Autographs of John Slessor

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Cotesworth Slessor, GCB, DSO, MC (3 June 1897 – 12 July 1979) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force (RAF), serving as Chief of the Air Staff from 1950 to 1952. As a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, he saw action with No. 17 Squadron in the Middle East, earning the Military Cross, and with No. 5 Squadron on the Western Front, where he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Between the wars he commanded No. 4 Squadron in England, and No. 3 (Indian) Wing, earning the Distinguished Service Order for operations with the latter in Waziristan. In 1936, he published Air Power and Armies, which examined the use of air power against targets on and behind the battlefield.
Slessor held several operational commands in the Second World War. As Air Officer Commanding Coastal Command in 1943 and 1944, he was credited with doing much to turn the tide of the Battle of the Atlantic through his use of long-range bombers against German U-boats. He was knighted in June 1943. In the closing stages of the war he became Commander-in-Chief RAF Mediterranean and Middle East and deputy to Lieutenant General Ira Eaker as Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, conducting operations in the Italian Campaign and Yugoslavia. Slessor went on to serve in the RAF's most senior post, Chief of the Air Staff, in the early 1950s, and was considered a strong proponent of strategic bombing and the nuclear deterrent. In retirement he published two more books, including an autobiography, and held ceremonial appointments in Somerset.
The son of Major Arthur Kerr Slessor and Adelaide Slessor (née Cotesworth), Slessor was born in Ranikhet, India, on 3 June 1897, and educated at Haileybury. Lame in both legs as a result of polio, he was rejected for army service in 1914 and received a commission as a second lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps on 6 July 1915 only with the help of family connections. He was appointed to the Special Reserve as a flying officer on 9 September 1915, and confirmed in his rank of second lieutenant on 28 September. Slessor saw action with No. 17 Squadron in Egypt and the Sudan, where he was credited with arresting the escape of Sultan Ali Dinar and 2,000 men on 23 May 1916, following the Sultan's defeat at Beringia. He was mentioned in despatches on 25 October before being wounded in the thigh and invalided back to England.
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Traded items with a signature of John Slessor

The most expensive item with a signature of John Slessor (John Slessor (1897-1979) - Royal Air Force (RAF) - Rare signed autograph + photo) was sold in August 2019 for £39.99 while the cheapest item (RAF 11 MARSHAL OF RAF SIR JOHN SLESSOR Cover SHS 1988 Signed GRP CAPT SLESSOR) found a new owner for £0.75 in March 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2014 with an average selling price of £4.00 for an autographed item of John Slessor. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2019 with £39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.80 was May 2019. In average, an autographed item from John Slessor is worth £4.00.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1897-1979 SIR JOHN SLESSOR (MRAF), album page, ORIGINALLY SIGNED!	£4.99
	1988 RAF 11 Cover - Marshall of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor - signed	£0.80
	CMD11 Signed by Gp Capt John Slessor ( Son)& P H Fox Battle of Britain Pilo	£9.20
	CMD11 Signed by Gp Capt John Slessor ( Son)& L W Collingridge B of B Pilot	£7.95
	CMD11b MRAF Sir John Slessor Special Signed Gp Capt John Slessor Son \t	£3.95
	John Slessor (1897-1979) - Royal Air Force (RAF) - Rare signed autograph + photo	£39.99
	RAF 8c MARSHAL OF THE RAF SIR JOHN SLESSOR SIGNED RAF HENDON COVER	£5.50
	RAF S8c SIR JOHN SLESSOR SIGNED 60th ANNIVERSARY 1st UK AERIAL POST COVER	£0.99
	RAF11 FDC MARSHAL'S OF THE RAF, SIGNED B.REID VC, N.JACKSON VC, & JOHN SLESSOR	£5.00
	RAFM FDC RAF HENDON SIGNED BY MRAF JOHN SLESSOR	£2.00
	S8c1st UK Aerial Post Hendon - Windsor Signed MRAF Sir John Slessor WW1 Pilot	£11.95
	Sir J.Slessor Signed John Slessor & R E G Morewood Pilot Battle of Britain 1940	£9.95
	Sir J.Slessor Signed John Slessor & R E G Morewood Pilot Battle of Britain 1940	£8.95
	WW2 Rare L W Collingridge B of B Pilot Signed Gp Capt John Slessor RAF cover	£11.54
	WWI Pilot MRAF SIR JOHN SLESSOR GCB DSO MC Signed No.4 Squadron RAF Cover	£2.99