Autographs of Michael Graydon
Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael James Graydon, GCB, CBE (born 24 October 1938) is a retired Royal Air Force (RAF) officer. He was a fast jet pilot in the 1960s, a squadron commander in the 1970s and a station commander in the 1980s before serving as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Strike Command during the Gulf War. He was Chief of the Air Staff from 1992 to 1997, in which role he advised the British Government on the implementation of No Fly Zones in Iraq and Bosnia and implemented the Front Line First initiative.
The son of James Julian Graydon and Rita Mary Graydon (née Alkan), Graydon was educated at Wycliffe College, in the town of Stonehouse in Gloucestershire, and became a flight cadet at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell in January 1957 before being commissioned into the Royal Air Force on 15 December 1959. His potential as a flying instructor was noticed early in his career and, after completing his Qualified Flying Instructor course at the Central Flying School, he was posted to No. 1 Flying Training School at RAF Linton-on-Ouse in Yorkshire in 1960. Promoted to flying officer on 15 December 1960, he attended No. 229 Operational conversion unit where he gained experience on the Hunters before being sent to No. 56 Squadron at RAF Wattisham, from where he flew Lightnings, in 1962.
Graydon was promoted to flight lieutenant on 15 June 1962. He became a qualified flying instructor at No. 226 Operational conversion unit in November 1964. He became a flight commander at No. 56 Squadron in April 1967, based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. Having been awarded the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air in the 1967 Birthday Honours, he was promoted to squadron leader on 1 January 1968.
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Traded items with a signature of Michael Graydon
The most expensive item with a signature of Michael Graydon (1998 80th Anniversary RAF cover signed by Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE) was sold in April 2024 for £14.50 while the cheapest item (RAF FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON COVER) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2020 with an average selling price of £2.09 for an autographed item of Michael Graydon. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2024 with £14.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2013. In average, an autographed item from Michael Graydon is worth £3.90.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Michael Graydon were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1998 80th Anniversary RAF cover signed by Sir Michael Graydon GCB CBE | £14.50 |  |
| 2002 ‘First Sinking of a Ship by Aerial Torpedo’ cover signed Michael Graydon | £0.99 | |
| 80th ANNIV. RAF AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON GCB,CBE.SIGNED | £1.20 | |
| ACM SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON GCB Signed The Battle of the Ruhr 50th Ann WWII Cover | £6.94 | |
| JS50/44/7 AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON SIGNED THE WARSAW UPRISING COVER | £4.76 | |
| RAF 80(10) AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON SIGNED 80th ANNIVERSARY RAF | £2.09 | |
 | RAF 80th Anniversary Flown Cover JS(CC)50 Signed Sir Michael Graydon VC10 Flown | £9.21 | |
| RAF FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED BY SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON COVER | £0.99 | |
| RAF Northolt, Reflown Signed G Bunn CO and ACM Sir Michael Graydon FDC | £11.95 | |
| RAF SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER LTD EDIT SIGNED BY ACM SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON | £4.60 | |
| RAF Stations 12 Royal Air Force Leuchars Cover Signed ACM SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON | £2.99 | |
| ROYAL NAVY COVER-ROYAL TOURNAMENT 1995-SIGNED AIR CHIEF MARSHAL MICHAEL GRAYDON | £2.00 | |
 | SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON Signed COF15 First Sinking of a Ship by Aerial Torpedo Cover | £7.94 | |
| SIR MICHAEL GRAYDON Signed COF15 First Sinking of a Ship by Aerial Torpedo Cover | £6.94 | |
| VAFA19 First Flight of European Fighter Aircraft Flown Signed Michael Graydon | £8.95 | |
