James Michael Christopher Fitzmaurice Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
JAMES MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER FITZMAURICE
Born: January 06, 1898 in Dublin, Ireland
Died: September 26, 1965 in Dublin, Ireland
Biography
James Michael Chistopher Fitzmaurice (1898-1965) was determined to cross the Atlantic on an east-west flight, which was considerably more difficult at the time than crossing west to east as Lindbergh had done 11 months earlier. On April 12, 1928, Fitzmaurice, Bavarian Captain Hermann Koehl and Baron Guenther von Huenfeld took off from Baldonnel, Ireland aboard the Bremen, an all-metal Junkers monoplane. On April 13, 1928, they landed on the frozen surface of a small lake in Greenly Island in the Strait of Belle Isle on the Gulf of St. Lawrence, between Labrador and Newfoundland. The Bremen had made its historic flight in 36 hours and two minutes.
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JAMES MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER FITZMAURICE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 02/28/1930 - HFSID 38898Co-pilot of the first east-west transatlantic flight. Autograph Note signed: "To American Legion Post No. 60/Logansport, Indiana/Best wishes/Sincerely/Jas. C. Fitzmaurice/Columbus/28-2-30", 6¼x3¼. Irish pilot James C.
Price: $420.00
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JAMES MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER FITZMAURICE - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 05/19/1930 - HFSID 176711The Colonel who was a member of the crew of the Bremen, which made the first successful Trans-Atlantic aircraft flight from East to West, pens this encouraging note to an admirer, signed in iron gall ink Autograph Note Signed: "To Eleanor Scanben/'Keep on Flying'/Jas C.…"
Price: $420.00