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Lightning Encounter by Nicolas Trudgian.
P-38 Lightnings launching a surprise attack on a German freight train as it
winds its way through the hills of Northern France towards the battle front,
shortly before D-Day, 1944. |
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Lightning Encounter by Nicolas Trudgian.
P-38 Lightnings launching a surprise attack on a German freight train as it winds its way through the hills of Northern France towards the battle front, shortly before D-Day, 1944.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Captain Larry Blumer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Dobrowolski, First Lieutenant Robert C Milliken, Colonel Dick Willsie.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £250.00 Signed by Captain Larry Blumer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Dobrowolski, First Lieutenant Robert C Milliken, Colonel Dick Willsie.
Limited edition of 75 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £230.00 Signed by Captain Larry Blumer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Dobrowolski, First Lieutenant Robert C Milliken, Colonel Dick Willsie.
ITEM CODE DHM2026
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Lightning Encounter by Nicolas Trudgian
- The Signatures
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 | Captain Larry Blumer
Assigned to the 393rd Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group, Scrappy, nicknamed after his "Scrap Iron" P-38, became one of the few fighter pilots to become an "ace-in-a-day" when he shot down five FW-190s in 15 minutes of aerial combat on 25 August 1944. Scrappy rose to command the 393rd and destroyed another FW-190 before returning to the States in January 1945. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart, Air Medal with 22 Oak Leaf Clusters and the Belgian Croix de Guerre
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Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Dobrowolski
Enlisting in June 1942, Joseph Dobrowolski was assigned to the 367th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, and arrived the European Theater, April 1944, flying P-38s out of Stoney Cross in England. He flew his first combat mission a month later. Flying throughout the whole D-Day invasion period he notched up 175 combat hours, the majority in the hazardous ground-attack role, chalking up many ground victories before returning to the U.S. in November 1944. He retired Lieutenant Colonel in 1967.
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First Lieutenant Robert C Milliken
Robert C. Milliken joined the U.S. Army Air Force in June of 1942. After training he was assigned to fly P-38s for the 429th Fighter Squadron of the new 474th Fighter Group out of Warmwell England in late April of 1944. Second Lieutenant Milliken flew his first combat mission on April 30, 1944. During his participation in D-Day operations, and thereafter, he flew a great variety of missions claiming his first of several victories when he shot down a German FW-190 in an air battle fought between Chateaudin and LeMans. After having completed a tour of 69 missions by November 11th, 1944 he volunteered for two more missions during the Battle of the Bulge, and in a noontime dogfight shot down a German Me-109, a fifth victory which made him an ace. He returned to the United States in July of 1945 and, after the end of the war, was relieved from active duty in December 1945. He was awarded a Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Air Medal (16 OLC) for his five victories and four damages against German forces.
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 | Colonel Richard Willsie
Joining up in 1942, Dick Willsie was posted to North Africa with the 414th Night Fighter Squadron, where he flew 31 missions on the Beaufighter. He transferred to the 96th FS, 82nd Fighter Group, flying the P38 Lightning on 82 day missions through to the end of hostilities in Europe. He notched up a large number of ground attack victories as well as three aerial victories in his P38 'Snake Eyes'. He later served in both Korea and Vietnam, and retired in 1974.
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