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At DiligentiaGraphsour focus is to source out the best, authentic items and give you expedient andjust service. Our goal is to deliver a five-star experience through promptshipping and communication. Thank you for viewing our sale and feel free toask any questions.
The items for saleare to honor the veterans who served our nation and to expose their storieswhich might otherwise be lesser known.
Hand signed 4x6 photo by World War II vet, James \'Stocky\' Edwards. About Mr. Edwards war history:
Sergeant Edwards was posted to 94 Squadron RAF of 223 Wingin January 1942 flying the Curtiss Kittyhawk. On 23 March, he flew his firstoperational trip, during which he shot down his first enemy aircraft, aMesserschmitt Bf 109. In May, he was posted to No. 260 Squadron RAF, and sawintensive action for the rest of 1942. By September, he had 6 \"kills\"and was commissioned, jumping four grades to the rank of flight lieutenant. Hewas awarded a Distinguished Flying Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross by thestart of 1943, by which time Edwards was a flight commander. His tour finishedin May 1943, total claims made being 17 aircraft shot down and several groundkills; in fact, German records show Edwards underclaimed - 22 victories hadbeen confirmed by German records. One of Edwards\' victims during the NorthAfrican campaign was famous Luftwaffe experten Otto Schulz (51 victories), whowas shot down by the Canadian ace on 17 June 1942. On 3 September 1942, Edwardslikely damaged Hans-Joachim Marseille\'s Bf 109 in combat. Marseille was thehighest scoring pilot in North Africa, and shot down more Western Alliedaircraft than any other German pilot. Three days later, Edwards was the pilotwho was believed to have shot down and killed Günter Steinhausen. ThoughEdwards claimed only a damaged enemy aircraft, it appears this is anothervictory for which he did not receive full credit.
In November 1943, Edwards was posted to No. 417 SquadronRCAF, then No. 92 Squadron RAF, flying the Supermarine Spitfire VIII; whileserving on the Italian front with 92 Squadron, he added three Focke-Wulf Fw190s and a Bf 109 to his score, all shot down over the Anzio beachhead, threeof them on a single day. At the beginning of March 1944, he was posted to theUK, flying operations over Europe with No. 274 Squadron RAF, a fighter unitequipped, at the end of Edwards\' tour, with the Hawker Tempest.
Shipping is donewithin 24 hours of received payment. We ship our items in 6X9 envelopes, sentfirst class with tracking and well packed. We do our best to accommodatespecial shipping requests as needed.
We do accept returnswithin 14 days that has been communicated and approved. We have a 15% fee onitems that are restocked and do pay for return shipping. Refunds are given onceitems are returned in original condition.
On all of our solditems we donate a percentage of profits to the Wounded Warrior project and toWorld War II museum in New Orleans, LA.
