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Donald Bunce
| CPO Donald Bunce CGM (deceased) Joined FAA in January 1940 and trained as a Telegraphist Air Gunner (TAG). Don was drafted to 825 Squadron and then transferred to HMS Victorious at Scapa Flow, joining HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales. Torpedo attack on Bismarck same day as HMS Hood was sunk. His Squadron later transferred to HMS Ark Royal for Malta Convoys etc until she was torpedoed and sunk. The Squadron reformed at Lee-on-Solent and sent to Manston, Kent where they prepared for the night attack on Scharnhorst, Gneisehau and Prinz Eugen. This turned into a daylight raid on 12th February 1942 and all the aircraft were shot down, with only five survivors – four officers and CPO Bunce himself. From then on Don transferred to training squadrons. He was demobbed in January 1946. He died on 29th September 2008. |
Items Signed by CPO Donald Bunce CGM (deceased) |
  | Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. Price : £150.00 | The Channel Dash (officially known as Operation Cerberus) was one of three operations during the Second World War for which the Swordfish was to become the most famous. Heavily outgunned in the Straits of Dover on this day in February 1942 by the Ge...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of CPO Donald Bunce CGM (deceased) |
 | Channel Dash Operation Cerberus Prints by Philip West and Simon Atack. Pack Price : £240.00 Saving : £100 | Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. Escort to the Scharnhorst by Simon Atack. (B) | |
 | WW2 Kriegsmarin Channel Dash Prints by Ivan Berryman and Philip West. Pack Price : £190.00 Saving : £80 | Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Swordfish Aircraft, Channel Dash Print Pack by Philip West and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £240.00 Saving : £50 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. Against All Odds - Attack on the Scharnhorst by Ivan Berryman (AP) | |
 | Channel Dash WW2 Naval Prints by Philip West and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £190.00 Saving : £80 | Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. The Channel Dash by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | WW2 German Kriegsmarine Battleship Prints by Randall Wilson and Philip West. Pack Price : £190.00 Saving : £80 | Naval Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Operation Cerberus - The Channel Dash by Philip West. The Narvik Squadron by Anthony Saunders. |
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