Undated cover from Greek pilot under elementary flying training at the RAF / Rhodesian Air Training Group, Initial Training Wing, Bulawayo to liberated Greece. Sender’s details on flap: ‘R.H.A.F. [Royal Hellenic Air Force], Training Department H.Q. R.A.T.G., Salisbury’. Enclosed letter dated 17.4.1945, written on RAF printed paper sheets.
Forwarded via Cairo in service bag to the Greek Air Ministry in Athens. Cover stamped on both sides with Ministry’s official cachet for onward transmission, postage-free.
Postmarked ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΗ 26.ΑΠΡ.45 [Athens Dispatch, 26 April 1945] on release for delivery to addressee; backstamped on same day ΑΘΗΝΑΙ ΑΦΙΞΙΣ 26.III.45 [Athens Arrival, wrong month].
Condition: rough opening; vertical tear on front side but no part missing. See scans.