Autographs of Pat Fillingham
William Patrick Ingram Fillingham FRAeS (27 February 1914 – 17 July 2003) was an English test pilot for the de Havilland company. Fillingham flew 120 different types of aircraft during his career including all variants of the de Havilland Mosquito.
Fillingham was born in 1914 in Sutton Coldfield and he was educated at Worksop College and the de Havilland Aeronautical Technical School. Fillingham learned to fly with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at Perth in Scotland, he flew his first solo in February 1937. He graduated from the de Havilland technical school in 1939 as an aeronautical engineer and joined the parent company de Havilland as a test pilot.
With the start of the Second World War the company had an increase in aircraft production and by April 1940 Fillingham was test flying 150 de Havilland Tiger Moth biplane trainers a month. By September 1942 he was the chief production test pilot flying new de Havilland Mosquito twin-engine light bombers. In 1943 he went to the de Havilland subsidiaries in Toronto and Sydney to advise them how to test fly the Mosquito, during his stay in Canada he demonstrated the Mosquito at a number of Canadian air bases and also to the United States Army Air Force. With production of the Mosquito in England increased to a five a day Fillingham flew a record 2,200 flights in the Mosquito. As well as the Mosquito he also flew the twin-engined De Havilland Hornet, at the time the fastest propeller aircraft in the world.
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Traded items with a signature of Pat Fillingham
The most expensive item with a signature of Pat Fillingham (Pat Fillingham Mosquito Test pilot authentic signed RAF Cover AFTAL UACC G90) was sold in July 2015 for £14.99 while the cheapest item (RAF SC39 PAT FILLINGHAM SIGNED 30th ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION OF MOSQUITO COVER) found a new owner for £0.99 in January 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2017 with an average selling price of £5.49 for an autographed item of Pat Fillingham. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2015 with £14.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was January 2020. In average, an autographed item from Pat Fillingham is worth £4.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Pat Fillingham were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1984 RAF TP37 Cover - John Derry DFC - signed by Pat Fillingham | £0.99 |  |
| de Havilland Test Pilot PAT FILLINGHAM Signed John Derry DFC RAF Cover | £3.99 | |
| JOHN CUNNINGHAM WW11 FIGHTER ACE & PAT FILLINGHAM TEST PILOT SIGNED FDC COVER | £4.00 | |
| Mosquito Pilot Pat Fillingham RAF Leeming Signed FDC | £3.00 | |
 | Mosquito test pilot Pat Fillingham signed on John Derry test pilot FDC | £9.74 | |
| Pat Fillingham Mosquito Test pilot authentic signed RAF Cover AFTAL UACC G90 | £14.99 | |
| Pat Fillingham Mosquito Test Pilot signed RAF Leeming SC39 cover AC379 | £9.99 | |
| Pat Fillingham signed on John Derry's Test Pilot cover RAF TP37 | £6.99 | |
| RAF MOSQUITO MUSEUM COVER SIGNED PAT FILLINGHAM LTD ED 500 - SEE POSTAGE OFFER | £1.49 | |
| RAF SC39 PAT FILLINGHAM SIGNED 30th ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCT OF THE MOSQUITO COVER | £3.20 | |
| RAF SC39 PAT FILLINGHAM SIGNED 30th ANNIVERSARY INTRODUCTION OF MOSQUITO COVER | £0.99 | |
| RAF SIGNED COVER SIGNED PAT FILLINGHAM TEST PILOT | £4.20 | |
| RAF TP37 RAF SERIES SIGNED BY MOSQUITO & HURRICANE TEST PILOT PAT FILLINGHAM | £0.99 | |
| WW2 Mosquito Test Pilot William Pat Fillingham signed RAF Leeming Mosquito cover | £10.99 | |
| WW2 Test Pilot Pat Fillingham signed Cover 30th Ann of D. H. Mosquito | £12.54 | |
