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Douglas Bader

1965 Evening News cover, signed by . On the 5th September it will be 38 years since the passing of Douglas Bader. He joined the RAF in 1928 and was commissioned in 1930. He was credited with 22 Aerial Victories, four shared victories, six probables, one sheared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.

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Alan Cobham

1971 RAF Sealand, visit by Princess Margaret cover, signed by Alan Cobham. He was a member of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I. He became famous as a pioneer of long-distance aviation. RYC009F £250 £50 per month for 5 months

Les Monro

2007 Formation of 617 Squadron, The Cenotaph (poppy) postmark. Flight Lieutenant John Les Munro, Pilot, AJ-W for Willie. Munro was a Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot during World War II and the last surviving pilot of the Dambusters Raid of May 1943.

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Odette Hallowes GC

1990 50th Anniversary of the George Cross cover, signed by Odette Hallowes GC, Harry Errington GC and Lieutenant Commander Horace Taylor.

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Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 1 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYD617NEG £50 2008 ; cover with Scampton postmark. Signed Sargent Raymond E Grayston. RYG042A £15 50th Anniversary of Guadal Canal cover, signed by Colonel Jack Conger. He was a highly dec- orated United States marine corps Offi cer. He was a fl ying ace credited with shooting down 10 enemy aircraft and was awarded the Navy Cross during World War II. He also served on Guadal Canal with VMF 212 and 223.

RYD617NF £75 Sargent Frederick Sutherland (1923-2019), took part in the Dambusters Raid with 617 Squadron, Front Gunner on AJ-N for Nut, our choice of signed cover.

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RYD617NFC £75 2014 Operation Chastise, WWII Whitehall postmark. Signed by Sargent Frederick Sutherland, Front Gunner. Limited Edition of 50

RYD617NFD £75 The Night they Breached the Dams’ Scampton. Signed by Sgt Frederick Sutherland, Front Gunner. Limited Edition of 16.

RYD617NFE £75 2013 Delivery Flights AJ-F cover. Signed by Sargent Frederick Sutherland, Front Gunner. Limited Edition of 50.

RYD617NFF £75 2013 Delivery Flights AJ-G cover. Signed Sargent Frederick Sutherland, Front Gunner, AJ-N for Nut. Limited Edition of 50

RYD617NFG £75 2009 The Men of the Dams Raid: Les Knight, Scampton postmark. Signed Sargent Frederick Sutherland, Front Gunner.

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RYD617WPB £100 Crew Members: £25 per month Flt Lt Les Munro (Pilot) for 4 months Sgt Frank E Appleby (Flight Engineer) 2008 Breaching the F/O Grant Rumbles (Navigator) Dams, Guy Gibson. Sgt Percy Pigeon (Wireless Operator) Signed Flt. Lt. John Sgt James H Clay (Bomber) Les Munro, Pilot, Sgt Bill Howarth (Front Gunner) AJ-W for Willie. Flt/Sgt Harvey A Weeks (Rear Gunner) Limited Edition of 20.

RYD617WPL £100 £50 per month for 2 months RYD617WPM £100 £50 per month for 2 months 2009 Men of the Dam Raids: Warner Ottley. Signed Flt Lt 2012 The Men that breached the Dams, Scampton. John Les Munro, Pilot. Signed Flt Lt John Les Munro

RYD617WPN £100 £25 per month for 4 months RYD617WPO £100 £50 per month for 2 months 2008 65th Anniversary. 617 Squadron, Scampton 2013 Michelin Factory, Clermont Ferrand, France, postmark. Signed Flt Lt John Les Munro Scampton postmark. Signed Flt Lt John Les Munro

RYD617WPP £100 £25 per month for 4 months RYD617WPQ £100 £50 per month for 2 months 2008 Guy Gibson cover, Scampton postmark. Signed Flt 2009 The Flying Bomb Site at Flixecourt cover, Scampton Lt John Les Munro postmark. Signed Flt Lt John Les Munro

