WWII 357TH FG SIGNED FALLEN COMRADES 18X22 STAN STOKES PRINT X2 AUTOS for Sale

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WWII 357TH FG SIGNED FALLEN COMRADES 18X22 STAN STOKES PRINT X2 AUTOS For Sale

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WWII 357TH FG SIGNED FALLEN COMRADES 18X22 STAN STOKES PRINT X2 AUTOS:
$79.95

WWII 357TH FG SIGNED FALLEN COMRADES 18X22 STAN STOKES PRINT X2 AUTOS

About This Item:

We are offering a hand signed unframed Stan Stokes 18X22 print by WWII Veterans including: CE Bud Anderson, Bill Overstreet and artist Stan Stokes. This item was hand signed in person in pencil. In addition this item comes with AI Verified hologram andAI Verified Certificate of Authenticity. Only 500 total prints produced. Original SRP $199.95 and has been long sold out.

About the Print:

Fallen Comrades by Stan Stokes is a tribute to all the young men of the 357th Fighter Group, Yoxford Boys, who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country in training for and during WWII combat. The 357th scored an impressive 595 aerial victories in only 15 months of combat. The group also downed 18.5 Me-262s, the highest of any fighter group during the War. Bud Anderson and Bill Overstreet, the two co-signers of this limited edition, wanted to especially remember two of their friends and fallen squadronmates from the 363rd Fighter Squadron, Jim Browning and Eddie Simpson. Jim Browning was born in Syracuse, Kansas in 1917. In joined the 363rd FS while in training in Tonopah, Nevada in 1943. Browning was officially credited with 7 aerial victories. His regular aircraft was named Gentleman Jim. Jim completed his first tour of duty and was only two missions shy of completing his second when he was reported missing while flying Glen Zarnkes P-5 1, Junior Miss on February 9, 1945. Brownings remains were not recovered and he was listed as Missing in Action despite the best efforts of the Army to resolve its investigation. Merle Olmsted, Historian for the 357th pursued this mystery for fifty years, finally piecing together what apparently happened to Browning on his last mission. During a bomber escort mission the 363rd squadron engaged nine Me-262 jets. Browing and his wingman Captain Bochkay chased a pair of the 262s. At 24,000 feet Bochkay informed Browning that he was cutting him off to pursue the last of the 262s, Browning told Bochkay to keep going as he had him covered. Brownings P-51 collided with one of the 262s piloted by a high-ranking German officer, Oberstleutanant Freiherr Von Riedesel. Baron Von Riedesel was commander of KG(J) 54 a former bomber Gruppe that had been re-equipped with the Me-262 and re-designated as a fighter unit. Edward K. Simpson was from East Orange, New Jersey. Eddies second P-51 was purchased with war bonds sold by the students of East Orange High School and was named The Flying Panther. Simpson joined the 363d squadron at Tonopah, Nevada in the spring of 1943. Eddie was officially credited with 4 1/4 aerial victories. Eddie was a very likable person and a superb pilot and team member. He became a Flight Leader, and on August 10, 1944 Simpson was involved in a inidair collision with his squadron mate Lt. Don Ferron near Sens, France. Ferron was killed, but Eddie survived the collision. He evaded capture by the Germans and was found by the Marquis (French freedom fighters) and taken to their forest camp. Four days later, during a funeral, a German patrol located the Marquis base. Fearing an assault by the Germans the 200-300 freedom fighters boarded a convoy of captured German vehicles to make a run for the approaching Allied forces. They were spotted and pursued by a German column of trucks and armored cars. Simpson and five Marquis jumped out of the last vehicle, set up a machine gun emplacement, and took out the lead German vehicle in the pursuing column. This blocked the road, thereby buying time for the Marquis to escape. All six were killed by the Germans. Eddies bravery is commemorated by a monument in the French village of Ouzouer-sur-Loire.

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