Lord Tedder Sir Keith Park

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Lord Tedder

£50 per month for 10 months RYW015I £500 8th May 1964 Typed letter on the headed paper and signed in ink by Lord Tedder GCB (1890 - 1967), World War II RAF Mediterranean Commander. In the letter he apologises for not being able to attend a March and Service for the Association of Lancastria Survivors.

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1971 RAF Uxbridge 31st Anniversary of the Battle of Britain ﬂ own covers, signed by Sir Keith Park (1892 - 1975) organized the Dunkirk Evacuation, the Defence of London during the Battle of Britain and the Defence of Malta. RYP001 £995 £99.50 per month for 10 months

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Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 1 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYP007F £100 1991 50th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbour signed in Japanese by Noubo Fujita (1911 - 1997), the only Japanese pilot to bomb the US mainland in World War II.

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RYR005J £395 The Jubilee Limited Edition Prints. Set of four Eric Kennington Prints in special presentation folder featuring and signed by Douglas Bader, John Cunningham, James Lacey and Rod Learoyd. Also supplied with a certiﬁ cate and letter from the RAF Benevolent Fund. £39.50 per month for 10 months

RYP005A £400 1 IN STOCK 1970 RAF Benham 25th Anniversary of VE Day triple ﬂ own cover, signed by: Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893 - 1971) Head of Bomber Command. General Joseph Kammhurer (1896 - 1986) Head of the German Night Fighters. Adolf Galland (1912 - 1996) German Fighter Ace with 104 Victories from 705 missions.

Dietrich Peltz (1914 - 2001) RYT014GF £125 German Bomber pilot who ﬂ ew 320 missions. 2nd September 1945 Lt Gen Jonathon Wainwright cover £50 per month for 8 months including a picture of him, Washington DC postmark on VJ Day, signed by Paul Tibbets (1915 – 2007) pilot of the e-mail B29 Bomber ‘Enola Gay’ which dropped the Atomic bomb EMAIL US on Hiroshima. * [email protected] £25 per month for 5 months

2 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC16RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYG035A £250 £25 per month for 10 months 1939 40th Anniversary of the fi rst jet fl ight fl own cover, signed by Hans Von Ohain (1911 - 1998) German Jet Inventor and Erich Warsitz (1906 - 1983) the German Test pilot.

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RYG036N £50 1970 RAF Halton No1 School of Technical Training ﬂ own cover signed by American Ace Alex Vraciu (1918 - 2015), American Ace with 19 Victories, who once downed 6 Japanese planes in 8 minutes and Luftwaffe Ace Rolf Pingel (1913 - 200) with 26 Victories who ﬂ ew in the Battle of Britain before being taken Prisoner of War

Want to spread the payments on these RYG037D £125 amazing covers? Don’t £25 per month for 5 months 1971 RAF Leeming Rossbach (28) cover, signed by forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Lieutenant Anton Benning, Colonel Rudolf Muller, Call 01303 278137 for full details. Major Georg Peter Eder, Lieutenant Colonel Hans Heise and Major Hermann Schmidt

RYG036K £50 LAST 1 IN STOCK 1981 Test Pilot cover, signed by Gerhard Nitschke - Henkel Test Pilot Karl Bo3hm Tettelbach (1908 - 2001) - Luftwaffe Ace and part of the German Delegation at the 1937 RYO002B £100 £50 per month for 2 months Coronation of King George VI Hans Von Ohain, signed photograph our choice. Ulrich Steinhiper (1918 - 2009) - Luftwaffe Ace who while a POW in Canada made a number of escape e-mail attempts EMAIL US John Keatings (1916 - 2010) - Battle of Britain pilot with 219 Squadron * [email protected]

www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 RYG037P £50 1977 RAF Museum cover, signed by Oskar Romm, Adolf Glunz and Herbert Whiltmann plus three Battle of Britain pilots.

