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Escape from Greece cover Signed Wg Cdr E A Howell POW and 6 Greek SOE WW2 ES20c. ES20c Escape from Greece Signed by Wg Cdr E.A. Howell POW & 6 Greek people escaped. 15 V 78 Aohmai CDS ( Greece ) Escape from Greece. Cover depicts fishing boat and Greek coastline, RAFES badge and ancient Greek helmet. The campaign which led to the Germans occupation of Greece in 1941 resulted in many airman evaders either being shot down or forced to leave their airfields as the Germans advanced. Help came from the Greek people, but few managed by sea either to Turkey or to North Africa. Flown As ES20c but Personally Signed by Wg Cdr E.A. Howell OBE. DFC B.Sc. OC 33 Squadron Hurricane shot - down over Crete, held as a POW in Dulag 183 Solonika who although injured escaped and with the help of the Greek people escaped by sea to Turkey and Mrs Sandra Poumpoura MBE, Greek Red Cross worker who helped many evaders in Athens, S Kitsos who helped Wg Cdr Howell and A Neslihanidis, A Zafiropoulos, D Karapas, and Mrs T Samara , all of whom helped RAF aircrews to evade capture. With Greek 2300 Xponia 7 DR stamp, Blacknames cachet , green flight cachet on reverse, 3 backstamps and photograph of Wg Cdr Howell and full details of signatures of above. Good condition Est.