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A STUNNING TRIBUTE TO THE "MIGHTY 8TH" AIR FORCE IN WWII
MIGHTY EIGHTH - COMING HOME
By Robert Taylor
A flak-damaged B-17 Fortress sheds debris as it struggles to keep up with the Group; B-24 Liberators have joined the formation as they approach the Belgian coast, and a P-51, low on fuel, provides escort for the North Sea crossing. The US 8th Air Force, its mission almost completed, is coming home.
From their first inauspicious raid on German airfields on 4th July, 1942, to their ultimate air supremacy over the skies of Europe in 1945, the men of the U.S Air Forces never wavered in their determination nor flinched from the frightening odds they faced. The vindication of their policy of high altitude daylight precision bombing came with the ultimate victory of the Allied forces in 1945.
In three years of continual combat, the bomber crews of the USAAF overcame the worst odds. They often flew in atrocious weather, they ran the gauntlet of the Luftwaffe fighter Aces, and they pressed on through all the flak that anti-aircraft gunners could throw up at them. They paid the heavy price of war, but in so doing carved out a niche in history, and created a legend that will live so long as man takes to the skies.
Released in 1992 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the arrival in Europe of the men and machines of the Mighty Eighth, Robert Taylor portrays the valiant bombers of the Eighth Air Force coming home from a mission. Set in a majestic panorama of evening sunlight, a battle-weary bomber force approaches the coast of Belgium.
THE LIMITED EDITION
This print is signed by Six distinguished pilots who flew Bombers with the Mighty Eighth:
MajorBOB LANDRY
ColonelWILLIAM LAWLEY–Medal of Honor
ColonelEDWARD MICHAEL–Medal of Honor
ColonelROBERT MORGAN– Pilot of the Memphis Belle
MajorCLIFF PETERSON
ColonelALBERT SHOWER
This stunning editionis the perfect opportunity for aviation art collectors and autograph hunters alike to acquire ahistoric editioncarrying authentic autographs of some of the most iconic bomber pilots of WWII.
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