RYG037O £35 RAF Museum cover signed by Commander Robert Thelen and Lieu Wilhelm Noller plus 4 RYG037T £25 Battle of Britain pilots . 1982 Washington “f CMYK / .eps Bomber cover, Find us online at: signed by Lum www.buckinghamcovers.com Lamoreaux, Major Joseph Foss and @BuckinghamCover Major General Marion Carl. @BuckinghamCovers1

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RYG035S £100 Flexi-pay £25 per month available on over 4 months all items! 54 Squadron, Atlantic Crossing cover, signed by No interest charged - World War I German Ace payment options Fritz Jacobsen. up to 12 months

RYG037Y £50 1989 Microscopes Battle of Britain cover, signed by pilots Stephen, Gibson, Ayerst, Leigh, Keatings, Haine and Jones.

RYG037X £20 RYG037U £20 1989 Microscopes 1982 RAF cover, signed by Battle of Britain Battle of Britain pilots Eric Barwell, G Benion, Archie RFDC First Day Cover Winskill, J Millard and John Keatings. signed by pilots Ludwick Martel and Herbert Wolton.

4 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC16RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYG037Z £50 RYG037W £75 £25 per month over 3 months 1987 Lord Dowding Sheltered Housing Project cover, 1985 VE Day cover, signed by Francis Gabreski, John , and signed by 11 Battle of Britain pilots. Truluck Robert Johnson Jerry Johnson.

RYG039H £50 1978 Bulldogs Air Display cover, signed by Hans Welk, Wilhelm Crinius, Adolf Galland and Frank Hill, plus three Battle of Britain pilots.

RYG039F £40 1975 VE Day cover, signed by Erich Rudorffer, Helmut Bennemann and Wilhelm Crinius.

RYG039I £20 1989 Microscopes RAF RFDC First Day Cover, signed by Battle of Britain pilots Peter Ayerst and Bernard Jennings. RYG039G £15 1970 VE Day RAF cover, signed by Lieu Gen Jay Robbins.

RYG039O £20 1985 VJ Day cover, signed by Colonel Henry Brown.

RYS025 £100 £25 per month over 4 months 1980 Secret Army Escape Society ﬂ own cover signed by seven members of the cast of the 1970s Television show ‘Secret Army’ plus the editor and producer.

£25 per month over 5 months RYB008 £125 1980 40th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain signed Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC &Bar, FRAeS, DL (1910 – 1982).

www.buckinghamcovers.com 5 RYG039L £35 1974 RAF Gliding cover signed by Willi Unger and Colonel Phillip DeLong plus four Battle of Britain pilots.

RYG039M £30 1985 VE Day cover, signed by Clayton Gross, Walter Cook and Glenn Duncan.

RYM017A £20 Captain E Scott McCuskey, signed 40th Anniversary of the ﬁ rst use of the Mitchell by the RAF.

RYH024 £20 1980 10th Anniversary of the First Deployment Overseas of Operational VTOL Aircraft (Harrier), signed by the pilot Mike RYB004J £35 Stear, Sir Peter Terry and Battle of Britain 1989 Industrial Archaeology pilot Arthur Leigh (64 and 72). Battle of Britain Hawkinge First Day Cover, signed by pilots John Keatings, John Ellacombe and Peter Ayerst plus Avis Hearn MM

RYG039Q £35 1973 RAFLET cover, signed by Richard Grifﬁ n and Klaus Neumann plus four Battle of Britain pilots.

RYB049A £35 1984 DSO small medal cover, signed by winners RYB004K £40 Joseph Singleton and 1987 RAF Hendon ﬂ own cover, signed by Battle Lewis Brandon. of Britain pilots Marsh, Gray, Gear, Russel and Leathart plus Avis Hearn

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6 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC16RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYH009G £200 LAST ONE IN STOCK £50 per month for 4 months 1979 60th Anniversary of the First Scheduled United Kingdom International Air Mail Service, Folkestone to Koln and return pair, with each cover signed by King Hussein of Jordan (1935 - 1999) Certiﬁ ed limited edition of 5 pairs

ONLY 1 AVAILABLE RYH008K £650 £65 per month for 10 months 1972 Farnborough Airshow Hawker Hunter cover, signed by Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAes (1907 - 1996) - British Jet Inventor Hans Von Ohain (1911 - 1998) - German Jet Inventor Erich Warsitz (1906 - 1983) - German Test pilot.

