*Two* JG 1 paintings for ya!
Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:17 pm
WIX Art Dept. - checkin' in ... 
Small world dept ... the first painting below was done for WWII 4th FG pilot Cecil Manning by a fellow POW named "Erickson" or something like that. It's supposed to depict one of Cecil's engagements. Notice the accurate checkerboard nose!
Cecil's P-51 was shot down in March 44 by a golden BB from a Do 217 he was attacking. Cecil bailed out at low level with his plane on fire. "The only time you have too much gas!", he told me. I attended a couple of 4th FG reunions and since both of us were from Louisiana, we hit it off. His son Randy, a corporate pilot, sent me the image below after seeing my current JG 1 project. He gave me the news that his dad passed away last November.
Here's to you, Cecil! A gentle man who rode with the best ...
I was saving this one for my last post for this project showing the whole plane done, but what the heck ...
Wade
Small world dept ... the first painting below was done for WWII 4th FG pilot Cecil Manning by a fellow POW named "Erickson" or something like that. It's supposed to depict one of Cecil's engagements. Notice the accurate checkerboard nose!
Cecil's P-51 was shot down in March 44 by a golden BB from a Do 217 he was attacking. Cecil bailed out at low level with his plane on fire. "The only time you have too much gas!", he told me. I attended a couple of 4th FG reunions and since both of us were from Louisiana, we hit it off. His son Randy, a corporate pilot, sent me the image below after seeing my current JG 1 project. He gave me the news that his dad passed away last November.
Here's to you, Cecil! A gentle man who rode with the best ...
I was saving this one for my last post for this project showing the whole plane done, but what the heck ...
Wade