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B-25 Mitchell
Royce Raid by Taylor
Richard’s new painting shows Royce’s 5th AirForce B-25C Mitchell taking off from the Del Monte staging field on the island of Mindanao on Sunday 12 April 1942, almost a week before the Doolittle raid, en-route to hit the harbor and shipping targets at Cebu.
In the three days of Royce’s raids, the Mitchells flew over twenty sorties, sinking and seriously damaging three Japanese transport ships, and shooting down three enemy fighters. In a triumph of surprise aerial strikes, all seven B-25s and their crews returned safely to base. Though somewhat eclipsed by the publicity following Doolittles attack on Tokyo, the Royce raids were none-the-less courageous and inflicted extensive physical damage on the enemy.
THE SIGNATURE - THE VETERAN WHO FLEW WITH ROYCE:
Senior Master Sergeant VERNON MAIN
Vernon Main is one of only two surviving veterans of the Royce mission, and is joined in signing each print by the artist Richard Taylor.
Edition size: 400 signed and numbered
Print size: 35 1/2" w x 23 1/4" h
