Bidspirit auction | Great War F M F

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. Part of Single Vendor collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide.