Auction 516
AUTOGRAPH AUCTION TV, MILITARY, SPORT, SPACE, SIGNED PHOTOS, COVERS, FDCS
By Chaucer Auctions
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Friday, Mar 28, 18:00
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ
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LOT 264:
B32c 50th Anniversary B 17 Signed Gen Curtis Le May and Air Cdre Ron Dick 4 Oct 83 Washington DC Boeing B17 50th ...
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Buyer's Premium: 22.95%
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B32c 50th Anniversary B 17 Signed Gen Curtis Le May and Air Cdre Ron Dick 4 Oct 83 Washington DC Boeing B17 50th Anniversary. Flown in Flying Fortress B17 Sally B. Personally signed General Curtis Emerson Le May United States Air Force. He is credited with designing and implementing an effective, but also controversial, systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific theatre of WW11. During the war, he was known for planning and executing a massive bombing campaign against cities in Japan and a crippling minelaying campaign in Japan's internal waterways. After the war, he unintentionally initiated the Berlin Airlift, then reorganized the Strategic Air Command (SAC) into an effective instrument of nuclear war. He served as Chief of Staff of the U. S. Air Force from 1961 until his retirement in 1965. Air Commodore R Dick B17 Flying Fortress Pilot who flew the covers. 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
