Autographs of Tom Neil

Thomas Francis "Ginger" Neil, DFC & Bar, AFC, AE (14 July 1920 – 11 July 2018) was a British aviator, fighter pilot and flying ace in the Royal Air Force. Neil flew during the Battle of Britain, and shot down 14 enemy aircraft during the Second World War.
Neil was born in Bootle, England, on 14 July 1920. He had a keen interest in aircraft as a child and also played cricket and football for local teams. His family moved to Manchester when he was 16, and he attended Eccles Secondary (grammar) School where he was awarded an art prize for a drawing of an aeroplane. After taking the School Certificate in 1937 he started work at the District Bank in Gorton while training to be a pilot with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR). Neil had wanted to attend the Royal Air Force College Cranwell but his parents did not approve of his plan.
Neil joined the RAFVR on 17 October 1938 at the age of 18 and was called up to full-time service at the outbreak of the Second World War. He was posted to No. 8 Flying Training School on 1 December 1939 and was commissioned as a pilot officer on completion of the course. He was posted on 15 May 1940 to No. 249 Squadron RAF, which was an operational fighter squadron based at RAF Church Fenton in which he flew Hurricanes from RAF North Weald during the Battle of Britain alongside Tich Palliser. Neil recalled that the 12 Hurricanes in the squadron were permanently ready to scramble and that the pilots were simply instructed to shoot down as many enemy aircraft as possible and avoid getting shot themselves. The enemy aircraft he destroyed with the squadron included six Messerschmitt Bf 109s, two Heinkel He 111s, a Messerschmitt Bf 110, a Junkers Ju 87, a Junkers Ju 88 and a Dornier Do 17.
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Traded items with a signature of Tom Neil

The most expensive item with a signature of Tom Neil (RAF BATTLE OF BRITAIN TOM NEIL SIGNED ORIGINAL CHARCOAL PORTRAIT) was sold in September 2015 for £210.00 while the cheapest item (Tom Neil John Ellacombe 2 pencil multi-signed RAF Battle of Britain DFC Spitfire) found a new owner for £2.00 in April 2019. The month with the most items sold (6) was July 2018 with an average selling price of £19.49 for an autographed item of Tom Neil. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2024 with £80.58 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £2.20 was August 2014. In average, an autographed item from Tom Neil is worth £14.99.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	"Scramble" - SIGNED by author Tom Neil HB DJ 1st Battle of Britain WW2 RAF	£76.84
	(GB-2515) GB 1992 Cover 75th Ann of the No 74 Squadron RAF SIGNED Tom Neil	£7.86
	249 at War: RAF's Top Scoring Fighter Squadron Brian Cull (Signed by Tom Neil)	£34.82
	A FIGHTER IN MY SIGHTS - SIGNED BY TOM NEIL - WW2 RAF BATTLE OF BRITAIN ACE	£33.00
	CASUALTIES ON THE LITTLE BIG HORN. Signed by Tom O'Neil. 1st edition thus.	£36.97
	Scramble Fighter Pilot by Tom Neil SIGNED HB DJ 1st Battle Britain WW2 RAF	£73.88
	SIGNED Book Plate The Silver Spitfire Tom Neil DFC	£34.84
	SIGNED Flight Into Darkness Tom Neil DFC	£55.64
	The Silver Spitfire: The Legendary WWII RAF Fighter Pilot by Tom Neil [Signed]	£30.56
	The Silver Spitfire: Tom Neil. First edition Hardback with Signed Bookplate	£40.48
	The Silver Spitfire: WWII RAF Fighter Pilot's Own Words - Signed By Tom Neil	£22.03
	TOM NEIL signed A Fighter in my Sights 1st 2001 BATTLE OF BRITAIN MEMOIR RAF WW2	£50.80
	WW2 Aces JOHNNY KENT DFC* AFC & TOM NEIL DFC* Signed Battle of Britain RAF Cover	£37.94
	WW2 Battle of Britain RAF ace Tom Neil DFC signed print IMAGE No2 UACC DEALER	£46.50
	WWII Battle of Britain Hurricane Ace Wg.Cdr TOM NEIL DFC* AFC Signed RAF Cover	£9.94