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US Marine Air Corps Phantom F4s during
the Vietnam War. US Marine Corps aviation art prints by Randall Wilson,
David Pentland, Michael Rondot and Phillip West.
The
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is
a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet
interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber produced for the U.S. Navy by Mcdonnell
Douglas, it became a major part of
the United States Navy, Marine Corps and American Air Force. The
Phantom F-4 saw service with all American forces during the Vietnam war
serving as a fighter and ground attack aircraft.
The Phantom first saw service in 1960 but continued in service until
the 1980’s (being replaced by the F-15 and F-16 ).
The last Phantoms saw service during the Gulf war
in1 991 being used for reconnaissance.
Other
nations also used the phantom to great success,
The Israeli Air Force used them during various Arab-Israeli wars and
the Phantom also saw servcie in the Iranian Air Force during the Iran Iraq War
Phantom production ran from 1958 to 1981, with a total of 5,195 built.
The
Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, flew versions
based on the F-4.
The British Phantoms were powered by Rolls Royce Spey engines and also
received British avionics.
Under the names pf Phantom FG.1 and phantom FGR.2. The last British
phantoms served with 74 Squadron until they were dispanded in 1992.
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| Phantom Showtime by Robert Taylor Irish and I came into the break smoking at 500 knots, below the level of the flight deck. I could see thousands of men watching from the catwalks. I made a six-G break turn with 90 degree angle of bank. We landed after one of my best passes of the cruise. - Commander Randy Duke Cunningham. Back on deck, first to shake the hands of Lt.Randy Cunningham and his Radar Intercept Officer, Lt (jg) Willie Irish Driscoll, was ordnancement Willie White: Mr. Cunningham, we got our MiG today, didnt we! It was January 19, 1972 aboard the USS Constellation in the Gulf of Tonkin. As Cunningham shut down the engines of his Fighting Falcons F-4J Phantom, Task Force 77 Commander Admiral Cooper congratulated Cunningham and Driscoll on achieving their first of five air victories They went on to become the US Navys only Aces of the Vietnam war. Signed limited edition of 800 prints. Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 41cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Commander Randall H Cunningham USN and Commander Willie Driscoll USN.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 27 inches x 16 inches (69cm x 41cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Commander Randall H Cunningham USN and Commander Willie Driscoll USN.
ITEM CODE DHM2469 |
| Mutual Support by Michael Rondot. In any conflict, accurate intelligence about the enemy is important, but during the Gulf War it was crucial to the rapid ending of hostilities with minimum Allied casualties. US Air National Guard RF-4C Phantoms, flying deep-penetration photo reconnaissance missions into Iraq and occupied Kuwait, provided much of the vital intelligence which enabled Allied ground forces to outflank and overwhelm Iraqi opposition with such devastation. Their missions were dangerous, taking them into the most heavily defended airspace over Baghdad and The Kuwait of Operations in broad daylight. They were fired on by SAMs and intense AAA barrages, but none were lost in over 300 missions. Michael Rondots painting portrays a classic formation of two RF-4Cs in action over Iraq, flying in company to provide lookout and mutual support in case of attack. On the ground, palls of Sand and smoke drift away from Iraqi artillery positions following an air strike, as the Phantoms accelerate and turn in for their battle-damage assessment photo run. In the next minutes they will come under fire from heat-seeking missiles and flak defenses around the target before escaping South, back to their base at Sheikh Isa AB, Bahrain. In the days following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990, RF-4C Phantoms from the 117 TRW, Birmingham, Alabama ANG were among the spearhead of Units deployed to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield. Operating under difficult and dry conditions from Al Dafra AB, UAE, the Birmingham