GENERAL IRA C. EAKER - AUTOGRAPH CIRCA 1947 - HFSID 156084
Sale Price $272.00
Reg. $320.00
IRA C. EAKER
1¢ postcard signed by Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker in 1947
Signature: "Ira Eaker,/Lt Gen USA, 5½x3¼ post card. Addressed
on verso (unknown hand) to H. Lloyd, Eresson, Pennsylvania, postmarked
Washington, D.C., December 9, 1947. Ink caption (unknown hand) below signature.
EAKER (1896-1987) made the first transcontinental flight purely on
instruments (1936). During WWII, he
personally led the first U.S. B-17 bomber strike against German occupation
forces in France, the bombing of Rouen, August 17, 1942. In June 1944, after
being transferred to the Mediterranean, he flew the first bombing raid from
Italy into Germany, landing in the Soviet Union after striking factory and oil
installations and other military targets. In 1944, he was named Commander of
the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. In 1970, Eaker was enshrined in the
National Aviation Hall of Fame. Ink date stamp touches "I" of signature.
Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.
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