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WW2 RAF Fylingdales cover Special Signed by Air Vice Marshal Ivor Broom ( AOC No 11 group and General Ingelido USAF commander 14th Aerospace Force During World War II, he flew 195 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations in British Spitfires and U.S. P-39 and P-47 fighter aircraft. From June 1942 to June 1945, while commanding the 2nd and 412th Fighter Squadrons and the 373rd Fighter Group, he destroyed 22 German aircraft - 12 in the air and 10 on the ground. Shortly after the Allied invasion in June 1944, he led his group in three dive-bombing attacks on German fortifications at Brest, France. After leading the first squadron of P-47 Thunderbolts in the initial attack, General Ingelido, his aircraft damaged, stayed in the area to lead the dive-bombing attacks of two other squadrons when they were unable to locate the primary target through the smoking ruins. For his devotion to duty at great risk to his own life, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. Good condition Est.