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Cranston Fine Arts Aviation Art and Artists World War Two Veteran Signatures United States J Jones, Everett

Captain Everett R Jones

A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed a tour of 21 missions with the 466th Bomb Group. He also later piloted the P-47 Thunderbolt, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Captain Everett R Jones - Signed Aviation Art

Clipped Signature - Richard Butler. 3 editions. £35.00 - £120.00

Clipped Signature - Everett Jones. One edition. £120.00

End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. 5 of 7 editions available. 4 of 6 editions featuring up to 10 additional signatures are available. £2.00 - £250.00

Clipped Signature - Vernon Swain. One edition. £120.00

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Clipped Signature - Richard Butler. Richard Butler joined the 44th Bomb Group in 1942 and flew B-24 Liberators throughout the war. Along with pilot Walter Burke, he successfully brought home his badly damaged B-24 Earthquake McGoon from a raid on Ploesti at treetop height.

Clipped Signature - Everett Jones. Clipped with the signatures of Vernon Swain and Richard Butler. Everett Jones : A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed a tour of 21 missions with the 466th Bomb Group. He also later piloted the P-47 Thunderbolt, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Vernon Swain : Flew in B-24 Liberators with the 328th Bomb Group, 93rd Bomb Squadron. Enlisted in 1942, he was part of the Eighth Air Force flying from Norfolk England. Richard Butler : Joined the 44th Bomb Group and flew B-24 Liberators. Seeing action in Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean, he was co-pilot of Earthquake McGoon on the Ploesti raid. Despite suffering heavy damage, he and his pilot managed to get the aircraft and crew safely home.

End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. For bomber crews, any daylight-bombing mission almost certainly meant combat. If it werent the attentions of determined Luftwaffe fighter pilots, it would be an aerial carpet of flak that welcomed the bombers en route to the target - and again on the journey home. On most missions the Eighth Air Force aircrews had to contend with both. Enduring up to ten hours of concentrated flying under cramped conditions, extreme cold, with the constant noise and vibration produced by four powerful engines, made every mission uncomfortable enough without being shot at. But the USAAF aircrews confronted the odds - a one in three chance of completing a 25-mission tour of operations - cheerfully and with gallant resolve. Playing a major role in the great raids on Germany and other targets in occupied Europe from early in 1944, equipped with the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the USAAF Second Air Division flew no fewer than 95,048 sorties. Based in Norfolk, England, the crews also attacked targets far distant in Norway, Poland and Rumania, unloading almost 100,000 tons of bombs and claiming over 1000 enemy fighters shot down. Published 2001.

Clipped Signature - Vernon Swain. Clipped with the signatures of Richard Butler and Everett Jones. Vernon Swain : Flew in B-24 Liberators with the 328th Bomb Group, 93rd Bomb Squadron. Enlisted in 1942, he was part of the Eighth Air Force flying from Norfolk England. Richard Butler : Joined the 44th Bomb Group and flew B-24 Liberators. Seeing action in Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean, he was co-pilot of Earthquake McGoon on the Ploesti raid. Despite suffering heavy damage, he and his pilot managed to get the aircraft and crew safely home. Everett Jones : A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed a tour of 21 missions with the 466th Bomb Group. He also later piloted the P-47 Thunderbolt, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.