Opening Sky by Robert Taylor. (AP)

With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, as they head back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long sweep east of the Rhine crossing, Spring 1945. The final months of the war in Europe lie ahead, and for the P-51 pilots victory is within sight. Finally, after years of toil, the sky was theirs.

Signed by :
Colonel C E Bud Anderson ,
Lieutenant Colonel Clyde B East,
Colonel Arthur C Fiedler,
Major Bill Allen,
Captain Jim Brooks,
Captain Clinton DeWitt Burdick,
Captain Wayne L Coleman,
First Lieutenant Raymond T Conlin (deceased),
Colonel Donald Cummings,
Maj Urban L Drew USAF (deceased),
Colonel Bob Goebel (deceased),
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A Karr,
Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased),
Colonel Steve Pisanos,
First Lieutenant John Skara,
Second Lieutenant Lowell Steward,
First Lieutenant Clint White
and features the matted signatures of :
Russ Berg,
Colonel Don Blakeslee (deceased),
Gen. Charles R. Bond (deceased),
Colonel Gerald Brown (deceased),
Kit Carson,
Colonel Gabby Gabreski (deceased),
Major Herky Green (deceased),
Colonel Tex Hill (deceased),
Lt Colonel Frank D Hurlbut,
Colonel Jack M Ilfrey (deceased),
Lt Col Robert S Johnson (deceased),
Major General Carroll W McColpin (deceased),
Brigadier General Robin Olds (deceased),
Major Richard Bud Peterson (deceased)
and
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth A Walsh (deceased)
.

Limited edition of 75 artist proofs (ONLY 1 REMAINING OF THIS SOLD OUT EDITION)

Overall matted size 31.5 inches x 19 inches (80cm x 48cm) Image size 21 inches x 8 inches (53cm x 20cm)