Bidspirit auction | Great War WW2 Fighter aces

Great War WW2 Fighter aces multiple signed 51 sqn RAF flown cover. Autographed by AVM A Gould Lee MC Air Vice Marshal Arthur Stanley Gould Lee, MC (31 August 1894 - 21 May 1975) was a senior officer of the Royal Air Force (RAF). He began his flying career in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, scoring seven confirmed victories to become a flying ace and rising to the rank of captain. He continued his service in the RAF, serving throughout the Second World War before retiring in 1946. Air Chief Marshal Hugh Pughe Lloyd, GBE, KCB, MC, DFC (12 December 1894 - 14 July 1981) was a senior Royal Air Force commander. RFC 1917. WW2 AOC Malta. Air Marshal Sir Victor Emmanuel Groom, KCVO, KBE, CB, DFC and Bar (4 August 1898 - 6 December 1990) was a senior officer in the British Royal Air Force and a flying ace of the First World War credited with eight aerial victories.[1] He rose to become a consequential participant in air operations to support Operation Overlord, the invasion of France during the Second World War. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, GCB, DSO, MC (3 June 1897 - 12 July 1979) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF), serving as Chief of the Air Staff from 1950 to 1952. As a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, he saw action with No. 17 Squadron in the Middle East, earning the Military Cross, and with No. 5 Squadron on the Western Front, where he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Between the wars he commanded No. 4 Squadron in England, and No. 3 (Indian) Wing, earning the Distinguished Service Order for operations with the latter in Waziristan. In 1936, he published Air Power and Armies, which examined the use of air power against targets on and behind the battlefield. Slessor held several operational commands in the Second World War. As Air Officer Commanding Coastal Command in 1943 and 1944, he was credited with doing much to turn the tide of the Battle of the Atlantic through his use of long-range bombers against German U-boats. He was knighted in June 1943. In the closing stages of the war he became Commander-in-Chief RAF Mediterranean and Middle East and deputy to Lieutenant General Ira Eaker as Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, conducting operations in the Italian Campaign and Yugoslavia. John Cunningham Top WW2 nightfighter ace and test pilot for the Comet aircraft. 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