ES16d ACM Sir Basil E. Embry Signed by Wg Cdr T.A. Whiting

Cover depicts Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil E Embry in a Blenheim 4 leading 107 Squadron over Pas de Calais in May 1940 RAFES badge and 12th Region Militaries logo.. In 1940 ACM Sir Basil Embry then a Wing Commander and OC 107 Squadron was shot down in a Blenheim near St Omer in France. Sir Basil Embry and his navigator Wg Cdr ( then Plty Off)whiting survived the crash and were taken prisoner. Wg Cdr Whiting remained a POW in various camps including Stalag Luft 111 Zagen ( The Great Escape Camp ) until released in 1945. Personally signed by Wg Cdr T A Whiting.