Captain Colin Kelly got his B-17 airborne from the strip at Mindanao, in the Philippines, immediately the alarm sounded on December 7. After bombing a Japanese landing force, Kelly was intercepted by Zero fighters and his aircraft set ablaze. Having held the bomber steady just long enough for the crew to bail out, the B-17 exploded, taking its gallant skipper's life as it plunged earthwards. Kelly became one of America's first heroes of WWII. Prints signed by two of Kelly's crew are issued with a Companion print signed by Japanese fighter Ace, Saburo Sakai.