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.

Signed by Wg.Cdr.F.W. Higginson Battle of Britain & WWII Ace. 12 destroyed, £13.95

German Version as C41a

Pilot signed

C42bag6 As C42b Signed also Signed by 6 Luftwaffe Pilots Erich Hartmann, the son of a doctor, was born in Weissach,Germany, on 19th April, 1922. He joined the Luftwaffe and was sent to the Eastern Front in the autumn in 1942. An outstanding pilot he was appointed Squadron Commander of Fighter Group 53 in 1944. Flying a ME109 it is claimed he made 352 kills during WW11. In 30 months of fighting he flew 1,425 combat missions and was shot down sixteen times but was never wounded. Erich Hartmann was captured by the Red Army in 1945 and held in a prison camp for ten years. After his release in 1955 he joined the West German Air force Top WW11 Fighter pilot.General Adolf Galland Luftwaffe WW2 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain , who fought throughout WW2. General of the Fighters; ace with 104 victories in the west; jet ace with 7 victories; RK with diamonds Swords Major Gunther Rall,Knight's Cross,Oak-leaves with Swords.lst victory over France 1940 Staffed Kapitan 8/JG52 July 1940. Shot down five times. 621 missions, 275 victories.Johannes Steinhoff KC with Swords (176 victories). Flew in the Battle of Britain January 1945 the legendary JV-44, flying the ME262 jet fighter. On 18 4 1945 seriously wounded during take - off with Me262.900 missions 176 victories 148 east, 4 four engined and 6 with Me 262 Died 1994.Major Erich Rudorffer KC, OL,S. 1000 missions, 222 victories. Shot down 16 times.Flew in Battle of Britian with JG 54.
During the 1930's Trenkle was a flying instructor with the Luftwaffe and in 1937 he became Chief Test Pilot of the Messerschmitt-Zwigweks where he test flew the first ME-108 to be produced and went on,during WW11,to test fly the ME-109 and ME-262. In 1945 he claimed to have shot down a P-38 Lightning. It was during this test flying service that in 1942, Trenkle was granted the title of Flugkapitan at the age of 30, the youngest age at which this honour was ever granted. Details enclosed with photos

35th Anniversary of the Sighting of the Bismark.

Signed by Captain & OC No42 Sqn.signed

Special.signed Capt.Lee Smith.Sighted the Bismarck 26 5 1941.Co - pilot Catalina 2 of 209 Sqn.

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

30 Sep 76 Castle Air Force Base. Commemorating the Transfer of Magna Carta to the US Bicentennial Celebrations.Flown Vulcan.Personally Signed by Vulcan crew.Flown in Vulcan B-2 of 50 Sqn Flight was made in to stages 29.9.76 RAF Waddington to Goose Bay Labrador - 4Hrs 55 Mins and 30.9.76. Goose Bay to Castle AFB California - 5Hrs,50 Mins.

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. Certified Copy No 946 of 988 Signed Flt Lt R Head No 50 sqn RAF Waddington.

Signed by B.H.Emmert USAF.325 FG 4 FIW.Fighter Ace 7 victories

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

Special signed by 3 polish Battle of Britain pilots S.Skalski T.Nowierski & W Lokuciewski.

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