BEST PILOTS - Bob Sweeney 1/5 Fighter Pilot Figure Painted & Unpainted

BEST PILOTS - Bob Sweeney 1/5 Fighter Pilot Figure UNPAINTED Unpainted Bob Sweeney Fighter Pilot figures are $65 each plus shipping MUSEUM QUALITY - This pilot figure is on display at the Spirit of Flight Center in Erie, Colorado! Our Bob is piloting the 1/5 scale P-51 "Saucy Shirley" in tribute to WWII fighter ace, Bill Getz. Robert "Bob" Sweeney served as a fighter pilot in the 79th Fighter Group, of the 12 Mediterranean Air Force in Italy during 1944-45. He started his combat career flying P-40s and quickly transitioned to the P-47D. All of his combat missions were the most dangerous - ground attack - which Bob and the P-47 excelled. He flew 62 combat missions and was awarded two Air Medals. He then returned to Salisbury, Missouri and resumed a successful business career and raised a family. He tried civilian flying after the war, but found it just didn't measure up to roaring through the skies in the P-47. Bob is now 91 years young, playing golf and occasionally driving h