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Thunderbolt on Duty by Richard Ward - Cranston Military Prints

Thunderbolt on Duty by Richard Ward


Thunderbolt on Duty by Richard Ward

Item Code : B0087Thunderbolt on Duty by Richard Ward - Editions Available
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Flying his Messerschmitt Me109G6, Major Gunther Rall, Group Commander of II./JG11 with over 200 air victories already to his credit, clashes with a P-47 Thunderbolt of the 63rd Sqn, 56th Fighter Group high over the Rhine south of Koblenz, May 12, 1944. Led by Colonel Hub Zemke, the 56th Fighter Group played advance guard to a deep penetration bomber raid to central Germany. As his forty eight P-47 Thunderbolts arrived to sweep the sky around the Koblenz - Frankfurt area, the Me109s of II./JG11 pounced from a 5000 feet height advantage. Simon Atacks high-impact painting shows Major Gunther Rall bringing down Hub Zemkes wingman, the first of two victories he claimed before himself being brought down by 56th Fighter Group P-47s later in the combat. Gunther Rall returned to combat flying, commanding JG300 until the end of hostilities by which time, with 275 air victories, he became the third highest scoring Ace in history.

Eagle Strike by Simon Atack.		 Flying P-47 Thunderbolts with the 56th Fighter Group in England, Bud Mahurin scored more than 20 victories during World War Two. Seen here in his personal aircraft 42-8487 UN-M named <i>The Spirit of Atlantic City</i> owing to it being paid for by bonds from that city, he shot down three Me109s in a day and three Fw190s another day, before eventually being brought down by return fire from a German bomber. Evacuated from France with the help of the Resistance, he then flew P-51 Mustangs against the Japanese in the Philippines, scoring one more victory before again being shot down, bailing into the ocean. He went on to score more victories in the Korean War before being shot down and taken prisoner for more than a year. He was the only pilot of the US Air Force to down enemy aircraft in the European Theater, Pacific Theater and Korean War. He died in 2010.

Tribute to Walker 'Bud' Mahurin by Ivan Berryman. 		Flying with the 82nd Fighter Squadron of the 78th Fighter Group from England from July 1944, he initially flew the P-47 Thunderbolt in the ground attack role in Normandy before converting to the P-51 Mustang in 1945. On one of his 75 combat missions, he scored a hat-trick of Fw190s and also shot down an Me262 jet towards the end of the war. He died in 2018.

Clipped Signature - Wayne L Coleman.		 A fighter pilot who flew P-40 Warhawks, P-51 Mustangs, P-39 Airacobras and P-47 Thunderbolts in combat, he flew 60 missions with both the 12th and 15th Air Forces, leading dozens himself, and was awarded the Silver Star and Distinguished Flying Cross. He also flew the F-86 Sabre in Korea, and became the first African-American General in the Air Force. He died in 2002.

Clipped Signature - Ben Davis.
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