Autographs of Geoffrey Wellum
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Harris Augustus Wellum DFC (4 August 1921 – 18 July 2018) was a British fighter pilot and author, best known for his participation in the Battle of Britain. Born an only child in Walthamstow, Essex, Wellum was educated at Forest School, Snaresbrook before serving in the RAF. After the war he remained in the RAF until 1961, and later ran a haulage business. In the mid-1980s he retired and moved to Mullion, Cornwall, where he wrote down his wartime memoirs. In 2002 these were published as First Light.
Geoffrey Wellum was born on 4 August 1921, an only child, in Walthamstow, Essex, to Percy and Edith Wellum. His father, who had served at Gallipoli during WW1, ran an off-licence. Wellum was educated at Forest School, Snaresbrook, where he captained the school cricket team.
Aged eighteen, Wellum signed up on a short-service commission with the Royal Air Force in August 1939. The first aircraft he flew was the Tiger Moth at Desford airfield in Leicestershire. Wellum's first solo flight was on 1 September 1939. Two days later Britain declared war on Germany. After successfully completing the course he then went on to fly the North American Harvard at RAF Little Rissington with 6FTS.
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Current items with a signature of Geoffrey Wellum
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![]() | Battle of Britain Pilot GEOFFREY WELLUM DFC Signed Spitfire Hurricane Cover | £13.94 | ![]() |
![]() | WW2 Battle of Britain ace Geoffrey Wellum DFC signed Benham 2008 Uniforms FDC | £16.64 | ![]() |
Traded items with a signature of Geoffrey Wellum
The most expensive item with a signature of Geoffrey Wellum (First Light - Geoffrey Wellum - SIGNED BY 8 Battle of Britain Pilots - RARE!!) was sold in May 2020 for £215.00 while the cheapest item (GEOFFREY WELLUM DFC Signature - Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot) found a new owner for £0.99 in March 2021. The month with the most items sold (12) was November 2017 with an average selling price of £6.50 for an autographed item of Geoffrey Wellum. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2020 with £150.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.20 was March 2021. In average, an autographed item from Geoffrey Wellum is worth £14.05.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Geoffrey Wellum were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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![]() | 1993 SQUADRON LEADER GEOFFREY WELLUM DFC SIGNED SPITFIRE COVER | £43.20 | ![]() |
![]() | Battle of Britain Pilot GEOFFREY WELLUM DFC Signed Classic Aircraft Cover | £15.94 | ![]() |
![]() | Bryon Duckenfield, Tom Neil and Geoffrey Wellum WW2 Signed 10x8 COA 38293 | £80.86 | ![]() |
![]() | First Light Geoffrey Wellum+ 11 Pilots SignedWORLD WAR II 2003 | £116.39 | ![]() |
![]() | First Light - Geoffrey Wellum - Hardcover - Signed by the author! | £207.47 | ![]() |
![]() | First Light - Geoffrey Wellum - Hardcover - Signed by the author! WW2 RAF | £160.62 | ![]() |
![]() | First Light GEOFFREY WELLUM +7 Pilot Signed Autographed Battle of Britain Book | £111.20 | ![]() |
![]() | FIRST LIGHT PAPERBACK BOOK SIGNED BY GEOFFREY WELLUM | £23.44 | ![]() |
![]() | FIRST LIGHT, Geoffrey Wellum SIGNED Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot. WW2 RAF | £52.04 | ![]() |
![]() | GEOFFREY WELLUM First Light signed fist edition 2002 Wiley Battle of Britain | £82.39 | ![]() |
![]() | Sqn Ldr GEOFFREY WELLUM DFC Signed Outbreak of World War Two WWII Cover | £13.94 | ![]() |
![]() | SQUADRON LEADER GEOFFREY WELLUM SIGNED REACH FOR THE SKY BATTLE OF BRITAIN COVER | £6.50 | ![]() |
![]() | Tom Neil, John Freeborn, Geoffrey Wellum, George Swanwick pencil signed BoB | £10.28 | ![]() |
![]() | Unique B & W print 92 Squadron SPITFIRE signed Flt Lt Geoffrey Wellum DFC | £33.90 | ![]() |
![]() | WW2 - THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN SPITFIRE PILOT GEOFFREY WELLUM DFM HAND SIGNED 12X8 | £8.50 | ![]() |








