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Douglas Bader

Group Captain Sir CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC &Bar, FRAeS, DL (1910 – 1982). Signed 1965 Large cover, phosphor stamps, with Biggin Hill CDS postmark.

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Hans Von Ohain & Erich Warsitz

1979 40th Anniversary of the fi rst fl ight by a Jet Propelled Aircraft fl own cover. Signed by Hans Von Ohain (1911 – 1998) - German Jet Inventor and Erich Warsitz (1906 – 1983) German Jet Test pilot. Also included is an insert card signed by Ohain.

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R J Mitchell Historic Aviators Series Special cover, signed by Douglas Bader was a during the Second World War. He was credited with 22 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged. Johnnie Johnson nicknamed ‘Johnnie’ was an English Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot and flying ace who flew and fought during the Second World War. Bob Stanford Tuck was a British fighter pilot, flying ace and test pilot. He was promoted to squadron leader and commanded a squadron.

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Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 1 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYB008F £75 1998 Opening of the Battle of Britain Suite at £50 per month for 2 months RYD617FRB £100 the Royal Star and Garter Home cover, signed Grant McDonald signed 2007 Operation by at least 20 Battle of Britain pilots, Chastise cover, the rear gunner on bomber AJ-F supplied with a list, but this will need a little which was on the third wave & second aircraft checking, will include Peter Ayerst, John to attack Sorpe Dam. Gibson, E Parkin, P Hairs, Tony Russell, J G Millard, K N T Lee and Trevor Gray.

RYD617FRC £100 £50 per month for 2 months Grant McDonald RCAF signed 2011 617 ‘Dambuster’ Squadron flown cover. McDonald served with the RCAF during World War ll and was operational with 5 Group Bomber Command. Before joining the ‘Dambusters’ he served with 44 Squadron, and was a Wireless Operator in Bill Reid’s crew.

RYD617FRD £100 £50 per month for 2 months ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK 1987 617 ‘The Dam Busters’ Squadron RAF flown cover, signed by Grant McDonald Gunner - The Dams Raid.

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RKH04 £125 £62.50 per month for 2 months ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK Odette Hallowes GC, MBE (1942 – 1945). Odette Sansom Hallowes, also known as Odette Sansom and Odette Churchill, was an Allied intelligence officer during the Second World War. Her wartime exploits and endurance of a brutal interrogation and imprisonment, which were chronicled in books and a motion picture, made her one of the most celebrated members of the Special Operations Executive, the British sabotage and espionage organisation, and one of to survive Nazi imprisonment. She was the first woman to be awarded both the George Cross, and to be appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur.

2 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC17RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYD617NE £50 Sergeant Raymond E Grayston (1918 - 2010), took part in the Dambusters Raid with 617 Squadron, Engineer on AJ-N for Nut, our choice of signed cover.

RYD617NEB £50 Sergeant Raymond Grayston signed 2008 65th Anniversary of 617 Squadron cover, the flight engineer on bomber AJ-N which was in the first wave & third aircraft to attack Eder Dam.

RYD617NEC £50 ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK 2007 cover, signed by Flying Officer Raymond E. Grayston RAF. Grayston had been serving in 50 Squadron when he was posted to 617 Squadron in March 1943. On the 1st May 1943 Grayston, a Flight RYH001A £50 Engineer with the rank of Sgt was on the delivery Flight 1984 Arnhem cover with an Arnhem postmark, signed of Lancaster ED912/G, AJ-N, one of Les Knight’s crew. by Sir John Hackett, Dr Elsa Caspers, Koos Meyer and Hen Idenburg.

RYN003G £50 1972 RAF Topcliffe Wellington cover, signed by Bill Randle, Scottie Brazill and Bob Frost.

Flexi-pay available RYO001 £40 on all items! 1994 Benham Silencing of the Merville Battery cover, No interest charged - payment Signed Lieutenant Colonel T B H Otway was an officer options up to 12 months in the British Army, best known for his role as commander of the paratroop assault on the Merville Battery on D-Day.

www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 RYD617OW £75 ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK RYD617TB £75 Flight Sergeant George A Chalmers DFC (1921 - 2002), Sergeant George Johnson, took part in the took part in the Dambusters Raid with 617 Squadron, Dambusters Raid with 617 Squadron, Bomber on AJ-T Wireless Operator on AJ-O for Orange, our choice of for Tommy, our choice of signed cover. signed cover.

