Autographs of Pierre Clostermann
Pierre-Henri Clostermann DSO, DFC & Bar (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) was a World War II French ace fighter pilot. More about Pierre Clostermann
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During the conflict he achieved 33 air-to-air combat victories, earning the accolade "France's First Fighter" from General Charles de Gaulle. His wartime memoir, The Big Show (Le Grand Cirque) became a notable bestseller. After the war, he worked as an engineer and was the youngest Member of France's Parliament.
Clostermann was born and raised in Curitiba, Brazil, into a French diplomatic family. He was the only son of Madeleine Carlier from Lorraine and Jacques Clostermann from Alsace. He is perfectly fluent in Portuguese. There, he met French superstars of the time Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet, then Aéropostale pilots. In 1935, he received his first flight on the seaplane Latécoère 521 "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris" on the Lac de Biscarrosse in South West France. In 1937, at the age of sixteen, he learned to fly at the Brazilian flying club in Manguinhos on Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann and Bü 133 Jungmeister with German pilot Karl Benitz (died in 1943, Russia). After receiving flying tuition , he completed his secondary education in France and gained his private pilot's licence in 1937. In 1937, he studied at the Franco-Brazilian high school Molière, in Rio de Janeiro. At the same time, he began writing columns for the newspaper Correio da Manhã. From 1938 to 1940, he took aeronautical engineering courses at the Ryan School of Aeronautics in San Diego, in the United States of America. In 1940, he obtained his aeronautical engineering diploma and his professional pilot's license. He then joined England, via Brazil, Uruguay and South Africa, to join the Free French Air Force. He already had 315 flight hours under his belt. Read even more about Pierre Clostermann at Wikipedia
Clostermann was born and raised in Curitiba, Brazil, into a French diplomatic family. He was the only son of Madeleine Carlier from Lorraine and Jacques Clostermann from Alsace. He is perfectly fluent in Portuguese. There, he met French superstars of the time Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet, then Aéropostale pilots. In 1935, he received his first flight on the seaplane Latécoère 521 "Lieutenant de Vaisseau Paris" on the Lac de Biscarrosse in South West France. In 1937, at the age of sixteen, he learned to fly at the Brazilian flying club in Manguinhos on Bücker Bü 131 Jungmann and Bü 133 Jungmeister with German pilot Karl Benitz (died in 1943, Russia). After receiving flying tuition , he completed his secondary education in France and gained his private pilot's licence in 1937. In 1937, he studied at the Franco-Brazilian high school Molière, in Rio de Janeiro. At the same time, he began writing columns for the newspaper Correio da Manhã. From 1938 to 1940, he took aeronautical engineering courses at the Ryan School of Aeronautics in San Diego, in the United States of America. In 1940, he obtained his aeronautical engineering diploma and his professional pilot's license. He then joined England, via Brazil, Uruguay and South Africa, to join the Free French Air Force. He already had 315 flight hours under his belt. Read even more about Pierre Clostermann at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Pierre Clostermann
The most expensive item with a signature of Pierre Clostermann (Photo signed Pierre Clostermann DSO DFC French Fighter Ace RAF Tempests WWII) was sold in August 2023 for £103.50 while the cheapest item (Pierre Clostermann WWII French Flying Ace. Hand Signed Autograph Piece) found a new owner for £4.99 in July 2016. The month with the most items sold (3) was November 2018 with an average selling price of £35.00 for an autographed item of Pierre Clostermann. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2023 with £103.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £4.99 was July 2016. In average, an autographed item from Pierre Clostermann is worth £19.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Pierre Clostermann were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
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 | PIERRE CLOSTERMANN DSO,DFC* SIGNED RAF No 3 SQUADRON 60th ANNIVERSARY COVER | £34.34 | |
| PIERRE CLOSTERMANN DSO,DFC* SIGNED RAF No 3 SQUADRON 60th ANNIVERSARY COVER | £35.00 | |
| BoB pilot PIERRE CLOSTERMANN SIGNED COVER 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF NO3 SQUADRON | £12.00 | |
| Colonel Pierre Clostermann CDLL MM CdeG DFC RAF pencil signed WW2 Spitfire D-Day | £45.00 | |
| GB RAF flown cover - signed by Pierre Clostermann Free French - Limited Edition | £7.50 | |
| military WWII signed cover RAF no3 sqd Pierre Clostermann DSO.... 969/1000 803 | £17.00 | |
| Photo signed Pierre Clostermann DSO DFC French Fighter Ace RAF Tempests WWII | £103.50 | |
| Pierre Clostermann 1921-2006 Famed WW2 French flying ace. Signed comm cover | £19.00 | |
| PIERRE CLOSTERMANN SIGNED 60th ANNIVERSARY FORMATION OF RAF No 3 SQUADRON COVER | £17.21 | |
| PIERRE CLOSTERMANN SIGNED 60th ANNIVERSARY FORMATION OF RAF No 3 SQUADRON COVER | £8.09 | |
| Pierre Clostermann WWII French Flying Ace. Hand Signed Autograph Piece | £4.99 | |
| RARE - RAF SC30 PIERRE CLOSTERMANN DSO,DFC* SIGNED BATTLE OF BRITAIN COVER | £39.90 | |
| Top WW2 French fighter Spitfire ace Pierre Clostermann DSO DFC signed cover Y06 | £49.99 | |
| WW2 PIERRE CLOSTERMANN French Ace signed business card with envelope bonuses | £14.95 | |
| WW2 PIERRE CLOSTERMANN French Ace signed card envelope photo bio | £13.95 | |