Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An original Great War Pilot’s Flying Log Book (Army Book 425 type), appertaining to Lieutenant J. M. Brown, Royal Air Force, late Royal Flying Corps and Honourable Artillery Company, covering the period 13 November 1917 to 2 December 1918, commencing with early training flights at Thetford and continuing with many later training flights from Duxford Aerodrome mostly on RE6s, RE8s and DH9s, good condition £100-£140

John Maberly Brown was born on 29 July 1896 at Islington, London and attested for the Honourable Artillery Company on 2 December 1915. He served overseas in the 2nd Battalion with the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War from 1 October 1916 and was promoted to the rank of Corporal before he was discharged to a commission in the Royal Flying Corps on 28 August 1917. Having graduated from the the Military Wing on 17 March 1918, he continued in training at aerodromes in England until the War’s end, recording flights in his log book often multiple times daily. He was transferred to the unemployed list on 13 October 1919.

Sold together with other documentation including the recipient’s R.F.C. Training Transfer Card, dated 28 September 1917; National Registration Identity Card, stamped 17 May 1943; Royal Flying Corps Officers Graduation Certificate, C.F.S. Upavon, dated 17 March 1918; and a photograph of the recipient in uniform together with two other R.F.C. airmen standing beside a Sopwith Pup.