Hall of Famer Ted Williams described crash-landing his jet during the Korean War in letters to his mistress

• 83 letters Ted Williams wrote to his mistress are going up for auction. 
• One of the letters details how he crash-landed his F9F Panther during the Korean War. 

Thirty-eight letters penned by Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams, including one in which he described crash-landing a fighter jet with “holes all over” it, are going up for auction.

The letters written to his mistress show another side to Williams, who played for the Boston Red Sox, describing his second hiatus from baseball for military service, his bombing missions in Korea and his feelings on war and his father’s death.

“They’re his innermost thoughts during the Korean conflict,” said Troy Thibodeau, of Saco River Auction, which is putting the letters up for auction.

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