WWII RAF Battle Of Britain Spitfire Fighter Pilot F/L Ron Smyth DFC Signed
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:15888348 | Modified Item: No |
| Sub-Type: BATTLE OF BRITAIN | Type: Military |
| Object: SIGNED BOOKPLATE |
You are looking at a small bookplate with the original autograph of the following late great Battle of Britain RAF fighter pilot:
Flight Lieutenant Ron Smyth DFC:
Joined the RAFVR on 8th May 1939 as a Pilot he was called up at the start of WWII, after finishing his training and converting to Blenheims he joined 25 Squadron on 19th August 1940. Two days later he was posted to 111 Squadron at Debden. He returned to 5 OTU to convert to Hurricanes after which he rejoined 111 squad...ron, then at Drem, on 19th September. He joined 249 Squadron on 2nd October and then 615 Squadron on 19th November. He went to CFS Upavon on 8th May 1941 for an instructors course.
On 13th June he joined the staff at 9 FTS Hullavington and was commissioned in August. In October he was posted to 1 Glider Training Squadron at Thame, a newly-formed Development Unit, allied to the Airborne Forces to train instructors and Army pilots to fly Hotspur gliders. He instructed, as a Flight Commander, at 1 Glider Training School, Croughton until April 1943.
He then joined 3 School of General Reconnaissance at Squires Gate, under Coastal Command, qualified for his 2nd Class Air Navigators License and moved to 8 OTU Dyce on 22nd June 1943 for photographic-reconnaissance training on Spitfires.
He was posted to the Benson PRU in September and after returning from a trip to Tunis he joined 541 (PR) Squadron on 15th December. He was C/O of the PRU in Gibraltar from 9th March to 12th September 1944, when the Unit returned to Benson. Awarded the DFC (gazetted 27th July 1945), he flew communications during July and August between London and Churchill at Biarritz and Atlee in Berlin, for the Potsdam Conference. He left 541 Squadron in September 1945 and his final flying duties were high-level meterological flights at Tain in October.
He was released from the RAF in January 1946.Passed away October 2017.
This bookplate / piece would look great mounted in any RAF Battle of Britain book.
Please note the small bookplate / piece is not attached to larger picture of Ron Smyth.
International bidders please note any item(s) purchased for over £20 must pay for and be posted by international signed for postage only.
Flight Lieutenant Ron Smyth DFC:
Joined the RAFVR on 8th May 1939 as a Pilot he was called up at the start of WWII, after finishing his training and converting to Blenheims he joined 25 Squadron on 19th August 1940. Two days later he was posted to 111 Squadron at Debden. He returned to 5 OTU to convert to Hurricanes after which he rejoined 111 squad...ron, then at Drem, on 19th September. He joined 249 Squadron on 2nd October and then 615 Squadron on 19th November. He went to CFS Upavon on 8th May 1941 for an instructors course.
On 13th June he joined the staff at 9 FTS Hullavington and was commissioned in August. In October he was posted to 1 Glider Training Squadron at Thame, a newly-formed Development Unit, allied to the Airborne Forces to train instructors and Army pilots to fly Hotspur gliders. He instructed, as a Flight Commander, at 1 Glider Training School, Croughton until April 1943.
He then joined 3 School of General Reconnaissance at Squires Gate, under Coastal Command, qualified for his 2nd Class Air Navigators License and moved to 8 OTU Dyce on 22nd June 1943 for photographic-reconnaissance training on Spitfires.
He was posted to the Benson PRU in September and after returning from a trip to Tunis he joined 541 (PR) Squadron on 15th December. He was C/O of the PRU in Gibraltar from 9th March to 12th September 1944, when the Unit returned to Benson. Awarded the DFC (gazetted 27th July 1945), he flew communications during July and August between London and Churchill at Biarritz and Atlee in Berlin, for the Potsdam Conference. He left 541 Squadron in September 1945 and his final flying duties were high-level meterological flights at Tain in October.
He was released from the RAF in January 1946.Passed away October 2017.
This bookplate / piece would look great mounted in any RAF Battle of Britain book.
Please note the small bookplate / piece is not attached to larger picture of Ron Smyth.
International bidders please note any item(s) purchased for over £20 must pay for and be posted by international signed for postage only.
