Height:
18”
Width: 36”
Framed/Unframed: Unframed
Medium: Oil
Support: Canvas
Copyright Date: 2002
Price: Sold
Open Edition Print
36 x 20 inches
$45.99 + S&H $14 U.S. / $45 International
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LIBERATOR! (CRUSADER IN THE VALLEY)
* Fighter Series *
First Lt. Carl H. Fritsche levels his fuel-laden
Consolidated B-24 Liberator, nicknamed “The Crusader,”
between cloud decks over a valley in the Himalaya Mountains
between India and China. Unable to climb above the high mountain
peaks because of their heavy loads, the B-24 crews relied
on the skills of their navigators to guide them through the
valleys and more often than not, through terrible weather
(Over the HUMP.) Fritsche and his crew made 48 successful
Hump flights carrying vital fuel supplies for General Claire
Chennault’s aircraft. Fritsche’s Squadron, the
492nd Bomb Squadron of the 10th USAAF, was temporarily assigned
to Chennault’s 14th USAAF in China during the period
of August and September 1944. |
