Roy Grinnell HIGH NOON OVER ALICANTE P-38 Lightning Aviation Art Print

Description: I’ve been selling on eBay for over 25 years. I have always had 100% positive feedback. I have never received a negative feedback. Over 2000 positive feedbacks received - no worries! Check my auctions for more Robert Taylor, John Shaw, John Young, James Dietz, Nicolas Trudgian, William S. Phillips, Keith Ferris, Jack Fellows, Harley Copic, Roy Grinnell, Frank Wootton and other aviation art prints. Also, signed & unsigned books, signed WW2 Ace biography sheets from the American Fighter Aces Association, and 1/48 scale kits from companies such as Tamiya, Hasegawa, Eduard, Revell, Monogram, etc. Roy Grinnell HIGH NOON OVER ALICANTE P-38 Lightning Aviation Art Print CONDITION: Mint / Perfect SIZE: 24 by 30 inches SIGNATURES: Hand-signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Roy Grinnell and P-38 Ace: Lieutenant General Jay Robbins - 22 Victories - all fighters (Zeros, Oscars, Tonys) NUMBER: 51/1250 The Certificate of Authenticity is included. The only print I know that features the 8th Fighter Group, 80th Fighter Squadron “Headhunters”. A very successful P-38 Lightning squadron that achieved great success during the war, but sadly does not get much attention. Action-packed P-38 image with a great Ace signature. High noon, 14 November 1944. Eleven P-38s of the 80th Fighter Squadron "Headhunters" weaved back and forth above two groups of B-24s droning north at 16,000 feet toward Japanese-held Alicante Airdrome, located on Negros Island in the Philippines. Major Jay T. Robbins, leading Blue Flight, sighted one Zeke and three Oscars 8,000 feet below at 10 o'clock and dove to the attack. Suddenly aware of the three Lightnings screaming down upon them, the four Japanese fighters split into two elements of two, one element breaking right and the other left. Then, in Robbins' own words, "I followed the two that broke to the right … I made a shallow dive went underneath and to the outside of the enemy leader’s gradual right turn, giving my plane the throttle I drove up to within 150 feet before opening fire … My first burst knocked pieces out of his rudder and left wing and my second burst hit the canopy which blew off, barely missing my plane. Black smoke and bursts of flame came from the left side of the plane … both the pilot and plane fell to the ground several miles northeast of Alicante drome." This victory, Major Robbins' 22nd, proved to be his final victory of the war. Completing his combat tour two weeks later, he returned to the United States to pursue a brilliant military career, eventually rising to the rank of Lieutenant General (3 star). Never framed, stored flat in a non-smoking, climate-controlled environment. Check my feedback - it's excellent. I ask for the same consideration from you. Please follow through on your bid and pay promptly. I accept all electronic forms of payment offered through eBay. I will pack your print very carefully so it arrives undamaged. I will combine shipping for all prints you win in a single package to save on shipping when possible - additional prints go in the same tube at no extra shipping charge! Priority Mail insured shipping in US is calculated based on size and weight. International insured shipping through the eBay Global Shipping Program calculated based on size and weight. Thanks for your interest!

Price: 150 USD

Location: King George, Virginia

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