RYD617WPS £100 £25 per month for 4 months 2009 Men of the Dams Flexi-pay available Raid: Vernon Byers, on all items! Scampton postmark. Flt No interest charged - payment Lt John Les Munro options up to 12 months

www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 RYG040U £50 1979 Captain Liddell Historic Aviators cover signed by Otto Schultz (1920-2013) – German ace with 73 victories from over 800 missions Commander W Robert Maxwell (1919- 2016) – American ace with 7 victories. RYG040T £75 1974 RAF Gliding cover, signed by Leo Schimacher (1914-1997) – German ace with RYG041A £35 23 victories from 250 missions Heinz Ewald (1922-2002) – German ace with 84 victories 1978 Anthony Fokker from 395 missions Gerd Achgelis (1908-1991) Historic Aviators cover, – German Test Pilot and Helicopter pioneer signed by Rudolf plus pilots Graham Leggett, Szardening German Night Jocelyn Millard, Alan Gear and Trevor Gray. Fighter Ace with NJG 3, credited with 12 victories.

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RYL010 £35 1979 Jet First Flight RAF cover, signed by Hans RYG041C £50 Jochin Langer German ace with 1987 Iron Cross Medal cover, signed by Walter Krupinski 58 confi rmed (1920-2000) – German ace pilot with 197 victories from victories from 1100 missions. 1136 missions.

RYM015A £25 1978 Anthony Fokker Historic Aviators cover, signed by RYB008G £75 Otto Kutzner German Nightfi ghter ace with 9 Victories. 1970 30th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain Hurricane fl own cover, signed by Battle of Britain pilots , Bertie Wootten and Desmond Sheen. Supplied with an original typed letter from Rembrandt Philatelics saying only 300 of these specials were produced by Group Captain Bill Randle. RYB008N £75 1990 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, RAF Coningsby cover, signed by pilots. William Walker, John Freeborn, Kenneth Lusty, Ken Mackenzie, Tony Pickering, Graham Leggett and Tom Neil. WE RUN REGULAR THEMATIC EMAILS WITH EXCLUSIVE OFFERS VISIT WWW.BUCKINGHAMCOVERS.COM/FAMILY TO ENSURE YOU’RE NOT MISSING OUT

4 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC18RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYB026E £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1965 Large Battle of Britain First Day Cover, signed by Battle of Britain pilots Archibald Winskill, R H James, Tony Russell, RYB001H £300 £50 per month for 6 months Dennis David, Frank Carey, Alec Ingle, Peter Ayerst, Z 1965 Battle of Britain large cover, Biggin Hill CDS postmark, Wroblewski, Roy Ford, Harold Bird Wilson and J Unwin Mann. signed by: Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL (1910 – 1982) – Ace pilot, prisoner of War and Colditz Inmate DSO, CBE, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC, FRAeS (1922 – 2007) – Fighter and test Pilot, Air Speed Record Holder Bill Reid VC (1921 – 2001) – winning Bomber pilot.

RYB039B £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1970 25th Anniversary of VE Day RAF Benson fl own cover, signed by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster (1902- 1992), World War II leader of the French Section of the Special Operations Executive, it was said their work shortened the war by six months.

RYC009G £150 £75 per month for 2 months 1972 Kings Cup Air Race 50th Anniversary cover with a handwritten address, signed by Sir Alan Cobham (1894 – 1973) World War I pilot and aviation pioneer fl ying many long distance fl ights and working on aircraft design including infl ight refuelling.

RYD004I £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1972 Kings Cup Air Race fl own cover, signed by General Jimmy Doolittle (1896 – 1993) led the famous American bomber raid and fl ew in early Air Races and German ace fi ghter pilot Kurt Buhligen (1917 – 1985) Luftwaffe Ace with 112 Victories.

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RYD617FR £100 £25 per month for 4 months e-mail Flight Sargent Grant S MacDonald (1921 – 2012) took part in EMAIL US the Dambusters raids with 617 Squadron, Rear Gunner on AJ-F * [email protected] for Freddie, our choice of signed cover

www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 RKI01 £30 Tony Iveson was a pilot and Veteran of the Second World War, and was also one of the Few. He retired from the RAF in 1949 then became Chairman of the Bomber Command Association. Signed cover of our choice.

