April 5, 2024
ROBERT "SHORTY" RANKIN WWII ACE SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO 56TH FG SUPER RARE
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THIS IS A SUPER RARE,HIGH QUALITY SIGNED 8X10 PHOTO BY WWII ACE ROBERT "SHORTY" RANKIN (deceased) of the 61st FS, 56th FG. THIS RARE IMAGE SHOW SHORTY GIVING THE "FIVE SIGN" AFTER JUST KNOCKING DOWN 5 PLANES IN ONE MISSION . SHORTY FLEW HIS FAMOUS P-47 THUNDERBOLT "WICKED WACKER WEEGIE". ACE IN A DAY SADLY WE LOST THIS GREAT AMERICAN HERO ON MARCH 15, 2013. THIS IS SUPER RARE AND THE ONLY ONE I HAVE LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHORTY IS CREDITED WITH 10 DESTROYED IN THE AIR, AND 5 DESTROYED ON ONE MISSION TO BEOME AN "ACE IN A DAY" ROBERT RANKIN - Robert James Rankin was born on 23 October 1918 in Washington, D. C. Joining the Army Air Corps on 6 March 1941, he served in the enlisted ranks until he became an aviation cadet on 15 July 1942. Graduation from pilot training at Luke Field, Arizona on 11 April 1943, he checked out in the P-47 Thunderbolt at Tallahassee, Fla. In August he was sent to England and assigned to the 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, based at Halesworth. Lt. Rankin scored his first victory on 6 Feb 1944, when he shot down a Me-109 over Paris, France. On 15 March he destroyed two Me-109s, was credited with a 'probable" and damaged a FW-190 on a mission deep into Germany, and on 29 March downed an Me-109 northeast of Neinburg. Rankin's record day came on 12 May 1944, flying in bomber formation to deceive
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