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RYY001A £750 1 IN STOCK £75 per month for 10 months

1988 United Nations cover has been signed by fi ve allied, and Leonard Cheshire (1917-1992) highly decorated RAF pilot four German veterans of World War Two. Signed by: and VC winner. Fred Olivi (1922-2004) co-pilot on the Nagasaki Nuclear Hugo Brock (1922-) Luftwaffe ace credited with 81 victories Bombing mission. on the Eastern Front. Chuck Yeager (1923-) in 1947 became the fi rst pilot to have Eric Topp (1914-2005) third most successful German U-Boat exceeded the speed of sound in level fl ight. commanders of WWII sinking 35 ships. Tex Hill (1915-2007) US fi ghter pilot and fl ying ace in WWII and Korea. Helmut Witte (1915-2005) 20th highest scoring U-Boat ace of WWII as commander of U-159 he sank 23 ships. Chuck Lindberg (1920-2007) US marine famous for being one of the men who raised the US fl ag on Iwo Jima pictured Hans-Gunther Lange (1916-2014) submarine commander of in the iconic wartime photo. U-711 and Knights Cross winner.

www.buckinghamcovers.com 7 RYG037E £75 1 IN STOCK 1971 RAF Pitreavie Castle Rossbach (29) cover, signed by Erich Hartmann, Johannes Geismann, Theo Osterkamp and Dieter Peltz.

RYJ023A £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1995 Biggin Hill Air Fair Lancaster ﬂ own cover, signed by Harold Bird Wilson, Roy Finch, John Ward, Alan Gear, Lewis Brandon, Trevor Gray, Edward Kenna, Peter Ayerst and Dennis David.

RYE001 £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1972 RAF Escape cover, signed by Sir Basil Embry GCB, KBE, DSO & 3 Bars, DFC, AFC(1902 - 1977), Bomber Squadron Leader, who escaped while Prisoner of War. RYG036U £75 1969 RAF Linton On Ouse ﬂ own Rossbach cover, signed by Knights Cross winner Alexander Uhlig (1919 - 2008)

RYT014I £250 £50 per month for 5 months Our choice of American cover signed by the Crew of the Enola Gay, Paul Tibbets (1915 - 2007) pilot, Dutch Van Kirk (1921 - 2014) Navigator and Tom Ferebee (1918 - 2000) Bombardier.

RYH007 £50 1991 Set of three covers marking ‘The Homecoming’ and ﬂ own back with the released Hostages, signed by John McCarthy and Terry Waite plus the printed signature of Jackie Mann

8 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC16RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYR016 £25 Group Captain Bill Randle, signed 1990 Battle of Britain Jersey cover, the Lancaster he ﬂ ew is featured on the 37p stamp (BLCS57).

RYG037L £35 1972 No3 Squadron cover, signed by World War I ﬂ ying ace Paul Strahle.

RYK002 £100 £50 per month for 2 months 1998 Opening of the Battle of Britain Suite at The Royal Star and RYW008L £50 Garter Home cover, signed by The Duke of Kent who did the opening. 1979 40th Anniversary of the first flight by a Jet Propelled Aircraft flown cover, signed by Erich Warsitz (1906 – 1983) German Jet Test pilot.

RYD003F £250

£50 per month for 5 months 1972 Squadron Leader Bulloch Historic Aviators cover which he has signed along with Karl Dönitz. Terence Bulloch (1916 – 1014) Coastal Command pilot who sunk four U Boats during the Battle of the Atlantic and General Karl Dönitz (1891 – 1980) Germany navy Commander and Head of State for a short time.

RYW003AD £200 £20 per month for 10 months 1976 Historic Aviators Sir Barnes Wallis Series signed by: Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, FRAeS, DL (1910 – 1982) - Ace pilot, Prisoner of War and Colditz Inmate, Wing Commander Bob Stanford Tuck DSO, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC (1916 – 1987) – Ace Fighter and Test Pilot and Neville Duke DSO, CBE, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC, FRAes (1922 – 2007) – Fighter and test Pilot, Air Speed Record Holder.

