B-26 Midway Marauder - Painterly
by Robert D Perry
Title
B-26 Midway Marauder - Painterly
Artist
Robert D Perry
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Oil On Canvas
Description
June 4, 1942, 7:10 a.m. B-26 Marauder bombers fitted with torpedoes attacking the Japanese fleet during the Battle of Midway. First Lieutenant James Muri piloting 'Susie-Q' released his torpedo from an altitude of 150 feet. In a last second decision in an attempt to avoid being hit by the heavy anti-aircraft fire, Muri turned and flew down the length of the flight deck of his target, the aircraft carrier Akagi, gunners strafing as they buzzed the deck at low level.
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Doug Swanson
Congrats on your sale; evocative image. It's especially interesting to me since my father worked with the design team that built that "widow maker". I recall when I was a kid hearing the old war stories that the people that knew the aircraft were not sure whether the widows were Japanese or American. The Japanese part was obvious, but the plane was also known to be both high performance and really gnarly to fly until it was fitted with wings that generated more lift that saved some of the pilots.
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