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Unsigned edition
"Iwo Jima:
A Hard Won Haven"
by John D. Shaw
Aviation art can tell whatever the artist wants it to say - the beauty of
flight, the horrors of war, or those last exhausting, but exhilarating, moments
of flight when man finally returns to earth after a very long or harrowing
flight.
John Shaw's "Iwo Jima: A Hard-Won Haven" is such a painting. It depicts a battle-damaged B-29 with one prop feathered and an engine on fire,
making an emergency landing on Iwo Jima. It was safe haven in the middle of an unforgiving ocean that could easily
swallow a damaged plane and its crew without leaving a trace. The painting is also a tribute to the Marines who paid a high price for this
opportunity to save the lives of American airmen.
B-29 bases were set up on Saipan and Tinian from which the 20th Air Force
launched their aerial assault on Japan's mainland. The 20th AF was established on April 4, 1944, and was the only U.S. Air Force
created for the sole purpose of taking a single type aircraft into combat - the
B-29 Superfortress.
Print size 37” x 23”
Display Edition $95.00 (no signatures)
To order the Main Edition $249.00 (with 13 signatures)
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