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Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. - Art-of-America
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Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders.

With orders to destroy, delay or disrupt enemy forces en-route to the Normandy battle area, P-47 Thunderbolts from the 78th Fighter Group launch a blistering high-speed, low-level attack, on a German freight train in occupied northern France, June 1944. Desperately attempting to transport vital supplies to the front by daylight, it has fallen prey to the cannons and bombs of the eagle eyed Thunderbolt pilots.
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PRINTLimited edition of 400 prints.

Paper size 26.5 inches x 20.5 inches (67cm x 52cm) Image size 21.5 inches x 14 inches (54cm x 36cm) Coleman, Wayne L
Lutz, Samuel Buzzard
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


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Other editions of this item : Bridge Busters by Anthony Saunders. DHM1844
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Limited edition of 25 artist proofs Paper size 26.5 inches x 20.5 inches (67cm x 52cm) Image size 21.5 inches x 14 inches (54cm x 36cm) Coleman, Wayne L
Lutz, Samuel Buzzard
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


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REMARQUELimited edition of 25 remarques Paper size 26.5 inches x 20.5 inches (67cm x 52cm) Image size 21.5 inches x 14 inches (54cm x 36cm) Coleman, Wayne L
Lutz, Samuel Buzzard
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Limited edition of 400 prints.

The print has slight damage to the border area, mostly on a corner. Not noticeable once framed.
Paper size 26.5 inches x 20.5 inches (67cm x 52cm) Image size 21.5 inches x 14 inches (54cm x 36cm) Coleman, Wayne L
Lutz, Samuel Buzzard
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £65
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The signature of Captain Wayne L Coleman (deceased)

Captain Wayne L Coleman (deceased)
*Signature Value : £40

Joining the service in January 1943, Wayne Coleman was posted to the 82nd Squadron, 78th Fighter Group at Duxford, near Cambridge in July 1944. He flew the first of his 75 combat missions a few days later on August 2nd in P-47s, dive-bombing and strafing in support of the Normandy invasion before converting to P-51s at the end of the year. Wayne shot down three Fw190s in a single mission and later on 31st March 1945, an Me262 jet. He flew continuously until the end of the war. He died on 1st January 2018.
First Lieutenant Samuel Buzzard Lutz
*Signature Value : £25

Joining the service in December 1942, Samuel Lutz flew his first combat mission with the 365th Fighter Group in October 1944, strafing targets in the Rhineland. A few days later he almost forced to ditch after an ammunition dump he was strafing exploded. Later that year he was involved in heavy combat throughout the Battle of the Bulge. When he left the Air Force at the end of the war, he had flown 73 combat missions, all in the P-47.
The Aircraft :
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ThunderboltAlexander Kartveli was a engineer with Seversky Aircraft who designed the P-35, which first flew in 1937. With Republic Aviation Kartveli supervised the development of the P-43 Lancer. Neither of these aircraft were produced in large numbers, and neither was quite successful. However, the Republic Aviation P-47 Thunderbolt, also nicknamed the Jug, was quite a different story. The Jug was the jewel in Kartvelis design crown, and went on to become one of the most produced fighter aircraft of all time with 15,683 being manufactured. The P-47 was the largest and heaviest single seat fighter of WW II. The P-47 immediately demonstrated its excellent combat qualities, including speed, rate of climb, maneuverability, heavy fire power, and the ability to take a lot of punishment. With a wingspan of more than 40 feet and a weight of 19,400 pounds, this large aircraft was designed around the powerful 2000 HP Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine. The first P-47 prototype flew in May of 1941, and the primary variant the P-47D went into service in 1943 with units of the U.S. Armys Eighth Air Force. The Jug had a maximum speed in excess of 400 MPH, a service ceiling in excess of 42,000 feet, and was heavily armed with either six or eight heavy caliber machine guns. With its ability to carry up to a 2,500 pound bomb load, the Jug saw lots of use in ground attack roles. Until the introduction of the N model, the P-47 lacked the long range required for fighter escort missions which were most often relegated to P-51 Mustangs or P-38 Lightnings. In his outstanding painting entitled Bridge Busting Jugs, noted aviation artist Stan Stokes depicts Eighth Air Force Jugs in a ground attack mission in the Alps in June of 1944. The top P-47 ace was Francis Gabreski who had flown with the 56th Fighter Group, the first unit to be equipped with the P-47. In August of 1943 Gabreski attained his first aerial combat victory (over an Fw-190) and by years end he had reached ace status with 8 confirmed victories. As Commander of the 61st Squadron, Gabreski continued to chalk up victory after victory, and on seven different occasions he achieved two victories during the same mission. However, in July of 1944 Gabreski damaged the prop on his Jug during a low level attack on an airfield near Coblenz. Forced to make a crash landing, he was captured and remained a prisoner of war until Wars end in 1945. Following the War Gabreski returned to military service with the Air Forces 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing in Korea. Flying the F-86 Sabre Jet, Gabreski attained 6.5 more aerial victories in 1951 and 1952 becoming an ace in two different wars

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