B-17 1st pilot to 25 missions George Birdsong signed photo-Delta Rebel #2 for Sale

B-17 1st pilot to 25 missions George Birdsong signed photo-Delta Rebel #2 For Sale

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B-17 1st pilot to 25 missions George Birdsong signed photo-Delta Rebel #2:
$95.00

Birdsong had been at college when he enlisted into the Air Corps in April 1942. He went on to pilot 'Delta Rebel' probably the first B-17 to complete 25 missions. He later served as Operations Officer of an air photo unit in Operation Crossroads and went on to fly B-29's in SAC. In 1953 he set a transatlantic record of five hours from Maine to the British Isles in a B-47 and was then the first SAC pilot to check out in the B-52. In 1968 he commanded the 633rd Operations Wing at Pleiku Air Base in South Vietnam flying 189 missions. After retiring from the Air Force in 1970 with the rank of Colonel he flew for two years as a charter pilot from Monterrey Peninsula Airport.

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