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100 |
Limited edition |
Signed by one 352nd FG pilots, plus
companion print signed by a crew chief. |
$165 |
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150 |
Collectors edition |
Signed by three 352nd FG pilots,
plus companion print signed by a crew chief. |
$215 |
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100 |
Blue Nose edition |
Signed by six 352nd FG pilots, plus
companion print signed by five ground crew. |
$295 |
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50 |
Artist's proof |
Signed by seven 352nd FG pilots,
plus companion print signed by five ground crew. |
$355 |
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25 |
Remarque |
Signed by seven 352nd FG pilots,
plus companion print signed by five ground crew. |
$485 |
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10 |
Double remarque |
Signed by seven 352nd FG pilots,
plus companion print signed by five ground crew. |
$795 |
Blue Nose
edition signatures:
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Captain George Middleton |
First Lt. Walter G. ‘Jack’
Diamond |
Lt. Col. Donald S. Bryan |
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Captain Robert H. ‘Punchy’
Powell |
Lt. Col. Raymond R. Mitchell |
Lt Charles M. Price |
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Crew Chief Art Snyder (companion) |
Staff Sgt James Bleidner (companion) |
Master Sgt Ralp McLain (companion) |
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Staff Sgt Bill Straub (companion) |
Corporal Howard Polin (companion) |
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Artist's
proof & Remarque edition signatures:
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Captain George Middleton |
First Lt. Walter G. ‘Jack’
Diamond |
Lt. Col. Donald S. Bryan |
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Captain Robert H. ‘Punchy’
Powell |
Lt. Col. Raymond R. Mitchell |
Lt Charles M. Price |
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Captain Donald W. ‘Mac’
McKibben |
Crew Chief Art Snyder (companion) |
Staff Sgt James Bleidner (companion) |
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Master Sgt Ralp McLain (companion) |
Staff Sgt Bill Straub (companion) |
Corporal Howard Polin (companion) |
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The signatories
George Middleton
Joining the 352nd Fighter
Group in March 1944, George flew 85 combat sorties with them
until the end of hostilities in May 1945. He flew P-51 Worra
Bird, and acted as wingman to both George Preddy and Don Bryan
on many occasions. George is credited with 2 aerial victories.
* |
Walter G. ‘Jack’ Diamond
‘Jack’ Diamond
joined the 487th FS, 352nd FG in October 1944 and flew P-51 Mustang
Twyla Sue with them until the end of the war. He was one of the
few pilots who not only managed to get airborne during the Luftwaffe’s
1945 New Year’s Day onslaught of Operation Bodenplatte,
but scored an aerial victory and damaged another as well.
* |
Donald S. Bryan
Originally a P-40 instructor
with the 79th FS, 20th FG, Don Bryan then transferred to the
328th FS, 352nd FG as a flight leader flying P-47s. Moving to
Bodney, England in June, he flew with the group on its first
combat mission in September, flying his P-47 Little One, named
after his girlfriend Frances Norman. In April 1944, he transitioned
to P-51s, Little One II and Little One III, and completed his
first combat tour in May1944. He returned to the 328th FS in
August, became an Ace two months later, and gained ‘Ace
in a Day’ status on 2 November when he downed five Fw190s
in a single mission. Don flew 140 combat missions, never lost
a wingman, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, second
only to the Congressional MOH.
* |
Robert H. ‘Punchy’
Powell
‘Punchy’ Powell
joined the 328th FS of the 352nd Fighter Group in August 1943
and flew 83 combat missions with them in P-47s and P-51s until
the end of his tour in December 1944. His P-51 was The West “by
gawd” Virginian. He was credited with sharing in the destruction
of 2 enemy aircraft in aerial combat plus 3 damaged, and destroying
3.5 enemy aircraft on the ground, plus 2 probables while strafing
enemy airfields.
* |
Raymond R. Mitchell
Ray Mitchell flew 69 combat missions with the 328th FS, 352nd
FG from August 1944 until late April 1945; his P-51 was Carol.
He flew as George Preddy’s wingman many times and was in
his flight on 25 December 1944 when Preddy was killed by friendly
ground fire chasing after an enemy aircraft. Ray is credited
with 1 aerial victory.
* |
Charles M. Price
Assigned to the 486th
Fighter Squadron at Bodney, Charles Price arrived in England
in December 1944. He undertook his first combat mission in his
P-51 Little Skunk on 6 February 1945, and went on complete a
total of 27 before the end of hostilities. He is credited with
3 enemy aircraft destroyed on the ground.
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Donald W. ‘Mac’ McKibben
Don McKibben was also one of the original cadre of pilots with
the 352nd Fighter Group. He flew 80 combat missions with the
486th FS in P-47s and P-51s until September 1944. He flew the
famous P-51 Miss Lace and with the others of the 486th took part
in the first shuttle mission to Russia led by Don Blakeslee of
the 4th Fighter Group. McKibben is credited
with 2 aerial victories and 1 probable.
* |
Art Snyder
Serving with the 352nd
FG from 1942 to 1945 Art Snyder was George Preddy’s greatly
respected crew chief who kept his P-51 Cripes A’Mighty flying
to perfection, invaluable to Preddy as the highest scoring P-51
Ace in the Eighth Air Force. Art also doubled as the unit’s
barber, often decorating Preddy’s Mustang with a small barber’s
pole to the right hand engine nacelle!
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James Bleidner
James Bleidner served
as an armourer in the 487th Fighter Squadron in England from
July 1943 to August 1945.
* |
Ralp McLain
Ralph McLain was attached
to the 352nd FG as a Radar Operator from their arrival in England
until the end of the war. After the war he flew as aircrew on
P-36 and B-52s as a Radar & Electronic Countermeasure specialist.
* |
Bill Straub
Deploying to England
in July 1943, Bill Straub was assigned to the 487th Fighter Squadron,
where he served as an aircraft and engine mechanic until September
1945.
* |
Howard Polin
Howard deployed to England
in April 1944, and was posted to Bodney as part of the 18th Weather
Squadron, attached to the 352nd Fighter Group, where he served
until the end of the war.
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