First Light - Battle of Britain July
1940
by Philip E. West
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Another busy start to the day at Biggin Hill in the summer of 1940. The Battle of Britain is at its height and 92 Squadron Spitfires with Geoffrey Wellum in ‘G’ for George, depart under early morning sunlight to engage a mass of incoming enemy aircraft over the southeast coast. By the end of 1940 the Squadron was credited with having destroyed 127 German aircraft. Approx. Overall print size 26" x 16"
Edition size: 150 - Primary Edition - £125 Orders from outside the European Union are free of VAT Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC joined the RAF with
a Short Service Commission in August 1939. He joined no 92 Squadron flying
Spitfires in June 1940 at the time of Dunkirk . He flew throughout the
Battle of Britain, later completing over 50 fighter sweeps and escorts
over northern France and Belgium until August 1941. He then joined 65
Squadron as Flight Commander in March 1942 operating over northern France
and flew off Aircraft Carrier Furious on operation Pedestal, to Malta.
(Geoff was a Flt. Lt. during “Operation Pedestal”) He returned
to the UK as a test pilot Gloster Aircraft and finished the war as a Pilot
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