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MISSION BEYOND DARKNESS
by Robert Taylor
Overall Print Size: 34" x 23"
Edition Size: 750
Following the attack against Admiral Ozawa?s Japanese carrier fleet on June 20, 1944, Admiral Mitscher defies all rules of naval engagement: In total darkness, with the ever-present danger of enemy submarines, he orders every ship in his Task Force 58 to switch on lights to guide over 100 returning carrier-borne aircraft, all desperately low on fuel. Amid the confusion, unable to get a landing slot aboard the USS Lexington, and now out of fuel, a pilot and his gunner scramble from their ditched SB2B Curtiss Helldiver, as a Fletcher class destroyer manoeuvres to make the pick up. Comes with Certificate of Authenticity.
In addition to the artist this print was individually signed by FOUR aircrew personally involved in the "Mission Beyond Darkness":
Commander ALEX VRACUI USN
Captain DONALD GORDON USN
Lieutenant RALPH YAUSSI USNR
Air Gunner JAMES CURRY
