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  Helping Hands by David Pentland. |   Screaming Eagles in Normandy, 7th June 1944 by David Pentland. |  Easy Company - Moving On by Chris Collingwood. |   82nd Airborne by Chris Collingwood. | |
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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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  Captain Dean McCandless *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 325 prints. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. US Airborne Tribute edition of 5 prints. Limited edition of 25 remarques. Limited edition of 10 double remarques. | McCandless, Dean (Captain Dean McCandless) Joining up in 1941 he was commissioned as an Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division. Serving with the 1st Battalion, 505th PIR, he made the first of four combat jumps on 9th July 1943 at Sicily during Operation Husky, and two months later jumped at Salerno. His third drop was on D-Day, landing just outside Sainte-Mere-Eglise where his unit fought successfully to capture the bridge over the Merderet River - he was the battalion communications officer. His fourth and final jump was during Operation Market Garden before moving on to fight in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded. He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. After leaving the service in 1946 he was later called up to serve with the Medical Corps as a doctor in Korea. |
  Staff Sergeant Leo A Dumouchelle *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : Signed limited edition of 325 prints. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. US Airborne Tribute edition of 5 prints. Limited edition of 25 remarques. Limited edition of 10 double remarques. | Dumouchelle, Leo A (Staff Sergeant Leo A Dumouchelle) Served in the 82nd Airborne Division with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (C). Wounded in Belgium in September 1944 he returned to fight in the Battle of the Bulge. |
  Private 1st Class Salvador Sal Perez *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : US Airborne Tribute edition of 5 prints. | Perez, Salvador Sal (Private 1st Class Salvador Sal Perez) Jumped on D-Day with the Service Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne and fought throughout Normandy, Operation Market Garden and at Bastogne. |
  Private 1st Class Arthur Art Petersen *Signature Value : £40 Editions signed : US Airborne Tribute edition of 5 prints. | Petersen, Arthur Art (Private 1st Class Arthur Art Petersen) Serving with Fox Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne he was one of many paratroopers misdropped on D-Day. Landing near Sainte Mère-Église he briefly fought alongside Easy Company before heading south into the bitter fire-fight raging around the church at Angoville-au-Plain. After being wounded he was briefly treated in the Church and then fought in the advance into Carentan. He later jumped on Operation Market Garden, where he was wounded, but was back in action in time to re-join his unit in the Battle of the Bulge. Wounded yet again, Bastogne proved to be his final combat. |
 Private 1st Class Bill Wingett (deceased) Died : 2020 *Signature Value : £45 Editions signed : US Airborne Tribute edition of 5 prints. | Wingett, Bill (Private 1st Class Bill Wingett (deceased)) Bill Wingett originally enlisted on 9th December 1941, two days after Pearl Harbor was attacked, but after a car crash, hospitalisation and subsequent discharge from the forces meant he had to try again on 19th August 1942. Bill was a machine gunner with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne up until 5 days before D-Day where he was transferred to Headquarters Company. He fought in the campaigns of Normandy, Holland and Bastogne receiving a Purple Heart in each. Discharged on 23rd November 1945, Bill returned 10 months later to join the 82nd Airborne for 3 years as a maintenance man at Fort Bragg Airfield. He died on 1st October 2020 aged 98. |
  Colonel Ed Shames (deceased) Died : 2021 *Signature Value : £45 Editions signed : US Airborne Tribute edition of 5 prints. | Shames, Ed (Colonel Ed Shames (deceased)) Enlisting in September 1942, Ed Shames was to become one of the most respected officers in the 101st Airborne Division, a stickler for detail he always got the job done, and brought his men home. Originally assigned to I Company in the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment he was then transferred to Headquarters Company. He received a battlefield commission during the taking of Carentan in Normandy, and joined Easy Company in July 1944 as a 2nd Lieutenant prior to Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. He died aged 99 on 3rd December 2021. |
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Signature(s) value alone : £80
Signature(s) value alone : £80