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Thunder in the Ardennes by Anthony Saunders. - Cranston Military Prints

Thunder in the Ardennes by Anthony Saunders.


Thunder in the Ardennes by Anthony Saunders.

P-47 Thunderbolts of the 509th Fighter Squadron, 405th Fighter Group, pass low over paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division advancing through heavy snow during the Battle of the Bulge, January 1945. Major Robert 'Blackie' Blackburn, in his distinctive aircraft Chow Hound, leads his unit as they head out on a morning low-level bombing mission. In the early hours of 16th December 1944, out of nowhere, hundreds of panzers and thousands of troops poured forward as Hitler launched the last great German offensive of the war and, for once, the Allies had been wrong-footed. The thinly-held Ardennes was the last place they had been expecting a counter-attack, but now three German armies were heading west across an 80-mile front. Caught off guard the Americans rushed in reinforcements, including the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions encamped near Reims, over a hundred miles away. Exhausted by the fighting in Holland during Operation Market Garden, they had been sent to Reims to recuperate. They never got the chance. Thrown into the thick of the action the 82nd helped to blunt the Germans' advance to the north, whilst at Bastogne, a pivotal town further south, the 101st, surrounded, out-numbered and besieged, refused to surrender. The line held and three days before Christmas the panzers ground to a halt, stalled by lack of fuel. As the weather improved the Allies could now bring their airpower into play. Hitler's last gamble had failed.
Item Code : DHM6484BThunder in the Ardennes by Anthony Saunders. - Editions Available
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Signed limited edition of 175 prints. Paper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm)
Lopez, Edward J

1st Lieutenant Edward J Lopez DFC
Joining the 365th Fighter Group slightly after D-Day he fought through Normandy, Bastogne and into Germany, dropping 500lb bombs on armored convoys. On one occasion he pressed on to destroy flak guns despite being badly hit by their 20mm fire.
Signature Value : £40
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Prevost, Herbert L

Colonel Herbert L Prevost DFC
Joining the Hell Hawks in June 1944 he flew operations on D-Day and over Normandy, once managing to return his P-47 after striking his propeller on the ground whilst strafing a train. He was awarded the DFC for helping destroy seven tanks, three armored vehicles and five trucks at Weyerbusch in March 1945.
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

+ Artist : Anthony Saunders

Signature(s) value alone : £80		£15 Off!Now : £110.00

Quantity:
Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!		Paper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm)
Lopez, Edward J

1st Lieutenant Edward J Lopez DFC
Joining the 365th Fighter Group slightly after D-Day he fought through Normandy, Bastogne and into Germany, dropping 500lb bombs on armored convoys. On one occasion he pressed on to destroy flak guns despite being badly hit by their 20mm fire.
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

Prevost, Herbert L

Colonel Herbert L Prevost DFC
Joining the Hell Hawks in June 1944 he flew operations on D-Day and over Normandy, once managing to return his P-47 after striking his propeller on the ground whilst strafing a train. He was awarded the DFC for helping destroy seven tanks, three armored vehicles and five trucks at Weyerbusch in March 1945.
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

McCandless, Dean

Captain Dean McCandless
Joining up in 1941 he was commissioned as an Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division. Serving with the 1st Battalion, 505th PIR, he made the first of four combat jumps on 9th July 1943 at Sicily during Operation Husky, and two months later jumped at Salerno. His third drop was on D-Day, landing just outside Sainte-Mere-Eglise where his unit fought successfully to capture the bridge over the Merderet River - he was the battalion communications officer. His fourth and final jump was during Oper
Signature Value : £40
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Dumouchelle, Leo A

Staff Sergeant Leo A Dumouchelle
Served in the 82nd Airborne Division with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (C). Wounded in Belgium in September 1944 he returned to fight in the Battle of the Bulge.
Signature Value : £40
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Perez, Salvador Sal

Private 1st Class Salvador Sal Perez
Jumped on D-Day with the Service Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne and fought throughout Normandy, Operation Market Garden and at Bastogne.
Signature Value : £40
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Petersen, Arthur Art

Private 1st Class Arthur Art Petersen
Serving with Fox Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne he was one of many paratroopers misdropped on D-Day. Landing near Sainte Mère-Église he briefly fought alongside Easy Company before heading south into the bitter fire-fight raging around the church at Angoville-au-Plain. After being wounded he was briefly treated in the Church and then fought in the advance into Carentan. He later jumped on Operation Market Garden, where he was wounded, but was back in action in time to re-join his unit in t
Signature Value : £40
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Coleman, Wayne L

