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Items Signed by Major Herky Green (deceased)

 Herky Green flew with the 325th Fighter Group in North Africa, scoring victories in each of the P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt and P51 Mustang.  He flew over 100 missions in command of the 317th Fighter Squadron, and is credited with 18 victories.  ......
Clipped Signature - Herky Green.
Price : £65.00
Herky Green flew with the 325th Fighter Group in North Africa, scoring victories in each of the P-40 Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt and P51 Mustang. He flew over 100 missions in command of the 317th Fighter Squadron, and is credited with 18 victories. ......

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 Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war.  ......
Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (E)
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Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ......NOT
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 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 194......
Opening Sky by Robert Taylor. (AP)
Price : £450.00
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 194......

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 With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
Price : £140.00
With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......

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 With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
Price : £180.00
With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......

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 With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Price : £170.00
With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......

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 With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian (XX)
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With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......NOT
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 With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian (Y)
Price : £120.00
With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mou......

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 Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series. ......
P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (APD)
Price : £80.00
Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series. ......

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 Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series.......
P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (D)
Price : £70.00
Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series.......

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Home at Dusk by Robert Taylor.
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 The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, or Jug7 as it was more popularly called, was the mount of many of the American aces of WW 11. The P-47 represented the crowning achievement from two aircraft designers, Alexander Kartvelli and Alexander De Seversky, bo......
Herky's Big Day by Stan Stokes.
Price : £150.00
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, or Jug7 as it was more popularly called, was the mount of many of the American aces of WW 11. The P-47 represented the crowning achievement from two aircraft designers, Alexander Kartvelli and Alexander De Seversky, bo......

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Nicolas Trudgian P-51 Mustang Print Pack.
Pack Price : £570.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Mustang Mayhem by Nicolas Trudgian.
Mustangs Over the Mediterranean by Nicolas Trudgian.
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
Last Man Home by Nicolas Trudgian.
Guardian Angel by Anthony Saunders.
The Yoxford Boys by Gerald Coulson.

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Nicolas Trudgian Combat Over Europe Aviation Prints Pack.
Pack Price : £500.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

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Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian.
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
End Game by Nicolas Trudgian.
Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. (C)

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Massive Discount Mustang Aviation Print Pack.
Pack Price : £520.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Mustang Mayhem by Nicolas Trudgian.
Mustangs Over the Mediterranean by Nicolas Trudgian.
Last Man Home by Nicolas Trudgian.
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
Guardian Angel by Anthony Saunders.

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Pack 510. Pack of two WW2 US P-51 Mustang prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian.
Pack Price : £320.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Fighting Red Tails by Robert Taylor.
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
The Yoxford Boys by Gerald Coulson.

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P-51 Mustang Aviation Prints by Nicolas Trudgian.
Pack Price : £290.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
Last Man Home by Nicolas Trudgian.
The Yoxford Boys by Gerald Coulson.

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Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE!
Pack Price : £170.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
The Struggle for Malta by Ivan Berryman. (F)
LCT 312 by Ivan Berryman. (D)
Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (D)
Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman.

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Pack 635. Pack of two P51 Mustang artist proofs by Richard Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian.
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Red Tail Escort by Richard Taylor. (AP)
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)

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Nicolas Trudgian Air Combat Art Prints.
Pack Price : £220.00
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Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian.
Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian

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P-47 Thunderbolt Aviation Art Prints by Richard Taylor and Stan Stokes.
Pack Price : £220.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

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Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor.
Herky's Big Day by Stan Stokes.

