Flying Ace, Signed (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Signed. First Edition. SIGNED; signed and inscribed by Colonel Steve N. Pisanos on half title page. A very good first edition hardcover in a very good dust jacket. Gently read, if at all. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. excellent copy and jacket. The author has signed first title page with WWII Flying Ace below his name in black ink, Then it looks like he added at another time in blue ink a personalized note to a good friend and with best wishes and admiration. Appears to be the same hand but odd looking in two inks. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 128 Pages Illus. Signed by Author(s).

[978-1-897181-16-4] 2007. (Trade paperback) Fine. 112pp. Signed by the author. Photographs, appendices, bibliography, index. "Aviation adventures are Shirlee Smith Matheson's specialty. In Maverick in the Sky the author paints a fascinating portrait of flying ace Freddie McCall, one of the most successful fighter pilots of World War I". Biography of Freddie McCall. Book about Freddie McCall. (Military--Canada, Fighter Pilots--Canada, Military--Canada, Pilots--Alberta, Stunt Flying--Canada, World War 1).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. very nice copy; signed by Pisanos. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed by author on Half title page in black pen, "To Sal Ramirez. With best wishes, Steve N. Pisanos WWII Fighter Ace & Air Force test pilot. 10 Aerial Victories" First edition stated with 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 to number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight with fine gilt titles to spine, boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($34.95) has mild bumping to spine ends. Color bright and sharp . Under archival quality mylar cover. Several photographs. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Fine. World War II flying ace Robert Lee Scott Jr. (1908-2006) signed this photograph of him grinning from the seat of his P-40 Warhawk. He signed "Bob Scott" in bold black ink on a portion of his shirt. Robert Scott was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force during World War II and is credited with shooting down thirteen Japanese aircrafts. 8" x 10". Condition: Fine condition with a large, neat signature. Signed by Author(s).

Albumblatt (1 S. quer 4 to, links gedruckte Biographie, rechts sein Foto), unter seinem Foto eigenhändig signiert.

Albumblatt (1 S. quer 4 to, links gedruckte Biographie, rechts sein Foto, vor seinem Flugzeug stehend), unter seinem Foto eigenhändig signiert.

Albumblatt (1 S. quer 4 to, links gedruckte Biographie, rechts sein Foto, vor seinem Flugzeug stehend), unter seinem Foto eigenhändig signiert.

Original manuscript by Eric Betts comprising 191pp. of typed verse (containing 111 poems) in black and red, all with title, date and the location composed, publication details (if published), and other contextual details, with occasional ink manuscript annotations and one original pencil illustration, plus 22pp. contents/index, both typed and ink manuscript, to the front and rear. Housed in a 1930s oblong half faux-leather textured cloth binder, held with metal rods. 21 x 14cm. Signed by Betts and dated 1936 in ink to the front free endpaper. Business card for Betts loosely laid in. The binder with marking to the boards and wear to the board edges. The contents remain in very good order throughout, with just a touch of toning to page edges. A unique, fascinating, and frequently amusing collection of manuscript verse charting the entire career of the highly distinguished First World War flying ace and air reconnaissance photographer Air Vice Marshall Eric Bourne Coulter Betts CBE DSC DFC (1897-1971). Born in Dublin, Betts began his career in the Royal Naval Air Service, signing up a few days after his eighteenth birthday in 1915, during the early stages of the First World War. He went on to become a flying ace, credited with six aerial victories. These actions were, however, somewhat incidental to his more important occupation of undertaking long range photographic reconnaissance missions, documenting German naval bases and other sites, of which he was credited with more than twenty successful long range flights. For his achievements he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the French Croix de guerre with Palm, and the Distinguished Flying Cross, the citation for which praised him thus: "An observer officer of great skill who has carried out over 20 long-distance photographic reconnaissances during the past four months, and in conjunction with his pilot, has brought home about 1,000 photographs of enemy positions of inestimable value, in addition to destroying eight enemy machines". During the inter-war period, Betts held various commissions in Britain and Aden, subsequently commanding No. 101 (Bomber) Squadron RAF from December 1933, and was then was promoted to group captain, becoming the Deputy Director of War Organisation in April 1939. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was tasked with organising the delivery of British aircraft to beleaguered Poland; however, that nation was conquered by the Germans before the aircraft could be supplied. Between September 1939 and May 1940, he worked on the creation of sixteen war planning forecasts for logistics and personnel requirements for the RAF to fight the war, which turned out to be exceptionally accurate. By March 1943, he had been promoted to Air Vice-Marshall and served the remainder of the war (from 26th March) as Air Officer in Charge of Administration, Middle East Command, receiving a CBE in June 1943, and a mention in despatches on 1st January 1945. Following the war, Betts retained his rank, retiring in 1946, and died in County Cork in 1971. A typed note by Betts to the title page of the present work explains that "The original rhymes were lost in the Battle of Britain; this is an attempt to reconstruct them from various publications in which some of them have appeared - "Flying", "The Aeroplane", "The R.A.F. Quarterly", "The Hawk" and some local magazines -, from copies given to friends and from memory." Almost entirely written in the period 1915-1945, with locations including Dunkirk (1916), H.M.S. Pegasus (1920), Aden (1930-32), Air Ministry, London (1937-39), and Cairo (1942-1944), amongst others, Betts's verse provide a satirical take on his experiences in the R.A.F. throughout both world wars, focussing predominantly on airforce life (including specific flying incidents), the political and military situations to which he was witness, and people and places he encountered, as well as occasional forays into the slightly more fanciful. Betts often provid.