RKJ01 £35 RKH02 £125 £12.50 per month for 10 months Sir Richard Johns was a fi ghter pilot in the 1960s, a Sir Arthur Harris 1st Baronet Marshal of the squadron commander during Royal Air Force and an Air Offi cer Command- the 1970s and a station ing-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command dur- commander in the 1980s and ing the height of the Anglo-American strategic is now a retired senior Royal bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Air Force Commander. Signed Second World War. Signed cover of our choice. cover of our choice.

RKL01 £50 Freddie Laker though best known as the founder of the fi rst ‘no-frills’ airline Laker Airways, he started in aviation much earlier with his fi rst small fl eet on cargo planes being RKJ02 £40 used in the Berlin Airlift Johnnie Johnson a Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and in 1948-9. Signed cover fl ying ace—defi ned as a pilot that has shot down of our choice. fi ve or more enemy aircraft in aerial combat—who fl ew and fought during the Second World War. RKL04 £75 Signed cover of our choice. Mary Lindell OBE a controversial fi gure of the Second World War. Resistance fi ghter to some, to others she was a double agent on the German payroll. Signed cover of our choice.

RKP01 £60 Oliver Philpot was a Canadian-born Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and subsequently a businessman, best known for being one of the three men to successfully escape from Stalag Luft III in the escape known as The Wooden Horse. Signed cover of our choice.

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6 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC18RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RKQ01 £50 Jeffrey Quill was one of our top Test pilots, he fl ew the second Spitfi re fl ight, going on to fl y ever ‘mark’, he also fl ew an early prototype which was to become the Hurricane. Signed cover our choice. RKP04 £1000 £100 per month for 10 months Sir Keith Park World War I Ace. During World War II he was the command- er during the Battle of Britain and the Battle of Malta. Signed cover of our choice.

RKR01 £175 £25 per month for 7 months Pat Reid was a British Army offi cer and author of historical non-fi ction. As a British prisoner of war during RKS01 £50 the Second World War, David Shannon an Australian bomber pilot he was held captive at of World War II, best known for his part in the Colditz Castle when it “Dambusters” raid on the night of 16/17 May was designated Ofl ag 1943. Signed cover of our choice. IV-C. Signed cover of our choice.

RKS03 £35 Bob Stanford Tuck was a British fi ghter pilot, fl ying ace and test pilot. Tuck joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1935 and fi rst engaged in combat during the Battle of France, over , claiming his fi rst victories. Signed cover our choice.

RKS02 £60 Sir Tom Sopwith was an English aviation pioneer and yachtsman. Signed cover of our choice.

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£35 per month for 10 months Billie Stephens was one of the few naval offi cers to escape from Colditz, the “escape-proof” castle near Leip- zig used as German prisoner- of-war camp during the Second World War. Signed cover of our choice.

www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 RYD617GM £100 £50 per month for 2 months H K Duke Mun- ro, Ground Crew Radar Operator on the Dambusters Raid, our choice of signed cover.

RYD617GC £100 £50 per month for 2 months Corporal Ken Lucas, Ground Crew on the RYD617LP £50 Dambusters raid, our choice of signed cover. Flight Lieutenant David Shannon DSO (1922 – 1993) took part in the Dambusters Raid with 617 Squadron, pilot on AJ-L for Leather, our choice of signed cover.

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RYC008E £150 £50 per month for 3 months 50th Anniversary of Operation Frankton Cockleshell Heores cover, signed by Bill Sparks and Monsieur Chaban Delmas, our choice of signed cover.

