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WW-I "AERIAL COMBAT ACE", WILLIAM "BILLY" MITCHELL, MIITARY AVIATION PIONEER,

$ 3.16

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: New
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • California Prop 65 Warning: NO!
  • FAMOUS MILITARY AVIATION PIONEER.: B-25 MITCHELL BOMBER NAMED IN HIS HONOR
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)

    Description

    UNIQUE CACHED COVER (FRONT & BACK)
    HONORING WILLIAM "BILLY" MITCHELL, WORLD WAR ONE U. S. ARMY AIR CORPS ACE PILOT. HE WAS COURT-MARTIALED FOR HIS PROPHECY THAT,
    "JAPAN MIGHT CRIPPLE THE U. S. NAVY AT PEARL HARBOR",
    "A
    VOICE
    IN THE WILDERNESS", WHO'S REPUTATION WAS RESTORED AFTER WORLD WAR ONE.
    OF COURSE, HIS PROPHECY BECAME REALITY "7 DECEMBER 1941". COVER IS CACHETED ON FRONT WITH A LIKENESS OF "BILLY" ON THE 55 CENT U.S. POSTAGE STAMP REPLICA, A CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL PRESENTED TO HIS SON IN 1948, THE U.S. AIR FORCE "COMBAT ACTION MEDAL"  DESIGNED FROM THE INSIGNIA ON MITCHLELL'S WW-I PLANE IN HIS HONOR. ALSO A PHOTO OF THE B-25 MITCHELL BOMBER, ALL WITH PERTINENT TEXT. IT'S
    FRANKED WITH THE,
    "WW-ONE, TURNING THE TIDE" POSTAGE STAMP AND CANCELLED, "MAY 20, 2019, WEST POINT, NY". REVERSE CACHET SHOWS A "VETERANS WORLD WAR ONE" POSTAGE STAMP REPLICA, AND A BRIEF OF MITCHELL'S FAME.
    COVER IS UN-ADDRESSED AND 'POLY SLEEVE' ENCLOSED.
    NICE, ATTRACTIVE AND INEXPENSIVE
    SOUVENIR FOR THE MILITARY HISTORIAN.
    USCS MEMBER # 11835, COVER # 4 OF 10. "TOP SARGE" CACHET.