WORLD WAR II, EAGLE SQUADRON AND NORTH AFRICA: AN AMERICAN FIGHTER PILOTS COLLECTION., Maxwell, Colonel George St Maur. 1917-2011.
Collection of uniforms, flying equipment, and personal flying logs, medals and memorabilia. 1938-1950.
Maxwell, Colonel George St Maur. 1917-2011. Collection of uniforms, flying equipment, and personal flying logs, medals and memorabilia. 1938-1950.
The Grouping Comprising:
1. Three RCAF Dress Uniforms: a Canadian made uniform of blue grey wool, with RCAF chest wing brevet, and label of the Canadian maker Eaton, with two pairs of matching pants; a British Austin Reed Dress Uniform, of barathea blue gray wool, Austin Reed label to the pants, with label marked "G.S.Maxwell Esq 17.10.41 BOR 3503", with RCAF chest wing brevet, the brevet detached and put into the top pocket, with one pair of matching pants; a warm weather dress Uniform in stone color, RCAF brevet (Eyptian made), likely purchased in Cairo from the Adabi Brothers, (military tailors), while on leave in June 1942, the buttons used are RAF rather than RCAF, with its matching pants, the pocket inked "G Maxwell. 4th 707.2".
2. A RCAF Dress hat, with a later USAAF blue cap, a RCAF blue dress tie; and his brassed metal RCAF identity tag.
3. A light weight warm climate cloth and leather flying cap, with a pair of dessert goggles, the strap
inked F/O Maxwell, this equipment used in the North Africa Campaign.
4. A RCAF military green housewife (sewing kit), stamped Ottawa 1940, with buttons, needles and wool; together with a standard USAAF issue compass.
5. Three flight log Books:
a. "ASC Pilot Log", detailing his training in a private aviation school in Washington DC, from March 1938 to November 1940, when he took off for Canada. 8vo, original drab wrappers, the upper cover signed Maxwell; with 30 small snaps of Maxwell and the planes he trained on.
b. RCAF Pilots Log Book covering his main career, starting from May 5th - September 9th, 1941, doing flying tests in Canada, and further training in England from November 5th at Hullayington flying Hurricanes, 53th OTU Wales flying Spitfires, finishing his training on February 22nd 1942..then spent 6 days with the 71 Eagle Squadron before being re-assigned to Egypt on August 1 1942 to the RAF 33rd Squadron, based at Edku, flying Hurricanes, which had been decimated during the Battle of Crete, and had to resupplied with Hurricanes. and pilots. Maxwell carrying out fighter support with patrols and convoy duty, and was closely involved with the seesaw battles with Rommel along the North African litoral, and took part in the second battle of El-Alamein. On January 23rd he transferred to the USAAF 79th Fighter Group, 86th Squadron, flying P-40 Warhawks out of Gazala Libya, harassing the Afrika Corps as they retreated back to Tunisia. His unit moved to Tunisia, then Sicily, and he served on active duty in the North African/Sicily Theaters through to October 16th 1943. The log records that from January 25 1944 - June 25 1945, with numerous missions under his belt, he retired from active service, transferring back to the USA instructing new pilots in various airbases in Florida and elswhere.
c. Duplicate pilots log, covering the period Jan 25 to October 16 1943, while in the 79th Fighter Group. This log is not in Maxwells hand.
6. Three US Medals with ribbons: two for services in WW2, one for Korean War service, comprising: The US Distinguished Flying Cross DFC, boxed; US Legion of Merit, boxed; and the US Airforce Medal for Military Merit (post 1958); [WITH:] 2 sets of bars incorporating 7 medals, and 3 postwar metal USAF wings.
7. A collection of 36 photographs taken while training with the RCAF in Canada and the RAF in England, various sizes; with the Canadian Heritage booklet inscribed by his Group Captain 13/9/41, and a poem about airforce life written by Maxwell.
8. A collection of 38 photographs of his career in the RAF and USAAF in North Africa, various sizes.
9. Pilots Navigation Kit. Air Corps United States Army. Leather attache case, containing two aeronautical charts of the Florida coasts, an empty pack of Lucky Stripes; and a collection of badges and cufflinks, a late 1950s set of epaulettes, and paperwork relating to his airforce career in the late 1940s and 1950s.
10. The contents of Maxwell's wartime leather wallet, made by Beckers, badly worn and stretched, with personal photos of a girlfriend at the Washington Aero Training School, and 44 other pieces of paper including numerous coupons, tickets, telegrams, leave passes, receipts, memberships cards, vaccination cards, hunting license, his US War Department Officers Identification card, and his British Forces Identification Card Middle East.
11. Maxwell, George St Maur. I hit the training jackpot. Berkeley [c.1945]. 7pp carbon typescript, a short story describing a mission in North Africa in October 1942, the day before the Second battle of El Alamein, when British fighters were sent out to soften up the enemy lines. Maxwell writes a good story describing how his plane was shot up by German fighter.
A fine group of objects and memorabilia documenting the flying career of a distinguished American pilot, George Maxwell, who, after training to fly at a private Washington Flying School, left the USA for Canada in late 1940, and signed up for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and was immediately transferred to Britain to serve as a fighter pilot in the RAF from early 1941. Following a short service in the no 71 "Eagle" Squadron, he was sent overseas to Egpyt in 1942, carrying out operations in support of the RAF and the USAAF in the North Africa campaign, and Sicily, retiring back the States in late 1943, due to a bad bout of malaria which impinged on his flying capabilities.
