AUTOGRAPHS, LETTERS & MANUSCRIPTS
By International Autograph Auctions
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Dec 2, 2021
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 945:
PUTNAM DAVID E. (1898-1918) American fighter pilot of World War I, a flying ace with thirteen confirmed victories. ...
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Sold for: €1,800
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2,000
Estimated price :
€2,000 - €3,000
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PUTNAM DAVID E. (1898-1918) American fighter pilot of World War I, a flying ace with thirteen confirmed victories. Known as the 'Ace of Aces', Putnam was shot down and killed at the young age of 19 by German ace Georg von Hantelmann. An extremely rare fountain pen ink signature ('David E. Putnam') with his squadron ('L. F. C. Escadrille MS 156') Beneath, on a feint ruled 8vo page removed from a notebook, also signed by six other fighter pilots of World War I including Edgar Guerard Hamilton (1891-1984), Walter J. Shaffer (1892-1974) both of whom were pilots with the Lafayette Flying Corps, serving in the same squadron as Putnam; and Maurice Prevost (1887-1952) French pioneer aviator who won the first Schneider Trophy race in 1913, and the Gordon Bennett Trophy in the same year. Neatly inlaid and with an integral leaf. VG Provenance: The present signatures were obtained by the French aviator Amedee de Flers (b.1885) who saw service during World War I.
