1968 RAF 50th Anniversary Signed Sir Douglas Bader FDC Cover Spitfire
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Rarely offered Cover from one of the main players from WWII and AfterFrom Wikipedia...... Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader ( pron.: / ˈ bɑː dər /), CBE , DSO & Bar , DFC & Bar , FRAeS , DL (21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter ace during the Second World War . He was credited with 20 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged. [1 ][ 2] Bader joined the RAF in 1928, and was commissioned in 1930. In December 1931, while attempting some aerobatics , he crashed and lost both his legs. Having been on the brink of death, he recovered, retook flight training, passed his check flights and then requested reactivation as a pilot. Although there were no regulations applicable to his situation, he was retired on medical grounds. [3 ] After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, Bader returned to the RAF and was accepted as a pilot. He scored his first victories over Dunkirk during the Battle of France in 1940. He then took part in the Battle of Britain and became a friend and supporter of Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his " Big Wing " experiments.In August 1941, Bader bailed out over German-occupied France and was captured. Soon afterward, he met and befriended Adolf Galland , a prominent German fighter
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