Guardsmen flew border reconnaissance missions using long range oblique cameras until mid-December, when the Nevada Air Guard took over and moved to similarly tense and dry Sheikh Isa AB, Bahrain. The two Phantoms in Mutual Support represent both the Birmingham Guard and the Nevada Guard, the High Rollers. Aircraft 886 flew 54 combat missions during Desert Storm, whilst 056 flew 51 missions in combat before it was lost on 30 March following a catastrophic systems failure over the Persian Gulf. The 192 TRS, Nevada ANG, flew 350 combat and combat support missions during Desert Storm. They did this with just 6 aircraft and 12 crews, supported by a small detachment of technicians and support personnel from their home base in Reno. The Part Timers are now back at their civilian jobs, but their contribution is commemorated marking the twilight of the RF-4C Phantom in service with the Nevada and Alabama ANG. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm). Price £95.00 Signed by all of the RF-4C Phantom II aircrews from the 152nd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Nevada Air National Guard, who flew operational missions in the Kuwait Theatre of Operations and in the Republic of Iraq during Operation Desert Storm :
Col Ernest S Clar,
Ltc Charles E Chinnock,
Ltc Anthony G Scheuller,
Ltc Ronald J Bath,
Ltc Rodney A Mathieson,
Ltc James A Gibbons,
Ltc Lawrence D Matlock,
Maj James P Stefflie,
Maj David B Casey,
Maj Bradley N Wilkinson,
Maj Stephen L Vonderheide,
Maj Michael D Gullihur,
Maj James W Bradshaw,
Maj John C Fuller,
Capt John C Norman,
Capt William R Burks,
Capt Ross A Swezey,
Capt John M Parker,
Capt Jeffrey T Turney,
Capt Jeffrey R Kregel,
Capt Theodore A Zwicker,
Lt David Snyder,
Lt Scott Ernst
and
Lt Erik V Bowing.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm). Price £150.00 Signed by all of the RF-4C Phantom II aircrews from the 152nd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Nevada Air National Guard, who flew operational missions in the Kuwait Theatre of Operations and in the Republic of Iraq during Operation Desert Storm :
Col Ernest S Clar,
Ltc Charles E Chinnock,
Ltc Anthony G Scheuller,
Ltc Ronald J Bath,
Ltc Rodney A Mathieson,
Ltc James A Gibbons,
Ltc Lawrence D Matlock,
Maj James P Stefflie,
Maj David B Casey,
Maj Bradley N Wilkinson,
Maj Stephen L Vonderheide,
Maj Michael D Gullihur,
Maj James W Bradshaw,
Maj John C Fuller,
Capt John C Norman,
Capt William R Burks,
Capt Ross A Swezey,
Capt John M Parker,
Capt Jeffrey T Turney,
Capt Jeffrey R Kregel,
Capt Theodore A Zwicker,
Lt David Snyder,
Lt Scott Ernst
and
Lt Erik V Bowing.
ITEM CODE MR0035 |
| Vietnam War Veteran by Stan Stokes. The McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II was produced from 1958 Thorough 1981. In excess of 5,000 aircraft were produced in twenty variants. The F-4 evolved from McDonnels earlier work on the F3H Demon and the F-101A Voodoo, an aircraft substantially heavier and larger than first generation jet fighters. The Phantom was initially intended as a fleet interceptor, but the aircraft was asked to take on additional tasks for which it was not totally optimized for. It is a testament to the basic quality of the design of the aircraft, and the skill and determination of the pilots which flew it, that the Phantom was a success in most of the varied roles it was asked to undertake. The F-4 was designed to be a platform for high-tech weaponry, with highly supersonic qualities, excellent range, and the ability to lift a large external payload. Initially only ordered by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft was carrier qualified in February 1961. In 1962 under intense pressure from the Department of Defense the Air Force relented and announced that four wings of F-105s would be replaced with Phantoms. By the mid-sixties over 1,000 Phantoms had been delivered, and it was generally anticipated that the aircraft would be in production for only four or five more years. However, forecasters failed to fully comprehend the eventual scope of the United States involvement in Vietnam, and the serious problems with the development of the F-111 (also known as the TFX). As a result the Phantom got a second lease on life, and production of improved versions of the aircraft were accelerated. The ultimate Air Force version of the Phantom was designated the F-4E, and 1,242 were manufactured from 1967 to 1978. The Vietnam War gave the Phantom an assured place in aviation history. One version of the Phantom was equipped with additional electronics and given the mission of detecting and destroying enemy Surface-to-Air missile sites. Aircraft so-equipped were accurately nicknamed Wild Weasels. During the Vietnam War the F-4s aerial adversaries included the Mig-17, Mig-19, and the Mig-21. A shark-mouthed Air Force F-4 in a near miss situation with a Mig-19 over the cloudy skies of North Vietnam. The Phantoms two-man crew is looking to the port side of the aircraft, as they anticipate a close encounter of the wrong kind. Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Supplied with signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.. Price £40.00  Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE STK0054 |
| Showtime 100 by Philip West. Lt Randy Cunningham with his back-seaeter Willie Driscoll, score their second of three MiG kills on a single mission on May 10, 1972. With two previous victories, Cunningham and Driscoll became the only US Navy Aces of the Vietnam war. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 20 inches (69cm x 51cm). Price £75.00
ITEM CODE DHM2046 |
| Phantom Raiders by Simon Atack. Just 50 miles north west of Hanoi in North Vietnam, lies the long and winding valley of the infamous Red River - a name that was to become bitterly familiar to the F4U Phantom pilots of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing. Flowing for miles through the countrys deep interior, the waters of the Red River fed the strategically important steel mills at Thai Nguyen, and the power stations at Viet Tri; they also irrigated the rice and shrimp paddy fields that fed the armies of the North Vietnamese and Vietcong, distributed to the combat areas through a sophisticated network of hidden trails and tracks, bridges and railways. Defending these vitally important targets was a vast array of anti-aircraft systems of every conceivable type and calibre; at Yen Bai the North Vietnamese even established a secret fighter airfield where their Mig jet fighters were hidden in hangars dug by hand deep into the surrounding hills - in short it was one of the most heavily defended and awesome places on Earth. But these targets had to be destroyed, and one aircraft above all others became inextricably and forever linked with the fast, low-level jet attacks to obliterate these heavily fortified objectives - the legendary F4U Phatnom, the fastest, the most powerful, versatile fighter of the day. The bravery and determination of the Phantom crews as they flew into the maelstroms of intense, deadly, flak and ground fire remain an inspiration to all ground attack combat pilots and crew. Simon Atacks powerful limited edition depicting the high-speed, low-level attack by F4 Phantoms of the 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron on the bridge near Viet Tri, 24 May 1967. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 32 inches x 23 inches (81cm x 58cm). Price £115.00 Signed by Brigadier-General Robin Olds (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 32 inches xs 23 inches (81cm x 58cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Brigadier-General Robin Olds (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 32 inches x 23 inches (81cm x 58cm). Price £ Signed by Brigadier-General Robin Olds (deceased).
Simon Atack Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM2306 |
| Yankie Station by Randall Wilson. CVN 65 USS Enterprise on her first deployment in the Gulf of Tonkin. On this day she flew 165 sorties, a carrier record! Two A4 Skyhawks head towards a bombing mission while an F4 phantom rides escort. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £130.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
Original painting by Randall Wilson. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £2600.00 Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £1000 on this original painting! - Was £3600
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Special remarqued print from the signed limited edition. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £230.00
Special remarqued print from the signed limited edition. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £230.00
ITEM CODE DHM0737 |
| High Flying Aardvarks by Keith Aspinall.
