Returning from Schweinfurt
by Robert Taylor
| with legacy remarque by Richard Taylor |
| On 14 October 1943 the weary, battered and bruised survivors of the 92nd Bomb Group return to Podington following the Eighth Air Force raid on Schweinfurt. The date forever etched in history as 'Black Thursday'. The raids against Schweinfurt's ball-bearing factories typified the determined resilience of the young American airmen who neither wavered nor flinched, vindicating the Eighth’s campaign of continuous daylight bombing. It is fitting, therefore, that Robert Taylor chose a scene from the conclusion of the second mission on 14 October 1943 to commemorate all those who served with the Mighty Eighth’s Bomb Groups during WW2. The Collector's edition shown here bears a remarque drawing by Richard Taylor, it is signed by six B-17 veterans and conservation mounted with an additional four B-17 crew signatures. (see below for Schweinfurt edition details) |
| Approx. overall size: 21" x 22¼" | Available in the following editions |
| 20 | Collector's edition | Conservation mounted with ten B-17 veteran signatures & Richard Taylor remarque | $695 |
| 5 | Schweinfurt edition | Conservation mounted with fifteen B-17 veteran signatures & remarque SOLD OUT |
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The Schweinfurt edition With all components (including remarque) and signatures of the Collector’s Edition, also included in the conservation matting of the Schweinfurt Edition is a further five autographs of highly regarded B-17 Flying Fortress crewmen including General Curtis LeMay, B-17 combat pilot and future Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force: General Curtis LeMay Captain Alvin Brown Lieutenant General Robert Burns Colonel William Lawley MoH Colonel Bob Morgan |
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| The Collector's edition signatures | ||
| First Lieutenant Leonard L. Spivey (signed print) | Lieutenant Colonel Edward W. Tyre (signed print) | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gossman (signed print) | First Lieutenant Charles ‘Norm’ Stevens (signed print) | |
| Staff Sergeant Paul Constantine Abrahamson (signed print) | Staff Sergeant Ray L. Moore (signed print) | |
| Brigadier General J. Kemp McLaughlin (matted) | Lieutenant Colonel Robert ‘Bob’ Kleyla (matted) | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Nutter (matted) | Captain Robert Shoens (matted) | |
| The Schweinfurt edition signatures | ||
| General Curtis LeMay (matted) | Captain Alvin Brown (matted) | |
| Lieutenant General Robert Burns (matted) | Colonel William Lawley MoH (matted) | |
| Colonel Bob Morgan (matted) | Lieutenant Colonel Edward W. Tyre (signed print) | |
| First Lieutenant Leonard L. Spivey (signed print) | First Lieutenant Charles ‘Norm’ Stevens (signed print) | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Robert Gossman (signed print) | Staff Sergeant Paul Constantine Abrahamson (signed print) | |
| Staff Sergeant Ray L. Moore (signed print) | Brigadier General J. Kemp McLaughlin (matted) | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Robert ‘Bob’ Kleyla (matted) | Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Nutter (matted) | |
| Captain Robert Shoens (matted) | ||
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| example of remarque |
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