Aviation
art prints of the American Air Force during World War 2 by leading aviation
artists Ivan Berryman, Robert Taylor, Nicholas Trudgian, David Pentland,
Anthony Saunders available from Cranston Fine Arts, the military print
company.
Dove of Peace by David Pentland P51D of Colonel Glenn Duncan C.O. of the 353rd Fighter Group, along
with "Betty-E" flown by Lt. Colonel Wayne Blickenstaff, taking
off on one of their last missions of the war, April 1945.
Mustang Escort by Graeme Lothian
Mustang P51 "Nooky Booky IV"
flown by Captain Leonard " Kit" Carson of the 362nd Fighter
Squadron 357th Fighter Group, giving fighter escort top cover protection
to the B17's of 381st Bomb Group, returning after a raid in Germany,
January 1944. Kit Carson ended the war as top scorer of the 357th
with 18.5 aerial victories in the last 6 months of the war.Motley Crew by Tim
Fisher Depicting two B17's from 92nd bomb group having joined a lone B24
from 93rd. In the background, the distinctive triangles on the tails of
the two aircraft denote membership to the 303rd BG. Hence the title of
the painting.
Zemke's First Fan by David Pentland On the 12th May 1944, Col. Hubert Zemke tried his new "fan"
tactic, designed to engage Luftwaffe fighters. Unfortunately on this
occasion his aircraft was bounced by German ace Major Gunther Rall in
his ME109 G-6(AS), and escaped only by sending his P47-D Thunderbolt
into a gut wrenching dive.
Fork Tailed Devil (Lightning) by Ivan Berryman
It was during the inter-war period that a reawakening interest in twin
engined fighter design prompted several countries to investigate a number
of revolutionary concepts, of these only the Lockheed's sleek and unconventional
P.38 was to be put into large scale production, proving to be a versatile
and dominant fighter possessed of extremely long range, good speed and
manoeuverability and a formidable armament. When production ceased in
1945, 9,923 examples of the P38 "Lightning" had been delivered.
