Battle of Britain Wings Appeal commemorative cover signed by Sir Richard Evans KT CBE, Chairman of British Aerospace Systems
RAF cover produced in 2000 by the RAFA South Flyde Branch to raise funds for the Battle of Britain Wings appeal.
The cover artwork shows the Eurofighter Typhoon and Supermarine Spitfire Mk XIX of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
The cover bears the RAFA and Wings Appeal logo as well as the British Aerospace and BBMF crest.
The cover has 20p Architect of the Air RJ Mitchell Spitfire stamp and 8p definitive stamps cancelled with RAFA Wings Appeal 2000 Preston postmark dated 01.11.2000.
Evans was educated at the Royal Masonic School in Bushey, Hertfordshire. In 1960, he joined the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and was soon moved into the then newly-formed Ministry of Technology.
In 1967, Evans was appointed as Government Contracts Officer at Ferranti in Manchester and two years later joined British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) at Warton, Lancashire. He was promoted to Commercial Director of what had then become the Warton Division of British Aerospace (BAe) in 1978. Following BAe Aircraft Group managerial changes in January 1983, Evans was appointed Deputy Managing Director for BAe Warton and a member of the Aircraft Group Board. Evans was appointed Chief Executive of the Company in 1990. In June 1992 he was elected for a one-year term as President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies.
On May 1, 1998, Evans was appointed Chairman of British Aerospace plc. In 1997 he joined the Board of United Utilities plc as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chairman on January 1, 2001. In 1998 he became a Non Executive Director of NatWest plc and resigned in February 2000. In 2001 Evans was installed as the second Chancellor of The University of Central Lancashire.
He stepped down as Chairman of BAE Systems in 2004. Certified and numbered out of 200
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