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BOB pilot Sqn Ldr L A Thorogood DFC AE 87(F) Sqn signed RAF Flown Christmas 1992 Hurricanes of No 232(F) Sqn Elgin, Scotland, Winter 1940 cover signed BOB pilot Sqn Ldr L A Thorogood DFC AE 87(F) Sqn June 1940 WW2 FDC. Rare cover one of only 50 flown by Concorde. Joining 87 Squadron on June 14th, 1940, Laurence Thorogood was thrown straight into the Battle of Britain, destroying a Ju88 on 25th August. Commissioned in 1941 he then was posted to India and remained in the Far East until the end of the war. He served with No 9 Sqn Indian Air Force (Hurricane IIc) and 67 Sqn RAF (Spitfire VIII) in the campaign down the Arakan Coast. Staying in the RAF after the war, he served in Singapore and Sumatra with 155 Sqn before converting to Vampires on 130 Sqn, after two years instructing on Oxfords at Middle Wallop, we was Adjutant with 615 Sqn, Biggin Hill before moving to Germany in 1951 to fly Vampires with 118 and 94 Sqns. He served on the Thor missile system before finishing his career as a civilian in Whitehall. Sadly Laurence Thorogood passed away in December 2005. . Good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.