Open edition print. Image size 14.5 inches x 9.5 inches (37cm x 24cm). Price £18.00
ITEM CODE KA0025 |
| Launch at Sundown by Philip West. Under full after-burner, an F-4B Phantom of VF-111 (Sundowners) launches from the carrier USS Coral Sea, positioned in the Gulf of Tonkin, March 6, 1972. The crew will engage and destroy a MiG-17 over North Vietnam during the mission. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 20 inches (69cm x 51cm) Only one copy available.. Price £105.00
ITEM CODE DHM2042 |
| Phantom Fury by Robert Taylor. The biggest, fastest, most powerful fighter of its day, the McDonnell Phantom was an awesome war machine that came to dominate aerial combat for over two decades. It may have been the size of many World War II bombers but it could outperform anything that crossed its path; it was quicker, could turn faster, was better equipped with electronics, carried more ordnance than anything comparable, and it had an unbelievable rate of climb. The F-4 Phantom was the benchmark against which every fighter in the world came to be judged; it was simply the best. And when it saw combat for the first time, in Vietnam in 1961, it was the lucky Navy and Marine Corps pilots who were the first to fly it. Whether it was carrier-based attack with the Navy, land-based bombing missions with the Marines, air combat sorties, or Forward Air Control missions, it was unbeatable. So impressed were the Air Force that they bought it too, and three years later, in 1964, the USAF received their Phantoms. The Air Force pilots just could not wait to get their hands on it. And one of those just itching to take it into combat was a young, then Captain, Steve Ritchie. Flying with the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, the illustrious Triple Nickel, Ritchie would, in the space of a few weeks during Operation Linebacker in the summer of 1972 become a legend - the only USAF fighter pilot Ace of the Vietnam War. The painting shows Steve Ritchie, first into action, flying his lead F-4D Phantom through a hail of deadly enemy flak as he exits the target area after a typical FAST FAC mission on enemy installations in North Vietnam, 1972. Behind him a vast trail of devastation mark the progress of the mission, as his fellow Phantom crews continue to wreak havoc with their heavy ordnance, the target area exploding in a series of mighty detonations. Limited edition of 750 prints Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) Paper size 34.5 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £200.00 Signed by :
Brigadier General Richard Steve Ritchie
and
Captain John Madden.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) Paper size 34.5 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £325.00 Signed by :
Brigadier General Richard Steve Ritchie
and
Captain John Madden.
Limited edition of 25 giclee canvas prints Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) Paper size 34.5 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £695.00 Signed by :
Brigadier General Richard Steve Ritchie
and
Captain John Madden.
Limited edition of 10 remarques Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) Paper size 34.5 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £ Signed by :
Brigadier General Richard Steve Ritchie
and
Captain John Madden.
ITEM CODE DHM1820 |
| Flight of the Phantom by Stan Stokes. The McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II was flown by both the USN and USAF in Vietnam. The aircraft was utilized in many roles during the War. The only two aces in Vietnam both flew the F-4. Randall Duke Cunningham did the honors for the Navy, while Steve Ritchie attained five victories flying the Phantom with the USAF. Limited edition of 950 prints. Print size 40 inches x 26 inches (102cm x 66cm). Price £94.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE STK0051 |
| Flying the Jolly Roger by Robert Watts. A pair of Navy F-4 Phantoms of VF84 prepare to recover aboard the carrier U.S.S. Independence. A beautifully proportioned painting by one of the most accomplished American aviation artists, provides a spectacular view of the legendary Phantom. Seen against a beautiful Yankee Station sundown, an element of F-4s decelerate in preparation for deck landing, following a combat mission m 1965. Revered by all who flew it, the classic F-4 Phantom served the Navies and Air Forces of more Western world countries than any other combat jet. Robert Watts superb print edition pays tribute to this legendary aircraft, as it phases out of front-line duties after over 30 years of service. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £90.00 Signed by Commander Randall H Cunningham USN, Major General Marion Carl (deceased) and Colonel Manfred Rietsch.
Limited edition of 100 artist proofs. Image size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Commander Randall H Cunningham USN, Major General Marion Carl (deceased) and Colonel Manfred Rietsch.
