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"Heroes of the Mighty Eighth"

B-17, P-51, P-47

approx overall size
22" x 18"

Flying Fortress, Mustang and Thunderbolt formation.
year published:-1992 signed by:-Don Blakeslee, Hub Zemke, William Lawley

THE SIGNATORIES
BLAKESLEE Colonel Donald, Distinguished Service Cross with Cluster, Silver Star
with Cluster, Legion of Merit, DFC with seven Clusters, Air Medal with seven
Clusters, DFC (British), Croix de Guerre avec Palme (French). 1938 commissioned;
1940 RCAF; 1942 133 Eagle Squadron; 1942 Fourth Fighter Group based at
Debden, Essex; promoted to Commanding Officer in January 1944. Under his
brilliant leadership, the Group destroyed over 1000 enemy aircraft. In three and a
half years Blakeslee personally flew more than 500 combat missions. When
Goering saw Mustangs over Berlin, he said: "We have lost the war!"

ZEMKE Colonel Hubert (deceased), Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star with
Cluster, DFC with six Clusters, DFC (British), Purple Heart, Legion of Merit, Air
Medal with three Clusters, Croix de Guerre (French & Belgian). In September 1942,
'Hub' Zemke took over the 56th Fighter Group, the first unit to receive the P-47
Thunderbolt. The 56th flew its first combat mission in April 1943 and that summer
escorted bombers of the 'Mighty Eighth' to Germany. Zemke proved himself to be
such an outstanding leader and tactician that, by the end of the war, his 'Wolf Pack'
was the top-scoring Fighter Group in Europe and its gallant leader was credited
with 19 victories before he was brought down in October 1943.

LAWLEY Colonel William, He entered the Army Air Corps in 1942, was
commissioned in 1943 and retired finally in 1972. He holds the Legion of Merit,
Purple Heart and Air Medal with two Clusters. However, his highest decoration was
the Congressional Medal of Honor, presented to him in August 1944 by General
Spaatz, for his heroic action of February 1944 while serving with 305 Bomb Group.