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When Prayers Are Answered - B - 17 Bombers By William Phillips

When Prayers Are Answered - B-17 Bombers by William Phillips

The scene depicts a B-17F of the 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron, approaching the cliffs of Dover, having successfully completed yet another grueling mission to Germany's industrial heartland. As they near the coast and the danger of enemy aircraft diminishes, an escort of P-47's breaks away to recover at their base. The clouds part and rays of sunlight and hope stream down on "Betty Boop, The Pistol Packing Mama" and her crew, as their prayers are answered again.

Counter-signers: Colonel James R. Geary, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel "Gus" Mencow, Technical Sergeant Shirl Hoffman, Master Sergeant Clifford Puckett. This print was released in June of 1993.

When Prayers Are Answered - B-17 Bombers by William Phillips is available for sale as a signed and numbered limited edition of only 850 art prints with a 20 x 30 image size priced at $525 unframed. LAST ONE!

Canvas - When Prayers Are Answered - B-17 Bombers by William Phillips is also available for sale as a signed and numbered limited edition giclee canvas with a larger 22 x 33 image size priced at $595 unframed. LOW SUPPLY!!

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Artist William Phillips painted an American bomber being escorted home by a couple of P-47 fighter planes in art prints for sale. World War 2 and aviation painted in artwork.

William S. Phillips honors the B-17 bombers who went in, without fighter cover, to pound Germany’s industrial heartland. “I spotlight ‘Betty Boop the Pistol Packin’ Mama’ (of the 390 the Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron) as she makes it back once again to the white cliffs of Dover accompanied by two P-47’s,” Phillips says. “But the sense of relief I tried to create with sparkling seas and golden skies is for all the brave men who fought for their country.

Thrashing away on three engines and a feathered prop, with flak damage to her wing and tail, this B-17F has survived another brutal mission over Germany―but just barely. The Betty Boop/Pistol Packin’ Mama will make it through this day. The white line on the horizon is a bomber crew’s most prayed-for-sight: the chalk cliffs of England. Now the P-47 escort, mixture leaned out & flying on fumes, can peel off and slide down toward their base. Operating out of Framlingham, England on October 10, 1943, Betty Boop/Pistol Packin’ Mama, of the 390th Bomb Group, 570th Bomb Squadron, was one of 133 B-17s dispatched for a daylight raid on Munster to target the railroad station and yard. Takeoff went smoothly and twelve P47 fighter escorts arrived to provide top cover, until reaching the limit of the fighters’ range. At that crucial juncture, the fighters turned for England and the bombers faced unrestrained German fighters while making their runs―a concentrated and violent attack. The sky was blackened with flak and peppered with over 200 German fighters including Fock-Wulf 190s, Junkers 88s and Messerschmitt 109s, 110s and 210s. For the 390th, eight crews and aircraft, out of their departing nineteen, were lost. The mission was grueling; the losses were brutal. As the clouds part in this Bill Phillips’ trademark sky and rays of sunlight and hope stream down upon the chalk cliffs of England. Cold-sweat can begin to dry as another grueling mission nears its end and this B-17’s crew thanks the Lord for answering its fervent prayers. Bill Phillips’ When Prayers are Answered is a visually stunning work of contemporary art from one of the most sought-after and collected aviation artists of our time―an exquisite piece of historic and patriotic art for your home or office.

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