Autographs of Billy Drake
Group Captain Billy Drake, DSO, DFC & Bar (20 December 1917 – 28 August 2011) was a British fighter pilot and air ace. He was credited officially with 18 enemy aircraft destroyed, two shared, two unconfirmed, four probables, two shared probables and five damaged and one shared damaged with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Further revisions to these statistics increased this total to 20 destroyed and seven damaged with a further 13 destroyed and four damaged on the ground.
Drake flew Hawker Hurricanes, Supermarine Spitfires and Curtiss P-40s (Tomahawks/Kittyhawks), with squadrons based in France, England, West Africa, North Africa and Malta. He was the top-scoring RAF P-40 pilot and the second-highest-scoring British Commonwealth P-40 pilot, behind Clive Caldwell.
Drake was born in London, to Gerda Browne and Dr Dennis John Drake on 20 December 1917. Gerda was one of fifteen children of Irish Catholic heritage born in Australia. It is claimed that his father was a descendant of Francis Drake, the 16th Century explorer and naval commander who led an English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. Gerda's family were successful gold miners in Queensland; they purchased a schooner and became merchants.
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Traded items with a signature of Billy Drake
The most expensive item with a signature of Billy Drake (WW2 book Fighter Leader signed by Billy Drake + 6 RAF Battle of Britain pilots) was sold in April 2021 for £65.00 while the cheapest item (Billy Drake, Fighter Leader:Autobiography Group Captain B.Drake signed copy.) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2018. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2013 with an average selling price of £11.95 for an autographed item of Billy Drake. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2021 with £65.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.25 was September 2013. In average, an autographed item from Billy Drake is worth £9.95.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Billy Drake were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Battle of Britain 'Salute to the Few' signed photograph Billy Drake SP(SF)07 | £15.62 |  |
| Battle of Britain 'Salute to the Few' signed photograph Billy Drake SP(SF)07 | £25.22 | |
| Battle Of Britain Book, Billy Drake DSO, DFC , Fighter Leader, Multi Signed. | £50.00 | |
 | Battle of Britain Pilot BILLY DRAKE DSO DFC* Signed Capel le Ferne Postcard | £7.94 | |
| Biggin Hill int Air Fair Signed by Billy Drake. & Thomas F Neil Both Battle of | £13.95 | |
| Billy DRAKE BATTLE OF BRITAIN PILOT Signed And F/Sgt A.J HEARN | £26.28 | |
| Group Captain Billy Drake Salute to the Few pilot signed photo SP(SF)07 | £26.30 | |
| RAFA6 Major Assault Signed Billy Drake Battle of Britain WW2 RAF ace | £3.95 | |
| RAFA7 Major Assault 16 - 17 Aug Signed Billy Drake & Gray both Battle of Britain | £12.95 | |
 | RARE Battle of Britain pilot Billy Drake Multi signed 50th ann RAF cover | £21.54 | |
 | RARE Battle of Britain pilot Billy Drake Trevor Grey signed 50th ann RAF cover | £16.54 | |
| WW2 BOB ace Grp Capt Billy Drake DSO DFC signed Curtiss P40 Biography Card | £11.24 | |
| WW2 BOB ace Grp Capt Billy Drake DSO DFC signed Curtiss P40 Biography Card | £3.99 | |
| WW2 Rare Battle of Britain pilot Billy Drake A Hearn MM signed RAF cover | £5.99 | |
 | WW2 Rare Battle of Britain pilot Billy Drake signed 50th ann RAF cover | £21.54 | |
