Bidspirit auction | 2RN17c Final Disembarkation of Air

2RN17c Final Disembarkation of Air Group HMS Ark Royal Double Signed Special. 4 Dec 78 BFPS 1629 Final Disembarkation of Air Group HMS Ark Royal. Personally Signed by Captain E R Anson RN Commanding Officer HMS Ark Royal. and Vice Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi joined the Royal Navy in 1938 He served in HMS Cumberland and HMS Hardy with the Iceland Patrols and Russian Convoys during World War II and also took part in the Normandy landings. He became Commanding Officer of 820 Naval Air Squadron in 1954 and of HMS Whitby in 1960. He went on to be Assistant Director of Naval Plans (Warfare) in the Ministry of Defence in 1964 and Commanding Officer of HMS Undaunted in 1967. In 1970 he returned to the Ministry of Defence as the Director of Naval Plans. He became Commanding Officer of HMS Ark Royal in 1972 and Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers and Amphibious Ships in 1974. He went on to be Director-General Naval Manpower and Training in 1975 and Flag Officer Naval Air Command in 1978. He then became Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1979 and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1982. He retired in 1985.