Yeager First Day Cover Signed By Bob Hoover Bomber Pilot WWII, Escaped German Prison In Stolen Plane!!

Bob Hoover (1922-2016) Hoover flew Spitfires in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France. He was held for over a year in a German POW camp before eventually escaping and flying to safety in a stolen enemy aircraft. He then worked as a United States Air Force and civilian test pilot after the war, flying chase for Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1 supersonic flight in 1947, and as a flight instructor for North American Aviation during the Korean War. He is best known as an air show display pilot, who flew for nearly 50 years until his retirement in 1999. Referred to as the "pilot's pilot", Hoover revolutionized modern aerobatic flying and has been described in many aviation circles as one of the greatest pilots of all time. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy, and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988 and Aerospace Walk of Honor in 1992, along with several other military and civilian awards and accolades. In 2013, Flying magazine ranked him 10th on its list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation. Only first day cover, extra photo for reference only. An amazing story of his escape from a German prison camp with two other inmates. Confiscating a plane and flying to Holland, landing in a field, surrounded by angry Dutch farmers with pitch forks...

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Notes: As received from Bob Hoover, see photos.

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