Bidspirit auction | WW2 RARE Ronnie C Hay

WW2 RARE Ronnie C Hay Battle of Britain signed RAF cover Liberation of Borneo. JS45/13c. 30 6 95 BFPS 2453 50th Anniversary World War 11 Liberation of Borneo Special Postmark. Liberation of Borneo 30 June 1945. Cover depicts Troops of the Australian 9th division take Tarakan Island, The Australian 9th division going ashore in North Borneo 10 June 1945 and Australian infantry & Matilda Tanks prepare to attack enemy defences 12 June 1945. Personally Signed.by Lieut. CoL .R.C.Hay DSO DFC RM Air Group Commander British Pacific Fleet- December 1944- June 1945. Battle of Britain fighter pilot. Certified Copy of 500. Ronald Cuthbert Hay, DSO, DSC & Bar (4 October 1916 - 22 November 2001) was a British naval aviator and the only Royal Marine fighter ace.[1] He joined the Royal Marines in 1935 and then served as an aviator with the Fleet Air Arm. In 1940 he joined 801 Naval Air Squadron flying the two seater Blackburn Skua on HMS Ark Royal for the Norwegian campaign, claiming his first victory on his first operational flight. He took part in operations covering the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the Dunkirk beaches. Flying the Fairey Fulmar, he joined 808 Naval Air Squadron during the Battle of Britain. In 1944 Hay became wing leader of the 47th Naval Fighter Wing, flying the Vought F4U Corsair aboard HMS Victorious in the Far East. He led the wing during many of the major British air attacks on the Japanese in Sumatra. By the end of the war he had claimed four aircraft destroyed solo and nine shared destroyed.[2] After the war he transferred to the Royal Navy, reaching the rank of commander before retiring in 1966. Good condition Est.