Condition: Very Good. A single page note in blue ink by Willy Coppens which discusses the varied and contrasting means of controlling an aircraft, 'Je considere le "manche a balai" comme un organe de commande parfait pour les petits avions, et surtout pour la chase et l'acrobatie'. Coppens goes on to consider the different means of controlling larger aircraft, concluding that great inventions cannot be controlled or patented. The document has fold lines but the text is clean and clearly legible. Very Good Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item.

Condition: Very Good+. On offer is an original undated 12 x 8 inch photograph, perhaps used as a poster, wherein Belgium's greatest flying ace, Willy Coppens de Houthulst, writes a short note and autograph signature. The Belgian flyer was awarded 37 official air victories between April and October of 1918. He was injured in the last sortie, losing his left leg, but he continued to fly until 1940. Super Belgian relic of the 'Great War'. VG+ Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Autograph.

Pas de couverture. Condition: Assez bon. RARE - Photo (postcard) signed in 1912. Size : 9x14 cm. Condition : wear, please see scans. Certificate of Authenticity and lifetime guarantee. Signé par l'auteur.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. In this typed letter signed, Rickenbacker writes as President of Eastern Air Lines and states in part: "I am happy to know that the St. Michael's Men's Club of Marblehead enjoyed the film "Air Power is Peace Power" as well as Captain Batty's talk". Letter is dated May 11, 1949 and written on a 10 1/2" x 7" sheet of Eastern Air Lines stationery. Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was America's most successful fighter pilot in World War I having won 26 aerial victories. He headed Eastern Airlines from 1935-1959. Condition: A few spots of soil upper left. Letter had been stored in one of those ubiquitous "sticky" page photo albums and the glue from the page has migrated to the recto of the letter leaving light tidy stripes. Generally good condition with a bold signature. Signed by Author(s).

ORIGINAL-DOKUMENT (1 S. 4°) zur OFFIZIERSWAHL 10.I.(19)41 des Jagdfliegers PAUL GALLAND (1919-42), von 7 Offizieren des JG 26 untereinander eigenhändig signiert Heute wurde zum Offizier gewählt der FÄHNRICH PAUL GALLAND, bei der Wahl waren zugegen (und haben eigenhändig signiert) : Oblt. Baron HUBERTUS VON HOLTEY (+ 1941 über der niederländischen Küste abgeschossen), Oblt. BRÜCKNER, Oblt. GERHARD PHILIPP (später Hptm.), Oblt.d.R. HÖPFNER, Oblt. MARTIN RYSAVY, Lt. NELS, Oblt. HÄFFNER.