RYD617WP £100 £50 per month for 2 months Squadron Leader J. Les Munro CNZM, DSO, QSO & DFC, served with the Royal Air Force as a pilot with 97 squadron and was a Flight Commander with 617 Dambuster Squadron. He was the last surviving ‘Dambuster’ Pilot and his aircraft on the Dams raid was Lancaster AJ-W, our choice of signed cover.

£50 per month for 2 months RYD617WPE £100 2014 Operation Chastise 617 ‘Dambuster’ Squadron RAF cover, signed Flight Lieutenant Les Munro. Munro and his crew had an uneventful sea crossing before being hit by light flak as they crossed the Dutch coast over Vlieland. The Lancaster sustained damage to the mast compass and intercom leaving then without internal communication. This rendered their mission impossible as the attack on the dams was a co-ordinated procedure between all crew members.

RYD617WPF £100 £50 per month for 2 months The Dam Busters 617 Squadron Royal Air Force cover, 44th Anniversary of the Dams Raid, signed Flight Lieutenant Les Munro. 01303 278137

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4 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC17RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYG002C £35 40th Anniversary of VE Day cover, signed by Hamilton Mac McWhorter, Col Charles Older, Alex Vraciu and Col Dale Brannon. RYG035Q £75 ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK 1971 Mosquito cover, signed by Major Wilhelm Herget (30th June 1910 – 27th March 1974) - Luftwaffe military aviator during World War II and a night fighter ace. Hptm Dieter Schmidt (27 June 1919 – 6 March 2002) - Luftwaffe night fighter ace and recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Oberfeldwebel Reinard Kollak (28th March 1915 – 6th February 1980) - Luftwaffe night fighter ace and Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II. Oberst Wolfgang Falck (19 August 1910 – 13 March 2007) - World War II Luftwaffe pilot, and one of the key organisers of the German night fighter defences.

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RYG039C £75 ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK 1991 Operation Granby cover, signed by Commanders Sir Patrick Hine GCB, GBE, Sir Peter De La Billiere KCB, KBE, DSO, MC & Bar, Air Vice Marshal W J Wratten GBE, CB, AFC, Commodore P K Haddacks and Commodore C J S Craig.

RYG046 £50 ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK 1971 RAF North Coates Cover signed, Alfred Ken Gatward DSO, DFC*, AE (28th August 1914 – 19th November 1998), known as Ken Gatward he was a British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilot of the second World War, a Sergeant pilot in 1939 and was commissioned on 27th July 1940. Gatward flew Bristol Blenheims with No 53 Squadron on low level raids. Converting to Bristol Beaufighters in 1941 he flew with No 236 Squadron.

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www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 RYJ023V £35 ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK 1998 British Achievements in Speed, signed by DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS (11 January 1922 – 7 April 2007) was a British test pilot and fighter ace of the Second World War. Peter Twiss OBE, DSC & Bar (23 July 1921 – 31 August 2011) was a RYJ023N £35 British test pilot who holds the World Air Speed Record as the first ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK man to fly a jet aircraft faster than 1,000 mph (1,600 km/h; 870 kn). 1997 Battle of Britain Open Day, signed by RYJ025Y £35 Bob Doe (10 March 1920 – 21 February ONLY 1 LEFT 2010) - British fighter pilot and flying ace of the Second World War, flew with the Royal IN STOCK Air Force during the Battle of Britain, was 1971 RAF Uxbridge cover, seconded to the during the signed by Air Commodore Burma campaign. Harold Fenton, was one Ulrich Steinhilper (14 September 1918 – 20 of the heroes of the Battle October 2009) was a World War II Luftwaffe of Britain, commanding fighter ace. 238 (Hurricane) Squadron Laddie Lucas CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC (2 throughout the Battle and himself shooting September 1915 – 20 March 1998), commonly down several enemy aircraft. known as Laddie Lucas, was a Royal Air Force officer, left-handed golfer, author and Member RYJ026C £35 of Parliament. 1985 P1127 Lift Off Anniversary cover, signed by designer Ralf Hooper and test pilots Bill Bedford, Hugh Merewether and Clive Rustin.

