Bidspirit auction | FF9c Signed A K Gatward

FF9c Signed A K Gatward Attack Gestapo HQ Paris + 3 Battle of Britain Pilots. +1 . 11 Apr 1981 BFPS 1734 70th Anniv of 1st Aeroplane FIight from London to Paris Special Postmark. Green flown cachet flown on the 70th Anniversary of the First Flight Between London and Paris from RAF Northolt ( London ) to Villacoublay ( Paris ) in D H Beaver XP 778. Personally Signed by Grp Capt A K Gatward DSO, DFC and Bar who flew the Bristol Beaufighter| MK1C800 of 236 Sqn RAF to Paris on 12th June 1942 to attack Gestapo Headquarters and to drop a Tricolour on the Arc de Triomphe. J Keating 219 Sqn, Battle of Britain Pilot. Sqn Ldr J G P Millard Nos 1 and 242 Squadrons Battle of Britain fighter pilot. Plt Off Peter Ayerst who achieved confirmed victories in the Battle of Britain and not eligible for the Battle of Britain Clasp. Flying Officer Phillip Brett DFC pilot of Beaufighter Details and Black and White Photo of Gp Capt Gatward enclosed. Certified Copy No 0716 of 1290 Signed. Very Few additionally Signed.