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GtoRA2 · « **on:** June 16, 2004, 11:36:52 PM »

Do you know the artist? Or does anyone here?

I had a book with painting in it when I was a kid and that was one, and if I recall it was a team of artists?

Do you know the name of the artist/s or the book it was in?

rpm · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2004, 02:49:31 AM »

The link is to Glenn Illustrators. Likely something drawn in house.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2004, 11:43:42 AM »

Dune · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2004, 12:08:50 PM »

P-61 Black Widow
Tony Weddel. This print shows the P-61 Black Widow "Lady Gen" of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron making a kill of a German ME-410 in the nighttime skies over Belgium in 1944. This crew went on to become one of three ace crews in the 422nd, and the Black Widow went on to become America's premier night fighter of WWII.

http://www.historicaviation.com/historicaviation/product_info.po;jsessionid=4ndZxH4ZabXUAV8DEQXV1yDU(0CppkxPt)?ID=3122

Rino · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2004, 12:22:05 PM »

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Originally posted by Dune
P-61 Black Widow
Tony Weddel. This print shows the P-61 Black Widow "Lady Gen" of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron making a kill of a German ME-410 in the nighttime skies over Belgium in 1944. This crew went on to become one of three ace crews in the 422nd, and the Black Widow went on to become America's premier night fighter of WWII.

http://www.historicaviation.com/historicaviation/product_info.po;jsessionid=4ndZxH4ZabXUAV8DEQXV1yDU(0CppkxPt)?ID=3122

Yeah Historic Aviation a great sight, that's where I picked up
my copy of the print. Think it was only $40 IIRC.

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2004, 12:30:55 PM »

Do any of you guys remeber the paper bound book it was in?

Like More WW2 aircraft in action or something, and it was paitings from the same group of artists?

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2004, 12:53:17 PM »

some of the other paintings in the book were fantastics.

An me163 flying past a damaged B-17g named outhouse mouse.

Howards Ding Hao P-51b, on the mission he killed on the ME110s and got the medal.

a Bolton paul Defiant shooting up a Stuka.

A FW190 fighting with P-38s.

A Me110, strafing a line of Russian aircraft, the 110 had that bumblebee on the nose.

DiabloTX · « **Reply #7 on:** June 17, 2004, 02:11:19 PM »

Yes GTO, I had that book as well. I have no idea where it is now but as a kid I took it to school just about everyday. Used to stare at the pics for hours at a time. One that really stands out in my memory is the one of the Japanese fighter (George? Zero?) that had bullet holes in the airframe and gobs of oil streaming out with a F6F looking on at the conflagration. That was a great book. I remember the Champlin Fighter Museum had prints of just about everyone of those paintings for sale in it's gift shop. Didn't buy any though.

FOUND IT!!!