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Ruhr Valley Raiders
by Robert Bailey



B-17's of the 91st. Bomb Group come under attack from Me 109's over Germany. The 91st. were first over the Ruhr Valley to Hamm, and led both Schweinfurt missions in 1943.
They received credit for shooting down more enemy aircraft then any other group in the Eight Air Force, and suffered the highest overall loss rate of any B-17 group, with only 12% of original crews surviving the war. The B-17s portrayed here are Nine-0-Nine, The Wild Hare and General Ike.
This edition commemorates the 60th anniversary of the 91st Bomb Group.
Signed by sixty veterans of the 91st.
(aircrew and groundcrew)
See also: Collector's Edition with thirteen signatures.

33½" x 24½" Edition size: 100 $550


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