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Tom Killefer
| Lieutenant Tom Killefer (deceased) Born in Los Angeles and raised in Hermosa Beach, Killefer attended Stanford University, where he played varsity baseball and was elected student body president. He earned his law degree at Harvard and was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England. Tom Killefer joined the navy in 1941, and was posted to his first operational squadron, VF-18, first seeing combat in October 1943. He flew 58 combat missions, scoring 4 victories, and a number of unconfirmed probables. Like all navy pilots he had a large number of deck landings, and saw action in the North Atlantic and Pacific theaters. Flying the F4F and F4U he took part in the great air battles over Bougainville and the massive campaign against Rabaul. Tom Killefer earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Navy Air Medal and a Purple Heart. Sadly Tom Killefer died at the age of 79 on Sunday 16th June 1996 in Portola Valley, California. |
Items Signed by Lieutenant Tom Killefer (deceased) |
| The Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £350.00 | With its macabre skull and crossbones insignia, and a reputation for total disdain of authority, VF-17 arrived in the Pacific with a variety of nicknames ranging from the Irregulars to the Cast-offs, but under the dynamic leadership of their Squadro...... | |
| The Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £270.00 | With its macabre skull and crossbones insignia, and a reputation for total disdain of authority, VF-17 arrived in the Pacific with a variety of nicknames ranging from the Irregulars to the Cast-offs, but under the dynamic leadership of their Squadro...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Lieutenant Tom Killefer (deceased) |
| Corsair Naval Fighter Aviation Art Collectors Pack. Pack Price : £530.00 Saving : £380 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian. Angels of Okinawa by Stan Stokes. The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) Valley Forge Fly-By by Ivan Berryman. | |
F4U Corsair Art Prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Stan Stokes. Pack Price : £415.00 Saving : £185 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian. Angels of Okinawa by Stan Stokes. | ||
WW2 Corsair Naval Aviation Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £450.00 Saving : £320 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian. The Black Sheep by Nicolas Trudgian (B) |
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