A.F. form,Field Service Pocket Book, medal ribbon bar for the Atlantic Star, Defence Medal 1939-1945 British War Medal with M.I.D. emblem and Territorial Army Efficiency Medal,cap badges to the Royal Artillery and West Yorkshire Regiment ( believed to be his fathers), photographs in training at Pensacola, and later group photographs,(Qty)
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