ITEM CODE DHM2459 |
| Screaming Eagle by Philip West. Having put an AIM-9 missile up the tailpipe of a MiG-17 over North Vietnam, pilot Jerry Devil Houston with Kevin Moore riding shotgun, swings his F-4B Phantom onto the center-line of the USS Coral Sea following a strike mission gainst the airfield at Bai Thuong on May 6, 1972. The brightly painted stylistic eagle denotes they are flying the CAG bird. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 22 inches (69cm x 56cm). Price £95.00
ITEM CODE DHM2045 |
| Phantom II by David Pentland. Phantom II of US Marine Corps, VMFA-531 (Grey Ghosts) Vietnam, Danang April 1965. Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £65.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Presentation Edition of 5 Artist Proofs, supplied double matted. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £240.00 Features the mounted original signature of a marine corps pilot.
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91.5cm x 61cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
ITEM CODE DHM0583 |
| Silver Kite 211 by Philip West. 10th May 1972. Lt. Curt Dose together with his RIO, LCDR Jim McDevitt line up their F-4J Phantom prior to landing on the USS Constellation following their first successful target CAP of the day. During this mission they claimed a MiG-21F after a ultra-low level supersonic flight over the North Vietnamese airfield of Kep, northeast of Hanoi. Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 20 inches (64cm x 51cm). Price £105.00
ITEM CODE DHM2714 |
| USS Coral Sea by Ivan Berryman. USS Coral Sea (CV-43 being replenished by fast combat support ship USS Seattle (DE-3) as two of the carriers compliment of F.4s of VF-111 The Sundowners makes a low pass. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £130.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Save £5 on selected prints - Was £135
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
Original painting by Ivan Berryman. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £3500.00 Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers!
Save £2000 on this original painting! - Was £5500
Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm). Price £2.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM0987 |
| Reunion Over Hanoi by Philip West. Col. Ken Cordier and Col. Bob Buckey were classmates in high school and college in Akron, Ohio. After college, they both became USAF fighter pilots, and although the two school chums never served together, their careers took separate yet parallel paths - until December 1966. On 2nd December 1966, then Cap. Ken Cordier and his back-seat pilot 1st Lt Mike Lane, were flying with the 559th TFS out of Cam Ranh Bay when they were shot down and captured 85 miles NW of Hanoi. They were to languish in North Vietnamese prisons for the next six years, first listed as MIA, then years later as POWs. Linebacker II was the code-name of the bombing offensive designed to force the North Vietnamese to agree to a ceasefire and peace accord. It was during the Linebacker II bombing campaign of December 1972 that then Maj. Bob Buckey and his back-seater, Capt Dan Tibbets, flew over Hanoi with the 555 TFS out of Udorn, Thailand. Their mission was to provide MIG-CAP for the B-52 bombers which were delivering punishing blows to the communist regimes capital city. On the ground, Ken was unaware that his old friend was a part of that campaign which would result in gaining his and the other POWs freedom after enduring long years of torture and deprivation. Bob, on the other hand, had known for years that Ken was a POW. So, every time he flew Downtown, Bob thought about Ken down there locked up in the infamous Hanoi Hilton and wondered when they would meet again. The bombing campaign had the desired effect and the North Vietnamese signed the Paris Peace Accords in January 1973. Shortly thereafter, Operation Homecoming brought the POWs home to family, friends and freedom. Six months after his release, at a class reunion in Akron, Ken and Bob met and had a great time comparing war stories and resuming their old friendship. The image shows Maj. Bob Buckey as he pulls his F-4E Phantom II away from the Hanoi Hilton. Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £115.00 Signed by Col. Ken Cordier, Col. Mike Lane, Col. Bob Buckey and WSO LtC. Dan Tibbets.
Limited edition of 75 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Col. Ken Cordier, Col. Mike Lane, Col. Bob Buckey and WSO LtC. Dan Tibbets.
ITEM CODE DHM0630 |
| Phantoms F-4 by R E Pierce. (P)
Original painting by R E Pierce. Massive Saving! Was £1440. Size 31 inches x 20 inches (79cm x 51cm). Price £750.00
ITEM CODE AX0056 |
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US Marine Air Corps Phantom F4s during
the Vietnam War. US Marine Corps aviation art prints by Randall Wilson,
David Pentland, Michael Rondot and Phillip West.
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