Towards the Home Fires
by Robert Taylor
As the New Year of 1945 dawned, the snow had already spread to blanket the southern half of England. The festivities of Christmas had passed and the relentless pounding of German cities and industrial targets continued unabated. On every front Hitler’s once-fabled armies were in full retreat. The endgame was now in play. Recalling that final harsh winter of the war Robert has painted one of the finest scenes of his illustrious career in a stunning tribute to Robin Olds, one of the legendary Aces who took part in the great aerial assault launched on Germany by the US Eighth Air Force. With dusk approaching, Robin Olds, flying his P-51K Scat VI, leads a flight of Mustangs of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group low over the historic estuary town of Maldon in Essex as they head home to their base at Wattisham, 14 February 1945. The mission saw Olds add three more German fighters to his tally south of Berlin, making him one of the foremost Aces of the unit. |
Overall size: 24¼" x 32¾" | Available in the following editions |
300 | Limited edition | Signed by 479th FG Mustang pilot Walter M. Drake | $325 | |
200 | Collectors edition | Signed by three P-51 pilots, including Robin Olds - Very low Inventory | $395 | |
25 | Artist's proof | As above | $565 | |
110 | Mustang Pilots edition | SOLD OUT | ||
15 | Remarque | SOLD OUT | ||
10 | Double remarque | SOLD OUT | ||
10 | P-51 Tribute edition | With eighteen P-51 pilot signatures - includes matted original pencil drawing -SOLD OUT |
Collectors edition signatures | ||
1st. Lt. Walter M. Drake | Brig. Gen. Robin Olds | 1st. Lt. James E. Frolking |
Tribute edition signatures | ||
1st. Lt. Walter M. Drake | Brig. Gen. Robin Olds | 1st. Lt. James E. Frolking |
1st. Lt. David L. Born | Colonel Clarence ‘Bud’ Anderson | Brig. Gen Frank L. Gailer |
Colonel Joe Peterburs | Colonel Steve N. Pisanos | 1st. Lt. Stephen Ananian - (drawing) |
Capt. Clinton Burdick - (drawing) | Col. Don Blakeslee - (drawing) | Lt. Col. Clyde B East - (drawing) |
Col. Charles E McGee - (drawing) | Col. Hubert 'Hub' Zemke - (matted) | Col. Jim Goodson - (matted) |
Col. Arthur Jeffrey - (matted) | Lt.. Col. Bob Curtis - (matted) | Col. Herschel 'Herky' Green - (matted) |
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