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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Hajo on July 15, 2015, 12:37:54 PM
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38 Escorts
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When Prayers are answered.
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Target of Opportunity! 78th FG Jug strafing a train.
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Klibbe and Rankin climbing out over Dover. By the way........all prints and proofs are autographed.
Klibbes' ride a D15-RE Rankins a D6-RE
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56th Jug getting bombed up. Autographed by Zemke and Gabby. I believe this is Gabbys' P-47D25-RE
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Day of the fighters! Autographed by "Addi" Glunz and Grislawski 1/JG1 pictured.
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Last but not the least for sure our own Redog did this for me a few years back. And yes the Jug is inverted!
Titled "Thunderbolts Playground."
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Neat little antique picture card of the USS Lexington that I picked up at a Fly-In event.
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My other toys!
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Very neat! My buddy Frank has some nice WW2 art of some Hurricanes over the cliffs and a few others. I really should get some for the new apartment. :airplane:
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Signed by the artist as well.
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Good grief Hajo, where would like me to start.
I have over 40 prints from various artists. Most are from Taylor, Bailey, and Grinnell. I have a couple Wootton, Trudgian, and a mix of others in there. I started collecting about the mid 90's. My collecting had to stop because I don't have any wall space and the ones that I have stored are taking up too much room in my office.
On some of the prints I really struggled to find, I added the wings and in a few, a couple medals. I tried to collect original medals and pins, but in some cases, that was not possible. For example, Finding a Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds for my "Birth of a Legend" print is a museum copy.
My uncle served in the CBI Theater flying B24's and C47's. He had a total of 97 trips "over the hump". My family had him sign a print by Roy Grinnell.
I even managed to get a few prints of the Uss Coral Sea and had my father sign them. (He served on the ship on 68-69)
When I get a chance, I'll post a few of my favorites. BTW, isn't crazy how much it cost to frame these things. I was paying almost $300 to 400 dollars per print to frame.
Obie
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Just one...or 15. :) My office is totally WW2 and/or Boeing stuff from a 30 year career.
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Good grief Hajo, where would like me to start.
I have over 40 prints from various artists. Most are from Taylor, Bailey, and Grinnell. I have a couple Wootton, Trudgian, and a mix of others in there. I started collecting about the mid 90's. My collecting had to stop because I don't have any wall space and the ones that I have stored are taking up too much room in my office.
On some of the prints I really struggled to find, I added the wings and in a few, a couple medals. I tried to collect original medals and pins, but in some cases, that was not possible. For example, Finding a Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds for my "Birth of a Legend" print is a museum copy.
My uncle served in the CBI Theater flying B24's and C47's. He had a total of 97 trips "over the hump". My family had him sign a print by Roy Grinnell.
I even managed to get a few prints of the Uss Coral Sea and had my father sign them. (He served on the ship on 68-69)
When I get a chance, I'll post a few of my favorites. BTW, isn't crazy how much it cost to frame these things. I was paying almost $300 to 400 dollars per print to frame.
Obie
Obie I understand completely! I think I have room for only one more. Yes.......it still costs 300 to 400 dollars to frame them. I'm sure you noticed the Taylor, Trudgeon and Williams prints. I have two by Laurier and one is a proof...the 78th FG Jug strafing a train. The Klibbe and Gabby prints I just picked up today from the Frame Shop. A little over 700 dollars for both prints to be framed. It does however add value to the print. Expensive hobby to be sure. But well worth it.
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Very nice Hajo. :aok
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56th Jug getting bombed up. Autographed by Zemke and Gabby. I believe this is Gabbys' P-47D25-RE
Hajo Gabby was 61st FS which had red rudders. This rudder being yellow its the 62nd FG. So its probably LM-A:
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=56&Style=item&origStyle=list&Item=189&Temp=2185&searchString= (http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=56&Style=item&origStyle=list&Item=189&Temp=2185&searchString=)
Go Thunderbolts :cool:
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Hajo Gabby was 61st FS which had red rudders. This rudder being yellow its the 62nd FG. So its probably LM-A:
http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=56&Style=item&origStyle=list&Item=189&Temp=2185&searchString= (http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=56&Style=item&origStyle=list&Item=189&Temp=2185&searchString=)
Go Thunderbolts :cool:
Good catch on the rudder. I could only make out the A which led me to believe it was Gabbys' D25........the aircraft he plowed into a mound of dirt. He was captured as you know.
