April 5, 2024
VINTAGE MILITARY 2nd TACTICAL AIR FORCE V.E. DAY 1945 LEAFLET
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THIS IS A VINTAGE MILITARY V.E. DAY MAY 1945 LEAFLET. SHOWING ON THE FRONT FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS COMING OUT OF A SWASTICA VICTORY IN EUROPE ACROSS THE TOP. IN ONE CORNER IS 2ND TACTICAL AIR FORCE ROYAL AIR FORCE ""WE SAW THE POWERS OF DARKNESS PUT TO FLIGHT , WE SAW THE MORNING BREAK"" ON THE BACK IS PRINTED, THE FOLLOWING IS A PERSONAL MESSAGE TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF ALL MEMBERS OF 2nd T.A.F. FROM AIR MARSHAL SIR ARTHUR CONINGHAM AIR OFFICER COMMANDING - IN - CHIEF 2nd T.A.F. ""TO YOU, OUR RELATIONS AND FRIENDS GO OUR FIRST THOUGHTS OF GRATITUDE FOR THE VICTORY IN EUROPE, IT IS YOUR COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS THAT HAVE SUSTAINED US,"" SIGNED BY A CONINGHAM THE SECOND TACTICAL AIR FORCE WAS FORMED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE 1st JUNE 1943. IT TOOK PART IN THE AIR OPERATIONS OVER EUROPE WHICH PRECEDED THE INVASION OF THE CONTINENT. IT COMMENCED TO LAND ON D DAY THE 6th JUNE 1944 AND FOUGHT WITH 21 ARMY GROUP OVER FRANCE, BELGIUM HOLLAND AND INTO THE HEART OF GERMANY IN THE CAMPAIGN WHICH LIBERATED EUROPE FROM NAZIDOM.
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