CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1018
Three: Flight Lieutenant E. R. E. Payne, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, extremely fine (3)
£150-200
Ernest Richard Edward Payne, who was born in April 1922, commenced his aircrew training out in Canada at the end of 1941, where he qualified as a Navigator before returning to the U.K. in the summer of 1942. Having then attended an O.T.U. at Cranwell, he was posted to No. 612 Squadron, a Coastal Command unit operating in Whitleys out of Wick, in November 1942, and thence, in April 1943, to 1407 Meteorological Flight at Reykjavik, flying Hampdens and later Hudsons.
In May 1944, Payne transferred to No. 519 Squadron, another meteorological unit flying Venturas out of Skitten, Scotland, while at the War’s end, having attended a Bomb Aimer’s course at R.A.F. Manby, he joined No, 202 Squadron a Catalina unit based at Castle Archdale. He served latterly back on navigational duties in Liberators of No. 220 Squadron and was demobilised as a Pilot Officer in March 1946.
Subsequently rejoining the Royal Air Force as an Armaments Officer in January 1949, Payne attended a British Nuclear Weapons Course and qualified to arm Vulcans, Nimrods and Victors. He was elected an Associate Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1969, a Fellow of the Institution of Nuclear Engineers in the following year, and was finally placed on the Retired List in October 1975.
Sold with the recipient’s original R.C.A.F. Air Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, covering the period December 1941 to August 1957, with taped spine and worn overall, together with an R.A.F. Sight Log Book with a mass of pasted-down magazine aircraft illustrations, and his commission warrant for the rank of Pilot Officer, R.A.F.V.R., dated 12 February 1945.
1019
Four: attributed to Flight Lieutenant A. Jarvis, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, a pilot who was killed on 21 June 1944
1939-45 STAR; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS, all unnamed, nearly extremely fine (4) £220-260
Flight Lieutenant Arthur Jarvis, R.A.F.V.R., a Pilot with No. 15 Squadron, was killed when his aircraft crashed on 21 June 1944, aged 29 years. The son of Arthur and Gladys Jarvis of Wilford, Nottinghamshire; he was buried in Wilford Village Cemetery.
With original named condolence slip; two other papers and a group photograph. Also with a copied newspaper article concerning Jarvis with his photograph.
1020
Three: attributed to Flight Sergeant H. J. Warburton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, killed in action on 10 December 1942 1939-45 STAR; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, all unnamed, extremely fine (3)
£200-240
Sergeant (Air Gunner) Henry John Warburton, R.A.F.V.R., serving in Lancasters of No. 9 Squadron, on a bombing mission to Turin, was killed in action on 10 December 1942, aged 19 years. He was buried in the Marolles sur Seine Communal Cemetery. He was the son of Henry and Frances Margaret Warburton of Burton-on-Trent.
With original named condolence slip and copied extracts from the operations record book. Also with card forwarding box (address removed).
1021
An emotive Bomber Command group of three awarded to Sergeant J. W. Lowe, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action during the disastrous daylight attack on Amsterdam power station in May 1943, when his C.O., Squadron leader Leonard Trent, was the only pilot in their Ventura formation to reach the target: he was subsequently awarded the V.C. 1939-45 STAR; AIR CREW EUROPE STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, extremely fine (3)
£400-500
James William Lowe commenced pilot training at No. 1 E.F.T.S., Hatfield, in September 1941 and, having attended additional courses in Canada, returned to the U.K. in the summer of 1942. Having then converted to Venturas and attended an O.T.U., he was posted to No. 487 (New Zealand) Squadron at Methwold, under Wing Commander G. J. “Chooper” Grindell, in early 1943, completing his first sortie, against Caen, on 4 April. Sadly, however, as cited above, he was killed in action on his very next mission - the costly daylight raid on Amsterdam power station on 3 May.
On that occasion, 12 Venturas of No. 487 Squadron took-off from Methwold under Squadron Leader Leonard Trent, D.F.C., Lowe piloting AE798 EG-D, but a poorly timed “rodeo” carried out earlier by No. 11 Group had alerted the enemy defences and, as they crossed the coast, the Venturas were jumped by dozens of 109s and Fw. 190s, under Gruppenkommandeur Hauptman Dietrich Wickop - within a few minutes eight of our aircraft had been shot down. In fact only Trent reached the target, where he, too, was downed, being thrown clear of the wreckage of his aircraft at 7,000 feet. He was awarded the V.C.
Lowe was 30 years old and left a widow, Mary Patricia Lowe, of Emsworth, Hampshire. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sold with the recipient’s original R.A.F. Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Form 414), with entries covering the period September 1941 up until his death in action on 3 May 1943, with ‘Death Presumed’ and ‘Royal Air Force Central Depository’ stamps, and related forwarding letter to his widow, together with the recipient’s original Buckingham Palace commemorative scroll in the name of ‘Sergeant J. W. Lowe, Royal Air Force’.
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