Queen Of The Skies:
Painting Details:
Oil on canvas 41cm x 27cm (16" x 10.5")
Availability:
Sold through the Guild of Aviation Artists Annual Exhibition 2010.
Giclée Prints : No
Aircraft:
Boeing B17 Flying Fortress.
As a response to the Army's request for a large, multiengine bomber, the prototype B-17 (Model 299) financed entirely by Boeing, went from design board to flight test in less than 12 months.
Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry more than met the Air Corps' expectations, and outperformed both the competitors.
The B-17 began operations in World War II with the RAF in 1941, and the USAAF Eighth Air Force and Fifteenth Air Force units in 1942.
The above painting shows a B17 Flying Fortress from the 91st Bomber Group about to touch down at RAF Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire England.
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