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Secret Army 1977 TV Series signed by 9 Cast etc.
31 May 1980 BFPS 1697 40th Anniversary of the Formation of the First Secret Army. Armee Secrete ( The Secret Army )Louvain. Cover depicts members of Armee Secrete meeting a Royal Air Force Lysander landing by moonlight in Belgium, RAFES badge and Armee Secrete logo.When the first Belgian soldiers returned home from captivity in August 1940 George Delon set up an office in a café in Louvain to help soldiers settle down.George Delon & 2 of his helpers decided to form a resistance movement.Contact was made with the Belgian Legion & the Louvain Secret Army was formed.Commandant Lambert & Lt Col Begault were captured & executed.George Delcon although arrested & tortured by the Gestapo survived .Only ex Belian forces were allowed to join the Secret Army & over 54,000 joined.In the course of sabotage & attacks, 1100 were killed in combat,350 executed by the Gestapo & 4,500 died in Concentration Camps.Flown in Westland Lysander RCAF 2355 on its second flight after restoration, from the Strathallan Aircraft Collection.Personally Signed by members of the production team of the 1977 BBC Television series ' The Secret Army' Gerald Glaister the producer ( also a WW11 RAF Sqn Ldr with double DFC Spitfire pilot)John Brason the Script Editor & players Bernarn Hepton ( Albert Foiret The proprietor of the 'Candide ' and Leader of Lifeline ).Angela Richards ( Monique Duchamps Albert's mistress and ultimate Leader of Lifeline ). Juliet Hammond - Hill ( Natalie Chentrens Dutch, the expert passeur ).Ron Pember ( Alain Muny Farmer,wireless operator and key member of Lifeline).Clifford Rose ( Standarden Fuhrer Kessler The notorious S.D. Gestapo Chief). Terrence Hardiman ( Major Reinhardt The Luftwaffe counter to Kessler,executed by the Germans at the end of the war and by the Technical Adviser , Group Captain W.S.O.Randle , Keeper of the Battle of Britain Museum who, in reality, escaped from Occupied Europe in 1942 along the real 'Lifeline' escape route. Details and photos of the signatories & Lysander.Certified Copy No 0211 of 1190 Signed.
Special Signed by Producer (G.Glaister DFC ) Script Editor & 7 members of the cast secret army.
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As SC32a but signed by Piper Bill Millin. Piper Bill, was personal piper to Lord Lovat, commander of
1 Special Service Brigade at D-Day.Millin is most famous for being one of the few pipers to play
during a World War II Battle. Pipers had traditionally led Scottish troops into battle, however the death
toll among pipers in World War I was so high that the practice was banned by the British high
command. Lord Lovat, however, ignored these orders and Millin, aged 21, played "Hielan' Laddie" and
"The Road to the Isles" as his comrades fell around him on Sword Beach
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TP12c Special Signed by Brian Trubshaw CBE, MVO, FRAeS, Aviation Consultant,Joined Vickers - Armstrong Aircraft ltd as Experimental Test pilot 1950,Deputy Chief Test pilot 1953,Chief Test Pilot 1960, Director of Flight Test 1966 - 80 BAC, Concorde maiden UK flight 1969. Division Director and General Manager (Filton)Civil Aircraft Div BAe plc. Certified Copy No 0982 of 1195 Signed Waters RAF Museum.

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As SC36a but signed Sir Barnes Wallis .As assistant Chief designer at Vickers - ArmstrongsAviation Section his many contributions included the bouncing bombs used by 617 Squadron to breach the Mohne and Eder Dams in 1923,the 12,000 lb tallboy penetration bomb and 10 ton grand slam bomb as well as the mine - detonating electric coil fitted below Wellingtons.
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Special Signed by R.R. Stanford Tuck 92 & CO 257 Sqn Battle of Britain Died 1987 Ace 27 Victories .
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Guinea Pig Club Signed Gleave & Simpson WW11 Pilots & Guinea Pigs
20 7 82 Jersey.41st Anniversary of the Guinea pig Club. . Green Flown cachet Flown in RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in a Hurricane. Personally Signed by Gp Capt Tom Gleave Commanding Officer RAF Manston at the time of action Group Captain T.P.Gleave CBE.Squadron Leader Gleave commanded No 253 Squadron from 2 June 1940, at RAF Kirton - in - Lindsey.Shot down and grievously burned, August 31st 1940 whilst defending RAF Biggin Hill,Commanded RAF Manston October 5th 1941 to April 13th 1942. Chief Guinea Pig. Also Signed by Sqn Ldr W Simpson CBE,DFC,and Croix de Guerre. Was Flight Commander No 12 Sqn 1936 to 1940. Part of the advanced Stricking Force in France was shot down in his Fairey Battle on 10th May 1940, and suffered severe burns. He was later awarded the DFC for that action prior to the accident. He eventually made his way back to the UK, Via Spain and Portugal in Oct 1941. Sqn Ldr William Simpson underwent numerous surgical operations under Sir Archibald McIndoe and later wrote three books about war experiences and the Guinea Pig's. Before being invalided in 1944 . S/L Simpson served with the S.O.E.. Details & black & White photo enclosed. Certified Copy No of 1026.

