THOSE VALIANT FEW - Framed Collectors Piece
by Robert Taylor
'Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few'
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 20th August 1940
The Battle of Britain is remembered as one of the greatest aerial conflicts in aviation history. Despite being fiercely outnumbered, the valiant young pilots of RAF Fighter Command duelled with the cream of Goering's Luftwaffe over the skies of southern England. By the end of September the battle was won; but many had made the ultimate sacrifice.
Signed over many years and officially published in 2008 as a tribute to all those who flew during the battle, this outstanding print edition sold out immediately and has since become extremely hot property on the secondary market.
Our expert framing team have mounted this special copy to full conservation standards to create a completely unique collector's piece, by including the original autographs of some of the most famous names of RAF Fighter Command AND the Prime Minister himself, Sir Winston Churchill!
The full list of FIFTY-NINE signatures reads:
- Sir Winston Churchill KG OM CH TD DL FRS RA
- Air Chief Marshal Sir HUGH DOWDING GCB, GCVO, CMG
- Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park GCB KBE MC* DFC
- Squadron Leader Percival Beake DFC
- Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Bent DFC
- Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE DSO DFC*
- Flight Lieutenant Bernard Brown
- Squadron Leader Maurice Brown
- Flight Lieutenant Owen Burns
- Flight Lieutenant Joseph Chamberlin
- Flight Lieutenant William J. Corbin DFC
- Flight Lieutenant Michael E Croskell
- Wing Commander Bob Doe DSO DFC*
- Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC*
- Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC
- Squadron Leader Stanley Duff
- Wing Commander Peter Dunning-White DFC
- Flight Lieutenant Eric Edmunds
- Wing Commander John 'Tim' Elkington
- Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC*
- Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC
- Squadron Leader Charles Frizell
- Flight Lieutenant Trevor Gray
- Flight Lieutenant William James 'Bill' Green
- Flight Lieutenant Albert Gregory
- Group Captain Richard Haine
- Flight Lieutenant Peter Hairs
- Squadron Leader Norman Hancock
- Sergeant Leopold Heimes
- Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC AE
- Flight Lieutenant Richard Jones
- Wing Commander Terence Kane
- Flight Sergeant John Keatings
- Squadron Leader Raymond Kellow
- Squadron Leader Robert Kings
- Flight Lieutenant Keith Lawrence DFC
- Flight Lieutenant Robin Lucas
- Squadron Leader Kenneth Lusty
- Wing Commander Ken Mackenzie
- Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC* AFC AE
- Squadron Leader Doug Nicholls
- Flight Lieutenant Reginald Nutter
- Squadron Leader Tony Pickering AFC
- Group Captain Herbert Pinfold
- Wing Commander Jack Rose CMG MBE DFC
- Wing Commander Richard 'Dickie' Summers AFM OBE
- Wing Commander George Swanwick
- Wing Commander Thomas Thomson
- Squadron Leader Michael Wainwright AFC
- Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC
- Flying Officer Kenneth Wilkinson
- Flight Lieutenant Alexander Appleford
- Wing Commander Bob Stanford-Tuck DSO DFC**
- Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO OBE DFC*
- Group Captain Frank Carey CBE DFC** AFC DFM
- Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson CB CBE DSO** DFC*
- Air Commodore Alan Deere DSO OBE DFC*
- Wing Commander Geoffrey Page DSO OBE DFC*
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