Laddie Lucas Died : 20 / 3 / 1998

Wing Commander Laddie Lucas CBE DSO DFC (deceased) Laddie (Percy Belgrave) Lucas rose in two years from Aircraftman 2nd class to Command No.249, the top scoring fighter squadron in the Battle of Malta in 1942 at the age of 26. Lucas led two Spitfire squadrons and in 1943 a wing on the Western Front. In 1944 he switched to the Mosquito of the 2nd Tactical Air Force. After the war he was a Conservative MP for ten years and was also one of Britain's best amateur golfers, captaining Cambridge University, England in the Walker Cup, Great Britain and Ireland against the United States. Laddie Lucas died on 20th March 1998.

Items Signed by Wing Commander Laddie Lucas CBE DSO DFC (deceased)

	Clipped Signature - 'Laddie' Lucas. Price : £65.00	Laddie Lucas commanded No.249 Sqn, the top scoring fighter squadron in the Battle of Malta in 1942 at the age of 26. Lucas led two Spitfire squadrons and in 1943 a Wing on the Western Front. In 1944 he switched to the Mosquito of the 2nd Tactical Ai......
	Fighting Lady by Graeme Lothian (B) Price : £480.00	A solo Spitfire on patrol off the coast of Dover during the Battle of Britain.......
	Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor SOLD OUT	Spitfires of 126 and 185 Squadrons successfully fend off a last desperate attempt by enemy aircraft to sink the crippled American tanker Ohio, still some 80 miles short of the beleaguered island of Malta. Badly damaged and barely afloat the Ohio, as......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Gallant Ohio by Robert Taylor (AP) Price : £325.00	Spitfires of 126 and 185 Squadrons successfully fend off a last desperate attempt by enemy aircraft to sink the crippled American tanker Ohio, still some 80 miles short of the beleaguered island of Malta. Badly damaged and barely afloat the Ohio, as......
	The Scenic Route by Alan S Holt (B) Price : £135.00	A 225 Squadron TAC/R pair returning from Bologna over the Apennines, January 1945. EN199, The Malta Spitfire is being flown by F/O A.S. Holt (the artist) with F/O Kurt Taussig weaving. ......

	Final Encounter (Spitfire v Messerchmitt) by Michael Turner. SOLD OUT	Wing Commander J E Johnnie Johnson, Spitfire XIV, and Major Gunther Rall, Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, over the Western Front in May 1945. A tribute to the fighter pilots of the RAF and Luftwaffe on the 50th anniversary of Peace in Europe, 1945 - 95. ......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Escort for the Straggler by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT	On April 25th 1945, the RAF despatched over 300 Lancasters to attack The Eagles Nest, Hitlers private mountain top castle at Berchstegaden. It was a symbolic raid, for the war was almost over, but it seemed appropriate that, after almost six years o......	NOT AVAILABLE

Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Wing Commander Laddie Lucas CBE DSO DFC (deceased)

Wing Commander Laddie Lucas CBE DSO DFC (deceased)

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