CIRCA 1941-1943  RAF CUFF LINKS ALSO IN PERFECT CONDITION.  A RARE FANCEY OF THE RAF OFFICER.  $165.00 THESE ARE THE "BATTLE OF BRITIAN" PILOTS AND ACES THIS IS A  11 1/2"w X 8 1/4"h PICTURE OF JOHNNIE J.E. JOHNSONS SPITFIRE AND WRITE-UP OF HIS SERVICE IN VARIOUS SQUADRONS. IT IS ON HEAVY STOCK PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE LEGENDARY HIGHEST SCORING BRITISH/RCAF ACE. His wartime record was 515 sorties flown, 34 aircraft claimed destroyed with a further 7 shared destroyed, 3 probable destroyed, 10 damaged, and one shared destroyed on the ground. All his kills were fighters.  $85.00 THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW ARE FROM A VERY GOOD FRIEND I HAVE KNOW FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. I HAVE AQUIRED SOME OF HIS COLLECTION, THAT LIKE ME,  HAS PAINSTAKENLEY & FAITHFULLY DEDICATED MUCH OF HIS TIME TRAVELING AROUND TO DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS TOO GATHER SIGNATURES OF ACES & PILOTS OF WWII. THIS IS A HAND WRITTEN LETTER FROM A BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT,  P/O JOHN R. GARDNER. HE FLEW IN 141 SQUADRON, THEIR MOTTO BEING: "WE STAY BY NIGHT".  DURING THE B.O.B. HE WAS SHOT DOWN SEVERAL TIMES AND PULLED OUT OF THE DRINK (THE CHANNEL) AND PICKED UP BY SEACRAFT.  P/O J.R. GARDNER PILOTED THE BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT, Mk1.  GARDNER WAS SHOT DOWN WHILE FLYING NIGHT PATROL ON JULY 19, 1940 IN A DEFIANT(L7016) BY A Bf-109 OF JG51 AND INJURED NEAR DOVER AT 12:45hrs. HIS GUNNER D.M. SLATTER WAS K.I.A.  IT ALSO COMES WITH 8 PAGES OF INFORMATION ON 141 SQD., THE SQUADRON "OPERATION RECORD BOOK" INFO AND PICTURE/INFO ON THE Mk1 DEFIANT.  $30.00SOLD CLIPPED SIGNED PAPER OF P/O JOHN R. GARDNER ALONG WITH A SMALL WARTIME PICTURE OF HIM. THIS ALSO COMES WITH 8 PAGES OF INFORMATION ON 141 SQD., THE SQUADRON "OPERATION RECORD BOOK" INFO AND PICTURE/INFO ON THE Mk1 DEFIANT.  $30.00 SIGNED HAND WRITTEN LETTER AND WAR TIME PHOTO SIGNED ON BACK OF PICTURE   3 1/2"w X 2 1/4"h  BOTH SIGNED BY BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT, NORMAN ASPINALL WHO SERVED AND FLEW IN 313 SQUADRON. THE SQUADRON WAS A MIXTURE OF BOTH BRITISH AND CZECH PILOTS.  $30.00 SIGNED P-51 MUSTANG FROM 234 SQUADRON POST CARD. BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT, POLISH P/O JANUSZ ZURAKOWSKI WAS CREDITED WITH  3 VICTORIES DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN, CREDITED WITH 4 VICTORIES AND SHARED IN MANY OTHERS. HE WENT ON TO HAVE A DISTINGUISHED CAREER AS A TEST PILOT AFTER THE WAR. IN 1940 HE JOINED THE 234 SQUADRON, THEN POSTED TO 609 SQUADRON IN EARLY OCTOBER 1940. HE THEN TRANSFERED TO THE POLISH 315 SQUADRON. APRIL OF 1942 HE BECAME COMMANDER WITH 306 SQUADON AND IN JUNE WAS APPOINTED TO COMMAND 316 SQUADRON, HE WAS LATER APPOINTED DEPUTY LEADER OF THE NORTHOLT WING. FOR HIS WARTIME SERVICE AWARDED THE POLISH VIRTUTI MILITARI AND THE POLISH CROSS OF VALOUR. AFTER THE WAR HE JOINED GLOSTER AIRCRAFT AS A TEST PILOT FLYING MANY NEW AIRCRAFT AND DEVELOPED THE "ZURABATIC CARTWHEEL" MANOEUVRE IN THE METEOR JET. IN 1952 HE EMIGRATED TO CANADA AND JOINED AVRO CANADA AS CHIEF TEST PILOT.  