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JS39/1b

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3 Sept 89 50th Anniv Britain declares war on Germany Flown in Hercules pilot signed

JS39/2b

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BFPS 2030-Battle of the Atlantic Assault 27-29 Aug.Crew signed

JS40/2c

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German Invasion of the Netherlands Signed 2
8 .V.90 Rotterdam 50th Anniv of Invasion of the Netherlands 10 - 15 May 1940.Cover depicts the bombing of Rotterdam Harbour,12 Squadron Fairey Battles attacking the bridges at Vroenhoven and Veldwezelt and German Paratroops descent on the Hague. Flown in the Battle of Britain Lancaster PA474 on remembrance tour of the Netherlands from RAF Coningsby to Gilze Rijen and on display flights to Hoek Van Holland via the Operation Manna route to Groesbeek Museum and Cemetery flypast, to Soestedijk Palace where Operation Manna veterans were received by HRH Prince Bernard to Dronten Air Gunners Memorial Parade to Wageningen where the Germans surrendered in 1945 and to Steenbergen for dedication of a new memorial to Wg Cdr Guy Gibson VC ( OC Dambusters Squadron ) and his Navigotor Sqn Ldr Jim Warwick then return to RAF Coningsby via Wattisham.
Personally Signed .by Johannes Christiaan de Keijzer Engine Room Articifer, Royal Netherlands Navy. In action defending Wilhelms Bridge, Rotterdam for which awarded the Bronzen Kruis. Escaped in submarine 024 from Rotterdam during the night of 13th / 14th May 1940 & Volkert Stolp Under fire in Zwijndrecht when as Schipper of his own vessel he was made responsible by the Burgomaster,for the removal of about 20 vessels moored in the vicinity of the Jurgens oil factories.This was completed despite two ships being set on fire and his own vessel sunk. Red flown cachet on the back. Flown in Lancaster PA474 from RAF Coningsby on the Battle of Britain Memorial flight to the Netherlands ( Glize Rijen )28th April to 7th May 1990. Certified Copy No 0616 of 1045 Signed by Gp Capt W S O Randle WW11 Wellington Pilot.

JS40/6a

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11 Sep 90 BFPS 2232- 50th Anniv.of the Battle of Britain.

JS40/6a14

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Personally Signed by 14 Battle of Britain fighter pilots etc Alan W Gear 32 Hurricane Sqn, Battle of Britain fighter pilot Plt Off Peter Ayerst who achieved confirmed victories in the Battle of Britain and not eligible for the Battle of Britain Clasp, Avis Hearn awarded M M for Bravery during Battle of Britain whilst under stuka attack on poling radar station Aug 1940 John Keatings,British air gunner with 219 sqn in Battle of Britian,P.G.Leggett 615,245 & 46 Sqn's Sqn Battle of Britain pilot, Richard Haine No 25(F) Sqn 4 Sep 1939 First Blenheim fighter patrol of War. Also 600 Sqn Battle of Britain pilot flew with 68, 96 , 488 Sqn's. Theatres of operation Europe, Hong Kong, Ace with 5 enemy aircraft destroyed, Ulrich Steinhilper,Luftwaffe Me109 pilot.fought in the Battle of Britain Luftwaffe.Shot down POW, A G Russell 43 & 145 Squadrons Battle of Britain fighter. Joined 43 Squadron at Usworth 28 th September 1940, Ralph Wolton 152 Sqn Fighter Pilot Battle of Britain John Gibson 501 Sqn New Zealander Battle of Britain fighter pilot John Booth 600 & 23 Sqn's Battle of Britain Air Gunner Trevor Gray 64 Sqn Sqn Battle of Britain fighter pilot Air Vice Marshal H. Bird WIlson DSO, DFC & Bar, 234 Sqn., Battle of Britain. Sqn Ldr J G P Millard Nos 1 & 242 Squadrons Battle of Britain fighter pilot

41/5aM

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27 May 91 BFPS2265-Sinking of the Bismarck.Flown Hercules Personally Signed by Swordfish Pilot John Moffat who flew off HMS Ark Royal with 818 Sqn when he took part in the attack on Bismarck led by Lt Cdr T Coode . John Moffat torpedo was the first to strike the Bismarck. He was piloting one of three Swordfish open-cockpit biplanes that set off from the aircraft carrier Ark Royal to take vengeance on the Bismarck, which days before had destroyed the British warship Hood with the loss of 1,416 livesIt was the torpedo he fired that crippled the rudder of the German battleship, leaving it at the mercy of Royal Navy ships which then sank it in the Atlantic off the west coast of France on May 27, 1941 £39.95

JS41/8d

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Special with added postmark 12 Dec 1991 RAF Sek Kong on Thailand stamp.Flown in Hercules XV307 of No 30 Sqn from Colombo over graveyard of HMS Prince of Wales. Signed by the 4 crew. Certified Copy No 26 of 107 Signed Gp Capt W S O Randle.