To bad the tail number isn't visible. I could get an accurate identification then. That's the reason I said "I believe" instead of a positive ID. Early in the war the cowl bands were all white so as not to be confused with 190s. Then the 56th Squadrons changed cowl band colors to denote squadrons, 61st red, 62nd white and 63rds'was blue. Later they were all red and the rudders were different colors being red, blue and yellow to signify squadron identity.
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Are you sure about the cowl being painted in squadron colors? I never noticed a D series 56FG P47 with anything else other than a white or red cowling.
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Are you sure about the cowl being painted in squadron colors? I never noticed a D series 56FG P47 with anything else other than a white or red cowling.
Yes I am sure. I have a color plate of a P47D6 with a blue nosed cowl band of the 56th FG 63 squadron Lady Jane flown by Lt. John Truluck in March 1944. Tail number 274750.
Halesworth March 1944.
Also a P47D 10 Rozzie Geth Lt Fred Christenson a white Cowl Band of the 62nd FS tail number 275207. Halesworth again march 1944.
P47D-5 Lucky of Robert. Johnson 61st FS Red Cowl Band 61st FS Halesworth February 1944. Tail number 28461( yes only 5 numbers.)
Some cowl bands were still white as they were transitioning colors.....in all squadrons. They eventually went to red in all three squads and went with differing colored rudders as you know. There ya go. Three differing cowl band colors in same timeframe of 1944 out of Halesworth.
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Some cool stuff on this guys page
https://www.facebook.com/RonColeAircraft/app_410312912374011
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Wow! That's some really cool items you guys have.
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Some cool stuff on this guys page
https://www.facebook.com/RonColeAircraft/app_410312912374011
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Yes I am sure. I have a color plate of a P47D6 with a blue nosed cowl band of the 56th FG 63 squadron Lady Jane flown by Lt. John Truluck in March 1944. Tail number 274750.
Halesworth March 1944.
Also a P47D 10 Rozzie Geth Lt Fred Christenson a white Cowl Band of the 62nd FS tail number 275207. Halesworth again march 1944.
P47D-5 Lucky of Robert. Johnson 61st FS Red Cowl Band 61st FS Halesworth February 1944. Tail number 28461( yes only 5 numbers.)
Some cowl bands were still white as they were transitioning colors.....in all squadrons. They eventually went to red in all three squads and went with differing colored rudders as you know. There ya go. Three differing cowl band colors in same timeframe of 1944 out of Halesworth.
February 1944 and the 56th FG set a new trend for 8th AF fighter units by painting the cowls with nose bands in squadron colours. These were red for 61st, yellow for 62nd and blue for 63rd. The three noses represented here are: 61st FS 42-75508 HV-B_ “Pistol Packin’ Mama” of Praeger Neyland; 62nd FS 42-75237 LM-S “Whack” of Dave Schilling and 63rd FS 42-75185 UN-X “Princess Pat” of Lt. Charles Reed. These colours only lasted until March 1944 when 8th Fighter Command decided on the system of coloured noses to represent the Group rather than the individual squadron, with the 56th then taking their distinctive red noses as their Group Identification.
How about that, even the most 'P47 crazy' guy since AH was created can learn new things about juggies. Thank you Hajo. They had squadron nose colors for 1-2 months.
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February 1944 and the 56th FG set a new trend for 8th AF fighter units by painting the cowls with nose bands in squadron colours. These were red for 61st, yellow for 62nd and blue for 63rd. The three noses represented here are: 61st FS 42-75508 HV-B_ “Pistol Packin’ Mama” of Praeger Neyland; 62nd FS 42-75237 LM-S “Whack” of Dave Schilling and 63rd FS 42-75185 UN-X “Princess Pat” of Lt. Charles Reed. These colours only lasted until March 1944 when 8th Fighter Command decided on the system of coloured noses to represent the Group rather than the individual squadron, with the 56th then taking their distinctive red noses as their Group Identification.
