Robert Summers Big Beautiful Doll S/N 1/950 w/COA Mint W/Folder (P-51 Mustang)

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Robert Summers Big Beautiful Doll S/N 1/950 w/COA Mint W/Folder (P-51 Mustang):
$669.00

Robert Summers

\" Big Beautiful Doll\"

# 1 / 950

P-51 Mustang Fighter

Includes Original Certificate of Authenticity

Includes Original Folder

Signed By Robert Summers & Colonel John Landers The Pilot

Beautiful RARE MINT

The Rarest Print # 1 Of Only 950 in this Edition

Image Size 24 x 18

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Hood County Texas Genealogical Society

COLONEL JOHN DAVE LANDERS

1920 - 1989

Written by Virginia Hale

Contributions by Frank Saffarrans & W. Cody Martin

Colonel Landers\' P51D Mustang \"Big Beautiful Doll\"

Colonel John DaveLanders, one of the U.S. military\'s greatest flying aces, lived the last tenyears of his life in Granbury in Hood County, Texas. During World War II,Colonel Landers distinguished himself with 34.5 victories in both the Japaneseand European theaters of war. He is recognized as a hero in the Battle ofBritain.

John Dave Landers wasthe son of Obadiah Ray Landers and Mamie Legal Martin Landers. John was born onJune 23, 1920 in Rexroat, Carter County, Oklahoma.

On July 28, 1938,18-year-old John Dave Landers applied for a Social Security card and resided inJoshua, Johnson County, Texas. He was employed with the Lone Star Gas Companyat 915 Wood Street in Dallas, Texas.

During World War II,John Dave Landers attended flight school, specializing in fighter planes, atthe Ryan School of Aeronautics in San Diego, California. Landers wascommissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAAF and received his wings on December12, 1941 - just two days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.

Fighter Pilot John Dave Landers

Landers served with the49th Pursuit Group, 9th Fighter Squadron in the Pacific Theater achieving 6credited victories against the Japanese. He evaded capture in December 1942after being shot down and bailing out of his fighter plane near Dobodura, NewGuinea.

After a period as aflight instructor in the United States, Landers joined the 55th Fighter Group,38th Fighter Squadron based in Duxford, England. Five more victories werecredited to him during this tour.

Landers flew a series ofNorth American P38s and P51s, all which were named \"Big BeautifulDoll.\" Landers earned the nicknames of \"Firewall\" and \"BigAss.\"

Colonel John Dave Landers With Victories

The 78th Fighter Groupposted an official total of 688 enemy aircraft destroyed either in the air oron the ground with an additional 406 aircraft probably destroyed or damaged.Fifty pilots accounted for over half of these victories. These statistics are basedon the claim and credit guidelines established by the 8th Air Force in 1943.474 of these victories were in the air.

Colonel Landers clearlymet the definition of fighter ace, having shot down five or more enemyaircraft. During World War II this definition was refined and required formalverification. First, it had to be established that the pilot was flying hisaircraft when the kill occurred. Second, the enemy aircraft must itself be inthe air. In general, aircraft destroyed on the ground did not count. (The 8thAir Force did include ground victories in the credit awards.) The enemyaircraft had to be piloted. Captured Allied aircraft flown by the enemy did notcount. It was expected that the enemy aircraft was an armed military aircraft.Liaison aircraft were included because it was assumed that someone aboard mightbe armed.

For a pilot of the 8thAir Force to be officially recognized as a fighter ace, he had to makeimmediate formal claims and receive a total of at least five credits from theVictory Credit Board. In 1943 the 8th Fighter Command established a board,composed of experienced combat pilots, that reviewed all claims to verifyinformation inflicted to enemy aircraft by its pilots. The Victory Credit Boardrendered its decision as to the category of the damage, e.g. destroyed,probably destroyed, damaged, and then awarded the appropriate credit to thepilot. Most American units, including the 78th Fighter Group, also allowedshared victory credits. The 8th Air Force allowed credit for confirmed groundvictories. These ground credits were later revoked by the post-war U.S. AirForce, stripping away the \"ace\" designation for a long list of 8thAir Force pilots.

Landers becameCommanding Officer of the 38th Squadron in mid-1944. In the fall of 1944 hebecame Group Executive Officer of the 357th Fighter Group and also achievedvictory number 11. He became Group Commanding Officer of the 78th Fighter Groupin February 1945. During his time with the 78th Fighter Group, 3.5 victorieswere credited to him.

In May 1945 Landers waspromoted to Colonel. He became the Group Commanding Officer of the 361stFighter Group in June 1945.

Landers finished the warwith 14.5 victories, plus 20 ground victories.

The \"Big Beautiful Doll\"

One of Colonel Landers\'flying proteges was Chuck Yeager, who flew as Glamorous Glen, and later went onto be a test pilot and the first man to break the sound barrier.

Not much is known aboutLanders\' post-war life, except that he was in the construction managementbusiness and moved a lot. He moved to Granbury about 1979.

A year before his death,in 1988, John Landers gave a presentation before a meeting of the GranburyRadio Control Airplane Club and talked about some of his experiences.

Following is the obituary of John Dave Landers that appeared in the Hood County News, on September 20, 1989, page 9B:

JOHN LANDERS 1920 - 1989

John Landers, 69, of Granbury died on Tuesday, September 12 at Hood General Hospital.

Services were held on Friday, September 15 at Greenwood Chapel (Fort Worth). Entombment was at the Greenwood Mausoleum.

Former project manager of Brown and Root Construction, he was one of the youngest Colonels in World War II. He was born in Wilson, Oklahoma. A veteran of World War II he was a U.S. Army Fighter Pilot and a member of the American Fighter Aces Association. He was a member of the Ridgley Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his wife, Kathyrn Landers of Granbury, daughter, Diana Perry of Fredricksburg; two sisters, Nell McLaurin of Cleburne and Opal Vaughn of Sanger.

John Landers diedfollowing complications from surgery. Mrs. Landers has since moved fromGranbury to Fredricksburg, Texas.

John Buchanan, of GreenValley, Arizona, was a flight school buddy of Colonel Landers in 1941. Mr.Buchanan recently wrote the Hood County Genealogical Society on July 26, 2000,and stated the following regarding Colonel John Dave Landers:

\"He was absolutelyan extraordinary guy, among the best America had to offer when we needed themmost desperately!\"

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