THIS IS A 11 1/2"W X 8 1/4" H - PICTURE OF JOHNNIE "J.E." JOHNSON'S SPITFIRE AND WRITE-UP OF HIS SERVICE IN VARIOUS SQUADRONS. IT IS ON HEAVY STOCK PAPER AND SIGNED BY THE LEGENDARY HIGHEST SCORRING BRITISH/RCAF ACE. HIS WARTIME RECORD WAS 515 SORTIES FLOWN, 34 AIRCRAFT CLAIMED DESTROYED WITH A FURTHER 7 SHARED DESTROYED, 3 PROBABLE'S, 10 DAMAGED AND ONE SHARED DESTROYED ON THE GROUND. ALL HIS KILLS WERE FIGHTERS. $85.00
NORMAN ASPINALL, SIGNED HAD WRITTEN LETTER AND WARTIME PHOTO, BOTH THE PHOTO (3 1/2"W X 2 1/4"H) IS SIGNED ON THE BACK INDICATING HIS 313 SQUADRON & THE 2 PAGE LETTER IS SIGNED WITH HIS SIGNATURE. A BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT SERVING IN THE 313 SQUADRON. THE SQUADRON WAS A MIXTURE OF BOTH BRITISH & CZECH PILOTS. BOTH THE PICTURE & THE SIGNED LETTER ARE $30.00 EACH
CLIPPED SIGNED PAPER OF PILOT/OFFICER JOHN R. GARDNER & A SMALL WARTIME PICTURE OF HIM. THIS ALSO COMES WITH 8 PAGES OF INFORMATION ON 141 SQUADRON THAT HE WAS IN PLUS INFO ON THE SQUADRON "OPERATION RECORD BOOK", INFO & PICTURE & INFO ON THE MARK I DEFIANT. $30.00
SIGNED PAPER 5"X3" OF BATTLE OF BRITIAN PILOT, PILOT OFFICER PAUL B. PITCHER 1/401 SQUADRON PLUS INFO. ON HIM. $30.00
SIGNED LETTER OF BATTLE OF BRITIAN "ACE" A CZECH PILOT, FLIGHT LT. LADISLAV SVETLIK. HE JOINED THE CZECH 312 SQUADRON IN THE LATTER STAGES OF THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN AND WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE 5 VICTORIES WHILE FLYING SEVERAL TYPES OF FIGHTERS; THE HAWKER HURRICANE Mk I, II & III, THE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MkII, V & IX, PLUS LATER HE FLEW VICKERS WELLINGTON'S Mk X AND MkXIII'S. THIS COMES WITH A TYPED LETTER WITH HIS SIGNATURE & WRITE-UP ON HIM. $70.00
SIGNED PHOTO ON THE FRONT & BACK 4 3/4' W X 7"H OF BATTLE OF BRITIAN CZECH ACE - LADISLAV SVETLIK $85.00
SIGNED ON BACK OF COLOR PHOTO, OF BATTLE OF BRITIAN CZECH PILOT, MAJOR GENERAL MIROSLAV STANDERA. HE FIRST STARTED OUT FLYING IN FRANCE WITH GC II/10, THEN WENT TO ENGLAND IN CZECH 312 SQUADRON IN SEPTEMBER 1940. IN 1943 HE TRANSFERED TO NIGHT FIGHTERS JOINING 68 SQUADRON AND FLEW THE BRISTOL BLENHEIM BEAUFIGHTERS AND THE DeHAVELAND MOSQUITO. BY 1940 HE WAS A SGT. IN THE RAF WITH 312 SQUADRON. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT STANDERA FLEW THE CHERBOURG ACTION ON JUNE 3, 1942. AIRCRAFT FLOWN WERE THE SPITFIRE, HURRICANE, MOSQUITO, & BLENHEIM. HE ALSO FLEW THE BEAUFIGHTER ON NIGHT MISSIONS. AFTER THE COMMUNISTS INVADED CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HE ESCAPED TO GERMANY. DECORATIONS INCLUDE 3 CZECH WAR CROSSES. BOTH THE COLOR SIGNED PHOTO & THE BLACK & WHITE PHOTO ARE $65.00
MAJOR-GENERAL MIROSLAV STANDERA ALSO SENT A PAPER COPY OF HIS VERY CLOSE FRIEND, MAJOR-GENERAL FRANTISEK PERINA, WITH A SMALL OF CLIPPING OF HIS FRIENDS OBITUARY. MAJOR-GENERAL STANDERA SIGNED HIS NAME JUST BELOW THE PICTURE OF PERINA & HIS HAND WRITTEN NOTE, "I'M CURIOUS - HOW DID YOU GET MY ADDRESS? THIS SIGNED PAPER PICTURE IS $50.00 THE SMALL CUTOUT OBIT'S READS: "CZECH FIGHTER PILOT, MAJOR-GENERAL FRANTISEK PERINA, DIED ON MAY 6, AGED 95. AFTER ESCAPING FROM HIS HOMELAND FOLLOWING IT'S INVAISON BY GERMANY, HE FLEW WITH THE HEAVILY OUTNUMBERED FRENCH AIR FORCE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF WORLD WAR TWO AND HAD A HAND IN THE DESTRUCTION OF ELEVEN GERMAN AIRCRAFT, WITH THESE 'KILLS' BEING ACHIEVED IN CURTISS HAWKS. LATER, HE JOINED THE RAF'S 312 (CZECH) SQUADRON AND SHOT DOWN AN FW-190, AS WELL AS DAMAGED ANOTHER.
