RABAUL - FLY FOR YOUR LIFE

by Robert Taylor

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Limited edition 400 $320.00
The black sheep edition 350 $425.00
The black sheep edition artist proofs 25 $625.00
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For their outstanding contribution to the war in the South Pacific, the 'Black Sheep' were awarded one of only two Presidential Unit Citations accorded to Marine Corps squadrons during the war in the Pacific.

Robert Taylor has brought to life an encounter over Rabaul in late December 1943, paying tribute to one of the US Marine Corps' most famous fighter squadrons, and its outstanding leader. With the Japanese airbase at Rabaul visible in the distance, 'Pappy' Boyington and his fellow pilots of VMF-214 tear into a large formation of Japanese Zekes and a series of deadly dogfights have started, one Zeke already fallen victim to their guns.

The Limited Edition

The Fighter Pilots Edition is signed by TWO of the leading 'Black Sheep' F4U Corsair pilots:

  • Major Harry Johnson
  • Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson

The 'Black Sheep' Edition

This Commemorative edition is additionally signed by five legendary 'Black Sheep' pilots who flew Corsairs with VMF-214, and is issued with a matching-numbered pilot signed companion print of Robert Taylor's working drawing 'BLACK SHEEP'.

  • Lieutenant Colonel W. Thomas Emrich
  • Colonel Edwin A. Harper
  • Lieutenant Colonel James J. Hill
  • Captain Fred S. Losch
  • Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Bourgeois
Media:
Lithograph
Size:
36 x 23.5 inches
Release Date:
6/2007

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