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RAF Signed Cover Collection 4 in Superb Album With Slipcase. 28+ covers including rare Battle of Britain Aces, Luftwaffe aces VC winners and many scarce varieties housed in expensive Importa Blue cover album with slipcase. Covers have a retail price of over £850 including DE1661 RAF8 28th Nov 1972 30th Anniv Operation torch Flown from Gibraltar in Bristol Britannia of 511 Sqn to Brize Norton then to RAF Leconfield in Westland Whirlwind by 202 Sqn . 30th Anniv Operation torch. Signed by Sqn Ldr McKinley who flew the cover aircraft, Saro London in 1939. RRP £25 DE1673 FF1 1 March 1979 BFPS 1919 Folkestone to Cologne 60th Anniversary of the First Scheduled United Kingdom international Air Mail Service Folkestone to Cologne. Scarce variation reflown in a Bell Jet Ranger from Battersea Heliport. Signed by Ian Fraser VC. RRP £55 DE1689 FF5 25 July 1979 Jersey 70th Anniv 1st Air crossing of Channel. Flown in 1979 Stella artois air race. Signed by the pilot Mr Edward Wein and former Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party David Steel. RRP £20 DE1699 FF12 60th Anniv of Formation of No.1.Flying Training School. Signed by A.V.M. Rogers & Grp Cpt R.H.Wood OBE RAF. RRP £12 DE1701 FF14 28 March 1980 BFPS 1618 60th Anniversary of the opening of London's First Air Terminal Croydon Airport. Flown from the derelict site of the Croydon Airport on the 60th Anniversary of its opening as London's first international Air Terminal. Special signed by Sqn.Ldr.Milward & by Sir Peter Masefield. RRP £20 DE1709 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Incredibly rare variation signed by Battle of Britain veteran AVM John Barron Worrall DFC (1911 1988) who led No. 32 Squadron in the Battle, flying Hurricanes. Also signed by the pilot who flew the covers. RRP £185 DE1713 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Signed by Battle of Britain ace Dennis David and the pilot who flew the covers. RRP £25 DE1716 FF20 40th Anniversary of World s First Decisive Aerial Campaign the Battle of Britain. Flown from RAF Abingdon over RAF Debden in a Jaguar. Signed by Battle of Britain veteran Air Commodore S. C. Widdows DFC, OC 29 Fighter Squadron. RRP £30 DE1722 RAF11c RAF 11c FDC 230 Sqn Double Signed 15 Apr 73 BFPS 1308 postmark No 230 RAF 60th Anniversary of the Formation of the Squadron . Blue flown cachet Flown in Puma of 230 Sqn from RAF Oliham via Westland Helicopters Yeovil to Westland Heliport London. Personally Signed by Air Cdre P H L Scott AFC RAF, British Air Attache Paris and Wing Commander P D A Austin AFC RAF, Pilot and Squadron Commander. Certified Copy No 1034 of 1250 RRP £15 DE1743 RAF19 28 Sep 73 BFPS 1421 No 360 Sqn RAF Award of the Badge. Flown in Canberra. Special signed Air Vice Marshal D.G.Evans Air Officer Commanding 1 Group. Even rarer variation signed as well by Lt Hugo Broch KC, 324 missions, 81 victories in the East. Photocard inside the cover. RRP £55 DE1753 RAF23 4 Apr 74 BFPS 1453 Postmark. 19 Squadron Flown Lightning. 4 Apr 74 BFPS 1453 25th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Postmark on QE 10p stamp. No 19 Squadron Royal Air Force, 25th Anniversary of the Formation of NATO. Signed Sir Lewis Hodges DSO DFC ADC, WW2 escaper & OC 161 & 357 sqn. Col Van Oosten, Burma Railway survivor, Brig Ghenne, Secret Army WW2 & Wg Cdr P Vangucci who flew the covers. RRP £50 DE1754 RAF24 1 May 74 BFPS 1436 Postmark Flown in Canberra 7 Squadron, Flown in Canberra. Special signed Sir Alan Boxer DSO DFC and Wing Commander A E Radnor, both former Commanders of 7 Sqn. RRP £15 DE1755 RAF24 1 May 74 BFPS 1436 Postmark Flown in Canberra 7 