JS42/1b

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Channel Dash Operation Cerberus. Signed Frazer VC
12 Feb 92 BFPS2282 50th Anniversary of Operation Cerberus The Channel Dash Operation Cerberus.The German Battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had been sheltering in Brest harbour since May 1941 and in June 1941 had been joined by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.There they had been prime targets for the RAF and no fewer than 110 air raids had been made, damaging but failing to destroy them.Royal Navy ships had been committed to watching the entrance to Brest harbour when they could have been involved in more pressing duties in the Atlantic The Germans had decided that the ships have to move out of Brest. So escorted by 6 destroyers and a small fleet of support craft, the three ships left Brest under low cloud and in poor visibility, A watching British submarine, outside the harbour had decided that the Germans would not sail that night and had gone off station. British forces were stood down.
It was not until 08.30hrs on 12th February, that information unusual activity in the Channel reached the RAF and it was not until 10.20 that any special reconnaissance was ordered. At 11.09hrs a Spitfire spotted the German ships, which were in the Straits of Dover and enjoying continuous fighter cover from the Luftwaffe. By noon they had passed through the minefield and were able to steam at full speed, taking them beyond the range of the coastal guns at Dover and enabling them easily to avoid attacks by RN motor topedo boats.Six swordsfish led by Lieutenant Commander Eugene Esmonde, attacked at 12.30hrs, without fighter escort. These were all shot down by Bf109s and FW 190s, all but five of the crews being killed and with none of their torpedos finding the target.Blue flown cachet flown in Sea King HAR3, ZE369 of No 202 Sqn from RAF Manston to the area in the Channel off Kent coast where the six Swordfish of the Fleet Air Arm were shot down and there a wreath was dropped into the sea in memory of those who lost their lives. Personally Signed by Captain Flight Lieutenant R D Strookman , Co - Pilot Flying Officer H Williams, Crew Sergeant P D Hayward, Flight Sergeant R L Godley. RAF Ref No JS/50/42/1b

JS42/1c

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Channel Dash Operation Cerberus. Signed kingsmill and Lee
12 Feb 92 BFPS2282 50th Anniversary of Operation Cerberus The Channel Dash Operation Cerberus.The German Battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had been sheltering in Brest harbour since May 1941 and in June 1941 had been joined by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen.There they had been prime targets for the RAF and no fewer than 110 air raids had been made, damaging but failing to destroy them.Royal Navy ships had been committed to watching the entrance to Brest harbour when they could have been involved in more pressing duties in the Atlantic The Germans had decided that the ships have to move out of Brest. So escorted by 6 destroyers and a small fleet of support craft, the three ships left Brest under low cloud and in poor visibility, A watching British submarine, outside the harbour had decided that the Germans would not sail that night and had gone off station. British forces were stood down.
It was not until 08.30hrs on 12th February, that information unusual activity in the Channel reached the RAF and it was not until 10.20 that any special reconnaissance was ordered. At 11.09hrs a Spitfire spotted the German ships, which were in the Straits of Dover and enjoying continuous fighter cover from the Luftwaffe. By noon they had passed through the minefield and were able to steam at full speed, taking them beyond the range of the coastal guns at Dover and enabling them easily to avoid attacks by RN motor topedo boats.
Six swordsfish led by Lieutenant Commander Eugene Esmonde, attacked at 12.30hrs, without fighter escort. These were all shot down by Bf109s and FW 190s, all but five of the crews being killed and with none of their torpedos finding the target.
Personally Signed.by Lt.Cdr.C.M.Kingsmill,Swordfish pilot in attack-crashed into the Sea & Cdr.E.F.Lee,Observer in Swordfish-completing torpedo attack then shot down and crashed into the Sea. Certified copy No 573 of 750. Signed by Gp Capt W S O Randle WW11 Wellington Pilot.

