Description
There can be few more stirring sights than a B-17 Flying Fortress coming home after a long and arduous daylight mission over occupied Europe, and Robert Taylor’s inspired painting Return of the Belle has come to symbolize the huge role played by the bombers of the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Europe during World War II.
The famous Memphis Belle, skippered by Captain Bob Morgan, became the first B-17 in the 91st Bomb Group to complete 25 missions, and returned home to the US with a crew that had been decorated more than 50 times.
Set in gentle Cambridgeshire countryside, Robert Taylor gives us an engaging view of the Memphis Belle as she returns from one of her early missions on a late autumn day in 1942. It was a typical scene that would be re-enacted across countless airfields in England as the heroic airmen of the Mighty Eighth Air Force fought with unstinting sacrifice for the liberation of Europe and the free world.
At the time of publication in 1991 this iconic piece was considered one the most significant aviation prints to feature the B-17, partly due to the fact that it was signed by all EIGHT surviving crew members including their legendary leader:
Colonel ROBERT MORGAN
Captain JAMES A. VERINIS
Captain CHARLES LEIGHTON
Lieutenant ROBERT HANSON
Sergeant HAROLD LOCH
Lieutenant C.E. “BILL” WINCHELL
Sergeant CASMIR NASTAL
Sergeant JOHNNY QUINLAN
The whole edition has been sold out for many years and prints rarely become available on the secondary market, so this is a rare opportunity for collector’s to grab a classic piece while it’s available. This is quite simply as good as it gets – an outstanding and significant collector’s item!
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