Rare ES33c Battle of Arnhem Signed Gen J Hackett + 3 resistance, M Dauncey Pilot

ES33c 17 1X 84 Arnhem postmark Battle of Arnhem Special Signed by General Sir John Hackett G.C.B,C.B.E.,D.S.O.M.C.and 3 resistance members Dr.Elsa Caspers Resistance member of the  cell whose task was to sabotage and work for an Intelligence Service. ,Koos Meyer joined the Albrecht Group made trips for the liberated South Netherlands to the occupied North and personally made 29 trips the group made 374 trip in total.and Hen Idenburg was a member of the Resistance,and Brigadier Hackett stayed at the Idenburg family safe house.

Also Signed by   Mike Dauncey  ( Brigadier M D K Dauncey DSO DL )   Flew to Arnhem from RAF Fairford on Sunday 17th September 1944 as a Second Pilot in a Horse Glider. 

As Second Pilot to S/Sgt Alan Murdoch, Dauncey flew a Horsa glider to Arnhem on the first day of Market Garden, carrying a jeep, ammunition trailer, and six gunners of the Light Regiment. After touching down safely, he was in the process of helping to unload his glider when he witnessed one of the heavy Hamilcar’s coming in to land. The ground was soft and the nose of the glider dug deeper into the earth as it went along until the tail rose up under the pressure and the Hamilcar was flipped onto its back. Both pilots would have certainly been killed. Dauncey was recommended for the Victoria Cross, but this was reduced to Distinguished Service Order by Field Marshal Montgomery. No member of the Glider Pilot Regiment ever won the VC, but Dauncey must have surely ranked as one of those who came the closest and  Gordan Pond 1st Para Batt Private A Company Wounded POW 21 Sept. Released from POW by Russian army. Flown USA base airfield March 1945.

Enclosed detailed inserts cards. Certified copy 49  of  Signed D J Fulluck > Very Few issued Additionally Signed by Mike Dauncey.