Douglas Bader Autographs
Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS (/ˈbɑːdər/; 21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War. He was credited with 22 aerial victories, four shared victories, six probables, one shared probable and 11 enemy aircraft damaged.
Bader joined the RAF in 1928, and was commissioned in 1930. In December 1931, while attempting aerobatics, he crashed and lost the lower part of both his legs. Having been on the brink of death, he recovered, retook flight training, passed his check flights and then requested reactivation as a pilot. Although there were no regulations applicable to his situation, he was retired against his will on medical grounds.
After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, however, Bader returned to the RAF and was accepted as a pilot. He scored his first victories over Dunkirk during the Battle of France in 1940. He then took part in the Battle of Britain and became a friend and supporter of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory and his "Big Wing" experiments.
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Traded items with a signature of Douglas Bader
The most expensive item with a signature of Douglas Bader (SIGNED BY DOUGLAS BADER - Flying Colours - Biography - Signed by Laddie Lucas) was sold in September 2025 for $414.93 while the cheapest item (2025 WWII Historic Autograph & Card Co. #99: Douglas Bader) found a new owner for $2.31 in December 2025. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2011 with an average selling price of $83.13 for an autographed item of Douglas Bader. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2026 with $365.85 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $12.95 was June 2019. In average, an autographed item from Douglas Bader is worth $53.75.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Douglas Bader were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | DOUGLAS BADER (1910-1982) autograph cut | British WWII Pilot - signed PSA/DNA | $76.49 |  |
| DOUGLAS BADER (1910-1982) autograph cut | British WWII Pilot - signed PSA/DNA | $76.49 | |
| DOUGLAS BADER (1910-1982) autograph cut | British WWII Pilot - signed PSA/DNA | $69.99 | |
| DOUGLAS BADER (1910-1982) autograph cut | British WWII Pilot - signed PSA/DNA | $69.99 | |
| Douglas Bader - Fighter Pilot RAF - large press photo - original signed | $365.85 | |
| Douglas Bader - Fighter Pilot RAF - large press photo - original signed | $365.85 | |
| DOUGLAS BADER - WORLD WAR II RAF ACE - SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER | $37.51 | |
| DOUGLAS BADER - WORLD WAR II RAF ACE - SIGNED FIRST DAY COVER | $37.51 | |
| DOUGLAS BADER DFC. ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. WW2 FLYING ACE | $35.55 | |
| DOUGLAS BADER DFC. ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH. WW2 FLYING ACE | $35.55 | |
 | Douglas Bader Robert Stanford Tuck Neville Duke +5 RAF WWII Ace Signed Autograph | $149.99 | |
| Douglas Bader Robert Stanford Tuck Neville Duke +5 RAF WWII Ace Signed Autograph | $149.99 | |
| Signed photo of RAF ace Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader | $95.00 | |
| Signed photo of RAF ace Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader | $95.00 | |
| Spitfire by Robert Taylor First Edition Print signed by Sir Douglas Bader and Vi | $52.43 | |
