Jimmy Doolittle Autographs
James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. He made early coast-to-coast flights, record-breaking speed flights, won many flying races, and helped develop flight-test instrument flying.
Doolittle grew up in Nome, Alaska. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. That year, he made the first cross-country flight in an Airco DH.4, and in 1925, was awarded a doctorate in aeronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the first such doctorate degree issued in the United States. In 1927, he performed the first outside loop, thought at the time to be a fatal aerobatic maneuver, and two years later, in 1929, pioneered the use of "blind flying", where a pilot relies on flight instruments alone, which later won him the Harmon Trophy and made all-weather airline operations practical.
Doolittle was a flying instructor during World War I and a reserve officer in the United States Army Air Corps, but was recalled to active duty during World War II. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for personal valor and leadership as commander of the Doolittle Raid, a bold long-range retaliatory air raid on some of the Japanese main islands on April 18, 1942, four months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The raid used 16 B-25B Mitchell medium bombers with reduced armament to decrease weight and increase range, each with a crew of five and no escort fighter aircraft. It was a major morale booster for the United States and Doolittle was celebrated as a hero, making him one of the most important national figures of the war.
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Traded items with a signature of Jimmy Doolittle
The most expensive item with a signature of Jimmy Doolittle (2020 Topps Sterling 1/1 Cut Signature Auto Jimmy Doolittle US AIR FORCE GENERAL) was sold in August 2020 for $1,050.00 while the cheapest item (DAVID THATCHER SIGNED QUESTIONNAIRE JIMMY DOOLITTLE TOYKO RAIDERS WORLD WAR VET) found a new owner for $0.59 in June 2016. The month with the most items sold (11) was December 2020 with an average selling price of $95.00 for an autographed item of Jimmy Doolittle. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2022 with $300.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $5.00 was December 2017. In average, an autographed item from Jimmy Doolittle is worth $79.99.
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