RAF Leeming Air Vice Marshal Basil Embry attack on Amiens ja...

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RAF Leeming Air Vice Marshal Basil Embry attack on Amiens jail, and Gestapo HQ. 13 Jul 71 BFPS 1168 RAF Leeming 30th Anniversary of the Introduction of the D H Mosquito into RAF Service. Flown to RAF Gatow Berlin in a Basset XS 765 of No 32 Sqn and Flown in Mosquito. Personally Signed by Air Vice Marshal Basil Embry. Embry saw action during WW II in Norway and France. On the 26th of May 1940 he was shot down and captured by the Germans however he escaped and was on the run for two months in occupied France but eventually returned to England via Spain and Gibraltar. By October 1943 Embry's efforts had made 2 Group a highly effective weapon, with bombing accuracy and serviceability among the best in the Allied Air Forces. The group's contribution to the war effort, such as the bombing of V-1 launch sites in France and the anti-transportation offensive prior to D-Day was arguably decisive. Embry's Mosquitoes also undertook specialist precision bombing operations such as the attack on Amiens jail, and on Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Odense. 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