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Clipped Signature - Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones.


Clipped Signature - Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones.

An original member of Cambridge University Air Squadron, he then flew Avros and Snipes with the RAF. He spent three years in Cairo before becoming a test pilot - he flew the prototype Spitfire in 1936. He commanded No.213 Sqn with Gladiators and Hurricanes before taking on senior roles in the RAF. He retired an Air Vice Marshal in 1961. He died in 1987.

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Item Code : CLP2927Clipped Signature - Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones. - Editions Available
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Air Vice Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones KCB CBE DFC AFC (deceased)
One of the original members of the Cambridge University Air Squadron Sir Humphrey was granted a Permanent Commission in the Royal Air Force upon graduation from Cambridge. He was posted to No.5 FTS Sealand on 18th September 1926 where he flew Avros and Sopwith Snipes. In September 1927 he was posted to No.1 Sqn Tangmere to fly Siskins, but after a year was posted to the Central Flying School at Wittering to become a flying instructor. After serving in several Training Schools at home he was p
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A moment during the fraught encounter on 27th May 1940 over Dunkirk between Spitfires of 610 Sqn and an estimated 40 Bf.110s during which three Zerstorers were shot down.

A Dunkirk Encounter by Ivan Berryman.		 Bob Stanford-Tuck waits at dispersal in his 257 Squadron Hurricane during the Battle of Britain. Promoted to command 257 Squadron, Bob was one of the Battle of Britains leading Aces.

Bob Stanford-Tuck Tribute Folio by Nicolas Trudgian.		 Tom Dalton-Morgan was a British flying Ace who was credited with at least 17 victories during World War Two. It was in the aircraft shown here, Hurricane Mk.I P3972 of No.43 Sqn that on 13th August 1940 he claimed a Ju88 but was struck by return fire, baling out of the stricken Hurricane. He became an Ace during the Battle of Britain and later also became a Hurricane night-fighter Ace, claiming six victories. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, Distinguished Service Order and Order of the British Empire, he went on to manage the Woomera rocket testing facility in Australia for 30 years. He died in 2004, aged 87.

Tribute to Tom Dalton-Morgan by Ivan Berryman. 		Spitfire Mk.IXs of No.611 Sqn including aircraft FY-F belonging to the Commanding Officer of 611 Squadron, Sqn Ldr Hugo Armstrong, on patrol late in 1942. Armstrong scored a victory in this aircraft on 2nd November 1942, bringing down an Fw190 for his only victory with this squadron. With a total of nine victories, he was awarded the DFC in May 1942, and the Bar to the DFC in January 1943, before being shot down and killed over the English Channel in February 1943.

Spitfires of No.611 West Lancashire Squadron by Ivan Berryman.
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Air Vice Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones KCB CBE DFC AFC (deceased)
Died : 1987
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Edwardes-Jones, Humphrey
(Air Vice Marshal Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones KCB CBE DFC AFC (deceased))

One of the original members of the Cambridge University Air Squadron Sir Humphrey was granted a Permanent Commission in the Royal Air Force upon graduation from Cambridge. He was posted to No.5 FTS Sealand on 18th September 1926 where he flew Avros and Sopwith Snipes. In September 1927 he was posted to No.1 Sqn Tangmere to fly Siskins, but after a year was posted to the Central Flying School at Wittering to become a flying instructor. After serving in several Training Schools at home he was posted to No.4 FTS Abu Sueir, Egypt. In March 1932 he was posted to command A Flight No.208 (Army Cooperation) Sqn, Helipolis. For three years the Flight co-operated in turn with the Cairo Brigade, the Canal Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade.

On returning home in March 1935 he was posted to the Aircraft and Armament Experimental Establishment at Martlesham Heath as a test pilot. He was commanding A Flight when the prototype Spitfire arrived at Martlesham on 26th May 1936. It was immediately flown by him and on his telephoned report to the Air Member for Research and Development, Air Marshal Sir Wilfred Freeman, an order was placed for 310 Spitfires eight days later.

In April 1937 he was given command of No.213 Sqn which had just been formed at Northolt. The squadron, equipped with Gloster Gladiators, moved to Church Fenton in July and then to Wittering next spring when it was re-equipped with Hurricanes. After the fall of France the squadron moved to Biggin Hill to cover the Dunkirk operation, during which he was warded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

In June 1940 he was posted to command No.56 OTU Sutton Bridge and in May 1941 to form a Night Fighter OTU at East Fortune. In September 1941 he was posted to command a Spitfire OTU at Grangemouth with the acting rank of Group Captain.

In February 1942 he was posted to command the Exeter Fighter Sector from which the Polish Fighter Wing and Night Fighter Squadron operated, then replaced with the Czech Fighter Wing.

In August 1942 he took command of No.323 Wing forming in Cheshire for Operation Torch. On arrival in Algeria on D Day (8th November 1942) he took over command of Maison Blanche with some 180 fighter aircraft flown in from Gibraltar. After an initial success on D-Day+2 in which 29 out of 30 enemy bombers were destroyed, most of the squadron's concerns moved on to more forward bases.

In May 1943 he was posted to the newly formed Middle Eastern Air Headquarters as Group Captain Fighter Ops. In July 1944 he reformed No.210 Group with air defence and anti-submarine respnsibilities for the Western Mediterranean. After the invasion of the south of France the Group took over the air defence of Marseilles and the whole of Provence.

On the disbandment of No.210 Group he became SASO Middle Eastern Air Force at Casirta and the Air Commodore Ops MAAF.

On returning home in October 1945 he was posted to the Joint Planning Staff in the Ministry of Defence and in February 1947 tothe Central Flying Establishment West Raynham as Group Captain Tactics which entailed visits to all the Commonwealth Air Forces and all overseas Commands.

After attending the Imperial Defence College in 1950 he was appointed Director of Plans, Air Ministry, but was posted in February 1952 to 2nd TAF Germany as SASO with the rank of Air Vice Marshal. He returned home in early 1955 to take up the post of Commondant of the School of Land/Air Warfare at Old Sarum. On 1st June 1957 he was posted to command 2nd TAF Germany with the rank of Air Marshal and was made a KCB. This post also entailed command of the 2nd Allied Tactical Air Force wit hthe Belgian and Netherlands Air Forces under operational command.

He returned to the United Kingdom in 1961 on retirement from the Royal Air Force. He died on 19th January 1987.
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