Air Superiority by Robert Taylor (B)

It had taken almost six years of continual air fighting for the Allied forces to attain complete and total air superiority over the Luftwaffe. At the outbreak of World War II the mighty German Air Force had appeared invincible but the ensuing Battle of Britain gave the Luftwaffe its first taste of what was to come. When America joined the war, bringing with her to Europe new types of fighters and bombers, the writing must have been clearly chalked on the wall of Hitler's bunker. Unleashing the full power of the Eighth Air Force against the Third Reich by day, and with the RAF Bomber Command's constant attacks by night, production in Germany's aircraft and munitions factories became fatally depleted. In the air the Allied fighter pilots were beginning to dominate the skies, and by the spring of 1945, had achieved complete air superiority. It had been a long and bitter struggle, fought with great courage and sacrifice.

Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Frank L. Gailer, Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Schimanski,
Captain Robert P Winks (deceased),
First Lieutenant Joseph Black,
First Lieutenant Raymond T Conlin (deceased),
Lieutenant Colonel William W Foard,
First Lieutenant Dale E Karger (deceased),
John A. Kirla (deceased),
Captain William B. Overstreet,
Colonel Arval J. Roberson (deceased)
and
First Lieutenant John Skara

Victory in Europe Edition of 400 prints. Includes 12 signatures.

Image size 16 inches x 29.25 inches (41cm x 75cm)