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Ivan Berryman Art  Aviation Art US Air Force  Flying Fortress |
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Last One Home by Ivan Berryman. A pair of P51D Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, escort a damaged B17G Flying Fortress of the 381st Bomb Group back to its home base of Ridgewell, England, during the Autumn of 1944. |
Cat Among the Pigeons (FW190) by Ivan Berryman. It was in 1941 that the remarkable Focke-Wulfe FW190 first appeared in the skies of Europe, quickly establishing itself as a most formidable adversary. It proved to be the supreme weapon against all allied bomber forces. Here FW190A-8 of 1 Gruppe, Jagdgeschwader 1 is shown attacking a B17G of 381st Bomb Group during a critical defence of the Reich in 1944. |
Hikin' for Home by Ivan Berryman. B-17G 2107027 is depicted limping home to Bassingbourn with the starboard outer propeller feathered following a raid during the Summer of 1944. 'Hikin' for Home' served with the 322nd Bomb Sqn, 91st Bomb Group as part of the 8th Air Force. Escorting her home is Major George Preddy, the highest scoring P-51 pilot and sixth in the list of all-time top American Aces, seen here flying 413321 'Cripes a Mighty 3rd'. |
| Known Aces for this aircraft |
| Ace Name | Victories |
| Charles Rankin Bond Jr | 9.25 |
| Flying Fortress Pilot and aircrew signature details |
T/Sgt John C Bitzer Our estimated value of this signature : £40 Died : 2016 | T/Sgt John C Bitzer John Bitzer joined the service in 1942 before tramsferring to England. On 30th December 1943 flying the B-17G Fortress 'Maid to Please', on his very first combat mission his aircraft was shot down and he had to bail out. John was taken prisoner by the Germans and remained in captivity until May 1945. Died 1st August 2016. |
T/Sgt Norman Bussel Our estimated value of this signature : £45 | T/Sgt Norman Bussel As Radio Operator on the B-17 'Mississippi Lady', Norman Bussel flew his first combat mission in March 1944 to Frankfurt. On 29th April 1944 his aircraft was shot down over Berlin, the worst day for losses for the 447th during the entire war. Bailing out with his clothes on fire, four of his crew died that day. Norman was taken PoW for the rest of the war. |
Colonel Edward A Dingivan DFC Our estimated value of this signature : £45 Died : 2010 | Colonel Edward A Dingivan DFC Edward Dingivan was pilot of 'Brass Wagon', flying his first combat mission to Neuminster , Germany in September 1944. He completed a tour of 30 combat missions in the B-17. after the war, Director of Traffic during the Berlin Airlift and Commander of the 35th Air Transport Squadron. Later Military Executive to the Assistant Secretary of the US Air Force, he retired in 1969. Sadly, Edward Dingivan passed away on 2nd December 2010. |
Sgt Byron Schlag Our estimated value of this signature : £40 Died : 2003 | Sgt Byron Schlag Byron Schlag was the Tailgunner of B-17 'Ol Scrapiron', flying his first combat mission on 26th February 1945 to Berlin. On 23rd March his B-17 collided mid-air with another B-17, cutting the tail off. He managed to bail out at just 400ft; his ball-turret gunner fell in his turret from 23,000ft and survived. The rest of the crew died. Byron Schlag was taken PoW; he escaped and was recaptured four times. He died 25th November 2003. |
| Flying Fortress Squadron details |
381st Bomb Group Country : US | 381st Bomb Group |
91st Bomb Group Country : US | 91st Bomb Group |
No.90 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 1st March 1965 Known Codes : , WP, JN, TW, WO, XY, | No.90 Sqn RAF Celer - Swift |
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