Into the Teeth of the Wind

Into the Teeth of the Wind by Robert Taylor 
Overall Print Size: 30" x 23 1/2" 
Image Size: 23 1/4" x 16" 
Edition size of 550
S/N by Artist and Five (5) Doolittle Raiders

Aircraft Type: B-25

Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck of the carrier USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942. Leading a sixteen-bomber force on their long distance one - way mission, the Doolittle Raiders completed the first strike at the heart of Imperial Japan since the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor four months earlier. Together, they completed one of the most audacious air raids in aviation history.

Signatures:

Signed & Numbered and Artist's Proofs - Joining artist Robert Taylor, each print has been personally signed by FIVE Doolittle Raiders:

• Major General DAVID M. JONES
• Staff Sergeant DAVID J. THATCHER
• Lieutenant Colonel RICHARD E. COLE
• Staff Sergeant EDWIN W. HORTON
• Major THOMAS C. GRIFFIN
  
  The Commemorative Proofs - Each print in this edition is accompanied by an exclusive pencil companion print the two are signed by a total of THIRTEEN Doolittle Raiders:
  
  
• Lieutenant Colonel FRANK A. KAPPELAR
• Lieutenant Colonel CHASE J. NIELSON
• Colonel WILLIAM M. BOWER
• Lieutenant Colonel EDWARD J. SAYLOR
• Second Lieutenant CHARLES J. OZUK
• Lieutenant Colonel ROBERT L. HITE
• Second Lieutenant WILLIAM L. BIRCH
• Mr TUNG - SHENG LIU (A dubbed "Honorary Raider" who assisted the Raiders upon their landing in China.)