Died : 2018
Captain Wayne L Coleman (deceased)
Joining the service in January 1943, Wayne Coleman was posted to the 82nd Squadron, 78th Fighter Group at Duxford, near Cambridge in July 1944. He flew the first of his 75 combat missions a few days later on August 2nd in P-47s, dive-bombing and strafing in support of the Normandy invasion before converting to P-51s at the end of the year. Wayne shot down three Fw190s in a single mission and later on 31st March 1945, an Me262 jet. He flew continuously until the end of the war. He died on 1st
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE
 
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders

Signature(s) value alone : £280		£210.00

Quantity:
Collectors edition of 125 prints.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!		Paper size 31.5 inches x 24 inches (82cm x 61cm)
Lopez, Edward J

1st Lieutenant Edward J Lopez DFC
Joining the 365th Fighter Group slightly after D-Day he fought through Normandy, Bastogne and into Germany, dropping 500lb bombs on armored convoys. On one occasion he pressed on to destroy flak guns despite being badly hit by their 20mm fire.
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

Prevost, Herbert L

Colonel Herbert L Prevost DFC
Joining the Hell Hawks in June 1944 he flew operations on D-Day and over Normandy, once managing to return his P-47 after striking his propeller on the ground whilst strafing a train. He was awarded the DFC for helping destroy seven tanks, three armored vehicles and five trucks at Weyerbusch in March 1945.
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

McCandless, Dean

Captain Dean McCandless
Joining up in 1941 he was commissioned as an Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division. Serving with the 1st Battalion, 505th PIR, he made the first of four combat jumps on 9th July 1943 at Sicily during Operation Husky, and two months later jumped at Salerno. His third drop was on D-Day, landing just outside Sainte-Mere-Eglise where his unit fought successfully to capture the bridge over the Merderet River - he was the battalion communications officer. His fourth and final jump was during Oper
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

Dumouchelle, Leo A

Staff Sergeant Leo A Dumouchelle
Served in the 82nd Airborne Division with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (C). Wounded in Belgium in September 1944 he returned to fight in the Battle of the Bulge.
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

Perez, Salvador Sal

Private 1st Class Salvador Sal Perez
Jumped on D-Day with the Service Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne and fought throughout Normandy, Operation Market Garden and at Bastogne.
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

Petersen, Arthur Art

Private 1st Class Arthur Art Petersen
Serving with Fox Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne he was one of many paratroopers misdropped on D-Day. Landing near Sainte Mère-Église he briefly fought alongside Easy Company before heading south into the bitter fire-fight raging around the church at Angoville-au-Plain. After being wounded he was briefly treated in the Church and then fought in the advance into Carentan. He later jumped on Operation Market Garden, where he was wounded, but was back in action in time to re-join his unit in t
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE

Coleman, Wayne L

Died : 2018
Captain Wayne L Coleman (deceased)
Joining the service in January 1943, Wayne Coleman was posted to the 82nd Squadron, 78th Fighter Group at Duxford, near Cambridge in July 1944. He flew the first of his 75 combat missions a few days later on August 2nd in P-47s, dive-bombing and strafing in support of the Normandy invasion before converting to P-51s at the end of the year. Wayne shot down three Fw190s in a single mission and later on 31st March 1945, an Me262 jet. He flew continuously until the end of the war. He died on 1st
Signature Value : £40
CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROFILE
 
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders

Signature(s) value alone : £280		£15 Off!Now : £145.00

Quantity:


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May 21,1943. Steve Pisanos flying P-47 QP-D in White Section, on an escort mission to Ghent, shoots down an FW-190 near Belgium. Flying wing to Captain Andrews, Pisanos took over once Andrews temporarily spun out of control pursuing the 190, which Steve hastily finished off. Depicted is the moment before Steve breaks off for home and waiting for the pilot to bail out, which he did not at this point.

Victory for White Two by Brian Bateman. 		In Europe the tide of war was changing. The Allied invasion of Normandy had thrown the Germans back and the push to Berlin had begun, but in the Far East another invasion had taken place - this time by the Japanese. The fighter pilots of the RAF had become masters of the sky over Burma and after weeks of bitter fighting, air superiority was complete. The Japanese invasion had run out of steam and slowly, but inexorably, the Allies drove them back, fighting through the rains and floods in arduous conditions, strafing supply dumps and airfields, and divebombing enemy concentrations in unequalled precision strikes. One such strike was the operation to secure the Japanese-held Mingaladon Aerodrome near Rangoon on 20 October 1944, when a composite air force, made up of P-47 Thunderbolts from 261 and 146 Squadrons, carried out a low level attack on the vital Japanese stronghold. Richard Taylor's fabulous new painting, <i>Thunder in the East</i>, expertly captures all the fury of this bitter engagement. After completing his bombing attack Warrant Officer Thomas 'Lucky' Carter flying his distinctive P-47 'Pistol Packin' Mamma', engages Nakajima Ki-43 Oscars and Ki-44 Tojo's along with other Thunderbolts of the unit. In commemoration of the men who flew and fought in Burma, joining artist Richard Taylor in signing the whole edition are three RAF veterans that fought in the campaign, two that flew Thunderbolts in Burma and one of the vital ground crew that prepared the P-47s for this actual mission. A fitting tribute to all those that fought in the 'Forgotten War'.
Thunder in the East by Richard Taylor.		 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.		 On the 12th of 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-6AS, and escaped only by sending his P47-D Thunderbolt into a gut wrenching dive.

