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GREATEST ACE
It's easy to see why the precise technical quality of Richard's drawings lend themselves to scenes like this full of minute details and completed on antique-buff paper befitting a bygone era.
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THE SONIC SPEAR
Fondly known as 'The Sonic Spear', it's also the title given to Philip West's latest painting which commemorates the early days of this magnificent single-seat interceptor. Using his talents as one of the leading aviation artists, Philip depicts Lightning P1B XA847 in company with her two sister prototypes as they power through the skies. On 25 November 1957 English Electric's Chief Test Pilot Roland Beamont, flying XA847, became the first British pilot to exceed Mach 2 - twice the speed of sound - and XA847 was the very aircraft used in the official 'Lightning' naming ceremony in 1958.
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MEN OF THE FIGHTING RED TAILS
It comes as no surprise that some of the men who flew with the 332nd FG have achieved legendary status within the history of the entire United States Air Force and it's historically significant that original autographs of these fabled airmen are included in this special release. Names such as Charles McGee whose military aviation career spanned 30 years, over 400 combat missions in WW2, Korea and Vietnam and was an inductee in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. Alongside is Benjamin O. Davis Jr who took command of the 332nd FG in 1943 in preparation for its deployment to Italy, before later becoming the first African-American Brigadier General in the USAF and was promoted to full General U.S. Air Force (retired) in 1988, with President Bill Clinton pinning on his four-star insignia.
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NORMANDY THUNDER
To commemorate the events of D-Day, Anthony Saunders has completed 'Normandy Thunder', a striking painting that depicts P-47 Thunderbolts of the 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group over the seawall of St-Aubin-sur-Mer, the small town that would witness some of the fiercest fighting along Juno Beach stormed by the Canadian Third Division. By nightfall, however, as the P-47s returned home after their fourth and final mission of the day, the Canadians on Juno beach would have penetrated deeper inland than any other Allied unit on D-Day.
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TURN OF THE TIDE
In his powerful painting 'Turn of the Tide', Anthony Saunders commemorates the anniversary of D-Day by paying tribute to the Typhoons and the pilots who flew them during the invasion and subsequent battle for Normandy. With the amphibious landings well underway on the morning of 6 June 1944, rocket-firing Typhoons from 181 Squadron race along the shoreline having attacked enemy coastal batteries targeting the invasion beaches.
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VULCAN LEGEND
Anyone listening to the roar of four mighty Olympus engines powering Avro's famous aircraft skywards instantly understands why the name is so appropriate - 'Vulcan' - the Roman god of fire.
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RETURNING FROM SCHWEINFURT
Adding significant historical importance, every copy is issued mounted to full conservation standards to show museum-quality reproduction USAAF pilots wings, an 8th Air Force shoulder patch, and the original signatures of airmen who took part in some of the most significant missions to be carried out by the Mighty Eighth during the war. These include legendary men such as Curtis LeMay who lead the first Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission, his Navigator Ralph Nutter, Kemp McLaughlin who was the Lead Pilot on the second Schweinfurt raid, Robert Shoens who took part in the first USAAF daylight mission to Berlin, and Medal of Honor recipient William Lawley.
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RETURNING FROM SCHWEINFURT
With all components and signatures of the Collector's Edition, also included in the conservation matting of the Schweinfurt Edition is a further five autographs of highly regarded B-17 Flying Fortress crewmen including General Curtis LeMay, B-17 combat pilot and future Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
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