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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Clearing Skies by Robert Taylor. The winter of 1944 / 45 wasn't the coldest ever recorded in England but it came close. The weather was bitter and, in what would turn out to be the last Christmas of the war, temperatures plunged across the country, bringing ice, freezing fog and deep banks of drifting snow. Airfields across East Anglia stood bleak and frost-bound, runways kept clear of snow when conditions allowed, whilst the heavy bombers of the US Eighth Air Force remained under wraps, engines oiled, warmed and ready for any break in the banks of murky fog that would allow them to fly. And when those breaks came, the bombers were back in action ready to play their part in the final destruction of Hitler's Third Reich. The end game was rapidly approaching and both sides knew it. Clearing Skies portrays one such break in the weather when, with recent heavy snow beginning to thaw, the B-17 Fortresses of the famous 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts in Norfolk are being prepared for a new mission to Germany in early 1945. Earning the nickname 'The Bloody Hundredth' due to the heavy losses they suffered, Robert has fittingly chosen the 100th BG to represent all those who flew so heroically with the Eighth Air Force in England during World War II. The Eighth flew its final bomber operations of the war on 25th April 1945, the last of 968 combat missions involving over 523,000 sorties; they had dropped some 700,000 tons of bombs, inflicting destruction on a scale from which the enemy could never recover. Yet the cost of the victory in which they had played such a major part made for sober reading; they had lost some 6,130 bombers and fighters along with some 47,000 casualties, including more than 26,000 dead - half of the entire US Army Air Force losses during the conflict. VIEW ALL ROBERT TAYLOR AVIATION ART VIEW ALL FLYING FORTRESS AIRCRAFT ART Item Code : DHM6621 Clearing Skies by Robert Taylor. - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Image size 29 inches x 12.5 inches (74cm x 32cm) Paper size 35.5 inches x 21 inches (89cm x 53cm) Shoens, Robert J Clark, John A Rasmussen, James S + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £30 £195.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Clearing Skies by Robert Taylor. DHM6621 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING ARTIST PROOF Collector's edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 29 inches x 12.5 inches (74cm x 32cm) Paper size 35.5 inches x 21 inches (89cm x 53cm) Shoens, Robert J Clark, John A Rasmussen, James S Luckadoo, John H Payne, Lewis D Arreola, Albert J Freitas, Albert M Herron, Lewis E Urice, Joe R Cervantes, Henry Hank + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £135 £375.00 VIEW EDITION... PRINT Collector's edition of 75 prints. Image size 29 inches x 12.5 inches (74cm x 32cm) Paper size 35.5 inches x 21 inches (89cm x 53cm) Shoens, Robert J Clark, John A Rasmussen, James S Luckadoo, John H Payne, Lewis D Arreola, Albert J Freitas, Albert M Herron, Lewis E Urice, Joe R Cervantes, Henry Hank + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £135 £295.00 VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Captain Robert J Shoens *Signature Value : £10	Serving as First Pilot on B-17 Our Gal Sal with the 351st Bomb Squadron, Bob's first mission was on 5th January 1944 and he went on to complete a total of 28 missions. These included the first major daylight raids to Berlin on 3rd, 4th, 6th and 8th March 1944, in fact his crew were the only 351st aircraft to return from the raid on 6th March. He was awarded the DFC, Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and ETO ribbon with one Battle Star.
First Lieutenant James S Rasmussen *Signature Value : £10	Joining the 349th Bomb Squadron as a Navigator, Jim's first mission aboard Lassie Come Home was a raid to Frankfurt on 5th January 1945. He went on to complete a total of 33 raids over Europe and was awarded the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters and ETO ribbon with three Battle Stars.
First Lieutenant John A Clark *Signature Value : £10	As a Co-Pilot John served on three crews with the 418th Bomb Squadron on B-17s Lucky Lassie and Miss Conduct. His first mission was flown on 10th September 1944 to Mainz and by the end of hostilities he had completed a total of 32 operations. He was awarded the Air Medal with five Oak Leaf Clusters, ETO ribbon with three Battle Stars, French Croix de Guerre with Palm and French Legion of Honor.

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