C49c Open Day RAF Lossiemouth Signed by Six

13 Aug 77 BFPS 1582 Open Day RAF Lossiemouth Special Postmark. Open Day RAF Lossiemouth 13th August 1977. Cover depicts 8 Squadron Shackleton AEW2{COMMA} GannetJaguar{COMMA} & Whirlwind {COMMA} RAF Lossiemouth badge. RAF Lossiemouth was opened in 1939 as a Flying Training School and handed over to Bomber Command in 1940. On 12 November 1944 617 Dambusters Squadron used RAF Lossiemouth to attack the German Battleship Tirpitz in Tronheim Fjord. At the end of the War the station was passed over to Coastal Command and then in 1946 to the Royal Navy as HMS Fulmer. In 1972 the station was returned back to the RAF and is part of Strike Command. Personally Signed by Capt I M Tennant JP Her Majesty’s Lieutenant for Morayshire{COMMA} Gp Capt R I Stuart – Paul Commanding Officer RAF Lossiemouth{COMMA} Cdr T G Maltby RN OC 849 Sqn and S.N.O.Wg Cdr F A Trowern AFC OC 226 O.C.U.{COMMA} Wg Cdr G J Carter OC 8 Sqn & Flt Lt G Leeming OC D flt 202 Sqn . Black Flight cachet on the back AND RED Operation Centre 13 Aug 1977 RAF Lossiemouth and blue black Senior Naval Officer 13 Aug 1977 RAF Lossiemouth. Certified Copy of 1000 Signed by Sqn Ldr B MacDonald Project Officer