Very Important Painting

Open Edition Canvas: $165.00 
Image Size: 27" x 18.25"


Plane Type: B-17 Flying Fortress

No, the title of this painting doesn't mean that the artist is taking himself too seriously. The new mission mark being carefully placed on the side of this Fortress is indeed a "Very Important Painting". Each new marker meant that crew members were one mission closer to the end of their combat tours; it meant another flight through flak and fighters, bad weather and worse odds, had been survived. John Young puts us in the English countryside, at the 8th Air Force base Ridgewell, Essex, on October 15th 1943. The day before, the 381st Bomb Group had been part of the second Schweinfurt raid, flying back to base only at dusk, but lucky enough to return. This B-17F rest on its hardstand, its crew attending to patching, repairing and some "Very Important Painting".


PLANEJUNKIE - Very Important Painting by John Young (B-17 Flying Fortress)