C40a - C49d

10th Anniversary of the Red Arrows.Signed by the 9 Red Arrow display team.

2 Dec 75 BFPS 1521 PostmarkThe Opening of the Sir Dermont Wing of the RAFM Museum.German Aviation Exhibition.

Pilot signed by Sqn Ldr Raw Flown in Spitfire PM631.

German Version as C41a

Pilot signed

26 My 76 Jersey 35th Anniversary of the Sighting of the Bismark. Personally Signed by Swordfish Pilot Wg Cdr 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 lives It 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 2 Photo's Enclosed one of self infront of aircraft the other on his swordfish in flight.

Commemorating the Transfer of Magna Carta to the US Bicentennial Celebrations.Flown Vulcan.

RAF Flown in Vulcan Signed Dean of Lincoln & lord Barber
30 Sep 76 Castle Air Force Base postmark on USA 20c stamp.. Commemorating the Transfer of Magna Carta to the US Bicentennial Celebrations. The Lincoln Cathedral Copy of the Magna Carta was flown to the United States of America Bicentenial Celebrations together with this Cover in a Vulcan B - 2 of No 50 Sqn RAF . The flight was made in two stages 29 9 76 RAF Waddington to Goose Bay Labrador 4 hrs 55 mins and 30 9 76 Goose Bay to Castle AFB. Personally Signed by the Lord Barber of Wentbridge At the beginning of the Second World War he was a Lieutenant in the Territorial Army.After the fall of France he transferred to the RAF, qualified as a Pilot and flew Spitfires, stripped of their guns and radio to extend their range, on photographic reconnaissance. In 1942 he was taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Stalag Luft 111, the prison camp of the famous Wooden Horse escape. He was a member of the escape committee, he also contrived to study law and, with special arrangements by the Internatinal Red Cross, to sit for an LLB degree in the camp. Several attempts to escape himself ended with spells in the 'cooler' . But he was mentioned in despatches for his work in the escape organisation, and on his return home learned that he had obtained his Law Degree with first class honours. And also Signed by Dean of Lincoln Hon Oliver Wykeham - Fiennes ( In charge of the Cathedral ) by chance is not only a descendent of one of the Barons who witnessed the sealing of Magna Carta but is also the nephew of Group Captain Laurence Twisieton - Wykeham - Fiennes, one time station commander at Waddington.1970 Chancellor of Exchequer with Ted Heath Certified Copy No 946 of 988 Signed Flt Lt R Head No 50 sqn RAF Waddington.

28 April 77 Introduction of the Hawk into the Royal Air Force Special Postmark.Commemorating the First Training Flight in a Hawker Siddeley Hawk at RAF Valley

Signed.by Hawk pilot.

Special Signed by Test Pilot Duncan Simpson & Officer Commanding RAF Valley.

Last Flight in RAF Service No 53 Sqn RAF.Flown in Belfast

Crew signed

Special Signed by Air Vice Marshal D.B.Craig & Rear Admiral Sir Mattew Slattery.

Closure of RAF Andover

Pilot signed

10 June 77 BFPS 1568 Closure of Royal Air Force Andover Special Postmark. Closure of Royal Air Force Andover. On te back Flown cachet flown in Chipmunk WK 613 by W/C A L Wright last CO of RAF Andover and AVM J I.R.Browning last S.A.S.O. of support Command. last fixed wing flight from RAF Andover and in Aircraft Harvard KF314 pilot Sqn Ldr A A McDicken. Personally Signed by Wg /Cdr A L Wright last CO of RAF Andover and Air Vice Marshall J I.R.Browning last S.A.S.O. of support Command and Air Marshall .Sir R.Harland AOC- in - C, Councillor A E Parke Mayor of Test Valley served in RAF as a Flt Sgt pilot on 149 Sqn. Full details enclosed. And Aerial Photograph of RAF Andover in 1918. Certified copy No of 1000 signed Sqn Ldr A D Walker

DH9/a Spitfire Exchange

Navigator signed

13 Aug 77 BFPS 1582 Open Day RAF Lossiemouth

13 Aug 77 BFPS 1582 Open Day RAF Lossiemouth, Flown during rehearsals signed by pilots flying Jaguar Gannet Shackleton & Whirlwind.

Open Day RAF Lossiemouth Signed 6
13 Aug 77 BFPS 1582 Open Day RAF Lossiemouth Special Postmark. Open Day RAF Lossiemouth 13th August 1977. Cover depicts 8 Squadron Shackleton AEW2, GannetJaguar, & Whirlwind , RAF Lossiemouth badge. RAF Lossiemouth was opened in 1939 as a Flying Training School and handed over to Bomber Command in 1940. On 12 November 1944 617 Dambusters Squadron used RAF Lossiemouth to attack the German Battleship Tirpitz in Tronheim Fjord. At the end of the War the station was passed over to Coastal Command and then in 1946 to the Royal Navy as HMS Fulmer. In 1972 the station was returned back to the RAF and is part of Strike Command. Personally Signed by Capt I M Tennant JP Her Majesty's Lieutenant for Morayshire, Gp Capt R I Stuart - Paul Commanding Officer RAF Lossiemouth, Cdr T G Maltby RN OC 849 Sqn and S.N.O.Wg Cdr F A Trowern AFC OC 226 O.C.U., Wg Cdr G J Carter OC 8 Sqn & Flt Lt G Leeming OC D flt 202 Sqn . Black Flight cachet on the back AND RED Operation Centre 13 Aug 1977 RAF Lossiemouth and blue black Senior Naval Officer 13 Aug 1977 RAF Lossiemouth. Certified Copy No 0375 of 1000 Signed by Sqn Ldr B MacDonald Project Officer