VARIOUS ARTISTS - WORLD WAR II Gallery Tour of Limited Edition Prints
The Yoxford Boys
Simon Atack
Size: 28" x 20" Edition: 300 Subject: P-51 Mustangs of 357th FG.
When a radio broadcast by German propagandist Lord Haw Haw sneeringly announced the secret deployment of the 357th Fighter Group to England in 1943 as the “arrival of The Yoxford Boys” it became the nick-name for one of the most potent air combat groups of WW II.
Based at Leiston, East Anglia, P-51B Mustang “OLD CROW” was the personal aircraft of Captain Clarence E ‘Bud’ Anderson, 363rd Fighter Squadron/ 357th Fighter Group. On June 29 1944 ‘Bud’ was leading his Squadron when they engaged enemy fighters on an escort mission to Leipzig. In the ensuing fight that day Anderson shot down three FW190s in a short period of time. Colonel Clarence E ‘Bud’ Anderson flew two tours and 116 combat missions with a total of 16.25 kills in the "Old Crow".
Each copy of Simon Atack's Limited Edition, The Yoxford Boys, is signed by the artist.
