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Wide Horizons by Robert Taylor.

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Mustangs on the Prowl by Robert Taylor.

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Doolittles D-Day, 6th June 1944 by Robert Taylor.

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Hellcat Fury by Robert Taylor.

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Air Superiority by Robert Taylor.

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Thunderbolt Strike by Robert Taylor.

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Sky Giant by Robert Taylor.

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Doolittle Raiders by Robert Taylor.

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Combat over the Reich by Robert Taylor.

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Fighting Tigers by Robert Taylor.

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Attack on the Hiei by Robert Taylor (AP)

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Rolling Thunder by Robert Taylor.

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Lightning Strike by Robert Taylor.

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Coming In Over the Estuary by Robert Taylor.

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Bogeys Eleven O Clock High by Robert Taylor

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Phantom Showtime by Robert Taylor

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Marauder Mission by Robert Taylor

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Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor.

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D-Day The Airborne Assault by Robert Taylor.

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Rare Pair of D-Day prints by Robert Taylor - Into Battle by Robert Taylor and Crash Landing by Robert Taylor.

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Schweinfurt - The Second Mission by Robert Taylor.

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Doolittle Tokyo Raiders by Robert Taylor.

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Bringing the Peacemaker Home by Robert Taylor.

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Viper Venom by Robert Taylor.

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Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (D)

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Mustang Recce by Robert Taylor.

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Mission Beyond Darkness by Robert Taylor

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American Eagles by Robert Taylor.

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Beach Head Strike Force by Robert Taylor.

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America Strikes Back by Robert Taylor

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Hostile Sky by Robert Taylor

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Fighting Red Tails by Robert Taylor.

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Legend of Colin Kelly by Robert Taylor.

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Coming Home by Robert Taylor.

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Victory Flyover by Robert Taylor.

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Eagles Over the Rhine by Robert Taylor.

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Helping Hand by Robert Taylor.

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Out of Fuel and Safely Home by Robert Taylor.

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Savage Skies by Robert Taylor.

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Return to Duxford by Robert Taylor

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Skipper Comes Home by Robert Taylor

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The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor.

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Valour in the Pacific by Robert Taylor.

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Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor.

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Ploesti, The Vital Mission by Robert Taylor.

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Fourth Fighter Patrol by Robert Taylor.

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Chennaults Flying Tigers by Robert Taylor.

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Opening Sky by Robert Taylor.

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Return from Schweinfurt by Robert Taylor.

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Zero Encounter by Robert Taylor.

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Into the Teeth of the Wind by Robert Taylor.

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Home Run by Robert Taylor.

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Phantom Fury by Robert Taylor.

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Fortress under Attack by Robert Taylor.

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Home at Dusk by Robert Taylor.

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Thunderheads Over Ridgewell by Robert Taylor.

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Company of Heroes by Robert Taylor Generals signed limited edition of 400 prints with pencil print of Bader's Bus Company. Signed by the above and Adolf Galland.   Returning to base following the ordeal of a gruelling daylight raid, when barrages of flak and the persistent attendance of enemy fighters were an accepted feature of the mission were, for the weary aircrews, moments of pure exhilaration.  The entire airfield suddenly transformed into a cacophony of noise and activity as, one after another, the mighty bombers landed and came to rest.  Jeeps scurried about collecting crews, whisking them away for debriefing and well-earned nourishment while groundcrews, after their anxious wait, milled around their charges.   The 34th Bomb Group's Queenie, first home to Mendlesham today, has come to a standstill, the co-pilot already briefing the crew chief on the state of the aircraft.  Another B-17 taxies while a jeep scurries across the tarmac to collect the crew of a third aircraft.  Other B-17s are already parked as the last man home makes his final approach, streaming vapour from a badly overheating engine.  It is April 1945.  The fickle English weather greets the returning airmen with a mixture of brilliant spring sunshine and passing  April showers.  America Strikes Back by Robert Taylor  Signed by William Dickman, Tex Hill, Joe Moore, Ken Taylor, James Van den Hey and Earl Williams.  P-40 and Aichi D-3A1 in close combat. Doolittle Raiders by Robert Taylor   Signed by 14 B-25 Mitchell crew members: Richard Cole, Jacob DeSchazer, Thomas Griffin, Nolan Herndon, Everett Holstrom, David Jones, Frank Kappelar, James Macia, Harry McCool, Chase Nielson, Henry Potter, Howard Sessler, Roydon Stork, David Thatcher. Attack on the Hei by Robert Taylor  Signatories: Joe Foss, William Freeman, Boot Furlow, Roger Haberman.

