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S.O.E. A WWII RAF uniform belonging to Freddie Clark who was a pilot on SOE duties flying out of Tempsford, Clark was shot down on 1 April 1944 over Vallee de Cousee, comprising Flight Lieutenant's tunic with RAF cloth brevet and WWII riband bar with brass King's Crown buttons, trousers and and peaked cap plus an accompanying letter from Clark's Commanding Officer to his family dated 10 April 1944 'I am sending you your Boy's Tunic and Trousers for you to retain at home. These should normally be sent to the R.A.F. Central Depository, Colnbrook, but I thought it would best for you to have them. I am sending these unofficially and I do not want it to be known I have sent them. There is no news, alas, and I am unable to help you with any message. I only wish I could, but I will say that it is never advisable to abandon hope until there is some definitive news. I was talking to him at length the day before he was missing and he was telling me of his plans. I have not forgotten that yesterday was his 21st. birthday'. Also included with the lot is a copy of Freddie Clark written by Peter Five plus the main gyro and bomb sight recovered from Freddies aircraft and given to him after the war by the local villagers. (Qty: 4) Freddie Clark was born in Walthamstow, Essex in 1923, he was educated at Beal Modern Boys School, Ilford. He joined No.4 Squadron Air Defence Cadet Corps (Ilford) in February 1939 and in 1941 joined the RAFVR after completing training he was posted for Flying Training with the South African Airforce. Returning to Britain in 1943 he continued with conversion training, finally flying Halifaxes with No.138 (Special Duty) Squadron at Tempsford. Clark was shot down over France and after a considerable number of weeks of evasion he was capured by the Germans and taken to Stalag Luft III on 17 June 1944, he was released at the end of the war.