JS42/2bJo

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signed by Zero pilot Ryoji O'hare,Japanese pilot WWll fighter Ace

JS42/10b

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Raid on Dieppe Operation Jubilee Pilot Signed
19 Aug 92 2311 50th Anniversary of the Dieppe Raid Special Postmark. The Raid on Dieppe Operation
Jubilee 18 / 19 August 1942. Blue Flown cachet flown in Aerospatial Tampico G BKCR from Biggin Hill to Dieppe and then along the beaches at Dieppe where early in the morning of 19th August 1942, the massacre at Dieppe took place, and then across the Channel retracing the route taken by the survivors during the afternoon, and back to Biggin Hill Pilot Peter Lord Abbotts - Hay. Personally Signed by Pilot Peter Lord Abbotts Hay. Picture cachet The Essex Scottish under appalling enfilade fire on the Dieppe main beach 06.15 hrs 19 August 1942, Spitfire VB's attacking JU88s over Pourville 10.10 hrs 19 August 1942. Destroyers HMS Calpe & HMS Fernie attacking German postitions in Dieppe 10.20 hrs 19 August 1942. RAF Ref No JS/50/42/10b

JS43/3c

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3 May 93 BFPS 2356 The First Arakon Campaign Special Signed by General Sir John Hackett.At Arnhern in Command of the 4th Parachute Brigade. Certified Copy No 077 of 485

JS43/3bB

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Signed by Wg Cdr J L Beck DFC & Bar. Flew one of the first bombing raids to Berlin in August 1940.

JS43/4aW

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Signed by Flt Lt R H Wright 57 RSU Western Desert 1942.. Certified Copy no 6 of 10.

JS44/4AC

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Personally Signed by Odette Marie Céline Hallowes GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur, (28 April 1912 - 13 March 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II.
Odette Marie Céline Brailly was born in Amiens in the Somme département of France. Her father was the First World War hero Gaston Brailly who was killed at Verdun in 1918 when she was six years old.
She met the Englishman Roy Sansom in Bologna and married him in 1931, moving with him to England. Her husband enlisted in 1940. When the War Office requested all French-born residents of London to supply them with photographs of their home towns, Odette volunteered her family album, which contained many useful depictions of the Channel coast. She joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), and was later asked to train under Colonel Maurice Buckmaster of the Special Operations Executive and return to Nazi-occupied France to work with the French underground. She left her three daughters in the care of her husband.
She made a landing near Cannes in 1942, where she made contact with her supervisor, Peter Churchill. Using the code name Lise, she brought him funds and acted as his radio operator.
Churchill's operation in France was betrayed by a double agent, and Odette and Churchill were arrested on 16 April 1943 and imprisoned. Under torture by the Gestapo at Fresnes prison in Paris, Odette stuck to her cover story that Churchill was the nephew of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and that she was Peter's wife. The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.
Odette was condemned to death in June 1943 and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. She survived the war and testified against the prison guards at a 1946 war crimes trial.
Odette's husband had died during her imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. They were divorced in 1956.
Her third husband was Geoffrey Hallowes.
Odette Hallowes was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and was the first of three World War II FANY members to be awarded the George Cross (gazetted 20 August 1946).<Actinic:Variable Name = '1'/> She remains the only woman to have received the George Cross whilst alive, all other female GC awards to date being posthumous. She was also appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for her work with the French resistance.<Actinic:Variable Name = '2'/>
In later life Odette's house was burgled and her GC was stolen but after an appeal it was returned with a note saying 'You, madam, appear to be a dear old lady. I am not all that bad- it's just circumstances. Your little dog really loves me. I gave him a nice pat and left him a piece of meat. Sincerely yours, A Bad Egg. Certified Copy No 418 of 800

JS44/4DAF

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Signed by Plt Off Peter Ayerst who achieved confirmed victories in the Battle of Britain and not eligible for the Battle of Britain Clasp and Kenneth Farrow GC, 218 Sqn Operation Taxable.won George Cross 21 Jun 48 (Cardiff City Police Force).

