WW2 50/40/5c 50th Anniv of the fall of France cover signed 2 involved. D Lang and G Skelton. 22 Jun 90 BFPS 2231 ...

WW2 50/40/5c 50th Anniv of the fall of France cover signed 2 involved. D Lang and G Skelton. 22 Jun 90 BFPS 2231 50th Anniversary of the fall of France. On the reverse red flown cachet flown in Twin Piper Apache from Biggin Hill to Le Touquet via West Malling and Dover, then on to St Valery en Caux and over the area where the French Tenth Army and some British Forces fought a desperate rearguard action from 10th until 12th June 1940 when the British 51st Highland Division was Captured. Then returned to Biggin Hill Via Dover. Fall of France 14 - 21 June. Picture cachet of Operation Catapult Mers El Kebir 1 July 1940, SS Lancastria sunk by Ju 87 oss ST Nazaire 17 June 1940 and German troops march past the Etoile at the head of the Champs Elysees. 14 June 1940. Personally Signed. Lieutenant General Sir Derek Lang KCB DSO MC DL. Captain D Lang, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders on active service in France throughout the final campaign and Gordon Skelton Private G Skelton Sherwood Forsters survivor of Lancastria which was sunk by German bombers off St Nazaire on 16th June 1940 with a loss of more than 3,000 lives. Honorary Secretary of H M T Lancastria Association. Certified Copy No 0357 of 970 Signed Gp Capt W S O Randle WW11 Wellington Pilot. JS50 series official 50th ann RAF flown cover. Good condition. All autographs 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 £9.99