RYJ026 £35 1996 Ejection Seat testing cover, signed by joint Managing Directors James and John Martin RYN003F £40 ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK plus test pilots Jack Scott and Retour aux Pyrenees, 30th Anniversary of the Comet John Fifield. Network 1972 cover, signed by all the escapees that escaped using the famous Comet Line route. Baron de Blommaert de Soye a member of the British Distinguished Service Order and holds the Croix de Guerre (France) and the Croix de Guerre (Belgium). Madam Fernand De Greef known throughout the war as ‘Tante Go’ was decorated with the George Medal. She also holds the Belgian and French Croix de Guerre, the Legion d’Honneur and the American Medal of Freedom with Gold Palm. Madame Michou Ugeux has been decorated with the British George Medal, the American Medla of Freedom with Gold Palm, the Belgium Croix de RYL006 £50 Guerre, Chevalier de la Couronne and Croix des 1999 50th Anniversary of the Airlift cover signed by Sir Evades. Freddie Laker (6 August 1922 – 9 February 2006) Laker was Mr. W. J. Brazill, DFM, Chairman of the Royal Air an English airline entrepreneur, best known for founding Laker Forces Escaping Society. Airways in 1966.

6 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC17RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYT014EM £150 £15 per month for 10 months 14th August 1945, The More You Write, The Better He’ll fight American Patriotic cover, signed by Paul Tibbets, Pilot of the B29 Bomber ‘Enola Gay’ which dropped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

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RYT014EP £100 £50 per month for 2 months 14th August 1945 Finis! World War II, For Victory Buy United States Was Bonds and Stamps American Patriotic cover, signed by Paul Tibbets.

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£25 per month for 5 months 14th August 1945 On To Victory JLL-75 cover, signed by Paul Tibbets, Pilot of the B29 Bomber ‘Enola Gay’ which dropped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

RYT014ES £150 £30 per month for 5 months 14th August 1945 Go Ahead, Please Take Day Off American Patriotic cover, signed by Paul Tibbets.

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£50 per month for 2 months 14th August 1945 VJ Day Statue of Liberty, Bee 103 cover, signed by Paul Tibbets.

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£50 per month for 2 months 14th August 1945, Do you Know that...... The Japs are licked cover, signed by Paul Tibbets.

RYT014EW £150 £15 per month for 10 months 14th August 1945 ‘Mud and The Enemy Can’t Stop Them Lack of Supplies Might’ American Patriotic cover, signed by Paul Tibbets.

8 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC17RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYP005 £275 £55 per month for 5 months 1970 25th Anniversary of VE Day cover, Signed Viscount Portal of Hungerford, World War II Chief of Air Staff and was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become first a flight commander and then a squadron commander, flying light bombers on the Western Front.

RYS006A £75 1976 Tom Sopwith Historic Aviators cover, signed by Sir Tom Sopwith, Duncan Simpson, and Tony Theobald. 01303 278137

RYS007E £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1976 Sydney Camm Historic Aviators cover, signed by Harold Balfour, Douglas Bader, Bob Stanford Tuck, AVM J C Pope and MRAF Neil Cameron plus one other.

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£35 per month for 5 months 1977 Back to Tunisia cover, signed by David Stirling DSO, OBE, he was a Scottish officer in the British Army, mountaineer, and the founder of the Special Air Service. He saw active service during the Second World War.

RYM006E £250 £50 per month for 5 months 1977 Escape from Hong Kong cover, signed by Mountbatten of Burma, he was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman. He was Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command during the Second World War.

9 RYD019D £100 £20 per month for 5 months 1998 55th Anniversary of the Dambusters, signed by Squadron RYD019H £75 Leader George L Johnson, Flight Lieutenant George A 2013 70th Anniversary of Operation Chastise, 617 Squadron Chalmers and Flight Lieutenant Edward C Johnson. The Dambusters cover, signed by Les Munro CNZM, DSO, QSO & DFC, served with the Royal Air Force as a pilot with 97 squadron and was a Flight Commander with 617 Dambuster Squadron. George Johnny Johnson DFM RAF, joined the RAF in 1940 and served with 97 Squadron, before joining 617 ‘Dambusters’ Squadron. He was a Bomber Aimer on Joe McCarthy’s Lancaster J-T when they attacked the Sorpe Dam. Johnson’s rank at this time was Sgt.

