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Pub Landlord Helped To Sink The Bismarck

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  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

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    Hope I get to see this.
    "A pub landlord who spent five hours tracking Hitler's flagship under heavy fire before it was defeated has been revealed 75 years later.
    Flight Sergeant Frederick Cecil Davis was one of the first to spot the Bismarck as it headed for the safety of Brest, in France, having sunk HMS Hood during the Battle of the Denmark Strait.
    Despite being fired at from the ship's guns and coming under attack by the Luftwaffe, Flt Sgt Davis held his nerve and acted as navigator before it was destroyed by the Allies on May 27, 1941.
    His campaign medals and logbook sold for £850 at the Cotswold Auction Company
    Despite being fired at from the ship's guns and coming under attack by the Luftwaffe, Flt Sgt Davis held his nerve and acted as navigator for five hours
    Flt Sgt Davis' feat will be told for the first time in the TV series called 'Trading History'.
    The series explores the stories behind historical artefacts bought and sold at auction houses.
    Before he died in 2009 aged 88, Flt Sgt Davis passed on his war medals and RAF logbook to his son, Raymond.
    With nobody else to pass them onto, Mr Davis, 70, recently sold them at auction.
    His campaign medals and logbook sold for £850 at the Cotswold Auction Company."
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3923798/The-pub-landlord-helped-sink-Bismarck-Amazing-story-emerges-unsung-hero-tracked-Hitler-s-flagship-five-hours-heavy-fire-defeated-75-years-ago.html#ixzz4PcMZmKd7
     
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    Nice article. I read recently that Eric 'Winkle' Browns medals are to be auctioned. Must be some collection. Thanks for posting.
     
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    Interesting read. Thanks, Gordon.
     

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