www.buckinghamcovers.com 9 RYT021B £85 1965 Battle of Britain our choice of First Day Cover, signed by: Peter Twiss OBE, DSC & Bar (1921 – 2011) – Test pilot and holder of the Air Speed Record, Paddy Barthropp DFC, AFC (1921 – 2008) – Fighter pilot and Stalag Luft III inmate, RYR005K £175 £35 per month for 5 months Tony Iveson DFC, AE (1919 – 2013) – Spitfire and 1975 RAF Hendon opening of the RAF Museum flown cover, signed Lancaster pilot and Neville Duke DSO, CBE, DFC by Sir Dermot Boyle GCB, KCVO, KBE, AFC (1904 – 1993) – In 1940 & 2 Bars, AFC, FRAes (1922 – 2007) – Fighter and Organised the evacuation through Brest became Chief of Air Staff, test Pilot, Air Speed Record Holder. Wing Commander Roland Beamont CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (1920 – 2001) – Fighter and Test pilot, first British pilot to break Mach 1, Air Commodore Edward Donaldson CB, CBE, DSO, AFC & Bar (1912 – 1992) – World War II Ace and holder of the Air Speed Record, Air Marshal Mick Martin KCB, DSO & Bar, DFC & 2 Bars, AF (1918 – 1988) – Dambuster pilot on AJ – P for Popsie, Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC, FRAes (1922 – 2017) – World War II Ace and Test Pilot plus holder of the Air Speed RecordRoy Baker and Wing Commander Bob Stanford Tuck DSO, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC (1916 – 1987) – World War II Ace and Test pilot.

RYH006A £50 1994 Benham 50th Anniversary of D-Day flown cover, signed by Brigadier James Hill DSO & 2 Bars, MC (1911 – 2006) – Commander of the 3rd Parachute Regiment during World War II.

£30 per month for 10 months RYB004H £300

1985 Battle of Britain Large Medal cover, signed by winners Bennion, David, Doe, Unwin Stanford Tuck and Hancock. Then 18 other Battle of Britain signatures, list available on request.

RYD010I £180

£90 per month for 2 months 1998 British Achievements in Speed Brooklands limited edition of 25 signed covers, signed by Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC, FRAes (1922 – 2017) – World War II Ace and Test Pilot plus holder of the Air Speed Record (his Hawker Hunter is shown on the cover), Brian Trubshaw (1924 – 2001) – Concorde Test Pilot, Don Wales – Malcom Campbell’s grandson and holder of the Steam Car Speed Record and Owen Wyn Owen (1925 – 2012) – Restored the car ‘Babs’ 1927 Holder of the Land Speed Record.

10 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC16RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYC014 £50 1984 Distinguished Service Order small Medal cover, signed by Flight Lieutenant Clive Caldwell DSO, DFC & Bar (1911 – 1994), the top scoring Australian Ace including ‘Ace in A Day’.

RYD004F £150 £50 per month for 3 months 1971 RAF Boscombe Down Schneider Trophy flown cover signed by Jimmy Doolittle (1896 – 1993) led the famous American bomber raid and Adolf Galland (1912 – 1996) German Ace pilot with 104 Victories from 795 missions.

RYW008E £400

£50 per month for 8 months 1971 RAF Kenley, 30th Anniversary of the 1st UK Jet flight flown cover, signed by the crew plus Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAes (1907 – 1996) – British Jet Inventor.

RYC009D £295

£29.50 per month for 10 months 1970 6th World Aerobatic Championships cover, signed by Sir Alan Cobham (1894 – 1973) World War I pilot and aviation pioneer flying many long distance flights and working on aircraft design including inflight refuelling.

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£20 per month for 5 months RYT014GA £100 2nd September 1945 VJ Day Stephen Anderson Black Illustration Patriotic cover with Washington postmark on VJ Day, signed by Paul Tibbets (1915 – 2007) pilot of the B29 Bomber ‘Enola Gay’ which dropped the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

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RYG004P £30 RAF cover signed by German Ace Pilot Friedrich Komer and Colonel James Johnson.

RYJ023F £75 1996 75th Anniversary of the British Legion cover ﬂ own in a Lancaster as part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, signed by Victoria Cross winners Eric Wilson, Richard Annand and John Kenneally, plus George Cross winners Tony Gledhill, Eynon Hawkins, Frank Naughton and Carl Wilcox.

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