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Republic Aviation Corporation Production Proofs

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 600.00 USD
Republic Aviation Corporation Production Proofs

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Auction Date:2007 Jan 31 @ 09:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
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DE. 1961. 2 different certificates. Both have vignette of "Thor" with hammer being pulled in a chariot by 2 horses through the sky. 1) Proof of "100 shs", Common Stock with green border. Printed on light brown paper. 2) Proof of the vignette, title and text without border. Order form for certificate is also included. Aviation pioneer, Alexander Nikolaivich Prokofiev de Seversky, a Russian emigre to the United States after the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, founded Seversky Aircraft Corporation in 1931. On his first combat mission in Russia in 1915, he attacked a German destroyer but was shot down before he could drop his bombs. When his plane crashed, the bombs exploded, badly wounding Seversky, killing his observer and causing the loss of one of his leg below the knee. In July 1916, Seversky returned to combat duty and downed his first enemy plane three days later. Soon after that he quickly scored three more victories. He flew 57 sorties in all and shot down 13 German aircraft to become Russia's top naval ace during WWI. He developed the first gyroscopically stabilized bombsight in 1923 and also had a hand inventing in-flight refueling. Republic Aviation was established in 1939 when the board of directors of Seversky Aircraft ousted Alexander de Seversky as company president because of mounting losses and changed the company's name to Republic. After the war, Seversky was awarded the Medal of Merit by President Harry Truman for the contribution to the war effort and the adancement of U.S. military aviation. Fairchild acquired Republic in July 1965. Rare avaition certificates of company founded by avaition pioneer and flying ace Seversky. SCBNC. VF.