HASP6b AVM Collishaw HA FDC Signed L A Martel 603 Sqn 1940. Battle of Britain
1 1X 78 Toronto Canada Postmark Air Vice Marshal Collishaw A Member of Captain Scotts ill fated expedition to the South Pole and third on the list of British WW1 Air Aces who helped set up the Canadian Air Force. Cover depicts AVM Collishaw, his 10 ( Naval ) Squadron black flight Sopwith Triplane N 5492 in combat with Lt Karl Allmenroder's Albatross D3 over the Western Front ( France ) on 25 June 1917 & 55 Squadron badge. Flown in 55 Sqn Victor K2 XM 717 from RAF Sculthorpe to RAF Goose Bay ( Canada ) by Flt Lt Hanscombe refuelling 208 Sqn Buccaneers over the Atlantic & in Canadian Air Force Boeing 707 from CFB Trenton to Ottawa to Gatwick. Backstamped red RAF Marham.
Personally Signed by the Victor Pilot Flt Lt Hanscombe and
FIt.Lt.Ludwik A.Martel 603 Fighter Sqn. 1940. Battle of Britain.He joined 54 Squadron at Catterick in Mid September 1940 and moved to 603 Squadron at Hornchurch,
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