18 Sqn Cover Signed 2 WW1 Pilots W E Stanton, Gp Capt Noakes...

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18 Sqn Cover Signed 2 WW1 Pilots W E Stanton, Gp Capt Noakes plus one not identified. 26 Jun 73 BFPS 1401 25th Anniv of the Berlin Airlift. 18 Squadron Flown from RAF Gutersloh to GAF Wunstorf in an 18 Sqn Wessex Pilots Wg Cdr T S C Jones AFC, Fg Off M A McQuillen Personally Signed by Air Vice Marshal William Ernest Staton, CB, DSO and Bar, MC, DFC and Bar(27 August 1898 - 22 July 1983) was a British airman who began his career as a WW1 Pilot Flying Ace with 26 Victories. He was transferred to the RAF (RAF) on its creation in 1918 and remained in the RAF during the inter-war years. During the WW11 he served in England and pioneered the bombing technique of using pathfinders to mark targets. He then served in the Far East before becoming a Prisoner of War to the Japanese. After the war he returned to Great Britain and the RAF. Twice Captained the British Olympic Shooting Team. Personally Signed by Gp Capt Noakes L + P School Hendon 1915 RAE Farnborough 1917, 1918. No 55, 26 September 1916: Other hostile machines were engaged and damaged by Sgt Noakes, 29 Sqn. Captain Hubert Standford Broad MBE, AFC (1897-1975) was a British First World War aviator RNAS and noted test pilot. At the 1925 Schneider Trophy Broad was the sole British entrant following a number of pre-race accidents. Flying a Gloster III seaplane, he came second to an American Army test pilot called James Doolittle. Broad appears to have had an affair with Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west; he was named by Mansfield Markham as a co-respondent in his 1937 divorce from Beryl. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99