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| "Where Eagles Gathered" |
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On 5 March 1944 the B-24 heavy bombers of the 448th Bomb Group
took off from England, their mission - to destroy the Luftwaffe
facilities at Limoges aerodrome in western France, a typical
mission for the men of the US Eighth Air Force in the months
that preceded D-Day. Success today would save many lives when
that time came. Waiting for them were the Bf-109s of JG2, ready to rip into the attacking force at the first opportunity. Luckily for the bombers they had one of the finest fighter escorts in the Mighty 8th, Don Blakeslee’s 4th Fighter Group – ‘The Eagles”. "Where Eagles Gathered" recreates a scene from that encounter. As a straggling B-24 comes under attack and its inner starboard engine starts to trail smoke, Steve Pisanos, one of the Fourth’s most deadly Aces, and fellow P-51B pilots quickly arrive on the scene to break up. - Signed by: Colonel Steve Pisanos & Hauptmann Günther Nordenholtz. |
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Overall print size: 19½" x 27" |
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