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Opening Sky by Robert Taylor

Opening Sky by Robert Taylor (P-51 Mustang)
Opening Sky by Robert Taylor (P-51 Mustang)
Opening Sky by Robert Taylor (P-51 Mustang)
Opening Sky by Robert Taylor (P-51 Mustang)
Opening Sky by Robert Taylor (P-51 Mustang)
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With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, heading back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long ...  >Read More
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The THIRTY-TWO signature Artist's Proofs and Gallery Proofs are issued together with all the components of the Limited Edition, and are also matted to include the original signatures of some of the most prominent US fighter pilots of the war. This outstanding special edition is conservation matted and ready to frame and the includes THIRTY-TWO original signatures!
Prints are signed by the artist and numbered

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  • 300 Limited Editions....$195
  • 175 P-51 Tribute Editions....Sold out
  • 75 Artist's Proofs....Sold out
  • 10 Gallery Proofs....Sold out

  • Overall size: 27" x 17"
  • Image size: 21" x 8 1/4"
  • AP & GE overall mat size: 31" x 19"
  • With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, heading back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long sweep east of the Rhine crossing in Spring 1945. The final months of the war in Europe lie ahead, and for the P-51 pilots the victory is within sight.

    Robert Taylor's visually poetic masterpiece, Opening Sky, pays tribute to the American P-51 Mustang fighter pilots who flew and fought for freedom during World War II, and is the third in his highly successful Tribute Series. It follows the release of his popular RAF Hurricane tribute, Height and Sun; and Luftwaffe Me109 tribute Dawn Eagles Rising.

    Limited edition prints of Opening Sky have been signed by many of the United States' most famous P-51 fighter pilots, and together with the previous two prints in this series, create an extraordinary opportunity for aviation art and military history collectors.

    THE LIMITED EDITION Every print has been personally signed by the artist, Robert Taylor, together with THREE of the USAAF's foremost P-51 Mustang Aces:

    THE P-51 TRIBUTE EDITION In addition to the three signatures of the Limited Edition, each copy of the P-51 Tribute Edition has been individually signed by a further fourteen P-51 fighter pilots, making a total of SEVENTEEN signatures in total.

    THE ARTIST PROOF EDITION Issued together with all the components of the Tribute Edition, the THIRTY-TWO signature ARTIST PROOFS are matted to include the original signatures of an additional fifteen US pilots who flew fighters in combat, many of whom are top Aces and exponents of the P-51. They include many of the USAAF and USMC's greatest names.

    Signatures:

    THE LIMITED EDITION
  • Colonel CLARENCE "BUD" ANDERSON - 357th FG / 16 1/4 victories
  • Lieutenant Colonel CLYDE EAST - 10th Photo Recon Group / 14 1/2 victories
  • Colonel ART FIELDLER - 325th FG / 8 victories

    THE P-51 TRIBUTE EDITION - the above plus:
  • Major BILL ALLEN - 55th FG / 5 victories
  • Captain JIM BROOKS - 31st FG/ 13 victories
  • Captain CLINTON BURDICK - 356th FG/ 5 1/2 victories
  • Captain WAYNE COLEMAN - 78th FG/ 5 victories
  • First Lieutenant RAYMOND "TED" CONLIN - 357th FG
  • Lieutenant Colonel DON CUMMINGS - 27th, 55th FG/ 6 1/2 victories
  • Major URBAN DREW - 361st FG/ 6 victories
  • Lieutenant Colonel BOB GOEBEL - 31st FG/ 11 victories
  • Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT A. KARR - 52nd FG/ 6 victories
  • Colonel WALKER "BUD" MAHURIN - 56th, 3rd, 51st FG/ 24 1/4 victories
  • Colonel STEVE PISANOS - 4th FG/ 10 victories
  • First Lieutenant JOHN SKARA - 357th FG
  • Second Lieutenant LOWELL STEWARD - 332nd FG (Tuskegee Airmen)
  • First Lieutenant CLINT WHITE - 31st FG

    THE ARTIST PROOF EDITION (matted) - all of the above plus:
  • Brigadier General RUSSELL BERG USAAF - 10th Photo Recon Group
  • Colonel DON BLAKESLEE USAAF - 4th FG / 14 1/2 victories
  • Major General CHARLES R. BOND USAAF - AVG / 7 victories
  • Lieutenant Colonel "KIT" CARSON USAAF - 357th FG / 18 1/2 victories
  • Major HERSCHEL "HERKY" GREEN USAAF - 325th FG / 18 victories
  • Colonel DAVID "TEX" HILL USAAF - AVG, 23rd FG / 15 1/4 victories
  • Lieutenant Colonel FRANK D. HURLBUT USAAF - 82nd FG / 9 victories
  • Major JACK M. ILFREY USAAF - 1st FG, 20th FG / 7 1/2 victories
  • Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT JOHNSON USAAF - 56th FG / 27 victories
  • Major General CARROL "RED" McCOLPIN USAAF - 71, 133 Sqn RAF, 404th FG / 8 victories
  • Brigadier General ROBIN OLDS USAAF - 479th FG, 8th TFW / 17 victories
  • Major RICHARD "BUD" PETERSON USAAF - 357th FG / 15 1/2 victories
  • Lieutenant Colonel KENNETH A. WALSH USMC - VMF-124, VMF-222 / 21 victories
  • Colonel GERALD BROWN USAAF - 55th FG / 5 victories
  • Colonel FRANCIS "GABBY" GABRESKI USAAF - 56th FG, 4th, 51st FIW / 34 1/2 victories
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