STAMPS - GREAT BRITAIN - FORMATION OF THE ' DAM - BUSTERS ' 617 SQUADRON 1970 (SIGNED)
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:10920084 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom |
| Year of Issue: 19710 | Topic: Aviation |
GREAT BRITAIN - EVENT COVER COMMEMORATING THE FORMATION OF THE 'DAM-BUSTERS' 617 SQUADRON ROYAL AIR FORCE 1943-1970 WITH POSTMARK DATED 3RD DECEMBER 1970. FLOWN COPY (IN AVRO LANCASTER MK. 1 PA 474 - THE LAST REMAINING IN R.A.F. SERVICE) SIGNED BY OBERST WERNER STREIB (GERMAN NIGHT FIGHTER ACE WITH 68 VICTORIES – 1 IN THE DAYTIME – FROMAROUND 150 MISSIONS ALL ON THE WESTERN FRONT AND DEFENCE OF THE REICHOPERATIONS. WITH ZG 1 AT... OUTBREAK OF WAR WHICH BECAME NJG 1. FOUGHT IN THEBATTLE OF BRITAIN AND BECAME COMMANDER NJG 1 IN 1943. IN 1944 HE BECAMEINSPECTOR OF NIGHT FIGHTERS AND WAS THE FIRST NIGHT FIGHTER PILOT TO RECEIVE THERITTERKREUZ), MAJOR RUDOLF SCHOENERT (GERMAN NIGHT FIGHTER ACE. ORIGINALLY IN THE NAVY HE TRANSFERRED TO THELUFTWAFFE IN 1941 WITH NJG 1. INSTIGATOR OF UPWARD FIRING ARMAMENT (SCHRAGEMUZIK). 65 VICTORIES IN 376 COMBAT MISSIONS INCLUDING 35 SOVIET AIRCRAFT ON THEEASTERN FRONT), MAJOR WILHELM HERGET (GERMAN FIGHTER ACE WITH 73 VICTORIES – 15 DAYTIME, 58 NIGHT TIME –INOVER 700 MISSIONS MAINLY ON THE WESTERN FRONT AGAINST THE RAF DURING DEFENCE OFTHE REICH OPERATIONS. SERVED WITH NJG 1, NJG 3 AND NJG 4 AND FOUGHT IN POLAND, BATTLE OF FRANCE AND THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN. TRANSFERRED TO NIGHT FIGHTEROPERATIONS AND ON 20-21/12/1943 WAS CREDITED WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF 5 HALIFAXBOMBERS AND 3 LANCASTER BOMBERS IN 45 MINUTES) AND OBERFELDWEBEL GUNTHER BAHR (GERMAN NIGHT FIGHTER ACE WITH 37 VICTORIES IN OVER 90 MISSIONS. 34 OFTHESE AT NIGHT, ALL 4-ENGINE BOMBERS INCLUDING 7 ON 21/22 FEB 1944). COMPLETE WITH RELATED PHOTOGRAPHS. SUPERFICIAL SURFACE SOILING AND EDGE/CORNER RUBBING WEAR - SEE LISTING IMAGES.
