PHANTOM FURY by Robert Taylor

A look at the F-4 Phantom...

The biggest, fastest, most powerful fighter of its day, the McDonnell Phantom was an awesome war machine that came to dominate aerial combat for over two decades. It may have been the size of many WWII bombers but it could out-perform anything that crossed its path; The F-4 Phantom was the benchmark against which every fighter in the world came to be judged.

Robert Taylor’s powerful piece PHANTOM FURY depicts the F-4 in all its glory. Here he shows Steve Ritchie, first into action, flying his lead F-4D Phantom through a hail of deadly enemy flak as he exits the target area after a typical FAST FAC mission on enemy installations in North Vietnam, 1972. Behind him a vast trail of devastation marks the mission’s progress, as his fellow Phantom crews continue to wreak havoc with their heavy ordnance, the target area exploding in a series of mighty detonations. 

This memorable edition is personally signed by the legendary Vietnam USAF fighter Ace depicted plus a fellow highly-distinguished 'Triple Nickel' combat pilot:

• Brigadier General RICHARD 'STEVE' RITCHIE 
• Captain JOHN MADDEN

'I went for an image that would show Steve flying his "Jet FAC" F-4D Phantom through a hail of deadly flak similar to that in Phantom Strike, and also have them exiting the target area after one of those typical strikes on Northern Vietnamese installations. The trail of devastation behind them gave me another great opportunity to use many of those bright explosive reds and yellows, in contrast with the dark mass of oily smoke as the target area erupts in a series of powerful detonations.'

An excerpt from Robert Taylor's Air Combat Paintings VI

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