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LOTTO 5:
WW2 Air Cdre John Whitworth, CB, DSO, DFC Signed Signature Piece, With Photo, Mounted Professionally and Framed ...
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WW2 Air Cdre John Whitworth, CB, DSO, DFC Signed Signature Piece, With Photo, Mounted Professionally and Framed an overall size of approx 13x9 inches. Whitworth (10 January 1912 - 13 November 1974) was a Royal Air Force pilot in the 1930s and a commander in WW2 including Station Commander of RAF Scampton during Operation Chastise, the famous Dambuster raid. Good condition.
Air Commodore John Nicholas Haworth Whitworth, CB, DSO, DFC (10 January 1912 – 13 November 1974) was a Royal Air Force pilot in the 1930s and a commander during and after the Second World War. He was educated at Oundle School in Northamptonshire. Whitworth was station commander of RAF Scampton during the planning of Operation Chastise; in 1955 he was a technical advisor for the film dramatisation of the raid, The Dam Busters. Whitworth was portrayed by Derek Farr in the film.Whitworth was later the Chief of Staff of the Ghana Air Force; he was succeeded by the Ghanaian J. E. S. de Graft-Hayford in 1962.
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