Mar 10
"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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"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.
B-24J Joker of the 389th Bomb Group in flight with another B-24 of the 453rd Bomb Group
An American-built B-24 Liberator bomber en route to the United Kingdom as part of the Lend-Lease program, 18 Nov 1940
The British preferred their own gun turrets and were installed on arrival.
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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.
He gave his full story in his novel, “Some Gave All: A Tail Gunner’s Perspective on WWII”
My cat tried to help a little too.
B-17 "Flying Fortress" and B-24 "Liberator"
Consolidated B-24D Liberators en formation de vol – début 1943
©National Museum of the United States Air Force - 050610-F-1234P-019
Il s'agit probablement d'un vol de test pour vérifier la visibilité des nouvelles insignes nationales.
B-24D 'Lady Be Good' lies in the Libyan desert.