Rabaul - Fly For Your Life

Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor
The Black Sheep Edition
Overall Print Size: 36" x 23 1/2"
Edition size of 350
Includes B & W companion print Black Sheep
S/N by Artist and Seven (7) Pilots

Aircraft Type: F4U Corsair - Japanese Zekes

For their outstanding contribution to the war in the South Pacific, the 'Black Sheep' were awarded one of only two Presidential Unit Citations accorded to Marine Corps squadrons during the war in the Pacific.

With typical mastery, Robert Taylor has brought to life an encounter over Rabaul in late December 1943, paying tribute to one of the U.S. Marine Corps' most famous fighter squadrons, and its outstanding leader. With the Japanese airbase at Rabaul visible in the distance, 'Pappy' Boyington and his fellow pilots of VMF-214 tear into a large formation of Japanese Zekes and a series of deadly dogfights have started, one Zeke already fallen victim to their guns.

Signatures:

Limited Edition - This edition is signed by TWO of the leading 'Black Sheep' F4U Corsair pilots.

• Brigadier General BRUCE J. MATHESON USMC
• Major HARRY JOHNSON USMC
  
  The Black Sheep Edition - This commemorative edition is additionally signed by five legendary 'Black Sheep' pilots who flew Corsairs with VMF-214, and is issued with a matching-numbered pilot signed companion print of Robert Taylor's working drawing 'Black Sheep'. A total of SEVEN signatures on this edition.
  
  
• Brigadier General BRUCE J. MATHESON USMC
• Major HARRY JOHNSON USMC
• Lieutenant Colonel HENRY M. BOURGEOIS USMC (Companion Print)
• Lieutenant Colonel W. THOMAS EMRICH USMC
• Colonel EDWIN A. HARPER USMC (Companion Print)
• Lieutenant Colonel JAMES J. HILL USMC
• Captain FRED S. LOSCH USMC