JS50/44/FAR

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Operation Overlord. Air Force.Signed 3
6th June 1994 50th Anniversary Operation Overlord Special postmark on 30p Isle of Man Tedder stamp. Operation Overlord. The Air Force 6 June 1944Cover was flown on a series of flight and carried on a number of Royal Naval Ships during July,August & September 1994. Flight details UK to Italy Biggin hill to Lyneham Signed Lord Abbots Pilot Then RAF Lyneham to Bari in Hercules.Covers picked up by Senior Naval denist Surgeon Commander D L Thomas who took the covers with him on his dental visit to HMS Brilliant Personally Signed by Commander D L Thomas.Then flown HMS Brilliant to Ark Royal in Sea King Signed by the Pilot.Lieutenant A Cramer During the task handover the covers were flown between the ships HMS Ark Royal to Invincible and back in Sea King.The cover continued to travel on HMS Ark Royal , Istanbul Turkey, Malta, Palma, Majorca. On 27 Aug 94 during the return to the UK, a church service was held on the quarterdeck of HMS Ark Royal, Just off Gibralter. The service was timed to occour as Ark Royal V passed over the position where Ark Royal 111 sank on 14 Nov 41 having been hit by torpedo the previous day. HMS Ark Royal returned to Portsmouth on 2 sep 94 and visited Newcastle between 21 to 26 Sep 94. The Ships company marched through Leeds on 24 Sep 94 and finally returned to Portsmouth on 27 Sep 94. As the ship steamed up the Solent, Lord Abbots Hay performed a welcome home flypast in Cessna 152 G BP10. Details enclosed. Certified copy no of 110.

JS44/13aJ

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Sinking of the Tirpitz Signed Joplin 617 Sqn Pilot in action.

12 Nov 94 BSPS 2435 50th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Tirpitz.Cover depicts 21 Lancasters of Nos 9 and 617 Squadrons Successful attack Tirpitz which was hit by three tallboy 12,000ld bombs, the Tirpitz at Spitzbergen 1943, The Battleship Tirpitz lies behind anti torpedo nets in Alten Fjord 1942 and The Capsized Hull of the Tirpitz Tromso fjord May 1945. Blue flown cachet Flown in Tornado GR1 ZA 407 of No 617 Squadron from Royal Air Force Lossiemouth together with 3 other Tornados of the Squadron to Norway, overflying the Tromso Fiord and landing at the Royal Norwegian Air Force base at Bardufoss. The next day the Tornados returned to Tromso Fiord in a box formation to overfly the graveyard of the sunken German Battleship of the Tirpitz by 617 Squadron. The formation then flew back to Lossiemouth pilot Flt Lt S M Hammond & Navigator Flt Lt P A Smith. Personally Signed by Capt.A.W.Joplin, pilot 617 Sqn. on final Tirpitz raid 12th Nov 1944

JS44/14c

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Advance in Burma Signed Colonel H R R Conder
12 Dec 94 BFPS 2437 50th Anniversary of the Advance on Mandalay. Flown in Hercules RAF Lyneham around the World, West about across North America, across the Pacific to Hong Kong, Then to Bangkok and back to Lyneham passing over Malayia, Burma, the Indian sub Continent and the Middle East. Personally Signed by the Crew and personally Signed by Colonel H R R Conder OBE Commanding Officer 1945 2nd. Batt. King's Own Scottish Borderers.He was evacuated from Dunkirk to Harwich became Brigade Major with Infantry Brigade having been mentioned in Despatches for his part in the withdrawal from France. . He left England for the 8th Army in North Afica but the convoy was diverted to Bombay from Cape Town. He became 2nd in command of the 2nd Bn Royal Norfolk Regiment and was wounded in the close quarter fighting at Kohima where the Japs fought tooth and nail against the Commonwealth troops who were cut off. The victory at Kohima stopped any further advance into India and turned the tide in our favour. On leaving hospital he was posted as Commanding Officer 12nd. Battalion . King's Own Scottish Borderers in the advance to and capture of Mandaley. He soon came to grips with the language and welcome drams of whisky from from the Companies, during this phase of the War he gained the OBE and was once more mentioned in Despatches. After the capture of Rangoon the Battalion was posted to Peshawar and shortly after the Colonel was repatriated. Full details enclosed.Certified copy 0170 of 600.

JS44/14bJ

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Personally Signed by the Crew and by Japanese pilot Zenji Abe in English and Japanese.Lieutenant commander who led dive bombers off Japanese carrier Akagi at Pearl Harbour with the target Battleship Row. Later in the war, he sank the British battleship HMS Hermes.Rare Signature. Few Signed.

JS45/4bJ

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Signed by Zero pilot Ryoji Ohara. Photo taken at Yokosuka Air Base, May 44. 6th/204th.

