THIS IS A B&W SIGNED PHOTO, 8" X 10" OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL KERMIT A. TYLER WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY BEST KNOWN AS THE OPERATIONS OFFICER AT WHEELER FIELD ON OAHU ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, AND THE ONLY OFFICER ON DUTY AT ITS AIR RAID WARNING CENTER THAT MORNING. THE RADAR CREW REPORTED NUMEROUS BLIPS ON THE SCREEN TO WHICH HE REPLIED "DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT" STATING THAT SOME B-17'S WERE DUE IN FROM THE MAINLAND. TYLER PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 23, 2010. INCLUDED WITH THIS SIGNED PICTURE ARE SEVERAL ARTICLE'S AND A 15 PAGE COPY OF THE NAVY COURT OF INQUIRY PROCEEDINGS. $125.00
 
31ST FIGHTER GROUP
2 BPs OF PILOT & AUTHOR FRANK LAWSON WHO SERVED IN THE 27TH FS. HE LATER AUTHORED A BOOK TITLED "WAR DIARY 27TH FIGHTER SQUADRON" EXCELLENT READING. 1 BP IS TITLED "AUTHOR" $20.00 EACH
15TH PURSUIT GROUP, 46TH SQUADRON
4 BPs OF PEARL HARBOR SUVIVOR & PILOT PHILIP M. RASMUSSEN WHO WAS ONE OF THE FEW US PILOTS TO GET AIRBORNE DURING THE JAPANESE EARLY MORNING ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, STILL IN HIS PAJAMAS, HE TOOK OFF IN A P-36 FROM WHEELER FIELD AND SHOT DOWN A ZERO OVER KANEOHE BAY. HE LATER SERVED IN THE 5TH AF IN SIAPAN & OKINAWA FLYING P-47s AND ACHIEVED ANOTHER AERIAL VICTORY. $35.00 EACH. 3 bookplates left
33RD FIGHTER GROUP (THE FIGHTING NOMADS)
7 BPs Lt.Col. WILLIAM R DAVIS JR. WITH OVER 400 HRS. IN A P-40 HE TOOK OFF THE USS CARRIER CHENANGO DURING OPERATION "TORCH" & LANDED IN MOROCCO STARTING HIS COMBAT TOUR IN NORTH AFRICA & THEN INTO SICILY. HE ALSO HAD OVER 800 HRS. IN P-47s. HE ACHIEVED 2 VICTORIES. $20.00 EACH
6 BPs Lt.Col. KENNETH B. SCIDMORE. HE TOO FLEW OFF THE CARRIER CHENANGO IN HIS P-40 AND ALONG WITH DAVIS FLEW DIVE BOMBING MISSIONS AND BOMBER ESCORT MISSIONS. THE 33RD FG KOWN AS THE NOMADS FOR MOVING SO MANY TIMES IN AFRICA, PANTELLERIA, SICILY, ITALY AND THE CHINA-BURMA THEATER. HE ACHIEVED 1 VICTORY. $20.00 EACH
78TH FIGHTER GROUP (EAGLES OF DUXFORD)
2 BPs Lt.Col. FRED BOLGERT FLEW WITH JAMES J. FINNEGAN WHO WAS CREDITED WITH SHOOTING DOWN ADOLF GALLAND IN HIS Me-262 & LISTED AS THE LAST 262 SHOT DOWN BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR. $20.00 EACH
4 BPs, 1 SIGNED PICTURE & 2 SIGNED BOOK MARKS OF Lt.Col. RICHARD A. HEWITT, HE ACHIEVED 4 AERIAL VICTORIES AND AUTHORED THE BOOK "TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY" $25.00 EACH
VT-29 TORPEDO SQUADRON - USS CABOT
- 3 BPs WILLIAM H. ANDERSON JR. TBM-AVENGER PILOT $20.00 EACH 2 BPs LEFT
- 3 BPs WILLIAM M. FISHER TBM-AVENGER PILOT $20.00 EACH 2 BPs LEFT
- 6 BPs HOWARD H. SKIDMORE TBM-AVENGER PILOT $20.00 EACH
- 4 BPs JACK SPEIDEL TBM-AVENGER PILOT $20.00 EACH
3 SIGNED PICTURE BIOs, OF ANGELO CHATAS, U.S. NAVY COMBAT DEMOLITION UNIT 25 FROGMAN. ANGELO PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASIONS OF NORMANDY AND SOUTHERN FRANCE. ANGELO WAS ON THE BEACHS OF UTAH BEFORE THE D-DAY INVASION TOOK PLACE. HE WAS RESPONCIBLE FOR CLEARING A 50 YARD GAP FROM THE LOW TIDE MARK TO THE SEA WALL OF THOUSANDS OF MINES & OTHER OBSTACLES THAT WERE PLANTED OR ERECTED IN THE SAND. $20.00 EACH
7 BPs OF CLAIRE PAT CHENNAULT, THE 4TH SON OF GENERAL CLAIR CHENNAULT. CLAIR PAT SERVED IN THE 361ST FIGHTER GROUP AND ACHIEVED 2 VICTORIES IN HIS COMBAT CAREER. $40.00 EACH
4 BPs OF WARREN C. COOLEY WAS A FLIGHT LEADER IN THE 356TH FIGHTER GROUP, 359TH FIGHTER SQUADRON HE ACHIEVED 4 VICTORIES BEFORE BE TAKEN POW. $20.00 EACH
4 BPs SIGNED BY WALTER CRONKITE. THERE ARE MANY WRITE-UPS AND PICTURES OF MR. CRONKITE IN WWII AS A WAR CORRESPONDENT WITH UNITED PRESS. $50.00 EACH 3 BP's left
4 BPs OF GENERAL RUSSELL E. DOUGHERTY, SAC COMMANDER. YOU CAN READ HIS BIO. AT - http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=5258 $20.00 EACH 3 BP's left
BERYL A. ERICKSON - CHIEF TEST PILOT. BERYL ERICKSON PILOTED THE XB-36 PEACEMAKER PROTOTYPE ON ITS INITIAL FLIGHT, AUGUST 8, 1946 AT FORT WORTH, TX. HE LATER FLEW ALL SUBSEQUENT B-36 MODELS AND LATER WAS THE CHIEF TEST PILOT TESTING THE B-58 HUSTLER. SACs FIRST SUPERSONIC BOMBER.
1. SIGNED 3 PAGE INFORMATIONAL SHEET ON THE HISTORY OF THE B-58 $30.00
2. 3 SIGNED LETTERS OF CORRESPONDANCE WITH BERYL ERICKSON. $30.00 EACH 1 LETTER SOLD
1 SIGNED BP TITLED "ACTORS AND ENTERTAINERS IN WWII" SIGNED BY CHARLTON HESTON. HESTON SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE FOR 3 YEARS AS A BOMBER CREWMAN. $125.00
1 SIGNED KEYNOTE SPEAKER BROCHURE OF GENE KRANZ WHO AS NASA's CHIEF FLIGHT DIRECTOR WAS INSTRAMENTAL IN GETTING THE APOLLO 13 CREW BACK SAFELY AFTER THE SPACE MODULE'S OXYGEN SYSTEM FAILED. $25.00
1 SIGNED PROGRAM FROM THE "NINTH ANNUAL HISTORY OF AVIATION BANQUET" PROUD BIRD RESTAURANT AUGUST 27, 1994. SIGNED BY ACTRESS/ENTERTAINER IN WWII ANN MILLER. INCLUDES A BIO. ON ANN MILLER. $75.00
LEO W. NADEAU - VT-51. LEO WAS ASSIGNED TO TORPEDO SQUADRON 51 AS TURRET GUNNER FOR ENSIGN GEORGE BUSH.
1. 1 SIGNED POST CARD OF A TBM-AVENGER BY LEO NADEAU $35.00
2. 1 SIGNED PICTURE/BIO CARD BY LEO NADEAU. $35.00 (signed to Greg)
1 SIGNED PHOTO OF ACTOR/ENTERTAINER IN WWII MICKEY ROONEY $65.00
1 SIGNED BP BY 39TH FIGHTER SQUADRON COMMANDER FRANCIS R. ROYAL. HE ACHIEVED 1 AERIAL VICTORY $20.00
1 SIGNED PHOTO/BIO. BY FLORENE MILLER WATSON, STARTING OUT AS A WAF (WOMEN'S AUXILIARY FERRY SQUADRON), LATER KNOWN AS WASP's (WOMEN'S AIR FORCE SERVICE PILOTS) SHE FLEW EVERY TYPE OF PLANE USED BY THE ARMY AIR CORPS. SHE ALSO SERVED AS A TEST PILOT. $35.00
2 THANK YOU NOTES ON AMERICAN AIRLINE IN-FLIGHT STATIONARY TO A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, DATED MARCH 15 AND 16, 1981 FROM 2 IRANIAN HOSTAGES FROM THE US EMBASSY IN TEHRAN. US ARMY COLONEL LEE HOLLAND & COLONEL TOM SCHAEFER. INCLUDES AN ARTICLE FROM THE AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION MAGAZINE ABOUT THE DISASTEROUS ATTEMPT TO RESUCE THEM WITH A PIC. OF SCHAEFER STEPPING OF A PLANE. $45.00 EACH
4 SIGNED BPs BY COLONEL R.E. "DICK" WILLSIE. DICK WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN NIGHT FIGHTER PILOTS IN N. AFRICA FLYING THE BEAUFIGHTER. IN THE 82ND FG, 96TH FS WHICH HE COMMANDED HE HAD 81 MISSIONS WITH 2 AERIAL VICTORIES. HE WAS SHOT DOWN IN AUGUST OF 1944 AND RESCUED IN ANOTHER P-38 SITTING PIGGYBACK STYLE. HE ALSO FLEW THE B-25. B-17 AND A-20's. FLEW THE A-1 SKYRAIDER IN VIETNAM AS C.O. OF AN AIR COMMANDO SQUADRON. $55.00EACH
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