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Schweinfurt The Second Mission<br> by Robert Taylor
Schweinfurt The Second Mission<br> by Robert Taylor

Schweinfurt The Second Mission
by Robert Taylor

$586.00

Briefing at 0500 hours on the morning of 14 October 1943 brought the crews of the 92nd Bomb Group news they didn’t want to hear: “It’s Schweinfurt again!” The same message was being repeated in USAAF bomb group briefing rooms all over eastern England in the early hours of what was to become forever known as “Black Thursday”.

This superb piece shows Colonel Budd Peaslee’s B-17 Equipose, flown by lead pilot Kemp Maclaughlin, leading the Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group en-route to the vital ballbearing factories at Schweinfurt.

High over Germany, beyond the range of Allied fighter cover, the unprotected B-17s come under relentless attack from enemy fighters. Losses are high. Undeterred, the valiant crews press on to the target, their relentless determination and courage on that “Black Thursday” forever etched into aviation folklore.

The Signatures

In addition to the artist this print was individually signed by by THREE pilots, all veterans of the second Schweinfurt mission on 14 October 1943, including the mission command pilot Kemp Maclaughlin: along with an additional seven veterans from the second Schweinfurt mission making a total of TEN signatures:

General J. KEMP MACLAUGHLIN

First Lieutenant WILBUR 'BUD' KLINT

First Lieutenant JOHN P. NOACK

First Lieutenant FREDERICK J. BIRD

Technical Sergeant JACK R. GOETZ

Captain MALCOM H. HIGGINS

Technical Sergeant BILL MARTIN

Technical Sergeant ROY C. MCGINNIS

Captain JAMES A. 'PETE' MULLINAX

Staff Sergeant BEN ROBERTS

EDITION

SCHWEINFURT

EDITION SIZE

325

PRINT NUMBER

296

CONDITION

EXCELLENT

MEDIA

LITHOGRAPH

SIZE (Ex Frame)

36" x 24"

RELEASE DATE

2006

Certificate of Authenticity

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