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Great War F M F West VC signed cover B9c 1st Military Operations 1 Oct 1922 by RAF . 15 Oct 82 Jersey 60th Anniv 1st Air Control Operation Special Postmark. Cover depicts 8 Sqn DH9s supported by 1 Squadron Sopwith Snipes in air policing action 1924. Flown in Shackleton AEW Mk2 No WL 756 on a low level sortie over the North Sea. Using the APS 20 ( F ) radar carried out practice interceptions against fighters from Wattisham. Binbrook and Wyton and re flown in Hawker Hind G AENP of the Shuttleworth Collection. Personally Signed by Air Commodore F. M. F. West VC. CBE. MC. Won his Victoria Cross as Captain with No 8 Squadron with the Royal Flying Corps in 1918 in France. Details and photo enclosed. Good condition Est.