Bidspirit auction | Great War WW2 aces multiple

Great War WW2 aces multiple signed 56 sqn Flown RAF cover. Autographed by WW1 ace Wg Cdr Gwilym Lewis DFC 32 sqn, credited with 12 confirmed aerial victories, AVM Ivelaw Chapman, joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 and served as a Bristol Fighter pilot on the Western Front with 10 Squadron in the last eleven months of the First World War. WW2 ace Harry Broadhurst and ATA pilot Lettice Curtis English aviator, flight test engineer, air racing pilot, and sportswoman. She commenced her ATA career by delivering primary training aircraft such as the Tiger Moth, progressing to the Miles Master and North American Harvard advanced trainers. During her ATA service she graduated to fly all categories of wartime aircraft and was one of the first dozen women to qualify to fly four-engined heavy bombers. She was the first woman pilot to deliver an Avro Lancaster bomber and also flew 222 Handley Page Halifaxes and 109 Short Stirlings. She flew continually during World War II from various Ferry Pool locations delivering all types through all-weather to various destinations. According to Whittell [pp. 193-94] she flew ”thirteen days on, two off, for sixty-two consecutive months”, between July 1940 and September 1945. 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