Limited Edition First American Ace Print Signed by 30 Aviators (26 Aces)

This Limited Edition Print features 30 autographs from aviators, 26 of whom are Aces, who signed during the American Fighter Aces reunion in San Antonio. During May 1916, Raoul Gervais Lufbery was assigned to N-124, the Escadrille Americaine. His flying skills became legendary, and he was notable for devising the so-called "Lufbery Circle". Of Lufbery’s 16 victories, it is believed that his fifth was the most noteworthy, occurring during the famous "Oberndorf Raid" over Germany on October 12, 1916. Four pilots from N-124, flying Nieuport 17's, were to escort the bomber mission to Oberndorf to destroy the Mauser Works factory. On the return from the mission escort, Lufbery scored his fifth victory against a Roland C.II. The combat was short and at the end of it, the Germans tumbled to the earth. This made the fifth enemy machine destroyed which was officially credited to Lufbery. Each Print is numbered, includes a Certificate of Authenticity, and is signed by David Lee “Tex” Hill, Steve Ritchie, Boots Blesse, James Brooks, Dean Caswell, George Chandler, Charles Cleveland, Robert Coats, Clyde Curtin, Archie Donahue, James Empey, Joseph Forster, Frank Gailer, Ralph Gibson, Clayton Gross, Willis Hardy, Arthur Jeffrey, Dean "Diz" Laird, Richard Lee, John Loisel, Norman Mollard, James Morehead, Ralph Parr, Robert Rankin, Alden Rigby, Arval Roberson, Herb Ross, Ralph Wandrey, Darrell Welch, Edward Wendorf, and the artist Roy Grinnell. Measures about 30”w x 24”h.

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