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Major Herky Green (deceased)


Major Herky Green
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325th Fighter Group
Country : US


325th Fighter Group



Major Herky Green
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Mustang
Manufacturer : North American


Mustang
The ubiquitous North American P-51 Mustang, which many consider to be the best all-around fighter of WW II, owes its origins to the British Air Ministry. Following Britains entry into WW II in 1939, the RAF was interested in purchasing additional fighter aircraft from American sources, particularly the Curtiss P-40. Curtiss, which was busy, was unable to guarantee timely delivery so the British approached North American Aviation as a possible second source for the P-40. North American chose to propose its own fighter design which would use the same Allison engine as the P-40. Utilizing new laminar flow wings, the North American fighter was expected to have performance better than the P-40. Developed in record time the new aircraft was designated as a Mustang I by the Brits, whereas the USAAF ordered two for evaluation which were designated XP-51 Apaches. Intrigued with the possibility of using this aircraft also as a dive bomber, North American proposed this to the USAAF which decided to order 500 of the P-51 aircraft to be modified for dive bombing use. Designated as the A-36 Invader, this version of the Mustang utilized dive flaps, and bomb racks under each wing. Some reinforcing of the structural members was also required because of the G-forces to be encountered in dive bombing. A-36s entered combat service with the USAAF prior to any P-51s. In early 1943 the 86th and 27th Fighter Bomber Groups of the 12th Air Force began flying A-36s out of Northern Africa. Despite some early problems with instability caused by the dive flaps, the A-36 was effective in light bombing and strafing roles. It was not, however, capable of dog fighting with German fighters, especially at higher altitudes. Despite these drawbacks one USAAF pilot, Captain Michael T. Russo, who served with the 16th Bomb Squadron of the 27th Fighter Bomber Group, was credited with five confirmed aerial victories in the A-36, thereby becoming the first mustang ace.



Thunderbolt
Built : 15683


Thunderbolt
Alexander Kartveli was a engineer with Seversky Aircraft who designed the P-35, which first flew in 1937. With Republic Aviation Kartveli supervised the development of the P-43 Lancer. Neither of these aircraft were produced in large numbers, and neither was quite successful. However, the Republic Aviation P-47 Thunderbolt, also nicknamed the Jug, was quite a different story. The Jug was the jewel in Kartvelis design crown, and went on to become one of the most produced fighter aircraft of all time with 15,683 being manufactured. The P-47 was the largest and heaviest single seat fighter of WW II. The P-47 immediately demonstrated its excellent combat qualities, including speed, rate of climb, maneuverability, heavy fire power, and the ability to take a lot of punishment. With a wingspan of more than 40 feet and a weight of 19,400 pounds, this large aircraft was designed around the powerful 2000 HP Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine. The first P-47 prototype flew in May of 1941, and the primary variant the P-47D went into service in 1943 with units of the U.S. Armys Eighth Air Force. The Jug had a maximum speed in excess of 400 MPH, a service ceiling in excess of 42,000 feet, and was heavily armed with either six or eight heavy caliber machine guns. With its ability to carry up to a 2,500 pound bomb load, the Jug saw lots of use in ground attack roles. Until the introduction of the N model, the P-47 lacked the long range required for fighter escort missions which were most often relegated to P-51 Mustangs or P-38 Lightnings. In his outstanding painting entitled Bridge Busting Jugs, noted aviation artist Stan Stokes depicts Eighth Air Force Jugs in a ground attack mission in the Alps in June of 1944. The top P-47 ace was Francis Gabreski who had flown with the 56th Fighter Group, the first unit to be equipped with the P-47. In August of 1943 Gabreski attained his first aerial combat victory (over an Fw-190) and by years end he had reached ace status with 8 confirmed victories. As Commander of the 61st Squadron, Gabreski continued to chalk up victory after victory, and on seven different occasions he achieved two victories during the same mission. However, in July of 1944 Gabreski damaged the prop on his Jug during a low level attack on an airfield near Coblenz. Forced to make a crash landing, he was captured and remained a prisoner of war until Wars end in 1945. Following the War Gabreski returned to military service with the Air Forces 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea. Flying the F-86 Sabre Jet, Gabreski attained 6.5 more aerial victories in 1951 and 1952 becoming an ace in two different wars

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