Auction 523 Autograph Auction Victoria Cross winners, RAF Bomber Aces, Navy, Battle of Britain, Military signed covers

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Jun 19, 2026

Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ

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LOT 64:

Atom Bomb Lord Penney OM KBE & Grp. Cpt Hubbard OBE DFC RAF Vickers Valiant Bomber Cover. 1982 RAF Bomber Series ...

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Sold for: £20

Price including buyer’s premium: £ 24.19

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£ 6

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Auction took place on Jun 19, 2026 at Chaucer Auctions

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Atom Bomb Lord Penney OM KBE & Grp. Cpt Hubbard OBE DFC RAF Vickers Valiant Bomber Cover. 1982 RAF Bomber Series B41c Signed Cover. Vickers Valiant B1. 25th Anniversary of Operation Grapple. William George Penney, Baron Penney, OM, KBE, FRS, FRSE (24 June 1909 - 3 March 1991) was an English mathematician and professor of mathematical physics at the Imperial College London and later the rector of Imperial College London. He had a leading role in the development of High Explosive Research, Britain's clandestine nuclear programme that started in 1942 during the Second World War which produced the first British atomic bomb in 1952. . Good condition Est.