ULTRA-RARE ERNST UDET SIGNED 1931 N.A.R.COVER SELF CARICATURE-WANAMAKER SIGNED

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ULTRA-RARE ERNST UDET SIGNED 1931 N.A.R.COVER SELF CARICATURE-WANAMAKER SIGNED:
$559.99

HERE IS AN ORIGINAL 1931 NATIONAL AIR RACES COVER SIGNED BY GERMAN AVIATOR ERNST UDET AND DISPLAYING A SELF-DRAWN CARICATURE IN UDET\'S OWN HAND WHILE A PARTICIPANT OF THE RACES.
BESIDES HAVING FAME AS A MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL \'RED BARON\'S\' SQUADRON JASTA-11 OF WWI AND BEING GERMANY\'S 2ND HIGHEST SCORING ACE, UDET WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST WHOSE CARTOONS SHOWED LIFE AS A FIGHTER PILOT IN WWI AND WWII.
OTHER SIGNATURES INCLUDE LT. WALTER B. WANAMAKER OF THE 27TH AERO SQUADRON WHO DURING WWI WAS SHOT DOWN BEHIND ENEMY LINES BY UDET, WHO LANDED NEXT TO WANAMAKER\'S NIEUPORT 28 AND OFFERED ASSISTANCE UNTIL GERMAN MEDICS WOULD ARRIVE. UDET CUT LOOSE THE TAIL FABRIC FROM WANAMAKER\'S PLANE AS A SOUVENIR, RETURNING IT TO HIM AT THE 1931 N.A.R. AS A GESTURE OF FRIENDSHIP. THE FABRIC NOW RESIDES ON DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S.AIR FORCE.
ALSO SIGNED IS JAMES H. DOOLITTLE WHO WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD THE FIRST BOMBING RAID LAUNCHED FROM AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER AGAINST JAPAN DURING WWII.
RECORD-BREAKING AVIATOR AND PIONEER FRANK HAWKS ALSO SIGNED THIS COVER.
THIS IS A RARE CHANCE TO OWN AN ERNST UDET ORIGINAL ARTWORK.

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