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A LIMITEDEDITION BY ONE OF THE WORLD’S FOREMOST AVIATION ARTISTS PAYING TRIBUTE TO THELEGENDARY DOOLITTLE RAIDERS
INTOTHE TEETH OF THE WIND
By RobertTaylor
Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving
deck of the carrier USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942.
In one of his most dramatic paintings Robert Taylor pays tribute to the men that bravely carried out this iconic mission and the prints are autographed by a staggering number of the legendary Doolittle Raiders:
Flying their sixteen-bomber force on a long distance one-way mission, theDoolittle Raiders completed the first strike on Imperial Japansince the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor four months earlier. Together, theycompleted one of the most audacious air raids in aviation history.
THE SIGNATURES
In tribute to the men that bravely carried out this iconic mission the printsare individually numbered and signed by the artist, along with five of thelegendary Doolittle Raiders:
Lieutenant ColonelRICHARD COLE– Jimmy Doolittle’s Co-Pilot, Crew #1 - TargetTokyo
Staff SergeantDAVID THATCHER – FlightEngineer/Gunner, Crew #7 - Target Tokyo
Major GeneralDAVID JONES– Pilot, Crew #5 - Target Tokyo
MajorTHOMAS GRIFFIN– Navigator,Crew #9 -Target Tokyo
Master SergeantEDWIN HORTON Jr–Flight Engineer/Gunner, Crew #10 - Target Tokyo
This historic print is the perfect opportunity foraviation art collectors and autograph hunters alike to acquire a stunning piececarrying authentic autographs of the iconic Doolittle Tokyo Raiders.
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Please note: The signatures on our pieces are not reproductions; they are original autographs, hand-signed by the veterans involved at the time of publishing.