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| Fighting Red Tails by Robert Taylor. With their distinctive red tails, P-51 Mustangs of the 332nd Fighter Group – the famed Tuskegee Airmen, climb to operational height as B17 Fortresses from the 483rd Bomb Group manoeuvre into formation at the start of another long and dangerous mission over Germany, Oct 1944. A welcome sight for the Fortress crews, the renowned all-black Tuskegee pilots were credited for never losing an escorted bomber to enemy aircraft. For the first time ever Robert pays tribute to the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots in this stunning portrait of one of the most famous fighter units of WWII. Signed limited edition of 800 prints. Print paper size 33 inches x 23.5 inches (84cm x 60cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: Col Charles McGee, 2nd Lt Elbert Hudson, 2nd Lt Lowell Steward, First Lieutenant Arthur Sherman, Stf Sgt Leon Walden.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Print paper size 33 inches x 23.5 inches (84cm x 60cm). Price £325.00 Signatories: Col Charles McGee, 2nd Lt Elbert Hudson, 2nd Lt Lowell Steward, First Lieutenant Arthur Sherman, Stf Sgt Leon Walden. ITEM CODE DHM2596 |
| American Eagles by Robert Taylor. The 357th Fighter Group was thrown into action soon after arriving in England in February 1944. Being the first fighter group equipped with P-51 Mustangs, great things were expected of them, and they did not disappoint; in the final year of the war they achieved a faster rate of victories than any other group in the 8th Air Force, and the record for the highest number of enemy aircraft shot down in a single mission - in excess of 50 - during a great air battle on 14th January 1945. Eagles Edition: Signed Limited Edition of 450 prints. Image size 24 inches x 16.5 inches (61cm x 42cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Major James McLane, Captain Harvey Mace and Captain Charles E Weaver.
Victory in Europe Artist Proof Edition. Edition of 25, with 5 signatures. Image size 24 inches x 16.5 inches (61cm x 42cm). Price £ Signed by Major James McLane, Captain Harvey Mace, Captain Charles E Weaver, Captain William Bee OBrien and Brigadier General Charles E Yeager. ITEM CODE DHM2580 |
| Mustangs on the Prowl by Robert Taylor. Between 3 and 13 September 1944, the 55th Fighter Group flew eight arduous, highly successful, bomber escort missions to Germany for which the group received a Distinguished Unit Citation. Like those the group had flown before, and would fly again and again until the end of hostilities, each mission took them deep into enemy airspace, involved desperate combat with Luftwaffe fighters, and culminated in rapid descent to low level to strafe enemy airfields on the way home. In that ten day period of intense fighting the 55th covered themselves in glory, destroying large numbers of enemy fighters in the air and on the ground, one of their pilots becoming the top-scoring ground attack pilot of the campaign. Long-range combat missions were typical of the assignments flown by the fighters of the 8th Air Force during that period of the air war. Not content with dog-fighting at altitude, when escort duty was complete, the Eighths aggressive fighter pilots relished the opportunity to hurtle down to tree-top height and, ignoring the inevitable barrage of anti-aircraft fire, shoot up any target of opportunity upon which they could bring their guns to bear. Robert Taylors spectacular new limited edition print, the third in his acclaimed Collector Portfolio commemorating the great Air Commands of World War II, depicts the king of the Eighths ground attack Aces, Colonel Elwyn Righetti. Flying his P-51D Mustang, the 55ths CO of 338 Squadron, already with 20 plus victories to his credit, leads his pilots through the Rhine Gorge, skimming the ancient Castle of Stableck standing above Bacharach, as they seek out enemy targets on their way back to base at Wormingford, England, in the spring of 1945. A classic Robert Taylor edition endorsed with the signatures of Aces who flew and fought the legendary P-51 Mustang in the greatest air war in history. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 16 inches x 29 inches (41cm x 74cm) Sold out edition. Just one secondary market print available..ilable. available.. Price £ Signed by Major Bill Allen, Colonel Gerald Brown and Colonel Donald Cummings. ITEM CODE DHM2265 |
| Return to Duxford by Robert Taylor Flying low over the picturesque village of Thaxted, in the cold winter of 1944-45, the P-51D Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group return to Duxford after a tiring eight hour escort mission. With dusk approaching, low on fuel, the fighters have about 20 miles to run. Catching the festive mood, the pilots have dropped to tree-top height to take in the spectacular countryside as they scurry back to base and some well-earned celebrations. Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm) Only two copies available.. Price £300.00 Signed by Maj Urban L Drew USAF, Colonel Royce W Priest, Colonel Duerr J Schuh, Colonel Donald Cummings , Captain Robert P Winks and Colonel Wilbur R Scheible.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm) Only two copies available.. Price £ Signed by Maj Urban L Drew USAF, Colonel Royce W Priest, Colonel Duerr J Schuh, Colonel Donald Cummings , Captain Robert P Winks and Colonel Wilbur R Scheible. ITEM CODE DHM2164 |
| Mustang Recce by Robert Taylor. Russ Berg flies his 10th Recce Group P51s in low and fast, dodging flak and enemy fighters, to get vital photographs for General Patons advancing forces. A superb study of World War IIs most outstanding tactical fighter in action, in the hands of one of the USAAFs most distinguished and highly decorated pilots. Signed limited edition of 1500 prints. Paper size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Russ Berg. ITEM CODE DHM2096 |
