Robert Taylor. SB2B Helldiver Aircraft Art Prints.

SB2B Helldiver

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Aviation Artist Robert Taylor.

The Helldiver was designed to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless; The helldiver was much larger aircraft and capable of carrying a large payload and heavily armed. It could operate form the new US aircraft carriers It was designed for both the US Marines and United States Army Air Forces, It was designed for multitude of rolls. The first prototype flew in December 1940 and later crashed in February 1941. This second prototype version was also lost when in December 1941 the Helldiver pulled out of a dive and the starboard wing and tail plane failed catastrophically. The helldiver went into l arge-scale production had already been ordered on 29 November 1940,


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Signed limited edition of 750 prints.	£200.00

Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.	£325.00

Mission Beyond Darkness by Robert Taylor

Following the attack against Admiral Ozawas Japanese carrier fleet on June 20, 1944, Admiral Mitscher defies all rules of naval engagement: In total darkness, with the ever-present danger of enemy submarines, he orders every ship in his Task Force 58 to switch on lights to guide over 100 returning carrier-borne aircraft, all desperately low on fuel. Amid the confusion, unable to get a landing slot aboard the USS Lexington, and now out of fuel, a pilot and his gunner scramble from their ditched SB2B Curtiss Helldiver, as a Fletcher class destroyer manoeuvres to make the pick up.

Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Image size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £200.00

Signed by Commander Alex Vraciu USN, Captain Donald Gordon USN, Lieutenant Ralph Yaussi USNR and Air Gunner James Curry.

Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £325.00

Signed by Commander Alex Vraciu USN, Captain Donald Gordon USN, Lieutenant Ralph Yaussi USNR and Air Gunner James Curry.

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