MAJOR EDWARD V. "EDDIE" RICKENBACKER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/09/1971 - HFSID 297329
Price: $400.00
EDDY RICKENBACKER
Letter reporting that he has autographed a copy of his Seven Came
Through
Typed Letter signed: "Eddie Rickenbacker", 1 page, 7¼x10½.
New York, N.Y., 1971 February 9. On personal letterhead to Peter J.
Thayer, East Chicago, Indiana. In full: "Your letter of January 13
together with the copy of my book 'Seven Came Through' was awaiting me on my
return to the city after an absence of approximately three weeks, and I was
happy to autograph this book for you. It is being forwarded to you under
separate cover today. [Item not included.] With reference to your visit
to New York; the only suggestion I have to offer is that when you do come to the
city you give my office a call with the hope that I am in. Frankly, I am out of
the city so much of the time it would be impossible for me to make any definite
date or promise when I would be in the city at this time. Again many thanks for
your interest and best wishes. Sincerely". Accompanied by original mailing
envelope. Edward Vernon"Eddie" Rickenbacker (1890-1973) commanded the
famed 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron during World War I. He downed 26 enemy
aircraft, becoming America's "Ace of Aces", dueling Germany's "Red Baron"
von Richtofen in the air, and receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor.
After the War, the former auto racer developed his own auto manufacturing
company, the Rickenbacker Motor Company (1922-1927), and he would later manage
and then own the Indianapolis Speedway. He became General Manager of Eastern
Airlines in 1935, and the company's President from 1938 until 1951, doing much
to popularize civilian air travel. Rickenbacker survived a 1941 commercial
airline crash, and cheated death once again during WWII. Acting as Special
Consultant to Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, "Rick" was aboard a B-17-D
"Flying Fortress" when it crashed into the Pacific Ocean. From October 21 until
November 13, 1942, the survivors of the eight-man crew floated in three small
lifeboats in the shark-infested waters until their rescue. (This ordeal was the
subject of his book Seven Came Through.) Multiple mailing folds. Lightly
toned. Fine condition.
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