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"Witchcraft" spotted heading into Scottsdale

Owned and operated by the Collings Foundation, "Witchcraft" is noted as the last airworthy B-24J Liberator in the world.

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B-24J Kansas City Kitty, 389th Bomb Group

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An American B-24 Liberator bomber (Consolidated B-24 Liberator), nicknamed "Strawberry Bitch," stands at an airfield. The photograph shows the aircraft with unusual markings—red piping.

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In August 2023, I was commissioned to paint a tribute to a WWII veteran.

Okla “Okey” Edgell was a Tail Gunner in a B-24 H model aircraft.

On April 5th, 1945, Edgell was 19. He was on his 13th mission flying with the 705th Squadron 446th BG at Flixton/Bungay England to Germany in a B-24 H model aircraft when the plane was struck by S.S. German soldiers and it crashed at Barnedrecht, Netherlands.

Four members of the craft were killed and four were badly injured. The surviving four, including Edgell, were taken to prison camps where he was held for six weeks. There were even plans for execution of the American soldiers.

Edgell and the other prisoners were spared because a group of German soldiers challenged the S.S. German troops and encouraged them to spare them by placing them in solitary confinement.

Edgell was locked in solitary confinement for three days before he was liberated by the Canadian army and snuck out under a blanket.

Sadly, two months after he was given this painting, Mr. Edgell passed away. I was happy to have made the piece for him and it meant a lot to see the news report where he received it.