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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures United States R  Robertson, Arval |
[UP] - Rankin, Robert - Rasmussen, James - Rector, Ed - Reid, Jack - Richardson, Roland - Rickel, Robert - Rigby, Alden - Riggs, Carl - Riley, Joe - Roasvig, Mel - Robbins, Jay - Roberts, Ben - Roberts, Newell - Robertson, Arval - Robertson, Ben - Rosbert, Joe - Ross, Don - Rossi, Dick - Rubien, Bernard - Ruper, Matt - Russo, Michael |
Colonel Arval J. Roberson
Joining the Army Reserves in 1942, 'Robby' Roberson was commissioned and rated a pilot in May 1943. Transferring to the 362nd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, he flew 76 combat missions on P51s, sharing his first victory against an Me110 over Berlin on 6th March 1944. He became an Ace on 19th September, and scored his 6th and final air victory at the same time. During the Korean War he flew an additional 100 combat hours with the 18th FBG, and in Vietnam managed to get in 26 support missions on C47s. He retired in 1973. Arval Roberson passed away on 7th December 2007.
| Colonel Arval J. Roberson - Signed Aviation Art |
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Air Superiority by Robert Taylor. It had taken almost six years of continual air fighting for the Allied forces to attain complete and total air superiority over the Luftwaffe. At the outbreak of World War II the mighty German Air Force had appeared invincible but the ensuing Battle of Britain gave the Luftwaffe its first taste of what was to come. When America joined the war, bringing with her to Europe new types of fighters and bombers, the writing must have been clearly chalked on the wall of Hitler's bunker. Unleashing the full power of the Eighth Air Force against the Third Reich by day, and with the RAF Bomber Command's constant attacks by night, production in Germany's aircraft and munitions factories became fatally depleted. In the air the Allied fighter pilots were beginning to dominate the skies, and by the spring of 1945, had achieved complete air superiority. It had been a long and bitter struggle, fought with great courage and sacrifice. |
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