Auction For Doolittle Raider & Air Force Major General David "Davy" Jones

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PLEASE USE THE EXTERNAL LINK PROVIDED TO ENTER THIS AUCTION Crimson Estate Services along with the the family of Major General David Jones proudly present a historic collection worthy of your inspection. Major General David M. Jones enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Cavalryman in 1930 and was later selected to go to pilot training in 1937 at Randolph-Kelly in San Antonio, TX. Major General Jones' career was one that was nothing short of heroic at any point during his service. A fantastic synopsis of Major General Jones' career can be viewed by using this link: http://veterantributes.org/Tri... * General Jones was a survivor of the Doolittle Raid (Tokyo Raid) in 1942. It is our understanding that General Doolittle himself was a regular at family holidays * General Jones was a survivor of 2.5 years of captivity after having survived a crash landing and being taken prisoner by the Nazi's * General Jones was captive at Stalag Luft III (Poland) which was for allied pilots and was monitored by Luftwaffe pilots. General Jones was a part of "the march" between Stalag Luft III and Stalag Luft VII. This epic march with extreme weather can be reviewed here: https://stalagluft3.com/long-m... * The 1958 film "The Great Escape" with Steve McQueen was largely based on the likenesses of General Jones himself & Virgil Hill who was also a prisoner along with General Jones * General Jones was the Wing Commander at RAF Sculthorpe England from 1952-1955. Sculthorpe England post WWII was the first "nuclear capable" bomber base in Europe. *General Jones was later a B-58 Hustler test pilot and Director in New Mexico in the late 1950s. This was the same time period as Chuck Yeager and many of the original NASA Astronauts. He logged more hours in the B-58 than any other airman. * General Jones' storied career ended with his retirement as the Commander for the Eastern Space & Missile Center (Kennedy Space Center). General Jones was involved with NASA as the wing commander essentially of the Manned Space Flight Program from 1964 thru his retirement in 1973. * General Jones was close with many of our original astronauts at NASA and especially those during the Saturn VI/Apollo program We simply cannot condense General Jones' valiant career within our synopsis so we encourage you to ask questions as the family will be available to elaborate Please stay tuned for updates on auction preview dates and times. Also note, we have the ability to send and receive emails through this system so please check your spam account often