20 Nov 72 BFPS 1305 Silver Wedding 3p and 20p stamps Signed H J Wilson FDC. 20 Nov 72 BFPS 1305 Special Postmark on ...

20 Nov 72 BFPS 1305 Silver Wedding 3p and 20p stamps Signed H J Wilson FDC. 20 Nov 72 BFPS 1305 Special Postmark on Silver Wedding 3p and 20p stamps. Opening of the Royal Air Force Museum at RAF Hendon First Day Cover flown by the examining Wing of the Central Flying School, RAF Little Rissington over the original course used by the 1st Jet A/C to set the World High Speed Record. Herne Bay Pier to Reculver Point. World Record Flight Pilot Gp Capt H J Wilson CBE AFC A/C Meteor 1V - EE454. Date 7th November 1945 Speed 975. 675 k. p. h. - 606. 262 M. P. H. HT 250. Personally Signed World Record Flight Pilot Gp Capt H J Wilson CBE AFC (28 May 1908 - 5 September 1990),. He served as the RAF 's main chief test pilot for captured enemy aircraft in World War 11 and in November 1945 was the first man to exceed 600 miles per hour (970 km/h), flying a Gloster Meteor jet fighter. On 13 September 1929, Wilson joined the RAF within the General Duties Branch on a short service commission. He trained at the No. 5 Flight Training School and was later posted to 111 Sqn. Exactly five years after joining the RAF in 1934 he was placed on the Reserve of Air Force Officers. Whilst on this reserve list he passed a conversion course on flying boats and also passed as a flying instructor. In the mid-1930s he worked as a test pilot for Blackburn Aircraft and was, in 1938, the first to fly the Blackburn Roc. He later worked at the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough as a civil test pilot. Recalled to active service with the RAF in 1939, Wilson was the Commanding Officer of the Aerodynamic Flight of the RAE at RAF Farnborough. Between 1941 and the end of the war Wilson was the RAF's main test pilot on all captured enemy aircraft. Flying these aircraft from RAF Farnborough (they had been repainted with RAF roundels), Wilson would evaluate their handling and performance. After a short period working in America as a test pilot, Wilson joined 616 Sqn in 1944 to train pilots on Britain's first jet fighter, the Gloster Meteor. He subsequently became Officer Commanding of the Empire Test Pilots School at RAF Cranfield. Good condition Est.