Description
Four months earlier the Japanese had launched their blistering unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor leaving America reeling. As setback followed setback, America needed retribution and the man chosen for the attack was Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle.
Planning one of the most audacious raids ever undertaken, Doolittle and his chosen band of raiders would attempt the impossible – a direct strike at the heart of Imperial Japan. It was what the enemy least expected.
Richard Taylor’s powerful painting depicts the scene immediately after the Doolittle Raiders had carried out their mission. One of the last B- 25 Mitchell’s, having successfully bombed its target, makes its escape towards mainland China. As the navigator sets the new course, their path takes them close to targets hit by other Raiders, dark columns of smoke rising rapidly from the burning oil and carnage below.
THE SIGNATURES
The main print is individually numbered and personally signed by the artist along with four veterans that flew on the famous Doolittle Raid on that fateful day in April 1942:
Lt. Col. RICHARD COLE – Jimmy Doolittle’s Co-Pilot, Crew #1 – Target Tokyo
S/Sgt DAVID THATCHER – Flight Engineer/Gunner, Crew #7 – Target Tokyo
MSgt. EDWARD SAYLOR – Flight Engineer /Gunner, Crew #15 – Target Kobe
Major THOMAS GRIFFIN – Navigator / Bombardier, Crew #9 -Target Tokyo
This print is issued with the companion pencil print USS HORNET which is also personally signed by a veteran of the Hornet that was involved in the Raid.
Aviation Machinist 1st Class GEORGE MAYNOR – Plane Captain on deck for the Raiders departure
Both prints have been conservation framed and matted.
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