WWII RAF Coastal Command, Special Missions, Resistance Heroes, and British Military Leaders - Over 100 Signed Covers, Cards, and Documents. A remarkable single collection uniting signatures from four interrelated groups: RAF Coastal Command veterans, participants in special missions and battles, escapers and resistance figures, and prominent British military leaders of the Second World War and postwar era. Some of these signatures can be found on multi-signed covers.
The RAF Coastal Command section includes Arthur David Beaty (two), Sqdn Ldr Terrence Bulloch (two), Flying Officer Harold A. Corbin, Wing Cdr Peter John Cundy, Frederick S. Hazlewood, Flt Lt Audrey Hilliard, Sir Rochford Hughes, David McKinley, Wilfrid E. Oulton, MRAF John Slessor, MRAF Dennis Spotswood (two), Sqdn Ldr Rae Walton, and AVM Brian Pashley Young.
The Special Missions & Battles section (24 signatures) features Capt E.S. Carver, Cdr Francis A. Swanton, Major Oliver Patch, Captain Alan W.F. Sutton, Sqdn Ldr G. Hayworth, Sqdn Ldr L.W. Pilgrim, Flt Lt Reginald G. Thackeray, Lt Cdr Charles M. Kingsmill (two), Cdr Edgar F. Lee (two), Chief Petty Officer D.A. Bounce, Gp Capt T.P. Gleave, Lt Cdr R.M. Samples, Wing Cdr E.G. Jones, Flight Lt Gwyn Martin, Gp Capt T.G. Mahaddie, Lt Dennis Galpin, Frederick "Ben" Rice, John Madocks, J.C.A. Roseveare, AM Sir Ivor Broom, Desmond Butters, and B.A. Templeman-Rooke.
The RAF Escapers & Resistance Heroes section (40 signatures) includes Andrew Croft, Jack Best, Bill Goldfinch, Sgt Charles Weir, Flt Sgt Gordon Hand, Sgt Denis Pepall, Omer Jubault, Daniel Cogneau, Marius Villedieu, Yvonne Lapeyre, Lucienne Dassie, Len Barnes, Ron Emeny, Lucien Duval, Eric Williams, Edward A. Howell, Sandra Poumpoura, Anastassias Neslihandis, Anastassias Zafiropoulos, Dimitrios Karapas, Tassouda Samara, Stavos Kitsos, Elefteria Saridakis, Vasili Bakakis, Coatas Georgilakis, Smaragada Xipolitakis, W.J. Macconnachie, E.R.R. Cerely, James Arnot, Douglas Bridges, L.N. Flower, and Georges d'Ouetremont.
The British Military Leaders section (45 signatures) features senior commanders and notable public figures including John Eveyn Anderson, Edward B. Ashmore, Peter Blunt, Michael Beavis, Charles A.J. Cassels, John Cheshire, Patrick Cordingley, Florence B. Cozens, John Cain Cowley, David B. Craig, Kenneth D. Darling, Peter de la Billiere, Michael Fitzalan-Howard, Roland Gibbs, Peter W. Gretton, Frederick Hazelwood, Reginald Hewetson, S James L. Hill, Patrick Hine, David Harcourt-Smith, Frank Douglas King, Henry C. Leach, Terence T. Lewin, Gilbert W.R. Monckton, Rodney Moore, Alastair Pearson, Anthony Read, Hugh C. Stockwell, Julian H.A. Thompson, Walter C. Walker, John F. "Sandy" Woodward, Christopher Wreford-Brown, Sir David Sterling, Christopher Addison, Oliver S. Franks, Hugh M. Foot, Sir Alfred C.B. Lovell, Ewen Montagu, William D. Ormsby-Gore, Nathaniel M.V. Rothschild, George T. Charles, A. David Dick, R.A. Milward, T.A. Stevens, and J. LaMonte.
Estimated Value $75 - 300
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