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35th Anniversary of the Raid on St. Nazaire Signed Ryder VC &
28 Mar 77 BFPS 1564 35th Anniversary of the Raid on St. Nazaire 28yh March 1942. 26th March 1942 with some 600 - 650 sailors and soldiers for a daring raid with the object of destroying the lock gates and operating mechanism of the Normandie Dock with its capacity to repair and service ships up to 83400 tons. Personally Signed by Mr W H Lovegrove CGM Chief Motor Mechanic MTB74 in the action and also Signed by Captain R E D Ryder VC He was 34 years old, and a Commander in the Royal Navy during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
On 28 March 1942 in the attack on St Nazaire, France, Commander Ryder, commanding the Naval force, led HMS Campbeltown in under intense fire. When the main objective of the expedition had been accomplished and Campbeltown had been beached, Commander Ryder remained on the spot evacuating men from Campbeltown and conducting operations while exposed to heavy fire, and did not withdraw until it was certain that his ship could be of no more use. His motor gun boat (MGB 314), full of dead and wounded, survived by a miracle and managed to withdraw through an intense barrage of fire.
Senior Naval Officer in the operation MGB 314. Official RN Air Station Yeovilton First Day Cover. RN Yeovilton Ref No 2RN5c

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As above but Special Cover Signed by Colonel A.M.Worden served as command module pilot of Apollo 15 and Colonel J B Irwin served as lunar module pilot.Both NASA astronauts.2 black and white photos with full details.Certified no 0f 1294 signed by the project officer.
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AC79 flown cover Signed Earl Haig Prisoner of War at Colditz 1942.
12 Sep 93 BFPS 2371 75th Anniversary of the Hindenberg Line Battles. Picture cachet of The Pigeon Loft. . Flown in Piper Aztec over the Hindenberg line.
Personally Major Earl Haig OBE DL who fought in WWII from 1939-1942 until he was captured in the Middle East and made one of the VIP prisoners held at Colditz castle until he was released in 1945.
He was the son of the great Field Marshal Earl Haig Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front from December 1915 to 1918. of WWI fame Certified Copy No of 1189
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Special Signed Air Vice Marshal H A V Hogan 501 Sqn Battle of Britain WW11 Fighter Ace.
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Bomber Command Cover Signed Sir Arthur Bomber Harris WW1 Pilot
Harris led RAF Bomber Command in World War Two, earning him the nickname 'Bomber Harris'. His implementation of the policy of 'saturation' or 'area' bombing of German cities has made him a
hugely controversial figure.
Leaving England at the age of 16, he travelled to Rhodesia where he worked on a farm becoming the manager by the age of 21. Having fought in South-West Africa, he returned to Britain and joined the RFC, gaining his RAeC Certificate (No 2015) on 6 November 1915. In March 1916, one of his flight, Lt W Leefe-Robinson, brought down the first Zeppelin over England for which he was awarded a VC. With No 45 Sqn he gained his five victories, thereby raising him to 'ace' status. It was in India that he saw the deplorable state of the RAF in the area and at one point even threatened to resign his commission over the situation. He has often been 'credited' with start 'area bombing', but this decision was made before he took over Bomber Command. However, having been given the task he carried it out with vigor. He also attempted increase the profile of the command and within months of taking over command had managed to mount three '1000 Bomber' raids against Cologne, Essen and Bremen. After the war, shunned by the British authorities, he returned to South Africa and became Managing Director of the South African Marine Corporation (Safmarine). He was eventually honoured when Churchill returned to Downing Street in 1953, but at his own request was awarded a baronet rather than a peerage. He died on 5 April 1984 Details & Black & White photo enclosed. Certifified Copy No 1321 of 1500.
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Special signed by A.V.M.R.Deacon Elliott Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
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Special. Signed Gp.Capt.M.B.D.Duke-Woolley Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot
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Pilot signed
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Special Signed by Sir Arthur Harris Marshal of the Royal Air Force. 1250 numbered and Certified signed by the project officer.

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