Autographs of Bill Bedford
Alfred William Bedford OBE AFC FRAeS (18 November 1920 – 20 October 1996) was a British test pilot and pioneered the development of V/STOL aircraft. More about Bill Bedford
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Bedford was born on 18 November 1920 at Loughborough and was educated at Loughborough College. He was serving an electrical and mechanical apprenticeship and training to be a steeplejack when the war started.
Bedford joined the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot in 1940. He flew the Hawker Hurricane and the Republic Thunderbolt with No. 605 Squadron RAF and No. 135 Squadron RAF, and the North American Mustang with No. 65 Squadron RAF. Bedford was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1945. After the war, he took a permanent commission with the RAF and became an all-weather flying instructor and tutor at the Empire Test Pilots' School. Read even more about Bill Bedford at Wikipedia
Bedford joined the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot in 1940. He flew the Hawker Hurricane and the Republic Thunderbolt with No. 605 Squadron RAF and No. 135 Squadron RAF, and the North American Mustang with No. 65 Squadron RAF. Bedford was awarded the Air Force Cross in 1945. After the war, he took a permanent commission with the RAF and became an all-weather flying instructor and tutor at the Empire Test Pilots' School. Read even more about Bill Bedford at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Bill Bedford
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Bedford (RAF Hawker Harrier VTOL jump jet test pilot Bill Bedford signed cover) was sold in July 2021 for £20.00 while the cheapest item (RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER FDC SIGNED BILL BEDFORD TEST PILOT) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2013 with an average selling price of £4.00 for an autographed item of Bill Bedford. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2021 with £20.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was November 2017. In average, an autographed item from Bill Bedford is worth £4.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill Bedford were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1979 A.W. (Bill) Bedford, Test Pilot - Flown in Sea Harrier XZ, Pilot Signed | £2.50 | |
| Bill Bedford AFC signed | £3.95 | |
| EJA RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BILL BEDFORD AFC & JOHN FARLEY AFC 1/500 | £8.51 | |
| Hawker Harrier Test Pilot BILL BEDFORD OBE AFC FRAeS Signed on own RAF Cover | £5.99 | |
| Hawker Harrier Test Pilot BILL BEDFORD OBE AFC FRAeS Signed on own RAF Cover | £5.99 | |
| RAF AC26c First Lift Off of the P.1127 RAF Cover Multi Signed inc BILL BEDFORD | £14.99 | |
| RAF Hawker Harrier VTOL jump jet test pilot Bill Bedford signed cover | £20.00 | |
| RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER FDC LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BILL BEDFORD AFC | £2.09 | |
| RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER FDC SIGNED BILL BEDFORD TEST PILOT | £0.99 | |
| RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BILL BEDFORD AFC WINNER HAWKER TEST PILOT | £3.20 | |
| RAF Test Pilot AW ( Bill) Bedford FDC personally Signed | £4.00 | |
| RAF Test Pilot AW ( Bill) Bedford FDC personally Signed | £4.00 | |
| RAF TEST PILOT FDC Bill Bedford signed FDC Biggin Hill Int Air Fair FDC | £3.00 | |
| RAF TP6 cover 1979 signed by test pilot Bill Bedford (flew Harrier 1st flight) | £5.00 | |
| RAF TP6c A.W BILL BEDFORD SIGNED OWN TEST PILOTS COVER | £3.20 | |