Holding the Tide by Richard Taylor aviation art signed by WW2 Wildcat Pilots

A BEAUTIFUL PRINT COMMEMORATING THE F4F WILDCAT AND THE BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL

HOLDING THE TIDE By Richard Taylor

Captain Joe Foss leads the F4F Wildcats of VMF-121 back to Henderson Field after a day of desperate fighting against the Japanese, in the skies over the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal – November 1942.

On 7 August 1942, just eight months after the dramatic events at Pearl Harbor, the United States First Marine Division stormed ashore on the island of Guadalcanal. It was the opening gambit of the land war in the Pacific.

It would be another three months before the island was finally secured, during which time Joe Foss would achieve an astonishing 26 victories to become the first American pilot to equal WW1 Ace Eddie Rickenbacker’s score.

THE LIMITED EDITION SIGNATURES

The limited edition has been individually signed in pencil by the artist and highly-distinguished Pilots who flew the Wildcat in combat, and fought in the Pacific Theater.:

Commander LESLIE FORTNER - VC-88 / Flew in support of the landings at Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Lingayen Captain STANLEY “SWEDE” VEJTASA - VF-10 / 11 victories

SHIPPING: Larger prints are rolled in acid free tissue and shipped in large, heavy duty shipping tubes with smaller prints 'flat packed' in custom made packaging. Matted & framed pieces are packed in our custom made shipping boxes and our shipping service is insured and guaranteed.

Please note: The signatures on our pieces are not reproductions; they are original autographs, hand-signed by the veterans involved at the time of publishing.