HANDWRITTEN AUTOGRAPH NOTE ON WORLD WAR I POSTER/PHOTOGRAPH OF SE-5 MONOPLANE BY BELGIUM'S MOST FAMOUS FLYING ACE

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On offer is an original undated 12 x 8 inch photograph, perhaps used as a poster, wherein Belgium's greatest flying ace, Willy Coppens de Houthulst, writes a short note and autogra ph signature. The Belgian flyer was awarded 37 official air victories between April and October of 1918. He was injured in the last sortie, losing his left leg, but he continued to fly until 1940. Super Belgian relic of the 'Great War'. VG+ Show more