RYD617GH £50 Humph Humphries signed Dambusters cover of our choice, the founder adjutant of 617 Squadron & key to having the aircraft and crews ready for the raid in under two months.

RYD019I £125 £25 per month for 5 months 1975 Lancaster of the Battle of Britain flight cover, signed by Dambusters Fred Sutherland (26th February 1923 – 21st January 2019) was one of the original members of No. 617 Squadron RAF, who participated in Operation Chastise. He also participated in the RYD617WPI £100 £50 per month for 2 months later Operation Garlic during the course of which his aircraft 2013 The Dambusters No. 617 Squadron RAF cover with sustained significant damage requiring him to bail out. WWII Whitehall postmark, signed by Flight Lieutenant Grant McDonald served with the RCAF during World War ll John Les Munro, Pilot, AJ-W for Willie. and was operational with 5 Group Bomber Command. Before joining the ‘Dambusters’ he served with 44 Squadron, and was a Wireless Operator in Bill Reid’s crew. George Johnny Johnson is a retired Royal Air Force officer who is the last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the “Dambusters” raid of 1943.

RYD019K £200 £25 per month for 8 months 1979 60th Anniversary of the formation of No.1 Flying Training School cover, signed by Dambusters, Les Munro, George Johnny Johnson, Grant McDonald and Ray Grayston.

10 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC17RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RKB01 £50 Jean Batten CBE OSC. Record breaking female aviation pioneer. Jean became the best-known New Zealander of the 1930s and made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936. Signed cover of our choice.

RKB02 £20 Roland Beamont CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar. World War II Ace Pilot who took part in the Battle of France and Battle of Britain and was the first Pilot to double cross the Atlantic by Jet. Signed cover of our choice.

RKB08 £25 Sir Ivor Gordon Broom, KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC & Two Bars, AFC (2 June 1920 – 24 January 2003). Air Marshal Ivor Broom was a senior Royal Air force commander and a decorated bomber pilot of the Second World War. Broom learned to fly in 1940 while the Battle of Britain was being RKB07 £35 fought, and was posted to No. ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK 114 Squadron in 1941. Air Vice Marshal Harold Arthur Cooper RKB09 £45 ‘’Birdie’’ Bird-Wilson, CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar, AFC & Bar (1919 – 2000). Harold was an Ace ONLY 1 LEFT fighter pilot, who after a bad crash in 1939 IN STOCK was offered his choice of nose by surgeon Archibald McIndoe. He was soon back in action, Raymond Baxter but then became the 40th plane shot down (1922 – 2006). by Adolf Galland, ending up in the Thames. He Is best known later took part in the Normandy landing and as presenter of was at the Jet Conversation Unit. Signed Cover Tomorrow world of our Choice. and major world events, but during World War ll he was a Spitfire Pilot, in 1945 he took part in a daylight raid on the headquarters of the V1 and V2 rockets in The Hague. Signed cover of our choice.

RKC03 £30 Sir Dennis Crowley Milling KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar, AE. Milling was a Second World War fighter pilot and later an air officer in the Royal Air Force. Signed RKC01 £25 cover of our choice. Frank Carey CBA, DFC + Two Bars, AFC, DFM. Carey was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and flying ace who served during World War II. Signed cover of our choice.

RKD01 £30 Dennis David CBE, DFC and Bar, AFC. One of the highest-scoring RAF pilots of the first half of the Second World War, Dennis David notched up the astonishing total of 11 combat victories in May 1940, before the Battle of Britain had even begun. Signed cover of our choice.

www.buckinghamcovers.com 11 RYH02 £125 £62.50 per month for 2 months Sir Arthur Harris 1st Baronet, GCB, OBE, AFC. Marshal of the Royal Air Force and an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Signed cover of our choice.

ONLY 1 LEFT IN STOCK RKH03 £100 £50 per month for 2 months Erich Alfred Hartmann (19th April 1922 – 20th September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War ll and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions.

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