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Robert Taylor      OPENING SKY

With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, as they head back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long sweep east of the Rhine crossing, Spring 1945. The final months of the war in Europe lie ahead, and for the P-51 pilots the victory is within sight. Finally, after years of toil, the sky was theirs. Robert Taylor's visually poetic masterpiece, Opening Sky, pays tribute to the American P-51 Mustang fighter pilots who flew and fought for freedom during World War II, and is the third in his highly successful new Tribute Series. It follows the recent release of his popular RAF Hurricane tribute, Height and Sun; and Luftwaffe Me109 tribute Dawn Eagles Rising.
Limited edition prints of Opening Sky have been signed by many of the United States' most famous P-51 fighter pilots, and together with the other prints in this new series, create an extraordinary opportunity for aviation art and military history collectors.

Opening Sky - The Signatories

All copies are signed by:
Colonel CLARENCE ‘BUD’ ANDERSON - 357th FG / 16.25 victories
Lieutenant Colonel CLYDE EAST - 10th Photo Recon Group / 14.5 victories
Colonel ART FIEDLER - 325th FG / 8 victories

The P-51 Tribute Edition are additionally signed by:
Major BILL ALLEN - 55th FG / 5 victories
Captain JIM BROOKS - 31st FG/ 13 victories
Captain CLINTON BURDICK - 356th FG/ 5.5 victories
Captain WAYNE COLEMAN - 78th FG/ 5 victories
First Lieutenant RAYMOND ‘TED’ CONLIN - 357th FG
Lieutenant Colonel DON CUMMINGS - 27th, 55th FG/ 6.5 victories
Major URBAN DREW - 361st FG/ 6 victories
Lieutenant Colonel BOB GOEBEL - 31st FG/ 11 victories
Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT A. KARR - 52nd FG/ 6 victories
Colonel WALKER ‘BUD’ MAHURIN - 56th, 3rd, 51st FG /24.25 victories
Colonel STEVE PISANOS - 4th FG/ 10 victories
First Lieutenant JOHN SKARA - 357th FG
Second Lieutenant LOWELL STEWARD - 332nd FG (Tuskegee)
First Lieutenant CLINT WHITE - 31st FG

The Artist Proofs carry the additional matted signatures of:
Brigadier General RUSSELL BERG - 10th Photo Recon Group
Colonel DON BLAKESLEE - 4th FG/ 14.5 victories
Major General CHARLES R. BOND - AVG/ 7 victories
Lieutenant Colonel ‘KIT’ CARSON - 357th FG/ 18.5 victories
Major HERSCHEL ‘HERKY’ GREEN - 325th FG/ 18 victories
Colonel DAVID ‘TEX’ HILL - AVG, 23rd FG/ 15.25 victories
Lieutenant Colonel FRANK D. HURLBUT - 82nd FG/ 9 victories
Major JACK M. ILFREY - 1st FG, 20th FG/ 71.5 victories
Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT JOHNSON - 56th FG/ 27 victories
Major General CARROL ‘RED’ McCOLPIN - 71, 133 Sqn RAF, 404th FG/ 8 victories
Brigadier General ROBIN OLDS - 479th FG, 8th TFW/ 17 victories
Major RICHARD ‘BUD’ PETERSON - 357th FG / 15.5 victories
Lieutenant Colonel KENNETH A. WALSH - VMF-124, VMF-222/ 21 victories
Colonel GERALD BROWN USAAF - 55th FG/ 5 victories
Colonel FRANCIS ‘GABBY’ GABRESKI - 56th FG, 4th, 51st FIW/ 34.25 victories
 

Artist Proofs - please contact us for availability. Remarques now Sold Out.

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The Battle for Britain   Doolittle’s D-Day   Heading Home to Raydon   Running The Gauntlet
Skipper Comes Home   Target Bearing 270   Strike and Return   Late Arrival   Air Superiority
Knights Move   American Eagles   Late Arrival   Strike and Strike Again   Fighting Red Tails
Spitfires Over St Michael’s Mount   Savage Skies   Dambusters - The Impossible Mission
Top Cover / Vol 5   Schweinfurt - The Second Mission   Into the Teeth of the Wind
Desert Sharks   High Cost   Fury of Assault   Top Dog   Tommy Leader   Horrido!
Breaching the Eder Dam   Closing the Gap   Puttalam Elephants The Wolf Pack   The Biff Boys

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