Bidspirit auction | TP9c R Beamont Signed R
TP9c R Beamont Signed R Beamont and E A Nowakiewicz R Jones 3 Battle of Britain. Pilots 4 August 1979 BFPS1646 Wg. Cdr. R. P. Beamont RAF Cover. Flown in Lightning to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the First Flight of the P. 1 Lightning prototype. Personally Signed Wg. Cdr. R. P. Beamont. Battle of Britain Fighter pilot with 87 (F) WW11 Ace. (5). Shot down 13th October 1944 spent the rest of the war as a P. O. W. After repatriation became experimental test pilot with the Gloster Aircraft Company then moved to De Havilland as a demonstration pilot, then to English Electric Company. Beamont managed all the prototype tests on the Canberra, establishing two Atlantic records. He then undertook the P. 1 Lightning test programme during which he became the first British test pilot to fly at the speed of sound in a level flight and the first pilot to fly a British Aircraft at twice the speed of sound. E J A Nowakiewicz Polish 302 Sqn Battle of Britain Pilot WW11 Ace Died 1998. R L Jones 64 and 19 Sqn Battle of Britain fighter pilot. Blue flown cachet Flown in Lightning. Very few issued with extra Signatures Details and Black and Wight photo enclosed Certified Copy No 0069 of 1188. 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