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Clipped Signature - Ben Davis. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - Norman Darch. Clipped Signature. One edition : £25.00

Clipped Signature - Mike Donnet. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - Paul Brehm. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Thomas P York-Moore. Clipped Signature. One edition : £65.00

Clipped Signature - Frank Wheeler. Clipped Signature. One edition : £80.00

Clipped Signature - Walter Briegleb. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Nathan Gordon. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Harry Moon. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - James Kyle. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Franz Kieslich. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Wolfgang Schenck. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Johnnie Johnson. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Kurt Kesten. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Robert Souter. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - George Loving. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Lawrence Powell. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Robert Beardsley. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Hugh Merewether. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Maureen Stevens. Clipped Signature. One edition : £15.00

Clipped Signature - Travis Hoover. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

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Text for the above items :

Clipped Signature - Ben Davis. A fighter pilot who flew P-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, P-39 Airacobras and P-47 Thunderbolts in combat, he flew 60 missions with both the 12th and 15th Air Forces, leading dozens himself, and was awarded the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross. He also flew the F-86 Sabre in Korea, and became the first African-American General in the Air Force. He died in 2002.

Clipped Signature - Norman Darch. Originally a Medical Orderly, he joined No.30 Sqn in 1940 and won the Military Medal while with the squadron during the Battle of Crete. He drove an ambulance across the airfield under heavy fire and rescued wounded men despite being wounded by bullets himself. He was taken prisoner until 1945, then continued a career in nursing until retirement in 1981. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Mike Donnet. A Belgian pilot who escaped German captivity to score 3 victories with No.69 Sqn RAF before leading No.350 (Belgian) Squadron. He flew 30 missions over the D-Day beaches in Spitfires and stayed in the Belgian Air Force after the war. He died in 2013.

Clipped Signature - Paul Brehm. A US Navy pilot from 1942, he became a dive-bomber pilot with VC-40. He fought in the Solomon campaign then was assigned to USS Ticonderoga. Flying his Helldiver, his missions included attacks on the Hyuga and Tone, the latter was the final Japanese capital ship sunk before surrender. He remained in aviation and served in Korea before retiring. He died in 2002. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Thomas P York-Moore. An airship commander in World War One, he commanded Coastal class airship C-9 after it had been so devastatingly commanded by his predecessor, James G Struthers who sank seven U-boats. Employed in the role of anti-submarine patrols, these airships significantly reduced the threat from the German U-boats. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Frank Wheeler. Frank Wheeler trained as a pilot and served as an instructor from 1941 until he joined No.174 Sqn flying Typhoons in 1944. After his tour of operations he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He died in 2013. Clipped alongside the signatures of Jack Hodges and Douglas Oram - Jack Hodges joined the RAF in 1940, serving in a number of roles before flying Typhoons with No.175 Sqn then No.174 Sqn from 1944. He flew in the ground attack role until the end of the war, gaining a Distinguished Flying Cross leading an attack against a German armoured division. Douglas Oram joined the RAF in 1942, training in the USA before being posted to No.174 Sqn flying Typhoons where he completed a year on operations. He left after the war but rejoined in 1947 until retiring in 1967.

Clipped Signature - Walter Briegleb. A Luftwaffe night-fighter pilot who scored 25 victories flying the Ju88 with NJG2 and NJG3. He was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class and First Class and the German Cross in Gold.

Clipped Signature - Nathan Gordon. During a bombing raid on Kavieng, several B-25 Mitchell bombers ditched into the sea. Nathan Gordon landed his Catalina PBY four times under intense enemy fire, picking up 15 of the downed aircrew. For his actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. He died in 2008.

Clipped Signature - Harry Moon. A Hurricane pilot, he flew from HMS Ark Royal to join No.249 Sqn on Malta in June 1941. Flying against the Italians, his Hurricane matched their aircraft, but the losses for the squadron rose sharply when the Luftwaffe returned to combat, and he was moved to No.126 Sqn. He died in 2014.

Clipped Signature - James Kyle. Joined the RAF in 1941 and became a Typhoon pilot, completing a tour with No.197 Sqn. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and was demobilised in 1947, rejoining as an instructor in 1951 until his retirement in 1974.

Clipped Signature - Franz Kieslich. A Ju87 Stuka pilot who flew over 1,000 missions. despite being shot down 21 times, he survived the war having served in the major engagements of the Eastern Front, and was decorated with the Knights Cross and Oak Leaves. He died in 2012.

Clipped Signature - Wolfgang Schenck. Joined the Luftwaffe in 1936 and flew Me109s until converting to Me110s with ZG.1. He later flew Fw190s and commanded KG51 flying Me262 jet fighter-bombers. He scored 18 victories and was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. He died in 2010.

Clipped Signature - Johnnie Johnson. Despite missing the Battles of France and Britain due to an old sports injury preventing him from flying, Johnnie Johnson became the top-scoring RAF Ace of the war, claiming 34 individual victories. Flew Spitfires with No.616 and No.610 Sqn then led 144, 127 and 125 Wings until the end of the war. A well known public speaker, author and personality in aviation, he died in 2001.

Clipped Signature - Kurt Kesten. Joined the Luftwaffe in 1941, flew many types of training aircraft and later the He111, Do17, and Ju88. Kesten served with SG3, KG30, and KG(j)30 where he flew the FW190 F Mistel combination. After Mistel operations had ended Kesten flew a number of fighter-bomber missions in the Fw190F. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Robert Souter. Joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1941, joining No.108 Sqn flying the Wellington in 1942. He completed a tour in the Western Desert then flew a second tour on Lancasters with No.49 Sqn, ending the war having flown 47 operations. He later flew Dakotas and Liberators with RAF Transport Command.

Clipped Signature - George Loving. Flew more than 150 missions with the 31st Fighter Group flying Spitfires and Mustangs. In this time he scored 5 victories to become an Ace. He subsequently flew more than 100 missions in the Korean War. He died in 2016.

Clipped Signature - Lawrence Powell. Joined the 339th Fighter Group flying P-51 Mustangs from Fowlmere. He scored his first victory on 4th August 1944, and was an Ace by 23rd September. He was shot down by flak and taken prisoner in January 1945.

Clipped Signature - Robert Beardsley. Joined No.610 at the height of the Battle of Britain and scored 3 victories. Flew with Douglas Bader in No.41 Sqn in 1941 before a period of instructing then joined No.93 Sqn in North Africa. After D-Day he flew Spitfires with No.222 Sqn in France and after the war flew Meteors with No.74 Sqn. He died in 2003. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Hugh Merewether. Taught to fly by the US Navy in WW2, he joined Hawker as a test pilot in 1954, becoming Chief Test Pilot in 1967. Glide-landed a damaged P.1127 jet at high-speed and was awarded the OBE. He died in 2006.

Clipped Signature - Maureen Stevens. A Radio Operator in the tower at RAF Scampton, she was on duty on the night of 16th-17th May 1943, where she talked home the survivors of the famous Dambusters raid. She died in 2017.

Clipped Signature - Travis Hoover. A pilot in the Army Air Corps, he was the pilot of the second B-25 Mitchell bomber to leave the USS Hornet for the famed Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. He crash landed in Japanese occupied China, but thanks to a Chinese student, they escaped back to America. Later in the war he flew the Mitchell and B-24 Liberator in England and also the P-38 Lightning. Post-war he stayed in the Air Force, retiring in 1969. He died in 2004. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Where do these clipped signatures come from?

Below is an example of a print that has been damaged and has had signatures clipped. This is where most of our clipped signatures come from. This example is Fighter General by Graeme Lothian and the signatures clipped include Peter Duttmann and Walter Krupinski.