| On 26 November, 1943, the P-47s of the 56th Fighter Group were tasked to escort B-24 Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group on a dangerous mission to attack the heavily defended industrial and dockyard facilities in the German port of Bremen. Zemke knew the Luftwaffe would be waiting for them as they approached the target, and they were – in force! It was to become a day of high drama. With the Luftwaffe throwing all the fighters they could muster at the American heavy bombers,a massive aerial battle ensued. In the running dogfights high over Bremen, the “Wolfpack” claimed their most successful action of the war with 23 confirmed kills, 3 probables, and 9 damaged, creating an all-time record in the European Theatre. The 392nd’s B-24 Liberators could not have been in safer hands on that eventful day. |
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Overall Print Size: 34 3/4'' wide x 26 1/2'' high.
The Wolfpack
by Robert Taylor |
| 400 s/n prints w/THREE signatures. |
US $320 |
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Every print in Robert Taylor’s new Limited Edition has been signed by THREE highly respected 56th Fighter Group fighter pilots,
including the legendary Ace, ‘Bud’ Mahurin.
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 Colonel WALKER 'BUD' MAHURIN (ACE)
'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.
Brigadier General LESLIE C. SMITH (ACE)
Brigadier General LYLE ADRIANSE
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