Bringing the Peacemaker Home by Robert Taylor By 1944 the USAAF were despatching bombers deep into Germany on a grand scale. In June alone no fewer than 28,800 aircraft were despatched into hostile air space, the scale of operations such that enabled hitting a dozen or more different targets on a single day. Even with the benefit of long-range fighter escort, the bomber formations had to run the gauntlet of the Luftwaffe's fighter defenses as they approached and departed the target area. With plenty of practice during the previous 12 months, the German fighter pilots had developed highly successful techniques of attack against the American four-engined bombers, and whenever they engaged in numbers, USAAF losses were heavy - 37 bombers failed to return from raids against synthetic oil plants and aircraft factories at Leipzig on June 29. On July 20 it was the turn of the 91st Bomb Group to attack an airfield near Leipzig, suspected of harboring the new menace - the Luftwaffe's revolutionary Messerschmitt Me262 jet. As the formation spread out for the bomb run, the 401st squadron took the low position - the most vulnerable to fighter attack. Just as the crew of The Peacemaker steadied the ship to sight the target, the squadron was set upon by Focke-Wulf 190s. The formation leader was set on fire wingtip to wingtip, almost colliding with Peacemaker as the stricken aircraft slid into the void below. At that moment, cannon shells ripped into Peacemaker as a Fw190 flashed past within 200 feet, its guns blazing. Hit in the wing and tail, the bucking B-17 began to slip below the rest of the formation. She was a long way from home. Robert Taylor's dramatic portrayal of events picks up the story as the injured bird limps towards the sanctuary of the English coast. That she has got this far is a miracle, due in no small part to the close attentions of escorting P-51B Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group. To keep her flying, the crew are jettisoning everything that can be safely bundled out of the aircraft. The front hatch is open and bombardier Marion Havelaar has reluctantly despatched his 20lb bomb sight to the ocean below - for him, an act of total sacrilege. The Peacemaker made it back to Bassingbourne that day; eight others did not.

Mission Beyond Darkness by Robert Taylor After a three day sea search for Admiral Ozawa's carrier fleet it was 3.30pm on June 20, 1944, when a spotter plane reported the enemy position to Admiral Mitscher's Task Force 58. Mitscher knew the risks of despatching a large force on such a long-range mission so late in the day, but he also knew his task was to get the carriers. By 4.30pm over 200 fighters, dive-bombers, and torpedo strike planes were in the air and heading for the target. In the short but intense battle that followed late in that day, the Japanese carrier Hiyo was sunk, four more Japanese carriers were damaged, two oilers sunk, the battleship Haruna hit, and some 40 enemy aircraft reported destroyed. Fierce, and seemingly successful though the encounter was, for most of the American aircrews the worst part of the mission was yet to come. As 209 aircraft turned and headed east into the growing dark, most of the pilots knew they had barely enough fuel to get back on board their carriers, some 270 miles distant. Many of the aircraft had received battle damage, and some of the crews were wounded. It was 8pm and pitch dark as the first of the returning aircraft neared the carriers. Admiral Mitscher knew that without some form of guidance it was going to be all but impossible to recover his aircraft and, ignoring the submarine threat, boldly ordered the fleet to turn on lights. But the arriving Helldiver and Avenger pilots were all but out of fuel, and in the confusion of trying to pick out a carrier, find a landing slot, compounded by a number of deck crashes, some 70 planes went into the water that night. For Mitscher's aircrews, the long return to TF-58 went into history as the 'mission beyond darkness' In recreating the awesome scene, Robert Taylor has painted a masterpiece of naval aviation warfare in the Pacific. In the foreground the SB2C Helldiver of Lieutenant Ralph Yaussi, its tanks dry, has ditched near the carrier USS Lexington. As Yaussi and his gunner James Curry clamber out of the sinking aircraft, the Fletcher class destroyer USS Anthony, her 24 inch searchlight ablaze, is moving in to make the pick-up. The chaos and confusion of that infamous night during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, springs back to life in this stunning painting. With prints signed by four aircrew who survived Admiral Mitscher's historic operation, including Yaussi and Curry, Robert Taylor's Mission Beyond Darkness will become one of the great collector's prints from the era. Mustang Recce by Robert Taylor   Berg's 10th Recce Group P-51 Mustang's dodge enemy flak and fighters to get vital photos for General Patten's forces.  Signatories: Russell Berg. Marauder Mission by Robert Taylor  Tribute to B-26 Marauder and the Ninth Air force. B-26's return from an attack on enemy positions in Northern France. Features "Yankee Guerrilla" of the 386th Bomb Group. Bogeys Eleven O Clock High by Robert Taylor  Commemorates the Yamamoto Mission, April 18, 1943. Lightning's approaching Bougainville.  Hostile Sky by Robert Taylor  Damaged B24 in danger from Fw190, is rescued by P-38 Lightnings, who thwart the German attack.  Signatories: Alfred Grislawski, John Lowell, Gunther Schack. Viper Venom by Robert Taylor

