Bidspirit auction | Award Victoria Cross to Airmen

Award Victoria Cross to Airmen flown RAF cover DM3bA Signed Pilot 15p Jersey Heraldry Stamp. 15 Aug 84 Commemorating The First Award of the Victoria Cross to Airmen Jersey Special Postmark on 15p Jersey Heraldry Stamp. The Award of the Victoria Cross to Airmen. Cover depicts 617 Squadron Avro Whitley for Gp Capt ( Lord ) Cheshire VC 8 Sep 1944, 210 Squadron Consolidated Catalina Flying Boat for Flt Lt j. A. Cruickshank VC 1 Sep 1944, 106 Sqn Avro Lancaster for Warrant Officer N. C. Jackson VC 26 Oct 1945, 49 Sqn HP Hampden for Wg Cdr R. A. B. Learoyd VC 20 Aug 1940, 61 Sqn Avro Lancaster for Wg Cdr W. Reid VC 14 Dec 1943, 487 ( New Zealand ) Sqn Lockheed Ventura for Gp Capt L. H. Trent VC 1 Mar 1946 and 8 Sqn Armstrong Whitworth FK8 C8594 for Air Cdre F. M. F. West VC 8 Nov 1918. Brown Flown cachet flown in XV 103 a VC 10 of No 10 Sqn dedicated to the memory of Major Edward Mannock VC DSO MC of 85 Sqn RAF. This aircraft flew London to Moscow on 13 Feb 1984 with Prime Minister M Thatcher aboard when she attended the funeral of the Soviet President Mr Andropov. Personally Signed by the Pilot Wg Cdr G Bunn. . Good condition Est.