COMPASS HEADING 270
(Signatures)	Artist : Robert Taylor along with the outstandin signatures of surviving members of the Doolittle Raid : Lt Colonel Richard Cole , Colonel Henry A. Potter , Major General David M. Jones , Lt Colonel Chase J. Neilsen , Staff Sergeant David J. Thatcher , Major Nolan A. Herndon , Captain J. Royden Stork , Lt Colonel Frank A. Kappelar , Colonel William M. Bower , Lt Colonel James H. Macia , Lt Colonel Robert L. Hite and S/Sgt Rev Jacob DeShazer.
(Dimensions)	34" x 26" approx  Unframed Print
Price	£395.00

Description

On 18 April 1942, in a heavy swell, the Hornet launches her 16 Army Air Force B-25 Mitchell bombers , bound for Tokyo , a distance of over 800 miles. As the Hornet pitches and rolls in the mid-Pacific swell , the Tokyo raid gets under way. Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle's B-25 , safely airborne and having completed a 360 degree turn , flies over the carrier to check his compass - vital for navigation so far from land - while the number two aircraft rolls down the deck under full throttle. Fourteen more B-25s , their engines running , are ready to follow their leader into history. Never before had bombers been launched from an aircraft carrier, let alone from a heaving deck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean...Each B-25 crewman knew his chances of surviving the one-way trip was slim. But they also knew their mission would strike a significant blow at the heart of Imperial Japan , and that goal , so soon after the infamous attack upon Pearl Harbor, was enough incentive for this courageous band of flyers... Each of just 500 prints in this important edition is signed by pilots and crews that flew the famous Doolittle Raid , April , 1942. It is probably the very last opportunity to acquire a top quality limited edition print carrying so many signatures of the famous Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders...Signed & numbered by the artist Robert Taylor along with the outstanding signatures of surviving members of the Doolittle Raid : Lt Colonel Richard Cole , Colonel Henry A. Potter , Major General David M. Jones , Lt Colonel Chase J. Neilsen , Staff Sergeant David J. Thatcher , Major Nolan A. Herndon , Captain J. Royden Stork , Lt Colonel Frank A. Kappelar , Colonel William M. Bower , Lt Colonel James H. Macia , Lt Colonel Robert L. Hite and S/Sgt Rev Jacob DeShazer...priced @ £395.00...To complement the purchase of your fine art print, we are now able to offer a professional Picture Framing service. For further details please contact us by phone or email.