Rolling Thunder by Robert Taylor  Signatures: Harold Bingaman, Max Brestel, Jackson Broughton, Leo Thorsness. The date : March 12, 1967.  The target: The large thermal power plant at Viet Tri, on the Red River, a short distance to the northwest of Hanoi.  Heavily defended by 100 and 85 mm gun positions, missile sites and the usual barrage of ground fire encountered on any mission "downtown", the task of the leading flight was to hammer the guns and clear the way for the closely following strike force to lay their bombs squarely on the power plant.  They would all have to contend with the ever present likelihood of MiG interception on the way out. Leading the 355th TFW F-105 Thunderchiefs out of Takhli Royal Thai Air Base, Colonel Jack Broughton took the familiar route, approaching the target area flying down Thud Ridge.  As the high ground fell away he pushed his flight of four ships down to the deck and, "going like hell", Broughton swung the leading Thuds southwest, just enough to give those on the ground the impression they were headed south of Viet Tri. Not quite abreast of the target, Broughton called the 'pop' and as the Thuds passed vertical they rolled to inverted going over the top, completing a giant wifferdill, attacking the guns from the opposite direction.  Beneath them the big gun pits were lined up, their gunners confused by the maneuver, and before they could work out what was happening the F-105 pilots emptied their loads of CBUs into the middle of them. Behind the Thuds came the strike force and, with the air cleared of the usual flak barrage, unloaded their bombs right into the thermal power plant.  The facility was destroyed in one of the best planned and executed raids of the war. Legend of Colin Kelly by Robert Taylor December 10th 1941, Just three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, captain Colin Kelly's 19th BG B-17C is heavily outnumbered by Zeros as it returns to Clark Field after completing a successful bombing attack. With his aircraft on fire. Kelly remained at the controls whilst his crew bailed out. Seconds later the B-17 exploded. Colin Kelly gave his life and was posthumously awarded the DFC. A legend was born.

Fighting Tigers by Robert Taylor  A reconstruction of action fought over the Hsiang Chiang river on August 5, 1944. Following a successful attack on Japanese forces just north of Changsha, P-40 Warhawks of the 75th and 16th Fighter Squadrons, 23rd FG, are attacked by enemy Nakajima fighters and a massive dogfight has developed with aircraft wheeling and turning in all directions set against the landscape of Southern China.  "Greetings you American bandits of the Flying Tigers, and especially you young American kids of the USAAF who have come to take their place. The invincible Japanese Air Force will utterly destroy you on your first day of activation - the fourth of July - your Independence Day!" Tokyo Rose was screeching her propoganda over the shortwave radio out of Shanghai as the 23rd Fighter Group prepared to assume the mantle of Chennault's American Volunteer Group - the Flying Tigers. Her rantings served only to fill the new pilots with greater determination, and to provoke Chennault into immediate action: "We will not wait until the 4th. We'll hit them on the 3rd!" vowed General Chennault on hearing the broadcast, and that is precisely what the young American kids did. Flying their P-40 Warhawks, 29 rookie fighter pilots ripped into a force of 48 Zeros over Kweilin, chopping down 34 enemy aircraft without loss on their first day in combat - a full day before the 23rd FG officially came into being. Tokyo Rose fell silent the following day.