Alexander Vraciu (/vʌˈræʃjuː/ vuh-RASH-yoo; November 2, 1918 – January 29, 2015) was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S. Navy's flying aces, with 19 enemy planes downed during flight and 21 destroyed on the ground. After the war, he served as a test pilot and was instrumental in forming the post-war Naval and Marine Air Reserve program. From 1956 to 1958 Vraciu led his own fighter squadron, VF-51, for twenty-two months. He retired from the U.S. Navy with the rank of commander on December 31, 1963. Vraciu later moved to Danville, California, and worked for Wells Fargo. More about Alexander Vraciu
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Vraciu was born in East Chicago, Indiana, of Romanian immigrant parents. He graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and began his military career in 1941, when he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. During his military service in World War II, Vraciu flew Grumman F6F Hellcats in the Pacific, spending five months as a wingman to his mentor, Edward "Butch" O'Hare, the navy's first ace of the war. Vraciu's greatest success took place on June 19, 1944, during what became known as the "Great Marianas Turkey Shoot," when he engaged a Japanese bomber formation in air-to-air combat, downing six Japanese aircraft in eight minutes using only 360 rounds of ammunition. In December 1944 Vraciu was shot down during a mission over the Philippines, he parachuted and spent five weeks with Filipino resistance fighters before rejoining American military forces and returning to USS Lexington. Vraciu spent the last few months of the war serving at the Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent, Maryland.The most expensive item with a signature of Alexander Vraciu (SIGNED Lt. Alexander Vraciu WWII WW2 Top Gun Navy Fighter Aces Book Joe Foss) was sold in July 2023 for $75.00 while the cheapest item (Commander Alexander Vraciu Hand Signed 8 x 10 Photo Bio WW II ace MOH) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2013. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2013 with an average selling price of $2.16 for an autographed item of Alexander Vraciu. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2013 with $59.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.16 was February 2013. In average, an autographed item from Alexander Vraciu is worth $9.99.
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1985 ALEXANDER VRACIU (1918-2015) Fighter Ace Navy Cross MOH Signed FDC # 258 | $14.99 | ||
ALEXANDER VRACIU (1918-2015) Fighter Ace-Navy Cross-MOH-Signed 1985 FDC q27 | $9.99 | ||
Alexander Vraciu - U.S. World War II Ace - Autographed 3x5 Card | $4.25 | ||
Alexander Vraciu DECEASED WWII Fighter Pilot Ace-19V Signed 8x10 Bio Photo T2444 | $39.99 | ||
ALEXANDER VRACIU WWII ACE 19 KILLS 2 SIGNED PHOTOS | $15.00 | ||
Autographed Alexander Vraciu WWII USA Ace 3x5 Index Card | $2.99 | ||
F6F HELLCAT U.S. Navy WW2 Ace Alexander Vraciu AUTOGRAPHED BIO SIGNED | $7.00 | ||
Grumman F6F Hellcat limited edition print signed by Alexander Vraciu,Navy ace | $25.00 | ||
HAND SIGNED PHOTO OF WWII USN ACE LT. ALEXANDER VRACIU MARIANAS TURKEY SHOOT | $9.99 | ||
WW2 USN ACE - ALEXANDER VRACIU AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO | $19.95 |