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ES17a RAF EScape from New Britain COVER

ES17a RAF EScape from New Britain COVER

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ES17a RAF EScape from New Britain


Backstamp ROYAL AIR FORCES ESCAPING SOCIETY CHELSEA 15-6-77
Total Number Issued 8,960
RAFES S.C.17a Standard Cover (approximately 4,390)
RAFES S.C.17b AIR NIUGINI Cover flown only from Sydney to Port Moresby [approximately 1,490l
RAFES S.C.17c Signed by Captain of AIR NIUGINI Flight (2,100)
RAF ES S.C.17d Cover bearing a 30c Papua New Guinea "Shark snaring" commemorative stamp, flown by AIR NIUGINI  igned by AVM W.E. Townsend (980

numbered and certified]

Notes
1. The QANTAS covers were flown from London to Sydney in a Boeing 747.
2. AVM Townsend, than Wg Cdr OC No 22 Squadron was shot down during a raid over New Britain on 3 November 1943. Together with his Wireless Air Gunner,

Plt Off McClymont, they evadad the Japanese until finally evacuated by submarine in February 1944.

 

CONDITION: VERY GOOD FOR AGE

***** PLEASE DO LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER RAF COVERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THIS STORE**********

Price: £1.90

Product Code: ES17A

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