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Great War pioneer Aviator WWI Pilot Percival Phillips DFC Royal Flying Corps signed postcard inscribed on back 11/8/1934 staldon Aerodrome Teignmouth. Director and Pilot of Cornwall Aviation Co. Ltd. b. Trewoon, St. Austell, Cornwall, 28 July 1893. Served in Iraq 1917, killed 1938. Served in the Royal Flying Corps and the RAF. There is a five minute documentary about him on Youtube. Capt. Percival Phillips, D.F.C., R.A.F.O., managing director and chief pilot of Air Publicity, Ltd. It appears that Capt. Phillips, on his way home to Heston from banner-towing work at Hull, put his 504 Avro down in a field at Gamlingay, between Bedford and Cambridge, in order to call upon friends for lunch. In taking-off afterwards in gusty weather the machine struck a treetop, hit the ground, and caught fire. Capt. Phillips, who had been with Air Publicity since their inception in 1935, was formerly managing director of C. W. A. Scott’s Flying Display and had safely carried many thousand passengers as a joy-ride pilot. During the war he had seen flying service in Iraq and elsewhere. Last summer, flying a veteran Lynx Avro used daily for banner towing, he won the Devon Air Race. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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