P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group make a low-level run over towns and villages along the Rhine.

Signatures

Colonel Don Blakeslee

Lieutenant Colonel Clyde B. East
As a volunteer, Clyde East joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1941, and flew combat operations from England. He transferred to the USAAF in January 1944, flying over 200 combat missions and finishing the war with 14 ½ victories. He later flew combat during the Korean War.

Colonel Arthur C. Fielder

Colonel Walker 'Bud' Mahurin
'Bud' Mahurin gained a reputation as one of the USAAF's most colorful fighter Aces. Arriving in the European Theater, flying with the 56th Fighter Group, he indulged in seventeen months of heavy aerial combat, during which he suffered one crash and was forced to bail out three times, finally landing behind enemy lines. Undaunted, he made contact with the French Resistance, and found his way back to England. He had by this time shot down 21 German aircraft. He then transferred to the South West Pacific where he added a Japanese aircraft to his score. 'Bud' Mahurin commanded the 4th Fighter Intercept Group in Korea where he added 3 ½ MiG-15s to his tally before being shot down, for the last time, to spend a grueling sixteen months as a POW.

Lieutenant Colonel William 'Dixie' Sloan

Image size: 29 1/4" wide x 16" high.