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Clipped Signature - Herky Green. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - Wilf Burnett. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Carroll McColpin. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - John Kelly-Rogers. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Hans-Ekkehard Bob. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Everett Jones. Clipped Signature. One edition : £120.00

Clipped Signature - Roy Crane. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

Clipped Signature - Micky Mount. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington. This single edition is sold out.

Clipped Signature - Dennis David. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - Ken Mackenzie. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Adolf Galland. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Charles A Krause. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

Clipped Signature - Tony Hallett. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - George Hammond. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Peter Olver. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

Clipped Signature - James Dyke. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Jack Steere. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - William Farquharson. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - Richard Partridge. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Laurence Thorogood. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

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Text for the above items :

Clipped Signature - Herky Green. Herky Green flew with the 325th Fighter Group in North Africa, scoring victories in each of the P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt and P51 Mustang. He flew over 100 missions in command of the 317th Fighter Squadron, and is credited with 18 victories. He died in 2006.

Clipped Signature - Wilf Burnett. Canadian Wilf Burnett joined the RAF before the war and at the outbreak of hostilities was flying Hampdens. He completed his first tour of 30 operations in September 1940, flying with 49 Sqn at Scampton. His crew had bombed invasion barges in the Channel ports, mined enemy waters, operated against the Ruhr, and taken part in the first raids against Berlin. In July 1941 he was posted to 408 (Goose) Sqn RCAF, at Syerston, where one night in January 1942, returning from Hamburg, their Hampden crashed in extreme weather. Wilf was the sole survivor, and he was hospitalised. Recovering he was accepted to command 138 (Special Duties) Sqn at Tempsford who were engaged in dropping agents and supplies to the Resistance in occupied countries flying Halifaxes, later Stirlings. He died 26th November 2006.

Clipped Signature - Carroll McColpin. An American pilot before the outbreak of World War Two, he volunteered for the British Royal Air Force in 1940, flying Spitfires in combat with No.607 Sqn. Flying with the RAF, he had become a double Ace before Pearl Harbor, and joined American squadrons once they entered the war. He scored 11.5 victories in over 400 missions, retiring as Major General in 1968. He died in 2003.

Clipped Signature - John Kelly-Rogers. A pilot of Flying Boats, he served initially with the Royal Air Force before joining Imperial Airways and several other airlines, flying all over the world in a long career. He died in 1981. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Hans-Ekkehard Bob. Flying Me109s in the Battle of Britain, he became leader of JG54 before transferring to the Eastern Front. Awarded the Knight's Cross, he scored 60 victories in 700 missions, also commanding JG3 and flying Me262s with JV44. He died in 2013.

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.

Clipped Signature - Roy Crane. Roy Crane trained on Hurricanes before joining No.182 then No.181 Sqn flying the Typhoon on ground attack missions. After more than 70 sorties, his aircraft was shot down and he was captured in August 1944, remaining captive until the end of the war. Clipped alongside the signature of Pip Phillips as shown - Pip Phillips was a Typhoon pilot of No.182 Squadron.

Clipped Signature - Micky Mount. Joined No.602 Sqn flying Spitfires against the Luftwaffe at the height of the Battle of Britain. He served throughout the war, also flying Hurricanes in Malta and Wellingtons in the Middle East. He died in 2002.

Clipped Signature - Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington. A top scoring US Marine Ace of WW2 - he was awarded the Medal of Honour and Navy Cross. He died in 1988.

Clipped Signature - Dennis David. Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot.

Clipped Signature - Ken Mackenzie. Flying Hurricanes with No.501 Sqn in the Battle of Britain, he scored 7 victories including one by striking the enemy aircraft with his wingtip. Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, he scored further victories at night with No.247 Sqn until he was shot down by flak and captured in 1941. He died in 2009.

Clipped Signature - Adolf Galland. Perhaps the most famous of German pilots, he flew in the Spanish Civil War and on the Western Front throughout WW2. He flew the Me109 with JG26 and JG27, before commanding JV44 flying the Me262 with the rank of General. He scored over 100 victories, all in the West. He died in 1996.

Clipped Signature - Charles A Krause. No text for this item

Clipped Signature - Tony Hallett. Tony Hallett completed more than 100 sorties in ground-attack Typhoons with No.198 Sqn and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Clipped alongside the signatures of George Wood and Ronnie Sheward - George Wood survived being shot down in a Whirlwind of No.263 Sqn in 1943, returning to the UK to fly Typhoons with No.197 Sqn for the rest of the war. Ronnie Sheward was an Argentine pilot who studied in England, and returned to the UK to join the RAF on the outbreak of war. Flying Spitfires and Hurricanes with 137, 264 and 266 Sqns, he took part in the first ever attack by rocket armed Hurricanes.

