Description: P&P11d Belfast Air Vice Marshal J D Spottiswood WW11 pilot Air Vice Marshal D Whittaker 21.7.98 - Belfast. Belfast Flown in Hercules of No 30 Sqn Personally Signed by Air Vice Marshal J D Spottiswood CB CVO AFC MA & Air Vice Marshal D Whittaker CB MBE Air Vice Marshal J D Spottiswood was a senior commander in the RAF. He fought in the WW11 as a flying boat pilot and then as a coastal reconnaissance squadron commander during Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. He served as a station commander in the late 1940s and early 1950s before becoming a senior air commander in the late 1950s. As the Chief of the Air Staff in the early 1970s he had a major role in implementing the defence savings demanded by the Heath Government in the face of economic difficulties at the time. Air Vice Marshal D Whittaker joined the Royal Air Force as a National Serviceman in 1951 and trained as a pilot. On completion of training he spent the next ten years flying Day Fighter and Fighter/Ground Attack aircraft on squadrons in both the UK and Germany. After service with Headquarters 38 Group he spent two and a half years on the staff of Headquarters 24 Brigade in East Africa and Aden. Certified Copy No 0499 of 500. The Cover is in Very Good Condition post and Packing reduction for multiple purchasesPlease see other items and check feedback for quality of serviceMember Philatelic Trades Society PTS
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