Rare and Interesting Autograph Auction TV Film Sport WW2 Music Military
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Battle of Britain Signed Baron Willoughby de Broke WW1, Air Marshal K Porter. Pilot, Crew, Plus 1. 17 May 1980 BFPS 1657 Biggin Hill Air Fair Special Postmark. Biggin Hill Air Fair 17 to 18 May 1980 40th Anniv Battle of Britain. Biggin Hill Air Fair. Flown in Harvard Pilots Mr Mark Campbell and Sqn Ldr J R Maitland. Personally Signed by Harvard Pilots Mr Mark Campbell and Sqn Ldr J R Maitland. Jock Maitland first saw service during the Second World War after he joined the RAF in 1942. He served again in Korea, at the Suez invasion and in Oman. Jock led a distinguished RAF Career before transforming Biggin Hill Airport into a successful civilian airfield and creating perhaps the best civilian airshow in the UK, if not Europe. also signed by Wg Cdr John Verney, 20th Baron Willoughby de Broke. During WW1 awarded the Military Cross (1918). At the end of hostilities, he became aide – de – camp to the Governor of Bombay, Sir George Lloyd, from 1919 to 1922 and adjutant of the Warwickshire yeomanry from 1925 to 1929. In 1939 he was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire, a post he held until 1967. Between the wars both Lord and Lady Willoughby were keen aviators with their own aeroplane and private aerodrome at their home in Kineton, Warwickshire. He was also Commanding Officer from 1936 to 1939 of the 605 County of Warwick squadron. During the WW11, he was a Duty Controller in the No 11 Group Operations Room at RAF Uxbridge 1940 responsible for the fighter protection of the south-east (when he was mentioned in despatches) and then became Deputy Director of Public Relations at the Air Ministry. (1941-44) and Director from 1945 to 1946. Flt Lt Les Hunt. 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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