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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Clipped Signature - William O'Brien. Flew P-51 Mustangs with the 357th Fighter Group in England from late 1943. He scored 5 victories in his 77 missions, making him an Ace. Post-war he became a geophysicist. He died in 2006. VIEW ALL MUSTANG AIRCRAFT ART AMAZING VALUE! - The value of the signatures on this item is in excess of the price of the print itself! Item Code : CLP0515 Clipped Signature - William O'Brien. - This Edition Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING CLIPSIG Clipped Signature. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! OBrien, William R Signature(s) value alone : £55 £10 Off! Now : £45.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

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Captain William Bee OBrien (deceased) *Signature Value : £55	William O'Brien was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His father Terence O'Brien was an oil-field worker, and his mother, Agnes, was a nurse. Obee O'Brien graduated from Oklahoma Military Academy and trained as a pilot before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps service in 1942. He took flight training at Luke Field in Phoenix and in Nevada before arriving in England in late 1943. Willaim OBee O'Brien flew P-51 Mustangs with the 357th Fighter Group, scoring his first enemy plane on March 6th, 1944, during a bomber escort mission to Berlin. He flew 77 combat missions, most with the 363rd Fighter Squadron, and became an Ace, with 5 victories. During his service with the 357th Fighter Group's 363th Fighter Squadron of the 8th US Air Force, O'Brien also earned eight Air Medals, including Distinguished Flying Crosses and the French Croix de Guerre. The French decoration was a unit citation bestowed in recognition of the role of the 357th Fighter Group in the liberation of France. After the war, O'Brien earned bachelors and masters degrees at the University of Tulsa, becoming a geophysicist for Stabdard Oil Company. Sadly Captain William Bee O'Brien died on Sunday 5th March 2006 of heart problems. He was 84.

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