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Charles Lindbergh

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Charles Lindbergh

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Auction Date:2016 Dec 07 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:236 Commercial St., Suite 100, Boston, Massachusetts, 02109, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Signed book: The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh. Later printing. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket, 6.5 x 9.5, 1038 pages. Signed and inscribed on the title page in fountain pen, “To my friend Charles H. MacDonald, who took a Zero off my tail, With appreciation, admiration, and best wishes, Charles A. Lindbergh.” Autographic condition: fine. Book condition: VG/VG-.

In 1943, the famous aviator was in the Pacific as a civilian to observe fighter tactics with the 475th AAF Group. On August 1 he participated in a mission over Palau led by double-ace Col. Charles MacDonald when their P-38s encountered enemy aircraft. One of the Zeros homed in on Lindbergh’s plane and only a long shot by MacDonald forced him off. For allowing Lindbergh to fly in actual combat, MacDonald was ordered back to the States temporarily, but the two men remained lifelong friends. Lindbergh’s account of the action appears on pages 890–893 of this book.