Normandy Tiger Hunt

L/E of 1250
S/N by the Artist & Seven Signatories
Overall Print Size: 27" x 24"

Plane Type: P-51 Mustang

A flight of P-51 Mustangs of the 339th FG, under the command of their leading Ace, Francis R. Gerard has started a series of strafing attacks on King Tigers. In the foreground a Koenigstiger of the 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion is moving at full speed in an attempt to flee the P-51's and to elude the threat of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter bombers, which the Mustangs would have called in as a special anti-tank force. Signed by four P-51 pilots of the 8th Air Force and three members of the German King Tiger tank corps. Additional Signatures:
Maj. Gen. Francis R. Gerard - 8th AF P-51 pilot
Col. Rex L. Poutre - 8th AF P-51 pilot
Col. Lawrence J. Powell - 8th AF P-51 pilot
1st Lt. Robert V. Blizzard - 8th AF P-51 pilot
Col. Gunter Piepgras - German King Tiger tank corps
Lt.Col. Alfred Rubbel - German King Tiger tank corps
Sgt. Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann - German King Tiger tank corps


PLANE JUNKIE - "Normandy Tiger Hunt" by Heinz Krebs (P-51 Mustang)