Unescorted to Germany
by Alex Hamilton
| The 8th Air Force went through various costly but important lessons during its daylight bombing campaign over occupied Europe. From the first short range missions into France in 1942, right through to the long, deep penetration, escorted trips to Berlin in 1945, there were times when the American bombing groups were having to fly over hostile Germany alone. Up until the introduction of the P-38, because of the limited range of the allied fighter force, they could be protected only part of the way, until the covering fighters had to turn back, whereupon, the German Bf109's, Bf110's and Fw190”s would make their move. Even when the P-38's started deep penetration escorts, they were low in number due to reliability problems, so the losses to the bombers were very high. |
| Image size: 16" x 20" | Available in the following editions |
| 300 | Giclée on paper | Signed by the artist | $195 |
| 25 | Giclée on paper / remarqued | Signed by the artist | $350 |
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