Brigadier General Charles Elwood Yeager (/ˈjeɪɡər/ YAY-gər, February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-setting test pilot who in October 1947 became the first pilot in history confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. More about Chuck Yeager
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Yeager was raised in Hamlin, West Virginia. His career began in World War II as a private in the United States Army, assigned to the Army Air Forces in 1941. After serving as an aircraft mechanic, in September 1942, he entered enlisted pilot training and upon graduation was promoted to the rank of flight officer (the World War II Army Air Force version of the Army's warrant officer), later achieving most of his aerial victories as a P-51 Mustang fighter pilot on the Western Front, where he was credited with shooting down 11.5 enemy aircraft (the half credit is from a second pilot assisting him in a single shootdown). On October 12, 1944, he attained "ace in a day" status, shooting down five enemy aircraft in one mission.The most expensive item with a signature of Chuck Yeager (Signed Chuck Yeager Into the Unknown: The X-1 Story 1st Edn Aviation Autographs) was sold in December 2020 for £271.00 while the cheapest item (CHUCK YEAGER Signed Photograph - First Faster Than Sound / US Air Force) found a new owner for £0.99 in November 2015. The month with the most items sold (4) was December 2020 with an average selling price of £97.45 for an autographed item of Chuck Yeager. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2021 with £250.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £3.50 was September 2020. In average, an autographed item from Chuck Yeager is worth £53.40.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Chuck Yeager were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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Chuck Yeager Autobiography SIGNED!!! | £16.86 | ||
CHUCK YEAGER FIGHTER PILOT, by Carter M Ayers (SIGNED by Yeager) 1988 | £14.01 | ||
Chuck Yeager Signed Book 1st Edition/Printing!!! | £62.86 | ||
General CHUCK YEAGER ~ SIGNED ~ Autobiography ~ FLYING ACE, WWII, aviation | £30.49 | ||
Press On! Chuck Yeager Signed Autographed Leather Bound Edition 1988 | £46.45 | ||
Press On! Chuck Yeager Signed Leather Bantam | £86.83 | ||
Signed - Autographed - Chuck Yeager Autobiography | £31.27 | ||
YEAGER - GENERAL CHUCK YEAGER AUTOBIOGRAPHY - HARDBACK 1986 - SIGNED COPY | £25.00 | ||
Yeager An Autobiography by General Chuck Yeager SIGNED NOT PERSONALIZED HCDJ | £31.76 | ||
Yeager: An Autobiography By General Chuck Yeager Leo Janos Signed First Edition | £30.00 |