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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Clipped Signature - David Cox Joining the RAFVR in April 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot, he trained at 19 E&RFTS Gatwick before being called up on 1st September 1939. Flew with 19 Squadron at Duxford from May 1940, seeing considerable action during the Battle of Britain, before being wounded after being shot down on 27th September 1940. Went on to serve with 72 Squadron, including a deployment to North Africa in late 1942 where he achieved numerous kills earning the DFC and a Bar to the DFC, as well as the Croix de Guerre. Commanded No. 1 Squadron from January 1945 and later led 909 (Spitfire) Wing in Burma, before being released from the RAF on 11th March 1946. Cox died on 20th January 2004. Item Code : CLP0758 Clipped Signature - David Cox - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING CLIPSIG Clipped Signature. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Cox, David Signature(s) value alone : £50 £50.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

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Wing Commander David Cox DFC (deceased) *Signature Value : £50	Ending the war with seven confirmed victories and as Wing Leader of 909 Spitfire Wing in Burma, Cox remembers an acerbic encounter with Bader as a young Sergeant Pilot. Bader made it very clear that the battle damage to his Spitfire was not excused by his having shot down the Bf 109 that caused it! Above all, however, he remembers Baders calmness on the radio when leading the Wing - it calmed evervone else. Cox, from Cambridge, an RAFVR pilot, originally failed the RAF medical, working for some months in Billingsgate market to build up his strength. He joined 19 Squadron at Duxford in 1940. He scored several victories during the Battle of Britain, but was shot down on September 27 1940 and wounded. Cox took part in many fighter sweeps with 19 Squadron in 1941 and was commissioned in July. After a spell instructing, Cox joined 72 Squadron in May 1942, accompanying it to North Affica where lie increased his score to a total of seven confirmed victories. On April 5 1945 he was posted to Burma. David Cox died 20th January 2004.