Piece 1st  Americans of Eagle Sqn awarded British DFC  Signed Mac McColpin Reade Tilley

Piece  Paper Cutting Size 6 by 3 ½ inches.

 1st  Americans of Eagle Squadrons holding the British DFC to return to the United United Mac McColpin, Sam Mauriello, William J Daley and Reade Tilley  

Personally Signed by Two Eagle Squadron Members  Mac McColpin DFC 71, 121, 133 Egle Sqns & 607 RAF Sqn He was one of the most decorated and admired fighter pilots of the war with 280 combat missions and 12 aerial victories.
Major General McColpin died in November 2004 also  Signed by   Reade Tilley DFC 121 Eagle & 126 RAF Sqn’s American ace with seven victories, all of which were scored while flying with the Royal Air Force (RAF). In 1939, he was faced with a difficult choice between becoming a professional race car driver or a fighter pilot he chose to become a fighter pilot. In June 1940, Tilley joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and, in 1941, was sent to 121 Eagle Squadron, in the RAF, where he flew Hurricanes and Spitfires.

Tilley Volunteered to go to Malta   daring mission of reinforcing the island by flying land-based Spitfires from the deck of an American carrier. On the morning of 20 April 1942, he and 46 other pilots launched Spitfires from the deck of the Wasp and began the hazardous flight to Malta. All 47 planes arrived safely at Malta, and the next day, on his first mission from the island, Tilley downed an Me-109. The Germans and Italians reacted aggressively to destroy the Spitfires. Two days after their arrival, all 47 Spitfires were either destroyed or out of commission.

In June 1942, Tilley returned to Gibraltar and led another flight of Spitfires to Malta from the deck of the Eagle, a British carrier. This mission was even more daring–the Spitfires were assembled on the dock and loaded directly onto the carrier. The first flight of these aircraft began with a sea launch, followed by a 700-mile trip through Axis-dominated airspace. Tilley, in the course of the battle for Malta, scored a total of seven confirmed kills–four in 1 week in May 1942. After his fourth victory, the RAF awarded him the Distinguished Flying Cross.Details enclosed from Aces High Book. 

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