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Mustangs Over the Eagles Nest by Nicolas Trudgian. (FLY) - Direct Art

Mustangs Over the Eagles Nest by Nicolas Trudgian. (FLY)


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Mustangs Over the Eagles Nest by Nicolas Trudgian. (FLY)

Obersalzberg, a spectacularly picturesque area of southern Germany in the Bavarian Alps, became a focal point for the Allies as World War II was drawing to its close. This mountain village had become a Nazi stronghold after the Third Reich had seized houses, farms, and some 600 acres, and built private residences for Martin Bormann and Hermann Goering, an SS barracks, and erected a 30kmn fence around the perimeter to deter intrusion. At its centre was the Berghoff, Adolf Hitlers private mountain retreat. Crowning Bormanns lavish building programme was the house he had built on a rocky spur almost 3000 feet above the Obersalzberg, some 6000 feet above sea level. Reached via a twisting road blasted out of the mountainside, the house was approached after entering a tunnel via a large brass two story elevator rising over 400 feet to the building. The Kehlsteinhaus was Martin Bormanns present for Hitter on the occasion of his 50th birthday in 1939. It was known by the Allies as the Eagles Nest. Believing the Obersalzberg to be where Hitler and his closest henchmen would make their final stand, in April 1945 Allied bombing raids reduced much of the area to ruins. The Eagles Nest, intended as a private retreat from which Hitler could gaze over a conquered Europe, being an isolated target, survived this onslaught, and endures to this day. Nicolas Trudgians painting shows P-51Ds of the 339th Fighter Group roaring over the rooftop of Hitlers now abandoned folly. With Germany and the Third Reich on the brink of defeat, this majestic aviation image conveys the poignant irony of the greatest lost cause in human history, with P-51 Mustangs providing a fitting symbol of victory over tyranny.
Item Code : DHM2657FLYMustangs Over the Eagles Nest by Nicolas Trudgian. (FLY) - This Edition
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FLYER Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer.

A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) none£2.00

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PRINT Signed limited edition of 350 Anniversary edition prints.

Published 2005 with an opening published price of £120, this superb collecters art print is signed by five highly decorated USAAF pilots who flew combat in the European theatre during World War II. A very popular print with very few available anywhere, we were lucky to get the last few prints when Cranston Fine Arts purchased over the last stocks of the Nicolas Trudgian back catalogue. SOLD OUT.
Paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm) Moon, Dale
Powell, Lawrence
Hasek, Ivan
Minech, John L
Sternfels, Robert W
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian


Signature(s) value alone : £220
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PRINT Signed limited edition of 350 Commemorative Proof edition prints.



Published 2005 with an opening published price of £190, this superb collecters art print is signed by seven highly decorated USAAF pilots who flew combat in the European theatre during World War II. A very popular print with very few available anywhere, we were lucky to get the last few prints when Cranston Fine Arts purchased over the last stocks of the Nicolas Trudgian back catalogue.

Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm) Fiedler, Arthur C
Burdick, Clinton DeWitt
Moon, Dale
Powell, Lawrence
Hasek, Ivan
Minech, John L
Sternfels, Robert W
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian


Signature(s) value alone : £315
£90 Off!Now : £190.00VIEW EDITION...
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**Signed limited edition of 350 Commemorative Proof edition prints. (One print reduced to clear)

Ex display prints in near perfect condition.

Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm) Fiedler, Arthur C
Burdick, Clinton DeWitt
Moon, Dale
Powell, Lawrence
Hasek, Ivan
Minech, John L
Sternfels, Robert W
+ Artist : Nicolas Trudgian


Signature(s) value alone : £315
£110 Off!Now : £170.00VIEW EDITION...
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The Aircraft :
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MustangThe ubiquitous North American P-51 Mustang, which many consider to be the best all-around fighter of WW II, owes its origins to the British Air Ministry. Following Britains entry into WW II in 1939, the RAF was interested in purchasing additional fighter aircraft from American sources, particularly the Curtiss P-40. Curtiss, which was busy, was unable to guarantee timely delivery so the British approached North American Aviation as a possible second source for the P-40. North American chose to propose its own fighter design which would use the same Allison engine as the P-40. Utilizing new laminar flow wings, the North American fighter was expected to have performance better than the P-40. Developed in record time the new aircraft was designated as a Mustang I by the Brits, whereas the USAAF ordered two for evaluation which were designated XP-51 Apaches. Intrigued with the possibility of using this aircraft also as a dive bomber, North American proposed this to the USAAF which decided to order 500 of the P-51 aircraft to be modified for dive bombing use. Designated as the A-36 Invader, this version of the Mustang utilized dive flaps, and bomb racks under each wing. Some reinforcing of the structural members was also required because of the G-forces to be encountered in dive bombing. A-36s entered combat service with the USAAF prior to any P-51s. In early 1943 the 86th and 27th Fighter Bomber Groups of the 12th Air Force began flying A-36s out of Northern Africa. Despite some early problems with instability caused by the dive flaps, the A-36 was effective in light bombing and strafing roles. It was not, however, capable of dog fighting with German fighters, especially at higher altitudes. Despite these drawbacks one USAAF pilot, Captain Michael T. Russo, who served with the 16th Bomb Squadron of the 27th Fighter Bomber Group, was credited with five confirmed aerial victories in the A-36, thereby becoming the first mustang ace.

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