Neville Frederick Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS (11 January 1922 – 7 April 2007) was a British test pilot and fighter ace of the Second World War. He was credited with the destruction of 27 enemy aircraft. After the war, Duke was acknowledged as one of the world's foremost test pilots. In 1953, he became holder of the world air speed record when he flew a Hawker Hunter at 727.63 mph (1,171.01 km/h) over Littlehampton. More about Neville Duke
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Duke was born in Tonbridge, Kent, and educated at the Convent of St Mary and The Judd School in Tonbridge. One of the four houses at Judd was named after him, following the reinstating of a house system to the school in 2008, until the changing of the House system in 2017, with the New Headmaster Jon Wood. He started working as an auctioneer and estate agent before attempting to join the Fleet Air Arm on his 18th birthday. He was rejected and joined the RAF instead as a cadet in June 1940.In total, we tracked 249 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Neville Duke (UNIQUE - RAF SC27 SQUADRON LEADER NEVILLE DUKE & E.M DONALDSON SIGNED COVER) was sold in July 2017 for £63.89 while the cheapest item (RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY NEVILLE DUKE DSO AFC WINNER) found a new owner for £0.99 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (6) was August 2019 with an average selling price of £17.24 for an autographed item of Neville Duke. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2017 with £63.89 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.71 was October 2016. In average, an autographed item from Neville Duke is worth £9.38.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Neville Duke were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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50th Anniv Battle of Britain Signed by J G P Millard & Neville Duke Battle of B | £16.95 | ||
Breaking Barriers Signed by Neville Duke FDC 13 1 0 98 Duxford Special Postmark | £9.95 | ||
HA7c Sir Sydney Cann Signed by Sqn Ldr Neville Duke Battle of Britain Pilot & Ne | £7.95 | ||
JS(MIL)12 SQUADRON LEADER NEVILLE DUKE SIGNED SPECIAL COVER - 18/100 | £9.99 | ||
NEVILLE DUKE (Pilot ) Genuine Handsigned Signature on Typed Letter. | £5.99 | ||
Neville Duke Famous British Test Pilot and Fighter Ace - Hand Signed Photo | £8.99 | ||
RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY NEVILLE DUKE DSO AFC WINNER | £4.20 | ||
Sound Barrier: The Story of High-Speed Flight - Neville Duke *Signed* | £20.00 | ||
Test Pilot - Neville Duke *1953, Signed* | £20.00 | ||
Test Pilot By Neville Duke & Alan Mitchell - 1997 - Signed by Neville Duke | £8.99 |