Auction 134
Autograph Auction Military TV Film Music Historic Space Photos Books Sport Prints
By Chaucer Auctions
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May 24, 2023
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 36:
Viscount Portal of Hungerford signed RAF Benson flown cover. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick ...
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Sold for: £55
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Buyer's Premium: 22.95%
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Viscount Portal of Hungerford signed RAF Benson flown cover. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL (21 May 1893 - 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War and rose to become first a flight commander and then a squadron commander, flying light bombers on the Western Front. In the early stages of the Second World War he was commander-in-chief of Bomber Command. He was an advocate of strategic area bombing against German industrial areas and viewed it as a war winning strategy. In October 1940 he was made Chief of the Air Staff and remained in this post for the rest of the war. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10.
