MAJOR GENERAL LEIGH WADE - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED - HFSID 147228
Sale Price $144.00
Reg. $160.00
LEIGH WADE
Signed in blue ink on a 6x4½ strip of paper
Autograph Sentiment signed: "Best Wishes/Leigh Wade", 6x4½.
Leigh Wade (1897-1991), a pioneer aviator who became a Major General in
the U.S. Air Force, is best known for his participation in the first
around-the-world airplane flight. Wade was one of eight aviators who took
off in four 2-winged single-engine Douglas aircraft from Seattle on a 175-day
mission that would involve 363 hours of flying time and stops in two dozen
countries. Wade was at the controls of the Boston on the historic
flight, which was divided into 73 segments of up to 830 miles each. En route
from Iceland, the Boston developed mechanical problems and went down in
the North Atlantic. Although Wade and his co-pilot were rescued, the plane was a
loss (the second of the original four planes not able to finish the flight), but
Wade was able to resume the flight from Nova Scotia in the Boston II.
Wade, who became a test pilot in the 1920s, was back in uniform in
WWII, serving in intelligence and commanding an air base in Cuba. He
retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1955. Two horizontal folds. Slightly creased.
Cut uneven at top edge. Otherwise, fine condition.
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