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Clipped Signature - Philip Fullard. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - Philip Fullard.


Clipped Signature - Philip Fullard.

Served with No.1 Sqn flying the Nieuport 17 from May 1917. By that November he had scored 40 victories, making him the sixth highest scoring British Ace of the war. He remained in the RAF until 1946, retiring as Air Commodore with the DSO, MC and Bar, AFC and a CBE. He died in 1984.
We have just one of this rare signature available. The source of the signature is an item we believe was signed in 1972 to mark the 60th anniversary of No.1 Sqn. The item - an envelope - was flown from from Bailleul in France where No.1 Sqn operated to RAF Wittering, the base of the Harriers of No.1 Sqn in 1972. It was flown in Harrier XW923 on 8th May 1972. The item may have been signed before or after this flight.


Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.
Item Code : CLP2849Clipped Signature - Philip Fullard. - Editions Available
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Clipped Signature.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Fullard, Philip F
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Died : 1984
Air Commodore Philip F Fullard CBE DSO MC and Bar AFC (deceased)
Originally commissioned into the Royal Irisih Fusiliers, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and initially served as an instructor, but then flew with No.1 Sqn in France from May 1917. Flying his Nieuport, he scored two victories in May, five in June, eight in July and twelve in August. He sustained an injury and was out of action for much of September, but scored eleven victories in October and two more in November, taking his total to 40. Somewhat ironcally, he was injured and
Signature Value : £95
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Hawker Hurricane IIc of top Czech ace Flt. Lt. K.M. Kuttlewascher, No.1 Fighter Squadron on a night intruder sortie from RAF Tangmere. On this mission he destroyed three Heinkel IIIs over their own airfield, St. Andre, in occupied France.

Night Reaper, 4th May 1942 by David Pentland. 		Hawker Hurricane IIc of top Czech ace Flt. Lt. K.M. Kuttlewascher, No.1 Fighter Squadron on a night intruder sortie from RAF Tangmere. On this mission he destroyed three Heinkel IIIs over their own airfield, St. Andre, in occupied France.

Night Reaper, 4th May 1942 by David Pentland.		 Captain William Avery Bishop - Nieuport 17.

Captain William Avery Bishop by Ivan Berryman. 		The Lafayette Escadrille was a French air service squadron which was manned by American volunteers during WW I. Thirty-eight Americans served with the squadron during the war. Nine were killed in action and one was accidentally killed in a fall from a horse. The squadron had four French officers, and only one, Captain Georges Thenault, survived the war. The Lafayette Escadrille accounted for a total of thirty-eight victories during its service. Nearly half of these victories were accounted for by Raoul Lufbery. Born in France, Lufbery was a soldier of fortune, having joined the U.S. Army and barnstormed in the Orient. Lufbery joined the aviation service initially as a mechanic but was attached to the Lafayette Escadrille because of his prior service with the U.S. Army. Lufbery achieved 17 confirmed victories, and prior to his being killed in action in 1918, he gave instruction to some of Americas top aces of the war, including Eddie Rickenbacker. The Lafayette Escadrille used a Seminole Indian insignia until April 1917, and a Sioux Indian insignia thereafter. The squadron initially flew the famous Nieuport fighting scouts, and was equipped with the heavier and stronger Spad later in the conflict. Many of the pilots preferred to fly the Nieuport because of its tremendous maneuverability. The Nieuport 17 was one of the most distinctive single-seat fighters of the War. This French-built aircraft was utilized by British, Belgian, Italian, American, and Russian airmen. Two of the most famous British aces, Billy Bishop and Albert Ball, flew Nieuports for much of their service. The design of the Nieuport is attributed to Franz Schneider who had suggested that a good compromise between a monoplane and a biplane would be a design utilizing a large upper wing and a much smaller lower wing. The resulting aircraft was much stronger than the early monoplane designs which suffered from frequent structural failures. The Nieuport 17 was initially powered by a 130 HP Clerget or a smaller 110 HP Le Rhone engine. The Nieuport 17 entered service in May 1916. Its performance at that time was superior to any fighting aircraft. It was about 10 percent faster than any other aircraft in service and could climb to 10,000 feet in approximately ten minutes. The Germans thought enough of this aircraft that they produced an improved copy of the 13-metre Nieuport Type-11 Baby. Aviation artist Stan Stokes, in his outstanding painting entitled Stuck in the Mud, shows a Nieuport of the Lafayette Escadrille in the process of being extricated from the mud following an aborted takeoff. The Lafayette Escadrille was absorbed into the 103rd Aero Squadron USAS in 1918 with Americas official entry into the War.

Stuck in the Mud by Stan Stokes.
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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature and is for the unmatted version where available. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Air Commodore Philip F Fullard CBE DSO MC and Bar AFC (deceased)
Died : 1984
*Signature Value : £95

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Clipped Signature.


Fullard, Philip F
(Air Commodore Philip F Fullard CBE DSO MC and Bar AFC (deceased))

Originally commissioned into the Royal Irisih Fusiliers, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1916 and initially served as an instructor, but then flew with No.1 Sqn in France from May 1917. Flying his Nieuport, he scored two victories in May, five in June, eight in July and twelve in August. He sustained an injury and was out of action for much of September, but scored eleven victories in October and two more in November, taking his total to 40. Somewhat ironcally, he was injured and put out of action not through combat as such, but after sustaining a broken leg in an inter-service soccer game, not returning until the last weeks of the war. Awarded the Military Cross and Bar, and the Distinguished Service Order in World War One, he was also recommended for the Victoria Cross at this time. He total makes him the sixth highest scoring British Ace of the war. Remaining with the Royal Air Force throughout the inter war years, he commanded No.14 Fighter Group of the British Expeditionary Force until the Battle of France. He took up further posts during World War Two, retiring in 1946 at the rank of Air Commodore and was awarded the Air Force Cross. He died on 24th April 1984 at the age of 86.
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