15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 37
 

37

Prince Philip Royal Household Mail. A collection of letters signed 'Philip' (mainly typed) to Jimmy

Prince Philip
Royal Household Mail. A collection of letters signed 'Philip' (mainly typed) to Jimmy Taylor relating to Taylor's time with RAF 16 Squadron and Taylor's book on his experiences One Flight Too Many, dated 1991-2014. Taylor was a pilot instructor in America and later flew reconnaissance Spitfires. He was captured after bailing out over Holland in 1944. The letters include the Duke's signed foreword for the book. There are other letters as well, including signed good wishes to the squadron at their reunion at Blackbushe (where Philip did his night-flight training), photocopies of the Duke's logbooks sent to Taylor, and other friendly correspondence, later letters principally thanks for letters from Taylor. There are also three photographs showing Philip at the controls of various aircraft. Philip knew Taylor as he was the son of Revd Taylor, headmaster at Cheam School, which Philip attended as a boy.

Sold for £1,500
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 15th Mar, 2019

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