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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Veteran Signatures United States E  Erwin, Red |
[UP] - East, Clyde - Edens, Billy - Edwards, Bill - Elder, Robert - Ellis, Herbert - Emerson, Warren - Emrich, W - Erickson, Stan - Ernst, Herman - Erwin, Red - Esders, Bill |
Red Erwin
Red Erwin received the only Medal of Honor awarded to a B-29 crewman. On his 17th mission a phosphorous bomb exploded in the aircraft. He picked it up and tossed it out, saving the aircraft and crew. He has since had 43 plastic surgery operations.
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| Red Erwin - Signed Aviation Art |
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Fortress under Attack by Robert Taylor. 22nd Bomb group B17s under attack by Mitsubishi Zero fighters over Rebaul November 1942. |
Valor in the Pacific by Robert Taylor. Depicted are B-29s of the 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing of the 20th Air Force. After a daylight raid on Tokyo, showing all the telltale signs of combat over the target, a Wing of the worlds largest and fastest-ever piston-engined bombers make their long over-water journey home, still many hours away at Saipan Island. At the extremity of their range, little friends, very-long-range P-51 Mustang escort fighters, peel off and head for home - leaving the mighty bombers to fend for themselves. |
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