Lot 141
[Aviation] Colletion of WW II Military Airman, Military Officers, and AVG Flying
Tigers. Impressive collection of 140 items, majority of the collection consists of 2 x 3½" signed calling and business cards. Includes: Jimmy Doolittle, Joe Rosbert (AVG), Robert F. Layher (AVG), Robert Keeton (AVG), Peter Wright (AVG), Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, Gen. Wesley Clark, Gen. Curtis LeMay, John Bolt, Capt. James Verinis ("Memphis Belle"), Robert Morgan ("Memphis Belle"), Harold P. Lock ("Memphis Belle"), Richard Knobloch, Robert McClurg ("Blacksheep" wingman), Bruce Matheson ("Blacksheep"), Chase Nielsen (Doolittle Raider), Florence Miller Watson (WAFS-WASP), Betty Stagg Turner (WAFS-WASP), Jacob Beser (" Enola Gay"), Charles W. Lindberg (Iwo Jima), James Bond Stockdale, Edith M. Hinton, Lt. Col. Harry C. McCool, Gen. Andrew Jackson Goodpaster, Admiral Arleigh Burke, and Maxwell D. Taylor. With a First Day Cover signed by Col. Joe W. Kittinger, Jr, commemorating "America's First Step Into Space - Highest Parachute Jump / In History 102,800 faint."; Signed 5 x 4" picture of Northrop Test Pilot Bruce J. Hinds.; Autograph of WW I War Hero R.L. Bullard, on a 2 x 5½ slip of paper.; and a Limited Edition of a Commemorative cartoon/drawing of the The Rutan Model 76 "Voyager" flying over "The Spirit of St. Louis", entitled "WELL DONE!", signed by: Dick Rutan, Bert Rutan, Jeana Yeager and Clyde Wells (editorial cartoonist for The Augusta Chronicle); numbered 355/1000. The Voyager was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. A very special memento, celebrating the nine day around-the-world flight of the one-of-a-kind Voyager aircraft. Collection contained in a sleeved three ring binder. Overall fine.
Estimated Value $350-UP.
Jerry Berg Card Collection.
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