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  Air Commodore Micky Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased) Died : 2002 *Signature Value : £65 Editions signed : Clipped Signature. | Mount, Micky (Air Commodore Micky Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased)) Flying Officer Christopher John (Micky) Mount joined NO.602 squadron on August 8th 1940 after a brief conversion course on Spitfires. On August 18th his Spitfire L1005 was severely damaged in combat with JU 87s and BF109s over Ford. Micky was unhurt. he again escaped injury when his Spitfire X4270 was damaged landing at Tangmere. he served in many of the theatres of WW2 and he flew Hurricanes in Malta and North Africa and Wellingtons in the Middle east. Micky retired and lived in Ascot in Berkshire. He died 23rd July 2002. |
  Flying Officer Hugh Niven (deceased) Died : 2008 *Signature Value : £60 Editions signed : Clipped Signature. | Niven, Hugh (Flying Officer Hugh Niven (deceased)) Hugh Glen Niven was born in Toronto, Canada in 1919.Niven joined 602 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force at Abbotsinch on 7th May 1939 and began his training in Avro Tutors. On the outbrteak of World War Two he was posted to 11 EFTS Perth on 25th October 1939. He went to 15 FTS Lossiemouth on 23rd March 1940 and after completing the course he moved to 5 OTU Aston Down on 17th August to convert to Hurricanes. Niven rejoined 602 Squadron, then at Westhampnett, on 1st September 1940 but, having had no Spitfire experience, he was posted to 601 Squadron at Debden three days later. After much complaining he rejoined 602 Squadron on 21st September. His Spitfire, X4603, was damaged in combat with Me109s over Maidstone on 29th October. Apart from a few days with 603 Squadron in late July 1941, Niven was serving with 602 until 23rd September 1941. He was admitted to Horton Emergency Hospital on the 24th, suffering from tuberculosis. He was invalided out of the RAF on 12th March 1942 as a Flying Officer. Sadly Niven died on 8th April 2008. |
 Wing Commander Hector MacLean (deceased) Died : 2007 *Signature Value : £65 Editions signed : Clipped Signature. | MacLean, Hector (Wing Commander Hector MacLean (deceased)) Hector was flying with No 602 squadron before war broke out. A gallant young man, his fighter pilot days were drawn to an abrupt halt on August 26th 1940 when his leg was severely injured during battle, but the war was by no means over. After his recovery he was posted to Rosemount for duty as a fighter controller, in the rank of Squadron Leader. Hector retired and lived in Kilmacolm near Glasgow. He died on 19th July 2007. |
  Squadron Leader Stuart Nigel Rose (deceased) Died : 2017 *Signature Value : £50 Editions signed : Clipped Signature. | Rose, Stuart Nigel (Squadron Leader Stuart Nigel Rose (deceased)) Originally from Elswick in the north east of England, Rose moved south to join the RAFVR in March 1939, called up at the outbreak of war he was commissioned in June 1940 joining No.602 Sqn in June 1940 flying Spitfires and serving with the unit throughout the Battle of Britain, claiming three victories. Squadron Leader Nigel Rose was then posted to 54 Sqn at Hornchurch in September 1941 before becoming an instructor in 1942, and also serving in the Middle East. Afterwards he moved to No.54 Sqn before taking on positions in training units. He died on 10th September 2017 aged 99. |
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