Squadron, Flown in Canberra. Unusual variation signed by Pathfinders veteran Hamish Mahaddie DSO DFC who served with 7 Squadron. RRP £25 DE1756 RAF25 13 May 74 25th Anniversary of First Flight of the Canberra 100 Squadron. Flown and signed by Battle of Britain ace Wg Cdr R P Beamont from British Aircraft Corporation Airfield Warton in a 100 Sqn Canberra T MK 4 No WJ 861 to commemorate the first Canberra flight by him on 13th May 1949. RRP £35 DE1758 RAF26 24 May 74 BFPS 1439 The Disbandment of 543 Squadron. Signed Miss Constance Babington - Smith MBE the famous wartime photo interpreter. Author of Evidence in Camera. RRP £25 DE1759 RAF26 24 May 74 BFPS 1439 The Disbandment of 543 Squadron. Super scarce variation signed by ace Flt Lt Garry Nowell DFM* and JG54 veteran Hans Ekkehard Bob. Full career information of both pilots inside the cover. RRP £65 DE1763 RAF28 9 Oct 74 BFPS 1874 Special Churchill Postmark on 4 1/2 p Churchill Stamp. 12 Squadron. Flown in Buccaneer from the Squadrons Operational base at RAF Honington in Suffolk to the Albert Canal Bridges at Maastricht in Belgium. Signed by Sqn Ldr W. Simpson, Flt Cdr B Flight No.12 Sqn 1936-40. RRP £18 DE1765 RAF29 1 Jan 75 BFPS 1489 10 Squadron 60th Anniversary of Formation of the Squadron . Red Flown cachet flown on VC 10 scheduled flights 2091 & 2725 from RAF Brize Norton via Cypus and the Maldive Islands to the Far East. Signed A.C.M. Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman DFC AFC. WW1 pilot BEF 1918. In 1944 he flew on his only sortie in a Lancaster, shot down, evaded capture for 5 weeks before being caught by the Gestapo. Amazing man. RRP £45 DE1766 RAF30 10 Jan 75 Vallet postmark Postmark 13 Squadron Flown Canberra from RAF Luqa. Signed by A.Cdre. Venn, OC 13 Sqn. 1935-37. RRP £15 DE1769 RAF30 10 Jan 75 Vallet postmark Postmark 13 Squadron Flown Canberra from RAF Luqa. Signed by A.Cdre. Venn, OC 13 Sqn. 1935-37. RRP £15 DE1773 RAF32 24 Mar 75 BFPS 1491 30th Anniversary Operation Varsity, 48 Squadron Flown in Hercules. Signed by R.Mortimer former member of No.2 Fwd.Obs.unit RA Btn.Airborne Div. RRP £15 DE1779 RAF34 6 Jul 75 BFPS 1513 20 Squadron Open Day at RAF Wildenrath. Flown from RAF Wildenrath to GAF Diepholz and return in one of four Harrier Aircraft of 20 Sqn. Signed AVM. R Harding 20 sqn CO Spitfires, Air Cdre Hine CO 92 & 17 sqn & Wg Cdr D Brook 20 sqn CO. RRP £35 DE1787 RAF36 31 Aug 75 BFPS 1916 46 Disbandment of the Squadron . Picture cachet of Neuport 12 1916 , Hawker Hurricane and Andover. Scarce variety signed by WWI ace Wg Cdr Norman Macmillan MC AFC, later Chief Test Pilot for the Fairey Aviation Company. Numbered 20 of 45. RRP £40 DE1790 RAF38 21 Dec 75 Jersey. Honouring 56 ( F ) Squadron RAF Flown Lightning. Personally Signed by Mr.R.C.Newman RAF 1915 to 1919. WW1 fighter pilot. Compatriot of Albert Ball VC,and who served at Vert Galand 5 Apr 1917 on the arrival of 56(F) sqn on the Somme. RRP £30 DE1791 RAF38 21 Dec 75 Jersey. Honouring 56 ( F ) Squadron RAF Flown Lightning. Signed by the pilot Wg Cdr Blackley. Scarce variation also signed by MRAF Sir Thomas Pike DFC*, flew prior to WWII and went on to become Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe. Numbered 11 of 42. RRP £30 DE1793 RAF40 1 Feb 76 BFPS1522 60th Anniversary of No 35 Squadron flown cachet Flown in Vulcan B2 XJ825 RAF Scampton on Night Bombing and Navigation Sortie. Flight time 5 hours 15 mins. Signed A.V.M. D C T Bennett DSO, WW2 bombers & escaper. Most famous as founder of the Pathfinders. RRP £40 Good condition. Est: All signed items come with a Certificate of Authenticity and can be shipped worldwide.
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