Schweinfurt - The Second Mission by Robert Taylor
Overall Print Size: 36" wide x 24" high - Black Thursday - 20 3/4" wide x 14 3/8" high
Briefing at 0500 hours on the morning of 14 October 1943 brought the crews of the 92nd Bomb Group news they didn’t want to hear: “It’s Schweinfurt again!” The same message was being repeated in USAAF bomb group briefing rooms all over eastern England in the early hours of what was to become forever known as “Black Thursday”. Robert Taylor’s majestic new painting shows Colonel Budd Peaslee’s B-17 Equipose, piloted by Kemp McLaughlin, leading the Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group en-route to the vital ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt.
The Signatures
Each print in The Limited Edition has been signed by THREE pilots, all veterans of the second Schweinfurt mission on 14 October 1943, including the mission command pilot.
Each print in the Schweinfurt Edition has been individually signed by an additional seven veterans from the second Schweinfurt mission. There are a total of TEN signatures in this edition.
Limited Edition:- General J. KEMP McLAUGHLIN
- First Lieutenant WILBUR ‘BUD’ KLINT
- First Lieutenant JOHN P. NOACK
The Schweinfurt Edition:
All the above plus,- First Lieutenant FREDERICK J. BIRD
- Technical Sergeant JACK R. GOETZ
- Captain MALCOLM H. HIGGINS
- Technical Sergeant BILL E. MARTIN
- Chief Master Sergeant ROY C. McGINNIS
- Captain JAMES A. 'PETE' MULLINAX
- Staff Sergeant BEN ROBERTS
The Editions
500 Limited Editions US $320.00 UK £200.00
325 "The Schweinfurt" Edition s US $395.00 UK £250.00