How about that, even the most 'P47 crazy' guy since AH was created can learn new things about juggies. Thank you Hajo. They had squadron nose colors for 1-2 months.
The book that gives me the most information about Jugs is "Thunderbolt From Seversky to Victory" by Warren M. Bodie. By tail number I can tell what year the Jug was built, at which factory and scads of other info as well as the most extensive library of Jug pictures. I'm sure you already know there was a P47G that was made by Curtis. G being used to identify Curtis manufacture. They only made 354 of them. Curtis wasn't very good at making them. They were inefficient in the manufacture so they were canceled as manufacturers
by the US Govt. as I recall. I haven't seen a P47G in combat (pictures) anywhere during WWII. That doesn't mean since I haven't seen one in combat that there weren't any. P47Gs' were based on Republics' C model Jugs. Bodie wrote two books about singular fighters. One on the Lockheed P38 and the one on the Bolt both considered to be the best resource on those fighters. You'll also notice that both were published by Widewing Publications. And yes, that is our own Widewing in Aces High.
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As promised Hajo, here are a few of mine. Such an expensive hobby to have gotten into! Every print has a story. I look more at the signatures and the story behind each of the artist's work before I buy. BTW, how did you get into collecting the artwork? For me, it was a little shop in North Conway NH. Just happened to be walking buy and saw the sign on the street "Alamo Aviation Art". Bob has since moved to Montana and still is in business. Now, I mostly keep to ebay or private sales here and there. My last print was over 2 years ago. Like I said...wall space in my home is at a premium. I compete with my wife and her stuff. I lose constantly!
My first print, War Wolf by Robert Bailey
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Duel of Eagles by Robert Taylor
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First Kill by Roy Grinnell
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Mustang Menace by Robert Bailey
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Counting Them Home by Michael Howard
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Thunder in the Sky by George Guzzi (One of my favorites because it has Fred Christensen's signature)
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Dawn Patrol by Robert Taylor (This is a presentation copy. I obtained it from the widow of DB Townsend. Also my only WWI print)
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Battle over London by Frank Wootton (This is a signed edition of members of the RAF 609 Squadron)
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One of Four that Day by Roy Grinnell
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The Decisive Moment by Roy Grinnell
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Poles at Arnhem by Pitor Gorka (My last print. Still waiting to be framed. Signed by 3 Polish Paratroopers from the battle)
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Sorry for the angle of the pictures. Flash was a bit difficult and I was in a rush. Too many to post. Hope you enjoy these.
Obie
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Obie
Thanks for posting. Absolutely gorgeous!
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Here's what I have Hajo. I'm in the process of finally doing my 'office/mancave' so I took the images of the web as they are not up at the moment, or they are on my son's wall and he's asleep :)
This one is on the little guy's wall. The Shepard by Troy White, signed by Charles Baily the pilot of My Buddy
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Return of the Red Gremlin, signed by Paul Tibbets and two others of his crew. Also on my son's wall.
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Touched by Lightning is going up on the man cave wall. signed by 13 pilots of the 402nd FS, 370th FG.
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Also going on the man cave wall. Green Dragon's by Wade Meyers
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Thundering home by Nick Trudgion
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This one I commissioned back in the 80s. It's the prototype Spitfire XII DP845. I got to be good friends with the pilot of this plane in the photos this art is based off and I wanted to send it to him. He was a Battle of Britain vet and later a service test pilot with Supermarine. It was fun to give the original to him. I got print number 1 and that's going on my wall too when the room is done :)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/B25s/DP845_zpsz6fovmxk.jpg) (http://s152.photobucket.com/user/guppy35/media/B25s/DP845_zpsz6fovmxk.jpg.html)
Throw in the print of the Randy Green art some of us Airwarrior types commissioned of Earl Miller's P-39 over Anzio and I've got more than enough. Earl got the original from us at the Indy Airwarrior Con way back when now.
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Dan very nice!
For all that posted thank you.
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This 1st edition book still cheap....http://www.worldcat.org/title/studio-europe/oclc/706403 (http://www.worldcat.org/title/studio-europe/oclc/706403)
Jgroth