Bidspirit auction | 617 Sqn Attack on Mimoyceques

617 Sqn Attack on Mimoyceques Signed by 2 members 617 Sqn during WW11. 6 Jul 07 The Cenotaph 617 Sqn Attack on Mimoyceques Signed by 9 members 617 Sqn during WW11. The first 2 veterans were all on the attack on Mimoyceques. Personally Signed by Flying Officer James Soilleux. 617 Sqn in this action. Flying Officer Flight Engineer Squadrons 61, 617, 46, 466, 231. His many raids included two on Brest, three on the Tirpitz, two on Lyons and one each on D Day Spoof and Clemont Ferrand the bombing on Munich and the Siracourt V - weapon storage site and on Angouleme raid. Theatres of operation France and Germany. Aircraft flown, Lancaster, Stirling, Halifax, Liberator. Cover flown in Lancaster. signed by Signed by Flying Officer William A Rupert RCAF At the age of 19 Years he Volunteered and was accepted in 617 Sqn, without any previous training. As a bomb aimer he did 30 Operations with Geoff Stout's crew and 5 others with another aircrew. Rupert was shot down on 23rd Sept 1944 on the Dortmund Ems - Canel raid. Rupert spent six and half months in the underground. Certified Copy no 1 of 1.