FIRST FLIGHT RAFFF1 - 19

17th March 2006 BFPS 2902 70th Anniversary of the 1st Flight of the Armstrong Whitworth AW 38 Whitley. Picture Cachet Whitley Abbey aerodrome 17th March 1936. Flown in Spitfire & Piper.

17th April 2006 BFPS2904 80th Anniversary of the first flight of the Blackburn T.5 Ripon.

RAFFF5a 15th May 2006 BFPS 2909 90th Anniversary of the 1st Flight of the Armstrong Whitworth Flown

15th May 2006 BFPS 2909 90th Anniversary of the 1st Flight of the Armstrong Whitworth Special Signed by Sir Michael Stear President of the Royal Air Force association 1998 - 2002

28th May 2006 BFPS 2905 90th Anniv 1st Flight Sopwith Triplane. . Flown in Piper Warrior.

15th June 2006 BFPS 2906 70th Anniv 1st Flight of the Vickers Wellington.Flown Piper Warrior

9th Sept 2006 BFPS 2937 90th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Bristol F2A Filton 1916 Flown in SE5a pilot D Gregory DFC. In WW11 flew with No 141 Sqn Beaufighters & Mosquito

Pilot Signed by Doug Gregory DFC.In WW11 flew with No 141 Sqn Beaufighters & Mosquito's

signed by T. Iveson DFC, pilot.Involved in all 3 Tirpitz Raids, 617 Sqdns.Battle of Britain Pilot.

4th Nov 2006 BFPS 2938 60th Anniversary of the First Flight of the De Havilland D.H. Vampire F.Mk.3

22nd Nov 2006 BFPS 2939 90th Anniversary of the First Flight of the S.E.5 Farnborough 1916 Flown in Piper Warrior.

Signed by the Pilot Peter Lord of Abbots Hay

Special Signed Dott Count Caproni Di Taliedo MBA Instead..
Italy was among the first to construct and make effective use of heavy bombing aircraft. The excellent Caproni CA33 bomber was 1st flown at the same time as the S.E.5 and served until the end of the Great War in many Italian Squadriglia. 100 numbered & issued.

Special Signed by A J Ball DFC Flew Wellingtons with No 30 Operational Training Unit, Halifax 33 operations over Germany in Lancasters 625 Sqn Certified Copy of 71

23rd Dec 2006 BFPS 2940 90th Anniv 1st Flight of the Sopwith Camel 1916. Flown in Piper

Signed by the Pilot Peter Lord of Abbots Hay

Special Signed by Flt Lt G Mellor. Trained as a Navigator in Canada where he flew Ansons and Fairey Battles. Flew Wellingtons No 27 OTU with 103 Sqn 1942. Shot down in Halifax close to Maastricht 5th Oct 1942. Evaded capture and picked up Belgian escape route comete line.

17th May 2007 BFPS 2999 80th Anniv of First Flight of the Bulldog.Flown Cessna Signed Pilot

1st Flight Vickers Valiant Signed Harris POW Stalag Luft 3
18th May 2007 BFPS 3000 56th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Vickers Valiant Special Postmark. the First Flight of the Vickers B9/B48 Valiant. Wisley 18th May 1951. Flown cachet on the back Flown in Cessna Skyhawk from Biggin Hill to Wisley & back. Personally Signed by Sqn Ldr Ivor W Harris. DFC A fighter reconnaissance pilot of No2(AC)Sqn engaged in flying Mustang Mk 1s and 11s on low level photographic sorties over France and the low Countries. On 28th May 1944 while returning after photographing a radar site in the Pas de Calis, was hit by anti - aircraft fire and had to bale out from just 500 feet. He was taken prisoner and sent to Stalag Luft 3 in Poland just a few weeks after the Great Escape. Took part in the long March in the winter of 1945 and then spent 3 months in Stalag 3a near Berlin until liberated by the REussian Army. Returned to flying duties in England and spent several years as a flying instructor on many different Jet aircraft. Certified copy No 23 of 96 Signed by Gp Capt W S O Randle WW11 Wellington Pilot & evader ( comet line.

9th January 2008 60th Anniversary of the First Flight of the Avro 683 Lancaster special postmark. The First Flight of the Avro 683 lancaster Woodford 9th January 1941. Personally Signed Les Munro Dambuster pilot with 617 Sqn. Operation Chastise May 16/17 1943. On the 2nd Wave with Lancaster ED921, 'AJ-W', which sustained heavy flak damage, and with the Wireless and Intercom rendered unserviceable was forced to return back to base. Munro was awarded his DFC whilst serving with 97 Squadron prior to his tour with 617 Squadron. He was awarded the DSO whilst with 617 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant John Leslie Munro born 1919 New Zealand. Awarded DFC 11th June 1943, DSO 28th April 1944. He was a Flight Commander of 617 Squadron under Leonard Cheshire & James Tait with David Shannon and Joe McCarth. Very few Signed.