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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. | |
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1st Lieutenant Edward J Lopez DFC *Signature Value : £40 | Joining the 365th Fighter Group slightly after D-Day he fought through Normandy, Bastogne and into Germany, dropping 500lb bombs on armored convoys. On one occasion he pressed on to destroy flak guns despite being badly hit by their 20mm fire. |
1st Lieutenant Jay A Harrington *Signature Value : £10 | Flying from March 1944 one of his first missions was the hit on the marshalling yard at Haiger. He flew missions on D-Day, the major strike on St Lo and throughout the advance from Normandy to the final days in Germany up to the end of the war. |
1st Lieutenant John H Fetzer Jr (deceased) *Signature Value : £10 | The pilot of P-47 The Madam, he served with the 365th from August 1943 until the end of the war. Flying missions on D-Day he took off in the darkness of the early hours, destroying a number of armoured vehicles including a Tiger tank. He died on 3rd February 2015. |
1st Lieutenant Lavern R Alcorn *Signature Value : £10 | Joining the Hell Hawks just after D-Day he was shot down by ground fire over occupied Falaise in August but with the help of French civilians evaded capture and returned to his unit. He finished the war with 79 combat missions and scored two aerial victories in April 1945. |
1st Lieutenant Matt Ruper DFC *Signature Value : £10 | Flying with the Hell Hawks from June 1944 to the end of the war he completed 106 combat missions including Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge and survived being shot down by ground fire during a low level strafing mission. |
Colonel Herbert L Prevost DFC *Signature Value : £40 | Joining the Hell Hawks in June 1944 he flew operations on D-Day and over Normandy, once managing to return his P-47 after striking his propeller on the ground whilst strafing a train. He was awarded the DFC for helping destroy seven tanks, three armored vehicles and five trucks at Weyerbusch in March 1945. |
Lieutenant Colonel Archie F Maltbie DFC *Signature Value : £10 | Flying with the Hell Hawks from May 1944 he was forced to bail out in August after shooting down an Me109 which exploded. Evading capture he returned to the unit. As well as ground attack missions he also downed a Ju88 on 15th March 1945. |
Lieutenant Colonel Carl R Riggs *Signature Value : £10 | From November 1944 until the end of the war he completed 56 combat missions including the Battle of the Bulge and on 1st January 1945 was wounded during the Luftwaffe attack of Operation Bodenplatte but returned to combat shortly after. |
Lieutenant Colonel Ralph F Kling *Signature Value : £10 | Joining the 365th in May 1944 he flew over D-Day and Normandy shooting down an Me109 on 2nd July. His luck ran out in September when he was hit while strafing and bailed out of his burning P-47 Poppie. He was captured becoming a POW at Stalag Luft III. |
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas E Stanton *Signature Value : £10 | 387th Fighter Squadron Hell Hawks P-47 pilot. |
Major Allen V Mundt *Signature Value : £10 | Joining the Hell Hawks at Chievre, Belgium in November 1944 he flew 58 combat missions during the Battle of the Bulge and the push through Germany. On two occasions his aircraft was hit by 20mm cannon while low level strafing and bombing. |
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