David Thatcher was a member of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and was a part of the legendary Doolittle Raid. He was born on July 31, 1921, in Bridger, Montana. He joined the army in 1940, and was trained as an engineer in the Air Corps. In 1942, he was selected to participate in the Doolittle Raid, a bombing raid on Tokyo, Japan, which was carried out in retaliation to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. More about David Thatcher
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Thatcher was assigned to the crew of the B-25 bomber known as Ruptured Duck. He served as the tail gunner and engineer on the aircraft, and was responsible for maintaining the engines during the flight. On the day of the raid, Thatcher's aircraft along with 15 other bombers were launched from the USS Hornet, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean. Despite being detected by the Japanese, the bombers successfully dropped their bombs on various targets in Tokyo. After the raid, Thatcher's plane ran out of fuel, and the crew was forced to bail out over China. Thatcher was injured during the landing, but managed to make it to safety with the help of Chinese civilians.In total, we tracked 323 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of David Thatcher (Doolittle Raiders signed 8x10 Photo RE Cole/David Thatcher/Ed Saylor/Tom Griffin) was sold in March 2020 for $198.95 while the cheapest item (DAVID THATCHER SIGNED INDEX CARD WORLD WAR 2 DOOLITTLE TOKYO RAIDERS HERO) found a new owner for $0.59 in June 2016. The month with the most items sold (9) was October 2014 with an average selling price of $31.00 for an autographed item of David Thatcher. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2020 with $198.95 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was April 2012. In average, an autographed item from David Thatcher is worth $15.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of David Thatcher were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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David Thatcher - Doolittle Raider - Engineer/ Gunner -Crew 7 - Signed Index Card | $6.39 | ||
David Thatcher DEC. WWII Doolittle Tokyo Raiders Crew 7 Signed Label Card E15053 | $5.99 | ||
David Thatcher Doolittle Raiders Autographed 8x10 Photo Autograph Picture | $79.95 | ||
DAVID THATCHER DOOLITTLE RAIDERS WWII AIR FORCE SIGNED CUT PSA/DNA AUTOGRAPH | $37.95 | ||
DAVID THATCHER DOOLITTLE RAIDERS WWII SIGNED 3X5 INDEX CARD PSA/DNA AUTOGRAPH | $32.95 | ||
David Thatcher signed autograph auto 2x3.5 cut Doolittle Raider PSA Slabbed | $50.00 | ||
David Thatcher Signed Cut AUTO PSA/DNA Authentic | $4.00 | ||
David Thatcher signed Doolittle Raiders WWII 8x10 Photo Engineer- Gunner - JSA | $74.95 | ||
DOOLITTLE RAIDER #7 David Thatcher Signed photo | $13.06 | ||
R.E Cole and David Thatcher Signed 4x6 Photo Doolittle Raiders USS Hornet WW2 | $119.99 |