| D-Day The Airborne Assault by Robert Taylor. It began in pitch darkness. June 6, 1944 was only a few minutes old when the Airborne Pathfinders drifted silently down from the sky above the fields of Normandy. At first their seemed nothing untoward about the drone of aircraft in the night sky. The German garrisons in Northern France were used to the noise of aircraft overhead after dark, but this night seemed particularly busy. Looking skyward a German sentry caught sight of parachutes floating down, clearly visible as the moon fleetingly broke through the clouds. For an instant he thought it was the crew jumping from a damaged bomber, but when he saw the mass of canopies floating earthwards, he knew it was no ordinary event. Within moments of raising the alarm the crackle of automatic gunfire confirmed his worst fears: The Invasion of France had begun. The first assault upon Hitlers Fortress Europe came from the sky. Shortly after midnight waves of aircraft and gliders delivered three Divisions of elite airborne troops into Normandy, their crucial objectives to seize vital bridges, secure strategic positions and clear the way for the coming aerial armada. As the first streaks of dawn came over the horizon on that historic day, and with American and British paratroops already engaged in furious fire fights, the mighty amphibious armada began landing on the beaches of Normandy. Above them waves of troop-carrying aircraft towing gliders stretched from the coast of France all the way back to England. Closely escorted by fighters, they delivered over 20,000 highly trained men into the battlefield of Northern France. By nightfall the first phase of the greatest military invasion in history was complete. Five Divisions were were ashore and the Allies had established a toehold in occupied Europe. For the Third Reich it was the beginning of the end. Without the advanced airborne assault, and the air supremacy achieved by the escort fighters, the amphibious landings could have been a disaster. Seen crossing the Normandy beaches are C-47 Dakotas of the 438th Troop Carrier Group towing CG-4 Waco gliders, closely escorted by P-51Bs of the 354 Fighter Group. Below, landing craft swarm ashore putting men and equipment on the beaches, and everything about this spectacular painting brings alive the events of that historic day a half a century ago. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 25 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £390.00 Signed by P-51 pilots Warren Emerson, Clayton Gross, William King and Maurice Long; C-47 pilot Sid Harwell and glider pilot Miles Wagner. ITEM CODE AX0003 |
| Valour in the Pacific by Robert Taylor. Depicted are B-29s of the 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing of the 20th Air Force. After a daylight raid on Tokyo, showing all the telltale signs of combat over the target, a Wing of the worlds largest and fastest-ever piston-engined bombers make their long over-water journey home, still many hours away at Saipan Island. At the extremity of their range, little friends, very-long-range P-51 Mustang escort fighters, peel off and head for home - leaving the mighty bombers to fend for themselves. Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 25 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Captain Turner G Brashear, Brigadier General Henry Huglin, Lieutenant Chester Marshall and Colonel Bob Morgan (deceased).
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 25 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Captain Turner G Brashear, Brigadier General Henry Huglin, Lieutenant Chester Marshall and Colonel Bob Morgan (deceased). ITEM CODE DHM2226 |
| Air Superiority by Robert Taylor. It had taken almost six years of continual air fighting for the Allied forces to attain complete and total air superiority over the Luftwaffe. At the outbreak of World War II the mighty German Air Force had appeared invincible but the ensuing Battle of Britain gave the Luftwaffe its first taste of what was to come. When America joined the war, bringing with her to Europe ne wtypes of fighters and bombers, the writing must have been clearly chalked on the wall of Hitlers bunker. Unleashing the full power of the Eighth Air Force against the Third Reich by day, and with the RAF Bomber Commands constant attacks by night, production in Germanys aircraft and munitions factories became fatally depleted. In the air the Allied fighter pilots were beginning to dominate the skies, and by the spring on 1945, had achieved complete air superiority. It had been a long and bitter struggle, fought with great courage and sacrifice. Aces Edition of 450 prints. Image size 16 inches x 29.25 inches (41cm x 75cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Frank L. Gailer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Schimanski and Captain Robert P Winks
Aces Edition Artist Proofs. Edition of 25. Image size 16 inches x 29.25 inches (41cm x 75cm). Price £320.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Frank L. Gailer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Schimanski and Captain Robert P Winks
Victory in Europe Edition of 400 prints. Includes 12 signatures. Image size 16 inches x 29.25 inches (41cm x 75cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Frank L. Gailer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Schimanski, Captain Robert P Winks, First Lieutenant Joseph Black, First Lieutenant Raymond T Conlin, Lieutenant Colonel William W Foard, First Lieutenant Dale E Karger, John A. Kirla, Captain William B. Overstreet, Colonel Arval J. Roberson and First Lieutenant John Skara ITEM CODE DHM2267 |
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