RFDC87 50th Anniv Battle of Britain Full set of Gallantry St...

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RFDC87 50th Anniv Battle of Britain Full set of Gallantry Stamps Signed 16. 11 sep 90 Biggin Hill 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain Full set of Gallantry Flown in HS 125 of 32 Sqn for the 50th Anniversary Flypast over Buckingham Place. Personally Signed Flt Lt Learoyd VC, Flt. Lt. W. Reid VC Sgt John Daniel Hinton VC, Edward Kenna VC K Payne VC Eric Wilson Victoria Cross holders, Henry William Stevens GC, Henry William Stevens GC. Phillip May GC, . Frederick William Fairfax M. K. Pratt GC. Anthony John Gledhill George Cross Holders, R A C Awcock Military Medal. Peter Ayerst, Sqn Ldr G Leggett G W Benn Trevor Gray. Battle of Britain fighter pilot, Details below. Flt Lt Learoyd VC 49 Squadron HP Hampden pilot bombing an aqueduct of the Dortmund - Ems Canal on 12 August 1940. Flt. Lt. W. Reid VC Victoria Cross holder. 61 Squadron RAFVR. Awarded the VC for gallantry during a raid on Dusseldorf Germany on 3rd November 1943. Despite being severely wounded, continued to fly his damaged Lancaster bomber to bomb Dusseldorf. Managed to land his aircraft safely upon return. Sgt John Daniel Hinton VC. Signed 20th Bn. 2nd N. Z. E. F. ( Canterbury Regt. ) Awarded the Victoria Cross at Kalamai, Greece on 28th/29th April 1941 and Wg Cdr E A Howell OBE DFC Was Officer Commanding No 33 Sqn when severely wounded and taken prisoner during the Battle of Crete. He was transferred to Kokkinia near Athens and then to Dulag 183 in Salonika. Despite having lost the use of both arms he escaped from the prison Hospital and walked 100 miles to Chalkidiki. From there he was taken by fishing boat from Ay Nicola to Imbros in Turkey from where he was repatriated. Eric Wilson VC. Won Victoria Cross in Somaliland (attached Somali Mounted Infantry), was Acting Captain of the East Surrey Regiment. Edward Kenna Victoria Cross holder 2/4th ( N. S. W. )Australian Military Forces. Won VC 1945 in New Guinea. was the last living Australian Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces. Keith Payne VC Victoria Cross Holder Vietnam 24 May 69, 1969. In May 1969 Payne was commanding the 212th Company of the 1st Mobile Strike Force Battalion, when it was attacked by a strong People's Army of Vietnam force near Ben Het Camp. The company was isolated and, surrounded on three sides, its Vietnamese troops began to fall back. At this point shrapnel from a grenade burst struck Payne, lodging in his skull, arms and hands; under heavy fire, Payne covered the withdrawal before organising his troops into a defensive perimeter. Disregarding his own serious wounds, he then returned to the battlefield and spent a further three hours, frequently under fire, searching for any remaining members of his unit. Payne located about 40 of his men, most of them wounded, he assisted some of the wounded himself and organised assistance for others, before leading the party back to base through an area now dominated by enemy forces. Payne's actions that night earned him the Victoria Cross. Henry William Stevens GC. Stevens was awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed while serving as a Constable in the Metropolitan Police Force on the 29th of March 1958. Prior to joining the Metropolitan Police Force, Stevens served 3 years in the Royal Navy. M. K. Pratt GC. Won George Cross 4 Jul 78 Victoria Police, Australia. Anthony John Gledhill George Cross Holder, He was serving as a constable in the Metropolitan Police Force at the time. His partner, Constable Terry McFall, won the George Cross for the same action. They were on patrol when they were ordered to chase a car driving the wrong way down a one way street. Fifteen shots were fired at their police car during the ensuing chase. The criminals' car crashed into a lorry, and they attacked the police officers, who were trying to arrest them. Both police officers were injured in the confrontation but managed to subdue the men until assistance arrived. R A C Awcock MM Corps of Royal Engineers. Awarded the Military Medal at Anzio. In the Anzio Beach head during the advance to the Campoleone feature, a detachment of No 2 platoon of a field Company, R E was in support of a troop of a Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment. A minefield was reported, and the tanks were completely held up. The RE Detachment went forward and commenced to detect and clear the mines under enemy small arms and shell fire, five of the sappers being wounded. In spite of this heavy opposition Sapper Awcock, with complete disregard for his own personal safety while being sniped and shelled assisted in the clearing of a gap in the minefield. During the whole time he was at work he was in full view of the enemy and it was by his devotion to duty courage and cool example that the work was completed and the tanks able to advance, Plt Off Peter Ayerst who achieved confirmed victories in the Battle of Britain and not eligible for the Battle of Britain Clasp, Sqn Ldr G Leggett 615, 245 and 46 Battle of Britain fighter pilot, G W Benn 219 Sqn Air Gunner Battle of Britain, Trevor Gray 64 Sqn Battle of Britain fighter pilot. Certified Copy 0169 of 1400 Very few issued with additional Signatures. 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