In the News
Posted on 10 July 2012
The fascinating archive of Churchill material to be auctioned at A+O on the 11th of July has generated plenty of media interest - this time in the UK publication Antiques Trade Gazette. In the July 7 edition ATG covers the story and writer Ian McKay has uncovered some additional information on the famous flight of January 1942. It seems that when the RMA Berwick on which Churchill and the warlords were travelling crossed occupied western France a Luftwaffe squadron was scrambled but thankfully failed to intercept the huge Boeing Clipper. Likewise as the Berwick approached England from the south it was thought to be a German raider and six Hurricanes from fighter command were scrambled to locate and possibly shoot down the Berwick… they too failed and the rest is history.
This is only the second time an A+O catalogue offering has made the news in the UK's leading industry journal, the last being the superb Napoleonic collection offered in June 2010.
