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ES16c ACM Sir Basil Embry 30th Anniv EscapingSociety Signed 3 Evaders
15 Sep 76BFPS 1547 30th Anniversary Royal Air Force Escaping Society. Cover depicts AirChief Marshal Sir Basil E Embry in a Blenheim 4 leading 107 Squadron over Pasde Calais in May 1940, RAFES badge and 12th Region Militaire logo.. In 1940 ACMSir Basil Embry, then a Wing Commander & OC 107 Squadron, was shot down ina Blenheim near St Omer in France. Sir Basil Embry and his navigator Wg Cdr (then Plty Off)whiting survived the crash and were taken prisoner.Wg Cdr Whitingremained a POW in various camps including Stalag Luft 111 Zagen ( The GreatEscape Camp ) until released in 1945. Sir Basil Embry was interrogated by GenGuderian, two days later he escaped and with the help of the French people madehis way through the Pyrenees to Spainand Gibraltar. As Air Officer Commanding 2Group he was responsible for the famous Mosquito raids on Gestapo prisons andunder the alias of 'Wg Cdr Smith flew on the epic raidon Shell Mex HouseCopenhagen. Cover flown in a Mosquito from Hatfield to Hawarden. It was in an aircraftof this type that Sir Basil Embry flew.
PersonallySigned by Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB,CBE,DSO,DFC shot downover France managed to rejoin his Squadron later Commanding Officer of 161 and357 Squadron ,and
Air ChiefMarshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw - Chapman, GCB,KBE,DFC,AFC Vice President of the RAF Escaping Society &10 Squadron Pilot in 1918 actually airborne over France at the time of the WW1Armistice at 11am on 11 November 1918, who as an Air Commodore in 1944 flew hisonly WW2 sortie over France in a Lancaster was shot down, evaded for 5 weekswith the help of the French and then arrested and held by the Gestapo untilLiberated by the Allies in 1945 ,also by
Mr W BrazilDFM Navigator onWellington 150 Sqn shot down and baledout walking for 10 days until he found a village that offered him shelter.After six weeks recuperation from a broken leg got to Gibralter with the helpof the resistance and flew back to England. Details enclosed.Certified Copy No322 of 1017 Signed.
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