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Japanese aircraft FIM2 and Japanese Zero fighter, A6M0s in aviation art prints including the attack on Pearl Harbor by aviation artists Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Aviation art prints available form the aviation art print company.

Zero Encounter by Robert Taylor.

£460.00

Fortress under Attack by Robert Taylor.

£700.00

Pressing Home the Kill by Randall Wilson.

6 editions available from £79.80

Battle for the Islands by Nicolas Trudgian.

4 editions available from £130.00

Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian.

2 editions available from £55.00

Gunfight Over Rabaul by Nicolas Trudgian

3 editions available from £160.00

Legend of Colin Kelly by Robert Taylor.

2 editions available from £200.00

Attack on the Hiei by Robert Taylor.

3 editions available from £195.00

Fighting Tigers by Robert Taylor.

£200.00

Pacific Glory by Nicolas Trudgian.

3 editions available from £130.00

Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor.

3 editions available from £200.00

Threatening Skies by Richard Taylor.

4 editions available from £95.00

Mission to Yokohama, Japan, June 1944 by David Pentland.

6 editions available from £95.00

America Strikes Back by Robert Taylor

2 editions available from £200.00

Triple Dates With Destiny by Stan Stokes.

£94.00

Yamamotos Last Flight by Stan Stokes.

6 editions available from £37.00

Angels of Okinawa by Stan Stokes.

2 editions available from £37.00

Big Tailed Beast by Stan Stokes.

2 editions available from £37.00

$A new U.S. Navy fighter squadron designated VF-11 was organized in August 1942. The new squadron received several combat tested pilots, and many newcomers, including Vernon E. Graham, a Colorado native. After two months of training in San Diego the new squadron deployed to Maui, where, under the command of Charles Fenton, the squadron commenced a comprehensive training program. While in Hawaii several of VF-11s pilots came up with a squadron insignia which depicted two Grumman F4F Wildcats blasting a rising sun into the Pacific. Thus VF- 11 became known as the Sun Downers. The Sun Downers first combat tour would be land-based, flying out of Guadacanal with the Marines. This was a bit upsetting to some member of the squadron as the Marines were flying the state-of-the-art F4U Corsair, while VF-11 was equipped with the older Grumman F4F Wildcat, an aircraft somewhat inferior in dog fighting capability to the Japanese Zero. During the first several weeks of its first combat tour the Sun Downers had more than their share of misfortune. Several aircraft were lost without enemy opposition. This was all to change in a hurry for the young Vern Graham. Graham had flown about thirty missions without incident. Returning from a long escort mission Graham and his formation of sixteen Wildcats responded to a request for help from four Marine Corsairs which had encountered nearly forty Japanese Zeros while on patrol near Russell Island. Only eight of the Wildcats had sufficient fuel to engage the enemy. Disregarding his critical fuel situation, Graham and his wing man got involved in assisting the Marines. Graham bagged his first Zero with a diving attack while his adversary was more preoccupied with the Corsair he was tailing. Minutes later a second Zero succumbed to a high side attack, and a third exploded in mid-air during a head-on pass. Graham bagged two more prior to his engine quitting due to lack of fuel. Without power Graham was a sitting duck, and in no time two Zeros were on his tail. Fortunately, Grahams Marine buddies bagged one and chased the other off. In serious trouble, Grahams only hope was to glide his Wildcat to Russell Island where an emergency airstrip was available. Not knowing that one of his wheels had been shot away during the engagement, Grahams Wildcat flipped over during the emergency landing. Knocked unconscious with a fractured skull, Graham was cut from the wreckage of his F4F, and sent to a military hospital. With five confirmed aerial victories during this single mission, Graham had achieved the unusual distinction of becoming An Ace in a Day. Vern received the Navy Cross and returned to the States to recover. He would later return to active flying after requalifying in the F41J Corsair. During its first combat tour the Sun Downers attained 55 aerial victories. Four of the new squadrons pilots became aces, and five of the squadrons forty pilots (C.G. Boswell, C.G. Cary, L.W. Childs, T.L. Hull, and G.W. Ricker) were killed in action. It is in their memory that this limited edition print is dedicated.$