LT. COLONEL ROBERT L. HITE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED CIRCA 1990 - HFSID 264312
Sale Price $135.00
Reg. $160.00
DOOLITTLE'S RAIDERS: ROBERT L. HITE
The World War II aviator pens a note for a fan in regards to a letter
received
Autograph Note Signed: "With Sincere Best Regards to you
Bill,/Sincerely/Robert L. (Bob) Hite", 1p, 8½x11. Written at lower margin of
a typed letter from a collector asking Hite to sign and return 3 photographs
(not present). On April 18, 1942, 80 men took off in 16 B-25 Mitchell bombers
from the U.S.S. Hornet for a daring raid over Japan. Led by James
"Jimmy" Doolittle, the raid, which marked the first time fully loaded bombers
took off from an aircraft carrier, was in retaliation for Japan's surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor. "Doolittle's Raiders" hit targets in Tokyo, Yokohama and
other cities and scored a huge victory for U.S. morale at a time when Japan's
position in the Pacific seemed impregnable. Second Lieutenant Robert L.
Hite (1920-2015) was the Co-Pilot of plane #16, the last to leave the
aircraft carrier. After Hite's plane bombed the city of Nagoya, all five
members of its crew were captured. Two were executed; Hite and two others were
imprisoned for three and a half years. During his ordeal, Hite's weight dropped
to 80 pounds. Slightly creased. Fine condition.
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