GENERAL IRA C. EAKER - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 67217
Price: $260.00
IRA EAKER
B/w bust photograph of Air Force Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker in
uniform, signed "with every good wish"
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To W. Godward, Esq,/with every
good/wish -/Ira Eaker,/Lt Gen USAF/(Ret). B/w, 8x10. 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. Corner creases. Pinhole
at bottom center. Ink note on verso (no show through). Otherwise, fine
condition.
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