ITALIAN ACE, LORIS BALDI HAD 5 VICTORIES FLYING WITH THE 396TH LAND FIGHTER SQUADRON OF THE 154th INDEPENDENT GROUP 1. I HAVE A SIGNED WAR TIME PICTURE THAT COMES WITH HIS PERSONAL ENVELOPE & A SIGNED LETTER WITH HIS SIGNATURE FOR $75.00 THERE IS A LETTER TYPED IN ENGLISH & SIGNED BY LORIS BALDI ALONG WITH HIS PERSONALIZED ENVELOPE FOR $65.00 (THE ENVELOPE IS SHOWN WITH THE FLIGHT LOG.) "THE SIGNED PICTURE & FLIGHT LOG HAVE BEEN SOLD."
ITALIAN ACE GENERAL GIUSEPPE BIRON HAS 8 VICTORY'S THE GENERAL STARTED OUT HIS FIRST BATTLE DURING THE WAR OF SPAIN WITH THE "CUCARACHA" (COCKROACH), AS WELL AS IN WORLD WAR II WITH THE 22nd CACCIA (HUNTING) GROUP. THE BLACK & WHITE PIC IS NOT SIGNED BUT HAS WRITTEN ON THE BACK "RUSSIA 1941" & COMES WITH ONE OF HIS 2 LETTERS (1 IS HANDWRITTEN IN ITALIAN & THE OTHER IS TYPED IN ITALIAN). THE TYPED LETTER W/HIS SIGNED ENVELOPE IS $75.00 THE HANDWRITTEN LETTER ALSO COMES WITH HIS SIGNED ENVELOPE & IT IS $75.00
ITALIAN ACE LUIGI GORRINI ACHIEVED 24 VISTORIES THROUGH OUT WWII FIGHTING ON MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS & FLYING QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT. THE WELL KNOWN ARTIST JERRY CRANDALL PAINTED A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE TITLED "STORM CLOUDS OVER TUNISIA" THE LEADING LIVING ITALIAN FIGHTER ACE. GORRINI FOUGHT IN OVER 180 COMBAT MISSIONS, WAS SHOT DOWN 5 TIMES AND SURVIVED BAILING OUT FROM A BLAZING AIRCRAFT WITH A PARACHUTE. HE WAS SHOOT THRU THE LIMBS, SURVIVED A CONCENTRATION CAMP & PRISON. HIS MANY AWARDS INCLUDE THE IRON CROSS II CLASS, 3 SILVER MEDALS AND THE MEDAL OF GOLD FOR MILITARY VALOR. I HAVE A BLACK & WHITE PICTURE WHICH HE DATED 01.13.1999. HE SIGNED THE PICTURE & ADDED: TO GREG DORTCH (I CANNOT READ WHAT HE WROTE UNDER MY NAME) IT COMES WITH A GREAT WRITE-UP BY PHIL HEITMAN WITH THE "IN FLIGHT USA" RAG MAGAZINE & IT INCLUDE HIS PERSONALIZED MAILER AS WELL & HAS 6 ITALIAN STAMPS ON THE ENVELOPE. $125.00
ITALIAN GENERAL MARIO BELLAGAMBI ACHEIVED 14 VICTORIES. 11 OF HIS VICTORIES WERE WHILE HE WAS POSTED TO 5 SQUADRIGLIA & HIS OTHER 3 VICTORIES CAME 354 & 364 SQUADRIGLIA. THE SIGNED LETTER HAS BEEN SOLD. ON THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE HE SIGNED HIS NAME AND ADDRESS, SORRY FOR THE BLURRY PICTURE. THE ENVELOPE IS $30.00
RUSSIAN ACE GENERAL- LT. MIKHAIL S. DVORNIKOV, MIKHAIL ACHIEDED 12 VICTORIES FLYING WITH 897 IAP SQUADRON. AFTER THE WAR HE SERVED AS CHIEF OF FLIGHT SECURITY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR. I HAVE ONE HAND WRITTEN LETTER (WITH THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION) SIGNED BY DVORNIKOV & 3 SIGNED SPECIAL BOOKPLATES. THE SIGNED HAND-WRITTEN LETTER IS $95.00, THE 3 REMAINING SPECAL BOOKPLATES ARE $75.00 EACH
