Bidspirit auction | WW11 50/44/12c Operation Market Garden

WW11 50/44/12c Operation Market Garden Battle of Arnhem Signed John Hackett. 17 Sep 94 BFPS 2407 Operation Market Garden 50th Anniversary Operation Market Garden. Cover depicts Glider and parachute landings on the Ginkel Heide, Arnhem. 17th September 1944 with Victoria Cross Medal and 5 pictures of winners of the Victoria Cross. L Sgt D Baskeyfield 2 S Staffs, Flt Lt D S Lord DFC 271 Sqn RAF, Lt J H Grayburn 2 Para, Capt L E Querpel 10 Para and Maj R H Cain 2 S Staffs. On the reverse red Flown cachet Flown in DC3 Dakota ZA 947 of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Then the covers were then parachuted on the Ginkel Heath DZ on Saturday 17 Sep 94, the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem by Major Seeking of RHQ PARA. Personally Signed by General Sir John Hackett G. C. B. , CBE. , D. S. O. , M. C. when he took part in the disastrous parachute landing on Arnhem in Holland, where the Germans were waiting. On the day before the survivors of the 1st Airborne Division were pulled out of Arnhem, Hackett was severely injured internally by a shell splinter. He was taken to a German military hospital and operated on by a captured Allied surgeon, but was regarded as a hopeless case and marked down for kindly hypodermic euthanasia. On the first day he sat up to eat, a member of the Resistance told him that unless he could walk out in the next 15 minutes, he might not be able to get out at all. He escaped with his head in blood-soaked bandages to suggest a civilian air-raid casualty, and was hidden by a Dutch family at risk to their lives. Later, he escaped by bicycle to freedom, his skill at languages enabling him to pass challenges from guards en route. Enclosed detailed inserts cards. Certified Copy Signed by Colonel K Coates Airborne Forces Appeal. Single Vendor signed RAF cover collection. 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