Campaign Groups and Pairs 279


Three: Flight Sergeant W. P. S. Rae, Royal Air Force, a prisoner of war in Germany after his Wellington III bomber failed to return from a ‘Gardening’ operation in November 1942


1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with his German P.O.W. identity disc stamped ‘896 Stalag Luft Barth-Vogelsang’, good very fine (3)


£300-£400


William Petrie Smart Rae was born in the Parish of Woodside, Aberdeen, on 21 April 1921, and enlisted into the Royal Air Force on 15 July 1940. He was appointed Air Gunner on 28 May 1941, and joined No. 142 Squadron on 31 August 1942. He became a prisoner of war at Stalug Luft I when his Wellington III bomber failed to return from a mine-laying operation on the night of 16/17 November 1942, all five of the crew being taken prisoner. His ‘effective date of release’ is recorded as 3 November 1945.


Sold with copied record of service, together with brass Path Finder Force badge, various cloth insignia including sergeant’s stripes and air gunner’s wing, four ‘Lagergeld’ P.O.W. camp currency notes and a French banknote.


280


Six: Navigator H. G. Philpott, Royal Air Force, who was shot down during the Second World War over occupied France on 8 August 1944, and successfully evaded capture


1939-45 Star, 1 clasp, Bomber Command; Atlantic Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (II. Nav. H. G. Philpott (1334255). R.A.F.) mounted court-style, about extremely fine (6)


£300-£400


Hubert Gerald Philpott was born in London on 14 September 1921 and served during the Second World War as a Flight Sergeant in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from 28 February 1941. Posted to 106 Squadron, on the night of 27-28 May 1944 he was the Navigator of Lancaster LM549 taking part on a bombing raid on Nantes. They took off from R.A.F. Metheringham at around 22.30hrs and bombed the target area at 01.43hrs from 8,400 feet. On the return flight their Lancaster was attacked and damaged by enemy night fighters but was eventually driven off by the return fire from the Lancaster’s air gunners. Diverted north to land at the emergency landing strip at Carnaby because of the damage, they made a one-wheeled landing there at 05.30hrs.


On the night of 7-8 August 1944 Philpott and his crew were involved in an operational sortie on a target in France when their Lancaster ME831 was shot down. All the crew successfully bailed out and survived the landing; two of the crew were taken prisoner of war, but the remainder, including Philpott, evaded capture: ‘I baled out at 01.00hrs on 8 August 1944 and landed in the grounds of a factory at Elbeuf. On landing I was approached by two Frenchmen. They took me to a house in Elbeuf where I remained until Allied Forces arrived on 27 August. I was sent thence to Bayeux.’ (the recipient’s evasion report refers).


Sold together with a circular piece of sheet metal (presumably taken from the damaged Lancaster) inscribed ‘R Roger, Carnaby (Yorks) 28th May 1944. Tours, Brunswick, Kiel Bay, Nantes, 106 Sqdn.’; a 78 Squadron cloth badge; a 1970 25th Anniversary commemorative French medallion, white metal, the reverse engraved ‘H. Philpott’; and a football prize medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘H.M.S. Vindictive. Inter-Part League Winners 1928-29, Stokers C., H. Philpott’.


281 Six: Warrant Officer H. C. Pamplin, Royal Air Force


1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (Act. W/O H. C. Pamplin (903793) R.A.F.); Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (Act. W/O. H. C. Pamplin (903793) R.A.F.) nearly extremely fine (6)


£100-£140 282 Four: Attributed to Major R. A. Lake, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army


1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with Colonial Office enclosure, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Major R. A. Lake, c/o W. Lake Esq., South Park, Witheridge’, extremely fine (4)


£60-£80


Richard Arthur Lake was born on 7 April 1917, the son of William Lake Esq., and was educated at Cambridge University. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 7th Gurkha Rifles on 1 November 1942, and was promoted Lieutenant on 15 May 1943, Temporary Captain on 4 June 1943, and Acting Major on 27 June 1945. The 1946 Indian Army Lists show Lake as having served as an Intelligence Officer of a Force.


Following the cessation of hostilities Lake embarked for Colonial Service in Kenya, and served (amongst other appointments) as Senior Education Officer, Nairobi Region, from April 1951; Under Secretary in the Office of the Chief Secretary, from August 1961; Deputy Secretary (Service), The Governor’s Office, Nairobi, from May 1962; and Assistant Director of Personnel from March 1963. He died in September 1986.


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