Alex HENSHAW Archive, Includes: Two Inscribed & Signed Cards, Signed First Day Cover, Signed Letter, Signed Photograph of Henshaw with Winston Churchill Plus other photographs, Newspaper cuttings, Etc

HENSHAW, Alex (AVIATION); Winston Churchill;

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Also included: Flight magazine for Dec 21, 1939; Cape record Dash newspaper cuttings; The Dunkirk Memorial, 1939-1945 (two parts). Etc. Alex Henshaw MBE - A Flying Legend: was A British air racer in the 1930s and a test pilot for Vickers Armstrong during the Second World War. He was chief test pilot flying Spitfires and Lancasters at the Castle Bromwich aeroplane factory. Henshaw led a team of 25 test pilots and personally tested up to 20 aircraft a day; it is been estimated that the number of Spitires flown by him was equivalent to 10% of total Spitfire and Seafire production. Awards: Order of the British Empire, Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct. Seller Inventory # 005926

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