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Collection of uniforms, flying equipment, and personal flying logs, medals and memorabilia. 1938-1950.
Maxwell, Colonel George St Maur. 1917-2011. Collection of uniforms, flying equipment, and personal flying logs, medals and memorabilia. 1938-1950.
The Grouping Comprising:
1. Three RCAF Dress Uniforms: a Canadian made uniform of blue grey wool, with RCAF chest wing brevet, and label of the Canadian maker Eaton, with two pairs of matching pants; a British Austin Reed Dress Uniform, of barathea blue gray wool, Austin Reed label to the pants, with label marked "G.S.Maxwell Esq 17.10.41 BOR 3503", with RCAF chest wing brevet, the brevet detached and put into the top pocket, with one pair of matching pants; a warm weather dress Uniform in stone color, RCAF brevet (Eyptian made), likely purchased in Cairo from the Adabi Brothers, (military tailors), while on leave in June 1942, the buttons used are RAF rather than RCAF, with its matching pants, the pocket inked "G Maxwell. 4th 707.2".
2. A RCAF Dress hat, with a later USAAF blue cap, a RCAF blue dress tie; and his brassed metal RCAF identity tag.
3. A light weight warm climate cloth and leather flying cap, with a pair of dessert goggles, the strap
inked F/O Maxwell, this equipment used in the North Africa Campaign.
4. A RCAF military green housewife (sewing kit), stamped Ottawa 1940, with buttons, needles and wool; together with a standard USAAF issue compass.
5. Three flight log Books:
a. "ASC Pilot Log", detailing his training in a private aviation school in Washington DC, from March 1938 to November 1940, when he took off for Canada. 8vo, original drab wrappers, the upper cover signed Maxwell; with 30 small snaps of Maxwell and the planes he trained on.
b. RCAF Pilots Log Book covering his main career, starting from May 5th - September 9th, 1941, doing flying tests in Canada, and further training in England from November 5th at Hullayington flying Hurricanes, 53th OTU Wales flying Spitfires, finishing his training on February 22nd 1942..then spent 6 days with the 71 Eagle Squadron before being re-assigned to Egypt on August 1 1942 to the RAF 33rd Squadron, based at Edku, flying Hurricanes, which had been decimated during the Battle of Crete, and had to resupplied with Hurricanes. and pilots. Maxwell carrying out fighter support with patrols and convoy duty, and was closely involved with the seesaw battles with Rommel along the North African litoral, and took part in the second battle of El-Alamein. On January 23rd he transferred to the USAAF 79th Fighter Group, 86th Squadron, flying P-40 Warhawks out of Gazala Libya, harassing the Afrika Corps as they retreated back to Tunisia. His unit moved to Tunisia, then Sicily, and he served on active duty in the North African/Sicily Theaters through to October 16th 1943. The log records that from January 25 1944 - June 25 1945, with numerous missions under his belt, he retired from active service, transferring back to the USA instructing new pilots in various airbases in Florida and elswhere.
c. Duplicate pilots log, covering the period Jan 25 to October 16 1943, while in the 79th Fighter Group. This log is not in Maxwells hand.
6. Three US Medals with ribbons: two for services in WW2, one for Korean War service, comprising: The US Distinguished Flying Cross DFC, boxed; US Legion of Merit, boxed; and the US Airforce Medal for Military Merit (post 1958); [WITH:] 2 sets of bars incorporating 7 medals, and 3 postwar metal USAF wings.
7. A collection of 36 photographs taken while training with the RCAF in Canada and the RAF in England, various sizes; with the Canadian Heritage booklet inscribed by his Group Captain 13/9/41, and a poem about airforce life written by Maxwell.
8. A collection of 38 photographs of his career in the RAF and USAAF in North Africa, various sizes.
9. Pilots Navigation Kit. Air Corps United States Army. Leather attache case, containing two aeronautical charts of the Florida coasts, an empty pack of Lucky Stripes; and a collection of badges and cufflinks, a late 1950s set of epaulettes, and paperwork relating to his airforce career in the late 1940s and 1950s.
10. The contents of Maxwell's wartime leather wallet, made by Beckers, badly worn and stretched, with personal photos of a girlfriend at the Washington Aero Training School, and 44 other pieces of paper including numerous coupons, tickets, telegrams, leave passes, receipts, memberships cards, vaccination cards, hunting license, his US War Department Officers Identification card, and his British Forces Identification Card Middle East.
11. Maxwell, George St Maur. I hit the training jackpot. Berkeley [c.1945]. 7pp carbon typescript, a short story describing a mission in North Africa in October 1942, the day before the Second battle of El Alamein, when British fighters were sent out to soften up the enemy lines. Maxwell writes a good story describing how his plane was shot up by German fighter.
A fine group of objects and memorabilia documenting the flying career of a distinguished American pilot, George Maxwell, who, after training to fly at a private Washington Flying School, left the USA for Canada in late 1940, and signed up for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and was immediately transferred to Britain to serve as a fighter pilot in the RAF from early 1941. Following a short service in the no 71 "Eagle" Squadron, he was sent overseas to Egpyt in 1942, carrying out operations in support of the RAF and the USAAF in the North Africa campaign, and Sicily, retiring back the States in late 1943, due to a bad bout of malaria which impinged on his flying capabilities.
For an online discussion about this grouping see:
Https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/.forums/index/php?/topic/341835-shelter-in-place-attic-find-eagle-squadron/
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