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| Extra Details : Pappys P-40 by Stan Stokes. (AP) | ||
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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. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | |
| Name | Info |
  Pappy Boyington (deceased) *Signature Value : £165 | Gregory Boyington was born on December 4th, 1912 in Coeur d'Alene in Idaho and grew up in the logging town of St Maries, Idaho and in Tacoma, Washington, where Boyington was a wrestler at Lincoln High School. Boyington took his first flight when he was six years old, with Clyde Panborn. Gregory Boyington started his military career in college, as a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps and in June 1934 became a 2nd Lt in the Coast Artillery Reserve, and served two months of active duty with the 630th Coast Artillery at Fort Worden, Washington. On June 13th, 1935, he enlisted in the Volunteer Marine Corps Reserve. On February 18th, 1936, Boyington accepted an appointment as an aviation cadet in the Marine Corps Reserve. Boyington went to Pensacola in Florida, for flight training. On the 11th of March 1937 Boyington was designated a naval aviator and went to Quantico in Virginia with Aircraft One, of the Fleet Marine Force, but on t the 1st July transferred to the Marine Corps and became a Second Lieutenant. In 1938 after a period at basic school, Boyington was transferred to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Group at the San Diego Naval Air Station where he took part in fleet problmes with he aircraft carriers USS Lexington, and USS Yorktown. On 4th November 1940 Boyington was promoted to Lieutenant and returned to Pensacola as an instructor the next month. Boyington resigned his commission in the Marine Corps on August 26, 1941 to accept a position with CAMCO which was a special civilian Air Unit to defend China. This unit became known as the American Volunteer Group (AVG), the famed Flying Tigers of China. During his months with the Tigers, Boyington became a flight leader. As a member of the AVG 1st Squadron, Boyington was officially credited with 3.5 Japanese aircraft destroyed in the air and on the ground. Boyington returned to the United States, where he was eventually re-instated in the Marine Corps. Boyington was assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 11 of the 1st marine Aircraft Wing and operated out of Guadalcanal with VMF121. Boyington would go on to become the Commanding Officer with the Black Sheep squadron (214 marine Fighter Squadron). Boyington is best known for flying the F4U Corsair with VMF-214. During his squadron's first tour of combat duty, Major Boyington shot down 14 enemy fighter planes in 32 days. By December 27th, Boyington had 25 victories. His 26th victory came on January 3rd, 1944 over Rabaul, but hewas shot down himself later the same day. Following a determined but futile search, Boyington was declared missing in action. Boyington had been picked up by a Japanese submarine and became a POW. After Japanese surrender, Boyington was liberated from Omori Prison Camn near Tokyo on August 29th and returned to the US in Septmeber 1945. Shortly after his return to the U.S., as a lieutenant colonel, Boyington received the Medal of Honor (The medal had been awarded by the late president, Roosevelt in March 1944 but had been held in Washington until Boyington could recieve it). On October 4th, 1945, Boyington received the Navy Cross for the Rabaul raid. Boyington retired from the Marine Corps on August 1, 1947, and because he was specially commended for the performance of duty in actual combat, he was promoted to full colonel. Colonel Boyington died of cancer on January 11th, 1988 at the age of 75 in Fresno, California. |
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| Tomahawk | A total of sixteen Royal Air Force squadrons used the Tomahawk from British bases, and five more squadrons in the Middle East, as well as South African and Australian units. The Curtiss Tomahawk equipped the legendary Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group in China, in 1941, before the United States was officialy at war with Japan. In all, 16,802 Curtiss Tomahawks in a succession of improved models, were mainly built for the US Air Force. |
| Artist Details : Stan Stokes |
| Click here for a full list of all artwork by Stan Stokes |
 Stan Stokes Stan Stokes is a California native with more than 37 years as a full time professional artist, who developed a passion for vintage cars, trains and airplanes at an early age. Model building and RC planes filled the many hours of the young enthusiasts free time. However, unlike most other young aviation enthusiasts Stokes also displayed a great gift for artistic talent. After studying art in College, Stan decided to pursue a career as a professional artist. Stokes initially focused his great talents on depicting uniquely realistic landscapes of the western desert and mountain scenes. More than thirty years ago a good friend suggested that Stan combine his passion for aviation history and flying with his artistic talents, and render an aircraft or two. The rest is history. Stan has won many prestigious awards including the Benedictine Art Award in 1975 and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museums Golden Age of Flight award in 1985. In May of 2000, Stan was honored with the National Museum of Naval Aviations R. G. Smith Award for Excellence in Naval Aviation Art. Commissioned by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Stans 12 x 120 foot mural of the History of the Flying White House is on permanent display in the Air Force One Pavilion. In addition Stans painting of the USS Ronald Reagan is hanging in the Legacy Room of the library. In 2005 Stan also completed a painting of our nations next aircraft carrier, the USS George H. W. Bush, which is on permanent display at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas. Stan has also completed several impressive murals for the Palm Springs Air Museum including: The Tuskegee Airmen at 12 x 60 feet and contains 51 portraits of the original Tuskegee Airmen. Dauntless at Midway at 12 x 34 feet and Corsair on Approach at 19 x 55 feet. Stans work also hangs in the Air Force art collection, the Pentagon, San Diego Aerospace Museum, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Stan has had the pleasure of meeting and working with many of his boyhood aviation heroes, including the late General Jimmy Doolittle, the late Pappy Boyington, Chuck Yeager, and many many others. A true aviation history buff, Stan often spends more time pouring over research materials for his paintings to assure their accuracy to the smallest detail than he does behind the canvas. Noted for his incredible detail and strikingly realistic illustration, Stans canvases have a life-like three-dimensional effect that often leaves viewers spellbound. Today his work encompasses not only aviation and space but also portraits, landscapes, ships, classic cars and his new collection of cat-related fine art paintings. Stan particularly enjoys the tough assignment. During his 37 years as a professional artist, he has been asked to produce literally hundreds of paintings documenting historical events, people and places. Although Stan has logged many hours flying his own airplanes, in recent years pleasure flying has had to take a backseat to the artistic demands of his backlog. Stan was commissioned to paint more than twenty original paintings for an aviation museum being in the Philippines. Since the mid-1980s NASA has also tapped Stans talents from time to time and he has completed more than fifteen paintings ranging from the space shuttles to the SR 71 Blackbird. Stan has also painted numerous works for the cutting edge genius in aviation and space design, Burt Rutan. More about Stan Stokes |
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Boyington, Pappy 
(signed in person)