JS45/8c

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The Advance to the Elbe Signed General Darling
19 4 95 BFPS 2448 50th Anniversary World War 11 The advance to the Elbe Special Postmark on 25p D Day Stamp. The advance to the Elbe.Cover depicts Scottish Troops prepare to cross the Elbe, Surrendered troops march westwards whilst allied colomnstravel east, British Armoured cars to the river Elbe and across the Elbe 29 April 1945.
Personally Signed by General Sir Kenneth Darling GBE KCB DSO. During the War he commanded the 11th ( TA ) Battalion of his regiment,until he volunteered for parchute training.He dropped in Normandy with 6th Airborne Divison,and was wounded on D + 1 . He succeeded to the command of 12th para and led it through the Ardennes, the crossing of the Rhine and in the advance to the Baltic. He then took it to the Far East for the Final phases of the War against Japan, where he was promoted to command 5th Parchute Brigade in Java..Full details enclosed.Certified copy of 850 and signed by Gp Capt W.S.O.Randle WW11 Wellington pilot

45/11bN

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Signed by Douglas Benjamin Fletcher Nicholls 85, 242 & 151 Sqns. Battle of Britain fighter pilot. Later 258(F) Sqn

JS45/11aRa

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Signed by Lieut Cdr F C Rice DSM MID HMS Warspite

45/11aP

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Signed by T.G.Pickering Battle of Britain fighter pilot with 32 & 501 Squadrons.later with 145 Sqn

JS45/16aA3

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15 8 95 Isle of Man VJ Day Special Postmark. Victory over Japan. The Burma Star. Flown Tristar No 216 Sqn from RAF Brize Norton to Kuala and return. Signed crew of Tristar and
Lt Col Kenneth A Walsh USMC Walsh enlisted in the Marines on December 15, 1933, at age 17, becoming a mechanic and radioman. Upon receiving his Wings of Gold in April 1937 he was still a private, but was promoted to corporal soon thereafter. He flew scout-observation aircraft over the next four years before assignment to VMF-121 in North Carolina. At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, he was a technical sergeant, becoming a warrant officer in May 1942, and was commissioned a year later. He was also one of a handful of Marine aviators qualified as an aircraft carrier landing signal officer. Assigned to VMF – 124, Walsh was one of the most experienced pilots in the Corps' first Vought F4U Corsair squadron. The unit arrived at Guadalcanal in February 1943 and was immediately committed to combat. He claimed his first three Japanese planes on April 1, 1943 and two more in his next combat, May 13, 1943, becoming the first Corsair ace. Walsh brought his score to 20 by the end of August 1943, including two combats over the Solomon Islands that earned him the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Franklin D Roosevelt on February 8, 1944.He returned to combat in 1945, flying withVMF - 222, scoring his last victory at Okinawa on June 22, 1945.Walsh remained in the Marine Corps for a full career, flying transports in Korea and retiring as a lieutenant colonel in February 1962.
Signed by Colonel A A Poindexter US Marine Corps who was cited for gallantry during the defence of Wake Island in WW11 and for meritorious achievement in Korea also Signed by John Gibson New Zealander 501 Sqn Battle of Britain and later with 15(NZ)Sqn as CO . The Squadron took part in heavy fighting of the Bougainville landings returned to New Zealand and returned to Guadalcanal.

Online Catalogue | RAF Museum Souvenir Covers Flown RAF Covers | 50th ANNIVERSARIES WAR II JS39/1 - 45/16

50th ANNIVERSARIES WAR II JS39/1 - 45/16

JS39/1a

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JS39/1b

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JS39/1c

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JS39/1d

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JS39/1ah

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JS39/1bC

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JS39/2a

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JS39/2b

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JS39/2d

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JS39/3a

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JS39/3b

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JS39/3c

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JS39/4a

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JS39/4b

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JS39/4c

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JS39/4aM

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JS40/1b

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JS40/1c

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JS40/2a

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JS40/2b

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JS40/2c

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JS40/3a

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JS40/3b

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JS40/3c

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JS40/3c4VC

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JS40/4a

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JS40/4bdH

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JS40/5a

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JS40/5b

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JS40/6a

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JS40/6b

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JS40/6c

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JS40/6a14

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JS40/7a

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JS40/7bA

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JS40/8a

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JS40/8b

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JS40/8c

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JS40/8bC

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