Bidspirit auction | Concorde Flown RAF Christmas FDC

Concorde Flown RAF Christmas FDC 1996 Lancasters 617 sqn attack the Urft Dam at head of Roer Valley Dec 1944 signed T H Tom Collin Navigator 617 sqn RAF FDC. Rare only 20 issued. Thomas Collin was a navigator in 630 and 617 squadron. He flew on his first op to Bourg Leopold on 15 May 1944 and later told me that he was so terrified that he went to the medical Officer to try to get off ops even if it meant being termed ”lacking moral fibre” with all the humiliation and stigma involved. Instead the MO told him that he had German measles and would be grounded until it cleared up. The crew went off with a spare navigator on the next op but sadly we're never seen again. He went on to complete his tour of 30 ops with 630 squadron and 10 more with 617 in 1945 when they delivered the Tallboy bomb to a number of targets. Despite the fact they flew a special ops Lancaster capable of carrying the Grand Slam bomb they never dropped one It seems that the big bomb was in short supply due to manufacturing difficulties and only the very best crews got to deliver it. His last op was on 25 April 1945 when they delivered a Tallboy to Hitler's Eagles Nest at Berchtesgaden. Unfortunately Hitler was elsewhere. Single Vendor collection. Good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.