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J Richard Butler | Captain J Richard Butler 'Dick' Butler joined the service in January 1942 and was posted to the 44th Bomb Group, with whom he flew B-24s throughout the war. His first combat mission was in April 1943 and he saw action in Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean. On the Ploesti Raid, Dick was co-pilot of 'Earthquake McGoon'. Badly damaged and flying at tree-top height it was only the skill of Dick and pilot Walter Burke that kept 'Earthquake' in the air and brought the crew home. |
Items Signed by Captain J Richard Butler |
  | Clipped Signature - Vernon Swain. Price : £120.00 | 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 Engla...... | |
  | Clipped Signature - Everett Jones. Price : £120.00 | 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 t...... | |
  | Clipped Signature - Richard Butler. Price : £35.00 | 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 - Richard Butler. Price : £120.00 | Clipped with the signatures of Everett Jones and Vernon Swain. 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 ...... | |
  | Clipped Signature - Richard Butler. Price : £45.00 | ...... |
  | End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £160.00 | 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 th...... | |
| | End Game by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £250.00 | 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 th...... | |
| | End Game by Nicolas Trudgian (B) SOLD OUT | 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 th...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) Price : £220.00 | 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 th...... | |
| | End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £140.00 | 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 th...... |
| | End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) SOLD OUT | 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 th...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Operation Tidal Wave by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £160.00 | At first light on August 1st, 1943 a force of 178 B-24 Liberator bombers lifted off dusty airstrips in the Libyan desert. They were to fly a 2000 mile round-trip deep into enemy territory, bomb a heavily defended target, and return to their North A...... | |
| | Operation Tidal Wave by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £220.00 | At first light on August 1st, 1943 a force of 178 B-24 Liberator bombers lifted off dusty airstrips in the Libyan desert. They were to fly a 2000 mile round-trip deep into enemy territory, bomb a heavily defended target, and return to their North A...... | |
| | Operation Tidal Wave by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £180.00 | At first light on August 1st, 1943 a force of 178 B-24 Liberator bombers lifted off dusty airstrips in the Libyan desert. They were to fly a 2000 mile round-trip deep into enemy territory, bomb a heavily defended target, and return to their North A...... |
