AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
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Jul 16, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 526:
MCCALL FREDERICK: (1896-1949) Canadian Fighter Ace (35 victories) of World War I. D.S., F. R. ...
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Sold for: €260
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MCCALL FREDERICK: (1896-1949) Canadian Fighter Ace (35 victories) of World War I. D.S., F. R. McCall, one page, 4to, France, 30th May 1918. The partially printed document, completed in typescript, is a Combat Report (headed Combats in the Air), the narrative stating, in part, '
..I dived on an E[nemy] A[ircraft] 2-seater at about 5,000ft over Fournes-En-Weppes firing a long burst from both guns at about 50 yards range. The observer opened fire on me but collapsed in cockpit when I fired. E. A
..went down in a vertical drive completely out of control. When last seen E. A. was still going down over Beaucamp, but I did not see it crash as I was then dived on by some E. A. Scouts'. Countersigned at the foot by the Commander of 41 Squadron, Major Geoffrey Hilton Bowman (1891-1970) British Fighter Ace (32 victories) of World War I, later a Group Captain. The document relates to McCall's sixth victory. Two small file holes to the left edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise about VG
