Royal Air Force Commemorative Cover
The Award Of The
Distinguished Flying Cross
From The "DM" Series of Covers - DM2
On the 30th April 1982, flying from Wideawake airfield on Ascension Island, Flight Lieutenant Martin Withers and his crew, flying RAF Vulcan (XM607) launched the first Black Buck bombing operation of the Falklands War. There and back the non-stop flight covered 7,500 miles, lasting 15 hours 45 minutes - at the time, the longest combat flight in history. The Vulcan was re-fuelled by Victor tankers 5 times on the outward journey and once on the return journey.
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This is a Special Edition Signed Cover
Cover in good condition - see pictures
Cover contains the original information cards as shown
Cover Flown in Jet Provost by Flight Lieutenant Martin Withers DFC LLB RAF
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Cover Signed By:

Flight Lieutenant Martin Withers DFC LLB RAF
He joined the Royal Air Force in 1968. In 1971, he was posted to No.44 Squadron at RAF Waddington as a Vulcan co-pilot, remaining there on No.50 Squadron as a captain until 1976. After 3 years as a Jet Provost QFI at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, he returned to RAF Scampton as a QFI on the Vulcan Operational Conversion Unit. When the OCU closed, he moved again to RAF Waddington as Pilot Leader and Squadron QFI on No.101 Squadron.

The following year, during the Falklands War, he and his crew were selected to fly 2 of the 5 Black Buck missions. Martin Withers was the captain on XM607, the first Vulcan to bomb in anger during the Falklands War. On 1st May 1982, just one month after the Argentine invasion, Withers and his crew completed Black Buck One, the longest distance bombing mission in history until that time, and one of the most significant, attacking Port Stanley airfield during an 8,000 mile, 16 hour flight from their base at Ascension Island. for which he was awarded the DFC, with the other crewmembers being Mentioned in Dispatches. With the final demise of the Vulcan squadrons, he returned to No1 FTS at RAF Linton-on-Ouse, where he served as squadron commander and Deputy Chief Instructor, until leaving the RAF in 1991, having flown over 5500 hours (2000 on Vulcans).
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