Bidspirit auction | WW2 Battle Britain Grp Capt

WW2 Battle Britain Grp Capt Bisdee DFC signed RAF Concorde flown cover Alamein. 23 Oct 92 BFPS 2312 50th Anniversary of the Battle of El Alamein. Two flown backstamp Concorde cachets Flown in Concorde from Luxor to Cairo BA Concorde G BOAG flight time 41 mins max speed Mach 0. 94 Captain Ian MacNeely. And flown West of Mersa Matruh - Alexandria and Al Alamein. Special cover showing Hurricane 110 of No. 6 Sqn. with 40mm anti-tank guns Battle of El Alamein 1942. Eighth Army Veterans Association. RARE only 50 issued. John Bisdee, OBE, DFC (20 November 1915 - 21 October 2000) was a British flying ace who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was credited with having shot down at least ten aircraft. Born in Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset, Bisdee was working for Unilever when he was called up for service in the RAF on the outbreak of the Second World War. Posted to No. 609 Squadron, he flew in the Battle of Britain and achieved a number of aerial victories during this time. He later was involved in the RAF's Circus offensive and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross just before being assigned to instructing duties. He appeared in the 1942 film The First of the Few before being sent to Malta as commander of No. 601 Squadron. After a period of service on the island, the squadron went to North Africa where it was involved in the campaign in the Western Desert. In 1943 he was appointed the Military Governor of Lampedusa. The majority of the remainder of his war service was spent in training and as commander of No. 323 Wing in Italy. Made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in June 1945, he was released from the RAF later that year as a group captain. In the postwar period he resumed working for Unilever and later became chairman of one of its subsidiaries. Retiring in 1976, he died on 21 October 2000, aged 84. 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