April 12, 2024
CHARLES DRYDEN RARE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN SIGNED NOTE CARD
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AUCTION IS FOR RARE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN ART CARD SIGNED BY CHARLES"A-TRAIN" DRYDEN. HE HAS SIGNED IT CHUCK"A-TRAIN" DRYDEN LT COL USAF (RET) 99TH FTR SQDN. ART CARD IS TUSKEGEE ANGEL FORM ABOVE BY NOTED AVIATION ARTIST DAVID LEE SAMPLE. LT COL DRYDEN WAS ACCEPTED AS AN AVIATION CADET IN WHAT WOULD BECOME THE SECOND CLASS TO FINISH AVIATION CADET TRAINING AT TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE IN ALABAMA. FLYING P40-F WARHAWKS, THE 99TH FS WAS COMMANDED BY CAPTAIN BENJAMIN O DAVIS JR.THEY WERE DEPLOYED TO TUNISIA IN APRIL 1943 BUT DIDNT SEE FIRST COMBAT UNTIL JUNE IN ITALY.DRYDENS PLANE WAS APTLY NAMED A-TRAIN. ON JUNE 9, 1ST LT DRYDEN LED FIVE OTHER FIGHTERS INTO COMBAT AGAINST THE GERMANS OVER PANTELLERIA,THE FIRST TIME THE TUSKEGEE PILOTS ENGAGED THE ENEMY IN COMBAT WHILE FLYING FOR THE ARMY AIR CORPS. IN JULY 1944,THE 99TH FS BECAME PART OF THE 332ND FIGHTER GROUP AND BEGAN FLYING P-51 MUSTANGS WHICH WERE NICKNAMED RED TAILS THEY HAD A N EXCELLENT COMBAT RECORD AS FIGHTER AND BOMBER ESCORTS. MR DRYDEN WAS A COMBAT PILOT WITH MORE THAN 4,000 HOURS INCLUDING COMBAT MISSIONS IN THE KOREAN WAR.UNFORTUNATELY HE PASSED AWAY IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR. THIS IS THE ONLY AUTOGRAPH OF MR DRYDEN I WILL HAVE FOR SALE AND THIS IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN FOR SALE ANYPLACE. WINNING BIDDER PAYS $3.50 SHIPPING ,INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING MORE,INSURANCE EXTRA. I ACCEPT PAYPAL,
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