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MISCELLANEOUS
FIRST DAY COVERS
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HANDLEY PAGE O/400
60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FORMATION OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE - 1st April 1918
These covers were flown by No. 70 Squadron,
in a Hercules C. Mk. 1 - No. XV181 on Exercise
'Large Pole'. This was to deploy the Royal Military
Academy, Sandhurst, to Kenya, and recover 3 Field
Sqn.
Cover painting:
Handley Page O/400 of the Independent Force attacking railway communications at Metz - Sabion, 16th September 1918.
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HANDLEY PAGE HAMPDEN
FIRST VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO A PILOT OF BOMBER COMMAND
12/13 August 1940
This cover was flown by courtesy of Air UK Ltd.,
in a Handley Page Herald on 21st October 1982.
Herald - G-APWJ
Route: Southampton-Jersey. Flight time: 45 mins.
Jersey-Southampton. Flight time: 35 mins.
Cover painting:
Flt. Lt. R.A.B. Learoyd, flying Hampden P4403, 49
Squadron, bombing an aqueduct of the Dortmund -
Ems Canal, 12th August 1940.
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