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06 - WWII - Americans In Europe
Lost Squadron, The by Craig Kodera
In July of 1942, as America was making every effort to enter the air war raging over Europe, a pair of B-17 Flying Fortresses departed from the U.S. in formation with six brand-new Lockheed P-38 Lightnings for Operation Bolero. En route to England, the tiny armada became hopelessly lost in the frost-filled skies. Running low on fuel, they were forced to land on Greenland’s frozen tundra. Miraculously, all of the crew survived the belly landings on the ice. Even more miraculously, one of the aircraft was recovered some fifty years later from under some two hundred feet of ice. Noted aviation artist and American Airlines First Officer Craig Kodera pays homage to the once-young warriors in his poignant depiction of the men and machines of The Lost Squadron - which is countersigned by Brad McManus, who piloted one of the P-38s, and Roy Shoffner, Leader of the Lost Squadron recovery expedition.
Countersigned by Brad McManus and Roy Shoffner
Image size: 32"w x 14"h
Edition Size: 850 signed and numbered
