raf catalogue SALE EDITION - PRICES VALID UNTIL 13TH SEPTEMBER 2019 RAFC11 £600 RYM010G £750 1975 RAF Hendon Luftwaffe German flown cover, signed by Willy Messerschmitt (1898 - 1978) Aircraft designer and manufacturer including the Bf 109. £60 per month for 10 months RYG040L £35 RYG040N £35 £25 £25 1987 Fluplatz Gutersloh cover, 1980 40th Anniversary of the Battle of signed by Rudolf Opitz (1910 Britain cover, signed by German ace Wolf - 2010) German World War II Dietrich Huy (1917 - 2003) 40 victories from glider and Test pilot. 500 missions. 1971 RAF Uxbridge 31st Anniversary of the Battle of Britain flown 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. £750 RYP001 £995 £75 per month for 10 months 01303 278137 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF 1 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYP007F £100 £75 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. £25 per month for 3 months Want to spread the payments on these amazing covers? Don’t forget to ask about Flexi Pay! Call 01303 278137 for full details. £300 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 certificate and letter from the RAF Benevolent Fund. £30 per month for 10 months RYP005A £400 £300 1970 RAF Benham 25th Anniversary of VE Day triple flown 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) German Bomber pilot who flew 320 missions. RYR013 £150 £125 £50 per month for 6 months 1985 40th Anniversary of the Liberation of Colditz cover, signed by Major Pat Reid MBE, MC (1910 - 1990) one of the few to escape from the castle and Lieutenant Jack Courtenay KRRG, RASC also an inmate and member of 01303 278137 the Eichstatt gang. EMAIL: [email protected] £25 per month for 5 months 2 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC11RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] RYW003AD £200 £150 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. Neville Duke DSO, CBE, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC, FRAes (1922 - 2007) - Fighter and test Pilot, Air Speed Record Holder. £50 per month for 3 months £175 RYT014I £250 £25 per month for 7 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. RYW008D £495 £300 1972 Farnborough Air Show flown cover, signed by Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle OM, KBE, CB, FRS, FRAes (1907 - 1996) - British Jet Inventor and Erich Warsitz (1906 - 1983) German Jet Test pilot. £60 per month for 5 months RYG040M £50 £40 1986 Spitfire cover, signed by: Hannes Trautloft (1912 - 1995) - German ace with £40 RYG040K £50 57 victories. 1971 RAF Tern Hill cover, signed by: Robert Shoup - Bernard Collins - World War II pilot and American ace with director of Luton Airport. 5½ victories. Jerry O’Keefe (1923 - 2016) - American ace with 7 victories and became an ‘Ace in a Day’. Flexi-pay available on all items! Karl Rammelt (1914 - 2009) - Luftwaffe ace No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months with 46 victories from 450 missions) Certified limited edition of 30 covers. www.buckinghamcovers.com 3 RYG040J £50 £40 1977 RAF Museum Voyage of RTTL 2757 cover, signed by: Herbert Ihelefeld (1914 - 1995) - 130 Victories from over 1000 missions, included RYG040I £50 £40 7 during the Spanish Civil War and shooting down 26 Spitfires. 1972 Dambusters RAF cover, signed by: He was also shot down 8 times Fritz Tegtmeier (1917 - 1999) German ace with 146 Brigadier General Paul Douglas (1919 - 2002) - American ace victories from 700 missions. with 7 victories, but also destroyed 27 aircraft on the ground. Robert Booth (1923 - 2009) American ace with 8 Plus Battle of Britain pilots Graham Leggett, Trevor Gray, victories from 65 missions was taken Prisoner of war Jocelyn Millard and Alan Gear. just after D-Day. Plus Battle of Britain pilots Alan Gear, Trevor Gray, Jocelyn Millard and Graham Leggett. £400 RYW015I £500 £40 per month for 10 months 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. 