Bidspirit auction | WW2 RARE Battle of Britain

WW2 RARE Battle of Britain pilot John Haviland 151 sqn multi signed 1965 FDC. Also signed by Gerald Edge label fixed to cover, Geoffrey Page, Peter Else 610 sqn, John Peel 145 sqn. John Kenneth Haviland flew with No. 151 Squadron, Royal Air Force, during the Battle of Britain. ”Ken” was the only American-born pilot to both see combat in the Battle of Britain and survive WWII. After the war, Haviland continued his education, earning a degree in mechanical engineering at London University and, later, a PhD in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at MIT. He joined the University of Virginia faculty in 1967, teaching first in the Hampton Roads area and then in Charlottesville over his 24 year career as a Professor of Aerospace Engineering. Dr. Haviland died in 2002.