Bidspirit auction | HA25a Portal of Hungerford cover

HA25a Portal of Hungerford cover signed Ray Grayston WW2 Raid veteran Operation Chastise Dambusters. 22 April 1978 Isle of Man The Viscount Portal of Hungerford Flown from RAF Leeming in a Jetstream T Mk1 XX500 over Grantham and Reflown in a Jetstream T Mk XX 499 over Northallerton Add Red Flown Cachet 1st Class mail flown by British Island Airways during a temporary suspension of 1st Class mail delivered by Rail to the North East of England. Personally Signed by Flying Officer Raymond. E. Grayston. took part in Operation Chastise as a flight Engineer on Les Knights Crew on Lancaster AJ-N which attacked the Eder Dam 16 to 17 May 1943 they attacked and successfully breached the Eder Dam. He was on the attack to Turin ( Nickel) on the 29th of July 1943. Following an attack on the Dortmund Ems Canel on 16th September 1943 forced to bail out and became a POW and was sent to Stalag Luft 111. Certified Copy no 4 of 7.