Beschreibung:

Stamps Military, a substantial collection of signed and flown military covers from the RAF Bomber Command series. A number of scarcer signatures exists as well as infamous commanders and flying aces, to include Victory Cross winners Flight Lieutenant William Reid VC, and Group Captain the Rt. Hon. the Lord (Leonard) Cheshire of Woodall VC, OM, DSO & Two Bars, DFC. Notable autographs to include; Air-Officer-Commanding RAF Bomber Command during the latter half of WW2 - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris Bt, GCB, OBE, AFC. Chief of the Air Staff, V-Force creator, and first Chief of the Defence Staff - Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson GCB, KBE, DSO, AFC. Chief of the Air Staff, Chief of the Defence Staff, and Aide-de-Camp to the Queen - Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Rt. Hon. the Lord (David) Craig of Radley GCB, OBE, ADC. Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and Joint Commander of British Forces during the Gulf War - Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine GCB, GBE, FBIM. Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe and later Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod - Air Chief Marshal Sir John Gingell GBE, KCB, KCVO. Commandant of RAF Staff College and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe - Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Beavis KCB, CBE, AFC. Air Secretary, Commander-in-Chief of Far East Command and later Chairman of All England Lawn Tennis Club (Wimbledon) - Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett GCB, DFC, AFC, ADC. Post war Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command and Commander of Allied Air Forces Europe - Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst GCB, KBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, AFC. Dambuster, Flying Ace and member of the Air Council - Air Marshal Sir Harold 'Micky' Martin KCB, DSO & Bar, DFC & Two Bars, AFC. Air Ministry Planning Director and Commander-in-Chief RAF Germany - Air Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC. RAF Wittering Station Commander and Defence Services Secretary at the Ministry of Defence - Air Vice Marshal Sir Alan Boxer KCVO, CB, DSO, DFC. No. 617 (Dambusters) Squadron Leader and flying ace - Group Captain James Tait DSO & Three Bars, DFC & Bar, ADC. WW1 Royal Flying Corps pilot, officer of Balloon Command at Stanmore, and Air Attaché in Cairo, Baghdad and Ankara - Squadron Leader J, Williamson MBE. Lancaster pilot who served missions against the German battleship Tirpitz and which completed over 100 sorties in 'J-Johnnie' - Squadron Leader J. Melrose DFC. The collection also includes signatures of American Officers General C. E. LeMay, General J. H. Doolittle and Brigadier General P. Tibbets; additional British Senior personnel include; Air Vice Marshal D. Bower CBE AFC, Air Commodore R. Dick, Group Captain N. Walpole OBE, Group Captain T. Mahaddie DSO DFC AFC FRAeS, Group Captain G. Petty DSO DFC AFC, Wing Commander J. Craig DFC, Wing Commander R. Powell AFC. (excellent, 88 covers)