Douglas Baders prosthetic leg for auction
Published January 23rd, 2008
A prosthetic leg worn by war hero Douglas Bader is being auctioned at Eleys auction in Boston, Lincolnshire.
It is one of 43 items belonging to the Second World War Air Ace, who continued to fly for the RAF despite losing both his legs in a plane crash at Woodley Aerodrome before WW2.
Phillip Knapper, from the auction house, said he expected Bader’s memorabilia, including Red Cross parcels sent to him in Colditz Castle as well as his mess bill, to exceed £100,000. Bader’s Alvis car is expected to fetch £60,000.
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