Zemke's First Fan by David Pentland.
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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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1st Lieutenant Edward J Lopez DFC
*Signature Value : £40

Editions signed :

Signed limited edition of 175 prints.
Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Collectors edition of 125 prints.


Lopez, Edward J
(1st Lieutenant Edward J Lopez DFC)

Joining the 365th Fighter Group slightly after D-Day he fought through Normandy, Bastogne and into Germany, dropping 500lb bombs on armored convoys. On one occasion he pressed on to destroy flak guns despite being badly hit by their 20mm fire.




Colonel Herbert L Prevost DFC
*Signature Value : £40

Editions signed :

Signed limited edition of 175 prints.
Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Collectors edition of 125 prints.


Prevost, Herbert L
(Colonel Herbert L Prevost DFC)

Joining the Hell Hawks in June 1944 he flew operations on D-Day and over Normandy, once managing to return his P-47 after striking his propeller on the ground whilst strafing a train. He was awarded the DFC for helping destroy seven tanks, three armored vehicles and five trucks at Weyerbusch in March 1945.




Captain Dean McCandless
*Signature Value : £40

Editions signed :

Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Collectors edition of 125 prints.


McCandless, Dean
(Captain Dean McCandless)

Joining up in 1941 he was commissioned as an Officer with the 82nd Airborne Division. Serving with the 1st Battalion, 505th PIR, he made the first of four combat jumps on 9th July 1943 at Sicily during Operation Husky, and two months later jumped at Salerno. His third drop was on D-Day, landing just outside Sainte-Mere-Eglise where his unit fought successfully to capture the bridge over the Merderet River - he was the battalion communications officer. His fourth and final jump was during Operation Market Garden before moving on to fight in the Battle of the Bulge where he was wounded. He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. After leaving the service in 1946 he was later called up to serve with the Medical Corps as a doctor in Korea.




Staff Sergeant Leo A Dumouchelle
*Signature Value : £40

Editions signed :

Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Collectors edition of 125 prints.


Dumouchelle, Leo A
(Staff Sergeant Leo A Dumouchelle)

Served in the 82nd Airborne Division with the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion (C). Wounded in Belgium in September 1944 he returned to fight in the Battle of the Bulge.




Private 1st Class Salvador Sal Perez
*Signature Value : £40

Editions signed :

Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Collectors edition of 125 prints.


Perez, Salvador Sal
(Private 1st Class Salvador Sal Perez)

Jumped on D-Day with the Service Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne and fought throughout Normandy, Operation Market Garden and at Bastogne.




Private 1st Class Arthur Art Petersen
*Signature Value : £40

Editions signed :

Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Collectors edition of 125 prints.


Petersen, Arthur Art
(Private 1st Class Arthur Art Petersen)

Serving with Fox Company, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne he was one of many paratroopers misdropped on D-Day. Landing near Sainte Mère-Église he briefly fought alongside Easy Company before heading south into the bitter fire-fight raging around the church at Angoville-au-Plain. After being wounded he was briefly treated in the Church and then fought in the advance into Carentan. He later jumped on Operation Market Garden, where he was wounded, but was back in action in time to re-join his unit in the Battle of the Bulge. Wounded yet again, Bastogne proved to be his final combat.




Captain Wayne L Coleman (deceased)
Died : 2018
*Signature Value : £40

Editions signed :

Collectors edition of 25 artist proofs.
Collectors edition of 125 prints.


Coleman, Wayne L
(Captain Wayne L Coleman (deceased))

Joining the service in January 1943, Wayne Coleman was posted to the 82nd Squadron, 78th Fighter Group at Duxford, near Cambridge in July 1944. He flew the first of his 75 combat missions a few days later on August 2nd in P-47s, dive-bombing and strafing in support of the Normandy invasion before converting to P-51s at the end of the year. Wayne shot down three Fw190s in a single mission and later on 31st March 1945, an Me262 jet. He flew continuously until the end of the war. He died on 1st January 2018.
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