RYB013 £100 £25 per month for 4 months 1976 Jean Batten Historic Aviators cover which she has signed (New Zealand aviation pioneer and RYB008N £75 record breaker) plus Tom Sopwith (English aviation 1990 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, RAF pioneer and Yachtsman) Coningsby cover, signed by pilots William Walker, John Freeborn, Kenneth Lusty, Ken Mackenzie, Tony Pickering, Graham Leggett and Tom Neil. RYB025A £75

“f CMYK / .eps 1976 Sir Sydney Find us online at: Camm Historic Avi- www.buckinghamcovers.com ators cover, signed by famous pilots who fl ew his planes, @BuckinghamCover Rowland Beamont (has added which @BuckinghamCovers1 planes) Neville Duke (added @BuckinghamCovers1 his fi rst and last fl ights) plus Jeffrey Quill and AVM Don Bennett. WE RUN REGULAR THEMATIC EMAILS WITH EXCLUSIVE OFFERS VISIT WWW.BUCKINGHAMCOVERS.COM/FAMILY TO ENSURE YOU’RE NOT MISSING OUT

8 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC18RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] Tibbets was a Brigadier General in Paul Tibbets the United States Air Force. He was best known as the pilot who fl ew the B-29 superfortress known as the Enola Gay (named after his RYT014GD £100 mother) when it dropped little £50 per month boy, the fi rst two atomic bombs for 2 months used in warfare, on the Japanese 1945 General Douglas city of Hiroshima. MacArthur cover, signed by Paul Tibbets

RYT014GG £100 £10 per month for 10 months 1945 Now that we have won let ‘Old Glory’ wave cover, signed by Paul Tibbets

RYT014GI £100 £12.50 per month for 8 months 1945 Now that we ha1945 Peace on Earth again cover, signed by Paul Tibbets

RYT014GL £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1945 USS Marvin H McIntyre cover, signed by Paul Tibbets. RYT014GJ £100 £20 per month for 5 months 1945 Occupied Nations Honoring the Philippines cover, signed by Paul Tibbets www FIND US ONLINE www.buckinghamcovers.com

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9 RYM006A £250 £25 per month for 10 months 1976 Escape from Singapore fl own cover, signed by Lord RYM006B £250 £125 per month for 2 months Louis Mountbatten of Burma KG, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, 1975 Fleet Air Arm Museum cover, signed by Lord Louis DSO, PC FRS (1900-1979). Mountbatten of Burma KG, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, PC FRS (1900-1979)

RYM006G £250 £50 per month for 5 months RYP007Z £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1977 Escape from New Britain fl own cover, signed by Lord 1981 First Flight between Japan and USA Anniversary fl own Louis Mountbatten of Burma KG, GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, cover, signed by Nobuo Fujita (1911-1997) the only Japanese DSO, PC FRS (1900-1979). pilot to bomb mainland USA during World War II.

£50 per month for 2 months RYT014BA £100 8th August 1945 Russia Declares War on Japan American Patriotic cover with Washington slogan postmark, signed Paul Tibbet

RYT014EL £100 £25 per month for 4 months 14th August 1945 Victory Eagle and Globe American Patriotic cover with Victory lowa duplex cancel on VJ Day, signed Paul Tibbets

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1965 Battle of Britain plain single stamp First Day cover, signed by Lord Hugh Dowding (1882 – 1970) Commander of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.

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Page from an autograph book signed by wartime leaders Lord Hugh Dowding (1882 – 1970) Commander of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and Viscount Portal Hungerford (1893 – 1971) in charge of Bomber Command.

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1965 RAF Biggin Hill Evening News Show cover with the signature (stuck on the front) of Lord Hugh Dowding (1882 – 1970) Commander of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.

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www.buckinghamcovers.com 11 RYW015K £500 £50 per month for 10 months 8th May 1918 Combat in the Air Report for 208 Squadron, signed by Commander Major Christopher Draper DSC (1892 – 1979) a World War I ace known as ‘The Mad Major’ known for fl ying under bridges. During World War II became a double agent for Germany.

RYW015N £500 £50 per month for 10 months 19th August 1919 Combat in the Air Report for 203 Squadron, signed by Commanding Offi cer Raymond Collishaw CB, DSO & Bar, DSC, DFC (1893 – 1976), a World War I ace, during World War II he was a commander in North Africa.

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