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| *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature and is for the unmatted version where available. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | |
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| First Lieutenant Frederick J Bird *Signature Value : £30 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Bird, Frederick J (First Lieutenant Frederick J Bird) Navigator with the 326th BS, 92nd Bomb Group, Fred Bird flew 14 combat missions on B 17 Fortresses, his first being on 26 August 1943. Following the second raid on Schweinfitirt he was later shot down and taken prisoner of war. He remained captive until liberated on 29 April 1945. |
| Technical Sergeant Jack R Goetz *Signature Value : £15 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Goetz, Jack R (Technical Sergeant Jack R Goetz) Jack Goetz served with the 544th BS, 384th Bomb Group, flying B 17s from Grafton Underwood. Top turret gunner, his full tour of 25 missions took in the second Schweinfurt raid, raids on Berlin, Bremen, Frankfurt, and Stuttgart, and included a crash landing at his home base, and a ditching in the North Sea. |
| Captain Malcolm H Higgins *Signature Value : £20 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Higgins, Malcolm H (Captain Malcolm H Higgins) Pilot Malcolm Higgins flew with the 100th Bomb Group on the Anklam raid of 9 Oc 1943, and was with the 3 5 1 st Bomb Group on the second Schweinfart raid, 14 October 1943. During this mission his aircraft came under heavy attack and he was shot down Taken by the Germans, he remained a POW until 10 May 1945. |
| Technical Sergeant Bill E Martin *Signature Value : £30 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Martin, Bill E (Technical Sergeant Bill E Martin) Bill Martin was a Fortress waist gunner with the 384th Bomb Group, flying his firs combat operation in June 1943. He took part in many of the Groups main raids including the second Schweinfurt operation. After completing 21 missions his aircraft was shot down and he bailed out, escaping captivity via Switzerland. |
| Chief Master Sergeant Roy C McGinnis *Signature Value : £35 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | McGinnis, Roy C (Chief Master Sergeant Roy C McGinnis) Joining up in November 1940, Roy McGinnis was the right waist gunner on a B 17 o the 339th BS, 96th Bomb Group. His first mission was in October 1943 to Erriden and after a couple of other major raids, he was shot down during the 14 October Schweinfart mission and taken prisoner by the Germans. |
 Captain James A Pete Mullinax *Signature Value : £30 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Mullinax, James A Pete (Captain James A Pete Mullinax) Pilot James Mullinax flew B 17 Flying Fortresses with the 332nd BS, 94th Bomb Group undertaking his first combat mission in September 1943. He had completed ei operations before his aircraft was attacked and shot down during the 14 Octobe. Schweinfurt mission. Bailing out, he was taken POW by the Germans. |
| Staff Sergeant Ben Roberts *Signature Value : £25 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Roberts, Ben (Staff Sergeant Ben Roberts) Flying with the 364th BS, 305th Bomb Group, Ben Roberts was a B17 ball turre gunner. Flying his first mission on 5 October 1943, his fifth mission was the 14 Octobe raid to Schweinfurt, during which his aircraft was shot down. Bailing out he wa captured and taken to Stalag Luft 17B until the war's end. |
| General J Kemp McLaughlin *Signature Value : £25 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | McLaughlin, J Kemp (General J Kemp McLaughlin) As a Second Lieutenant in October 1942, Kemp McLaughlin had already brought a heavily damaged and burning B 17 safely home whilst under heavy attack from German aircraft. It was a suitable prelude to the dangers that would face him and his crew a year later when on 14 Oct 1943, he was the pilot of the 92nd Bomb Group's B 17 Equipose, the mission command plane during the second mission to attack the ball-bearing factory at Schweinfurt. Under constant attack from German fighters for almost six hours, he again brought the crew safely home. The following month he was deputy air commander on a bombing raid in Norway, when his aircraft lost oil pressure due to one engine overheating. The crew carried on to the target, but on the return to England were attacked by fighters. Unable to return fire because all guns had been thrown overboard to lighten the aircraft, he skilfully coaxed his plane safely back to base. His 'luck' continued when in December 1944 he was air commander on a raid during the Battle of the Bulge when shrapnel pierced his scat a few inches from him, he was uninjured. |
| First Lieutenant Wilbur Bud Klint *Signature Value : £20 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Klint, Wilbur Bud (First Lieutenant Wilbur Bud Klint) 'Bud' Klint joined the service in 1942, and after qualifying as a pilot was posted to England in July 1943. He flew the first of his tour of 25 combat missions in B 1 7s on 16 August 1943. The following day he went on the first mission to Schweinflart, and then to Stuttgart on 6 September when he was forced to safely ditch his aircraft. On 14 October he went to Schweinffirt again - this time on the fateful second mission, but again brought his aircraft safely home. He finished his tour in Europe and after a period instructing on B 17s left the service in November 1945. |
| First Lieutenant John P Noack *Signature Value : £30 Editions signed : Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. | Noack, John P (First Lieutenant John P Noack) Joining the service in March 1942, John trained as a pilot before being posted to England joining the 369th Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group flying B17s from their base at Thurleigh in Bedfordshire. He undertook his first mission in anger on 12 August 1943, and on 14 October went on the second mission to Schweinfurt. On 11 December 1943, after completing 15 combat missions, his B 17 was shot down over Europe and he was forced to ditch, and taken prisoner by the Germans, remaining in captivity until liberated on 30 April 1945. |
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