ZURAKOWSKI PASSED AWAY IN 2004 AT THE AGE OF 89.  THE POST CARD IS SIGNED ON THE BACK AND COMES WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS BOTH IN WWII AND AS A TEST PILOT.  $75.00SOLD SIGNED LETTER BY BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT, P/O PAUL B. PITCHER. HE FLEW THE HAWKER HURRICANE Mk1 AND WAS CREDITED WITH  1 VICTORY IN THE B.O.B., ALSO DAMAGING SEVERAL OTHERS. HE TOOK COMMAND OF THE SQUADRON FROM DECEMBER UNTIL MARCH. UNUSUALLY, HE WAS DISCHARGED DURING THE WAR, ON THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER 1944, AS A WING COMMANDER.  HE STARTED OUT IN  1 SQUADRON WHICH SOON BECAME 401 SQUADRON RCAF ON MARCH 1, 1941. COMES WITH INFO ON 401 SQUADRON & ON HIM. $30.00SOLD SIGNED PAPER 5"X3" BY BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT, P/O PAUL B. PITCHER 1/401 SQUADRON. COMES WITH INFO ON 401 SQUADRON & ON HIM. $30.00 SIGNED LETTER BY BATTLE OF BRITIAN  ACE  CZECH PILOT, FLIGHT LT. LADISLAV SVETLIK.  HE JOINED THE CZECH 312 SQUADRON IN THE LATTER STAGES OF THE B.O.B. BUT WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE  5 VICTORIES WHILE FLY SERVERAL TYPES OF FIGHTERS; HAWKER HURRICANE Mk I, II & III, SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE Mk II, V, & IX, PLUS LATER FLEW VICKERS WELLINGTON'S Mk X & XIII. COMES WITH A WRITE-UP ON HIM.  $75.00 SIGNED PHOTO ON FRONT AND BACK OF PICTURE, OF BATTLE OF BRITIAN CZECH ACE,  LADISLAV SVETLIK.  ALSO COMES WITH WRITE-UP ON HIM.  $85.00 SIGNED PHOTO OF BATTLE OF BRITIAN CZECH PILOT,  MAJOR GENERAL MIROSLAV STANDERA FIRST STARTED OUT FLYING IN FRANCE WITH GC II/10, THEN WENT TO ENGLAND IN CZECH 312 SQUADRON IN SEPTEMBER 1940. IN 1943 HE TRANSFERED TO NIGHT FIGHTERS JOINING 68 SQUADRON AND FLEW THE BRISTOL BLENHEIM, BEAUFIGHTERS AND THE DEHAVELAND MOSQUITO. Flight Lieutenant Miroslav Standera was born in Prague. By 1940 he was a Sergeant in the RAF with 312 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Miroslav Standera flew the Cherbourg action on June 3, 1942, with F/Lt. Perina. Types flown are Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito, Blenheim. He also flew the Beaufighter on night missions. After the war ended and the communists invaded Czechoslovakia, he escaped to Germany. Decorations include 3 Czech War Crosses.  THE SIGNED (ON THE BACK) PHOTO IS IN COLOR WHEN HE WAS A MAJOR-GENERAL. THE SECOND WARTIME PHOTO HE JUST WROTE ON THE BACK. COMES WITH A WRITE-UP ABOUT HIM AND SOME OF HIS EXPERIENCES.  $65.00 MAJOR-GENERAL MIROSLAV STANDERA ALSO SENT A COPY OF A PICTURE OF HIS GOOD FRIEND IN THE 312 SQUADRON,  MAJOR-GENERAL FRANTISEK PERINA WITH A SMALL CLIPPNG OF HIS OBIT's.  STANDERA DID SIGN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PHOTO OF HIS GOOD FRIEND. Flight Lieutenant Miroslav Standera was born in Prague. By 1940 he was a Sergeant in the RAF with 312 Squadron. Flight Lieutenant Miroslav Standera flew the Cherbourg action on June 3, 1942, with F/Lt. Perina. Types flown are Spitfire, Hurricane, Mosquito, Blenheim. He also flew the Beaufighter on night missions. After the war ended and the communists invaded Czechoslovakia, he escaped to Germany. Decorations include 3 Czech War Crosses.    $50.00