Thomas Prickett DFC Battle Of The Ruhr WW2 Benham Hand Signed FDC

STB013 This is stunning Benham collectors official limited Battle Of The Ruhr first day cover hand signed by Sir Thomas Prickett where the signature rests perfectly accompanying the special hand commemorative franks.  This comes with full lifetime COA as the signing has been officially certified by the publishers with full hallmarking and authenticity of the series further detailed in absolute brand new mint condition. You wont source better.

Sir Thomas Prickett was a Royal Air Force bomber pilot in the Second World War and a senior commander in the 1950s and 1960s. He was chief of staff to the air commander, Air Marshal Denis Barnett, for Operation Musketeer (the Anglo-French-Israeli plan for the invasion of Egypt to capture the Suez Canal during the Suez Crisis). He joined the Royal Air Force in 1937. He served in the Second World War initially as a pilot with No. 148 Squadron flying Wellington bombers and latterly as a flight commander with No. 103 Squadron flying Lancaster bombers. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order following a very successful bombing raid on the Peenemünde Army Research Center.