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. More about Billy Drake
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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. Read even more about Billy Drake at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Billy Drake
In total, we tracked 64 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
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 £9.16.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Billy Drake were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Battle Of Britain Book, Billy Drake DSO, DFC , Fighter Leader, Multi Signed. | £50.00 | |
| Battle of Britain Pencil Signature Billy DRAKE 213 Hurricane Sqn | £9.99 | |
| Billy Drake DSO DFC* DFC (US) Battle of Britain RAF pencil signed | £8.00 | |
| Hurricanes over France WW11 1940 Signed Billy Drake 421(F) Sqn Battle of Britain | £10.95 | |
| Postcard Capel le Ferne Folkestone Signed by Billy Drake Battle of Britain Pilot | £8.95 | |
| RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BILLY DRAKE DSO DFC & TOM FRANCIS DFC AFC | £2.90 | |
| RAFA6 Major Assault Aug 1940 Signed Billy Drake Battle of Britain Pilot | £10.75 | |
| RAFA6 Major Assault Aug 1940 Signed Billy Drake Battle of Britain Pilot | £8.95 | |
| RAFA7 Major Assault 16 - 17 Aug Signed Billy Drake Battle of Britain Pilot | £5.95 | |
| WW2 book Fighter Leader signed by Billy Drake + 6 RAF Battle of Britain pilots | £65.00 | |