WW2 rare Polish Battle of Britain pilots multiple signed C48c DH9/a Spitfire Exchange cover. Autographed by S ...

WW2 rare Polish Battle of Britain pilots multiple signed C48c DH9/a Spitfire Exchange cover. Autographed by S Skalski, T Nowierski and Witold Lokuciewski. 14 6 77 DH9/a Spitfire Exchange Polland Operation Fair Exchange . Carried by Her Majesty's Ambassador to Poland ( H E Mr G F N Reddaway CBE ) From Warsaw to Krkow in AN24, SP - LTP on October 7th 1977 for the official handing over of Spitfire SM411 to the Muzeum Lotnictwa 1 Astronautyki Krakow. Personally signed by 3 polish Battle of Britain pilots Colonel Stanislaw Skalski DSO DFC WW11 Ace. After completing Pilot Training School in 1938 Skalski was ordered to the 142nd Fighter Squadron in Torun On 1 September 1939 he attacked a German Henschel Hs 126 reconnaissance aircraft, which was eventually shot down by Marian Pisarek. Skalski then landed next to it, helped to bandage wounded crew members and arranged for them to be taken to a military hospital. By 16 September Skalski reached "ace" status, claiming a total of six German aircraft and making him the first Allied air ace of World War II. Soon after he fled the country with other Polish pilots to Romania, and from there via Beirut to France and after went on to fight with the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain. In August 1940 Pilot Officer Skalski joined 501 Squadron. From 30 August to 2 September 1940 he shot down a He 111 bomber and three Messerschmitt Bf 109s. On 5 September Skalski himself was shot down. Skalski bailed out with severe burns that hospitalized him for six weeks. He returned to his unit in late October 1940. During the Battle of Britain, he was credited with four planes shot down and one shared. Colonel Tadeusz Nowierski DFC WW11 Ace. Colonel T Nowierski Polish Air Force 1929, Polish Campaign 1939, 24 Bomber Squadron 2nd Air Regiment, March 1940 RAF Eastchurch Battle of Britain Aug 1940 - Mar 1941 with No 609 Squadron was saved when he baled out of his Spitfire I (N3223) over Sailsbury Plain after undercarriage failure on the 5th of October 1940 at 18:15hrs. Colonel Witold Lokuciewski DFC WW11 Ace. Polish Air Force 1938 posted to 112 Fighter Squadron, 1st Group Warsaw Polish Campaign 1939, May 1940 Fought in France Arrived in UK after capitulation of France, Battle of Britain No 303 ( Polish) Squadron, 1941 OC Flt in No 303 Squadron, shot down in France and was injured and taken prisoner of War to Stalag Luft 3. Took Part in the Escape from Stalag Luft 3 but was recaptured and returned . 1945 Released from Stalag Luft 3 returned to the UK. Details enclosed Photo of exchange Polish Plane Certified Copy No 671 of 990. Signed Gp Capt W S O Randle WW11 Wellington Pilot. RAF Museum. 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