01303 278137 EMAIL: [email protected] RYG040G £40 £30 1978 RAF Biggin Hill Air Fair flown cover, signed by: Hans Joachim Jabs (1917 - 2003) - German ace with 50 victories from 510 missions, 30 of these were at night. Captain John ‘Tom’ Blackburn (1912 - 1994) - American World War II ace with 11 victories Plus Battle of Britain pilots Graham Leggett, Jocelyn Millard, Trevor Gray and Alan Gear. 4 Buckingham Covers, Warren House, Shearway Road, Folkestone, Kent CT19 4BF RAFC11RAF01 Tel 01303 278137 Fax 01303 279429 Email [email protected] £30 RYG040F £40 1969 RAF Chivenor International Air Day, signed by: Rolf Pingel (1913 - 2000) - Luftwaffe ace with 28 victories from 550 missions. Bob Doe (1920 - 2010) - British fighter ace with 14 victories and the third highest scoring ace of the Battle of Britain. RYG040E £50 £40 RYG040G £40 £30 1970 Airmail Centenary cover, signed by: 1976 American Bicentenary Edmund Robmann (1918 - 2005) - German ace RAF cover signed by: with 93 victories from 640 missions. Eduard Isken (1918 - 1997) Willard Eder (1915 - 2009) - American ace with - Luftwaffe ace with 56 5 victories. victories. Plus Battle of Britain pilots Graham Leggett, James Rigg (1915 - 2004) - Trevor Gray, Jocelyn Millard and Alan Gear. American ace with 11 victories. Plus Battle of Britain pilots Trevor Gray, Alan Gear, Jocelyn Millard and Graham Leggett. RYG040C £50 £40 1972 RAF Iceland Expedition cover, signed by: Oskar Romm (1919 - 1993) - German ace with 92 victories. Helmut Lipfert (1916 - 1990) - German ace with 203 Victories from 687 missions but was also shot down himself 15 times without being injured. Captain John ‘Tom’ Blackburn (1912 - 1994) - American World War II ace with 11 victories. Plus Battle of Britain pilots Alan Gear, Graham Leggett, Trevor Gray and Jocelyn Millard. Flexi-pay available on all items! No interest charged - payment options up to 12 months RYY001A £750 £500 £50 per month for 10 months 1988 United Nations cover has been signed by five 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 first pilot to have Eric Topp (1914-2005) third most successful German U-Boat exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. commanders of WWII sinking 35 ships. Tex Hill (1915-2007) US fighter pilot and flying 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 flag 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 5 £45 RYG040B £60 1972 RAF Museum Opening cover, signed by: Alfred Grislawski (1919 -2003) - German ace with 133 victories from 800 missions. Gerhard Schopfel (1912 - 2003) - Luftwaffe Commander with 45 victories. Commander Louis Menard (1922 - 2002) - American ace with 9 victories. RYG039Z £50 £40 1974 RAFA Display Swords flown cover, signed by: £40 RYG040D £50 Alfred Fecke (1918 - ) American ace with 5 1978 Shuttleworth Collection victories. cover, signed by: James Lacey (1917 - 1989) - British fighter Gerhard Schopel ace with 28 victories and the 2nd highest (1912 - 2003) - Luftwaffe pilot during the Battle of Britain. Commander with 45 victories. Adolf Borchers (1913 - 1996) - German fighter Franz Josef Beerenbrock ace with 132 victories from 800 missions. (1920 - 2004) - 117 victories Plus Battle of Britain pilots Trevor Gray, from 400 missions before Richard Haine, Alan Gear, Graham Leggett being taken prisoner of war and Hugh Heron, also Military Medal winner in 1942. Avis Hearn. RYG039W £35 £25 1974 No6 Squadron RAF cover, signed by Carl August Von Schoenebeck (1898 - 1989) German World War I ace pilot, then test pilot and also served in World War II. RYG040A £45 £35 1973 RAFLET Stamp Club cover, signed by: Helmut Lipfert (1916 - 1990) - German ace £25 RYG039T £35 with 203 Victories from 687 missions but was 1979 Jet Flight RAF also shot down himself 15 times without being cover, signed by Franz injured. Elles, Luftwaffe ace Lieutenant John ‘Dumbo’ Galvin (1920 - 1994) with 5 victories. - American ace with 7 victories. Plus Battle of Britain pilots Graham Leggett, Alan Gear and Richard Haine. RYG039S £50 £40 1972 Bristol Syacamore Last flight cover, signed by: Herbert Whittmann (1914 - 2007) - German bomber pilot.