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Watching Station (Mustangs) by Ivan Berryman - Cranston Military Prints

Watching Station (Mustangs) by Ivan Berryman


Watching Station (Mustangs) by Ivan Berryman

North American Mustang IIIs of No.315 Polish Squadron Deblinski are shown over the invasion fleet heading for the D-Day landings.
Item Code : B0030Watching Station (Mustangs) by Ivan Berryman - Editions AvailableExtra....

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Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm)
Thomas, Harry
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Flying Officer Harry Thomas
No.126 Sqn, RAF Bentwaters.
Signature Value : £35
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+ Artist : Ivan Berryman

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Flew the P-47 Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang in Italy with the 302nd Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, the Tuskegee Airmen. Credited with destroying 3 Luftwaffe bombers on the ground, on his last mission he lost consciousness at 36,000ft and only recovered his spinning P-51 at 8,000ft - after this he was medically discharged. In later life he gave talks about the Tuskegee Airmen. He died in 2011.

Clipped Signature - William Wheeler.		 The painting depicts a P-51D Mustang (flown by William Bailey of the 353rd Fighter Group) flying escort for B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Armys Eighth Air Force. The scene is over the French countryside during late 1944, and several more hours of high altitude flying lies ahead of these pilots before the days work is over. Bombing played a major role in the Allies victory in Europe. The RAF relied primarily on night bombing which was also called strategic bombing. Day time bombing was a necessity for hitting specific targets such as munition plants, dams, and submarine pens. The Mighty Eighth took on responsibility for most of the day time bombing missions. The hazards and discomforts of high altitude flying, the perils of enemy flak batteries, and the threat of enemy fighters made these missions exceedingly dangerous until only very late in the war. Fighter escort was critically important in improving the odds of a successful mission, and the P-51 became arguably the premier aircraft for providing that cover. The P-51 is generally acknowledged as Americas top fighter plane of World War II. The first Mustangs were ordered by the British Government in 1940. The USAAF was initially reluctant to order the Mustang, having already committed itself to the P-38 Lightning, the P-47 Thunderbolt, the P-40 Warhawk, and the P-39 Airacobra. In 1944 an improved version of the Mustang, the D, came off North American Aviations assembly line in California. It was dramatically altered from earlier versions, as major changes in fuselage design were incorporated to improve pilot visibility. The P-51D was powered by a Packard-built, Rolls Royce-designed, liquid cooled V-12 engine which generated 1,612 HP. The Mustang had a top speed of 436 MPH, a range of 949 miles, and an operational ceiling in excess of 42,000 feet. Nearly 8,000 P-51Ds were produced. In service with the USAAF Mustangs flew in excess of 200,000 missions, and were credited with destroying nearly 5,000 enemy aircraft. The Mustang was unique in its ability to provide long range fighter escort, and this greatly enhanced the effectiveness of Allied bombing missions. On returning from their escort missions Mustangs would generally split into squadrons and take varying routes home looking for targets of opportunity.

Top Cover by Stan Stokes. 		Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series.

P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. 		Hub Zemke lends his name to <i>'Zemke's Wolf Pack'</i>, the 56th Fighter Group that became deadly with the P-47 Thunderbolt thanks to his tactics with the machine. He scored a total of 17.75 victories in the war, mostly with this unit, but is depicted here on 26th September 1944 flying a P-51 Mustang with the 479th Fighter Group. He scored just 2.5 victories with this unit, but the one depicted here is over the German Ace Alfred Grislawski in his Me109 - a victory that injured Grislawski and meant he took no further combat role in the war. At the end of October, Hub Zemke's airframe failed in turbulence and he bailed out to be taken prisoner for the rest of the war. Amongst his many decorations are the Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Flying Cross as well as the Purple Heart. He died aged 80 in 1994.

Tribute to Hubert 'Hub' Zemke by Ivan Berryman.
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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature and is for the unmatted version where available. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Flying Officer Harry Thomas
*Signature Value : £35

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Signed limited edition of 250 prints.


Thomas, Harry
(Flying Officer Harry Thomas)

No.126 Sqn, RAF Bentwaters.
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