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| Extra Details : V.E. Day - Heading Home by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
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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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  Captain Ralph F Conte (deceased) *Signature Value : £40 | Navigator / Bombardier, Ralph flew 65 combat missions in the A-20 & A-26 |
  Colonel Daniel F Shea (deceased) *Signature Value : £35 | Flew with the 668th Bomb Squadron, 416th Bomb Group. Graduate of West Point. He flew 66 missions as A-20 Havoc pilot, including one on the 22nd of June 1944 where he was wounded when his aircraft was hit by flak over the target. He managed to get the aircraft safely to the ground in France. He died on 25th July 2004. |
  Colonel Dick Wheeler (deceased) *Signature Value : £35 | Graduating from West Point in 1943, he was a pilot of the A-20 Havoc with the 416th Bomb Group in England. He flew 69 missions in Europe, including D-Day. Remaining with the Air Force after the war, he set a world record for a high altitude bail out and was involved in missile testing. He remained in the aviation industry after retiring from the Air Force in 1968. He died on 29th December 2009. |
  First Lt Arthur J Schuler *Signature Value : £35 | 409th B. G. 37 mission A-26 pilot, buzzed Paris with other Group planes on VE Day, and told us 'we blew the dust off the Arc de Triomphe!' |
  First Lt Leonard R McBride (deceased) *Signature Value : £40 | Flew 65 missions with the 416th Bomb Group flying the A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader. He died on 9th September 2009. |
  First Lt Wayne E Downing (deceased) *Signature Value : £45 | A pilot, Wayne Downing flew Douglas A20 Havoc light bombers with the 416th Bomb Group, the first Group to fly the A20 in Europe. On D-Day the 416th BG targeted Argentan, a major German troop crossroads, and later in the day a second mission to hit a major marshalling yard. Moving to France in September 1944, in October he converted over to flying the more advanced A26 Invader. Wayne Downing flew a total of 86 combat missions. Post-war he stayed with the Air Force flying the B-47 and B-52 until 1962, becoming a maths teacher after leaving the service. He died on 4th August 2018. |
  Flight Officer J Frank Bell *Signature Value : £35 | 409th B G. A-26 pilot, flew his first combat mission Dec 15th 1944. Shot down and taken POW April 16th 1945. |
  Lt Colonel Arthur R Milow (deceased) *Signature Value : £45 | Arthur Milow was Commanding Officer of the 643rd Squadron, 409th Bomb Group, and commanded a total of 66 combat missions flying the Douglas A20 Havoc, and A26 Invader. He flew combat missions during the D-Day operations, and later took part in the Battle of the Bulge. He died on 28th June 2012. |
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| Name | Info |
| Havoc | A-20 |
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