Clipped Signature - George Hammond. Clipped with the signature of James Dyke George Hammond : Flew as bombardier on B-24 Liberators with the 389th Bomb Group, including the raid on Ploesti on 1st August 1943. James Dyke : A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed 35 missions flying Star-Eyes with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the Eighth Air Force flying from England. He died in 2012.

Clipped Signature - Peter Olver. Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot with No.603 and No.66 Squadrons, flying the Spitfire. He later flew the Hurricane in North Africa, commanding No.238 and No.213 Squadrons. He was shot down and taken prisoner while flying with No.1 Sqn SAAF, but had scored enough victories to become an Ace. He died in 2013. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - James Dyke. Clipped with the signature of George Hammond. James Dyke : A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed 35 missions flying Star-Eyes with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the Eighth Air Force flying from England. He died in 2012. George Hammond : Flew as bombardier on B-24 Liberators with the 389th Bomb Group, including the raid on Ploesti on 1st August 1943.

Clipped Signature - Jack Steere. Joined the RAF as ground crew in 1930 before gaining his wings and joining No.23 Sqn. Moved to No.41 Sqn then No.72 Sqn in 1937, claiming a share of two He111s in December 1939 and flying during the Dunkirk evacuation. In the Battle of Britain he shared a Heinkel He59 biplane, and claimed an Me109 on 11th October. He retired in 1961. He died in 1998. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - William Farquharson. William Farquharson was a pilot with 115 Squadron and flew Lancasters with 195 Squadron. William Farqharson was born om September 28th 1919 in Malacca, Malaya. His father was a police officer in the Colonial Service. His early schooling was in Malaya and Australia, and he completed his education at Harris Academy, Dundee, and later went to the Birmingham Central Technical College. In January 1941 William Farqharson enlisted in the Royal Air Force to become a pilot. William Farqharson joined No 115 Squadron in July 1942 and flew his first bombing operations in the Wellington before the squadron converted to the four-engine Stirling. Farqharsons first sorties were to drop mines in the Kattegat, the Baltic and off the French Biscay coast. Farquharson also bombed targets in Germany and in northern Italy, the latter involving very long flights over the Alps. On April 20 1943 he and his crew attacked Stettin at low level in full moonlight. Dissatisfied with the first attempt, he made a second bombing run despite heavy opposition. His Stirling was badly damaged, but he then made a third run to photograph the results of his attack before turning for the long flight home. He was awarded his first DFC. After a period training bomber crews, Farquharson returned to operational flying in October 1944 when he joined No 195 Squadron. Bomber Command was concentrating on attacks against the German oil industry and he bombed many targets in the Ruhr. Farquharson and his crews also wre involved in Operation Manna these humanitarian operations which saw them dropping food to the starving population in the Netherlands and also took his Lancaster to Belgium and France for Operation Exodus to pick up prisoners of war recently released form German PoW camps. In total William Farqharson completed 63 operations as a pilot in Bomber Command. He recalled on one occasion the engine of his Wellington caught fire and he ordered his crew to bail out. As the last man left, he realised that the aircraft would be too low for him to survive a jump and he was forced to crash land into the tops of some trees before hitting a farm in the Cotswolds. The wings sheared off and he ended up, badly concussed, in the fuselage section. The farmer's son rushed into the house shouting, there's an aeroplane in the greenhouse. On another occasion his bomber was damaged by anti-aircraft fire. On landing he discovered a large piece of shrapnel embedded in the parachute he had been sitting on. Farquharson remained in the RAF and much of his early service was involved in training pilots. After attending the Central Flying School he commanded flying training squadrons and in 1953 led a large formation of aircraft in the Coronation Flypast. Later he was the chief instructor at an advanced flying school equipped with the Meteor jet fighter. After appointments in the Far East and as station commander at RAF Episkopi in Cyprus, Farquharson was appointed air attaché in Warsaw at the height of the Cold War. There all his activities were closely monitored by the secret police. Having shown no previous interest, he suddenly became an expert in birdwatching when he 'discovered' that the most interesting sites were close to military airfields. After retiring from the RAF in 1976, Farquharson worked in the sales division of a company manufacturing flight simulators and was for a period of time chairman of the Bomber Command Association. He was later made an honorary vice-president and worked hard seeking recognition for his fellow veterans. With his wife, a former WAAF operations officer on his bomber station, he was able to attend the unveiling of the Bomber Command Memorial by the Queen in July 2012. Sadly Group Captain Bill Farquharson, died on September 20th 2012.

Clipped Signature - Richard Partridge. Flying with the Royal Marines, he flew as a fighter pilot on HMS Courageous, HMS Hermes and HMS Glorious. In the war he commanded No.804 Sqn and No.800 Sqn from HMS Ark Royal, receiving the DSO for sinking the Konigsberg. He was shot down in his Skua while attacking the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and taken POW. He died in 1990. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Laurence Thorogood. Joined a combat squadron at the start of the Battle of Britain flying Hurricanes and served in the RAF after the war. He died in 2005.

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.