Auction 453
Rare and Interesting Autograph Auction TV Film Sport WW2 Music Military
By Chaucer Auctions
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Oct 11, 2024
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 28:
WW2 General J H Doolittle Lead CMh signed photo, he the attack on Tokyo. Photo Size 3 ½ by 5 ¼ inches ...
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WW2 General J H Doolittle Lead CMh signed photo, he the attack on Tokyo. Photo Size 3 ½ by 5 ¼ inches Personally Signed in Gold pen by General James Harold Doolittle who led the attack on Tokyo. awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for the raid. Personally Signed General James Harold Doolittle Lead the attack on Tokyo. Attack led by General Doolittle USAAF on Tokyo on 18th April 1942. The 15 Mitchells took off from US Carrier Hornet and all ran out of fuel over China and crash landed. Of the 75 Aircrew, General Doolittle and 59 others returned to American Units, 5 died accidentally and the other 10 were captured and tried by the Japanese, of these 3 were executed, 1 died in prison and 6 were released at the end of the War. General Doolittle later commanded the USAAFs 12th Air Force in North Africa,15th in Italy and the 8th in England from 1944 and the Pacific from 1945. News Paper Cutting enclosed. Good Condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
