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Items Signed by Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin (deceased) |
| Clipped Signature - Walker 'Bud' Mahurin. Price : £60.00 | Flew Thunderbolts and Mustangs with the 56th Fighter Group in England, claiming 20 victories over Luftwaffe aircraft. He then served in the Pacific and claimed a Japanese aircraft to add to his total. After the war he stayed with the Air Force, cl...... | |
| The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai...... | |
| The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £275.00 | The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai...... | |
| The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor. (E) SOLD OUT | Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Opening Sky by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £450.00 | 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 194...... | |
| Opening Sky by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | 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 194...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (AP) Price : £150.00 | Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig...... |
Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (B) Price : £120.00 | Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig...... | ||
Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor. (C) Price : £395.00 | Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaig...... | ||
| P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (APE) Price : £75.00 | Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series. ...... | |
| P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (APG) Price : £115.00 | Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series. ...... | |
| P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (E) Price : £75.00 | Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series....... |
| P-51 Mustang by Nicolas Trudgian. (I) Price : £120.00 | Part of a small print series of six American WW2 aircraft, signed by some of the great American pilots, some no longer with us. Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the last remaining stocks of this aviation series....... | |
| Heading Home to Raydon by Robert Taylor. Price : £125.00 | After a grueling bomber escort mission late in WWII, P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group return to their base at Raydon, Suffolk. ...... | |
| Eagles Over the Rhine by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group make a low-level run over towns and villages along the Rhine....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Home at Dusk by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Struggle for Supremacy by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | The scene depicted took place in January 1945 as P-51 Mustang fighters of the 357th Fighter Group have engaged a force of Messerschmitt Me109 fighters. Captain Robert Foy in Little Shrimp of the 363rd Squadron engages one of the Bf109s in a d...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Outward Bound by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | 78th FG Thunderbolts preparing to depart Duxford - with two visiting 361st FG Mustangs in the background while overhead other 361st FG Mustangs climb away from Bottisham....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Zemkes Wolfpack by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | Hub Zemke was a fighter pilot and commander who led from the front. A great tactician too, it was in no small measure due to the air combat tactics introduced to the 56th Fighter Group by its mercurial leader that by the end of WW2 it had become the...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin Squadron details |
56th Fighter Group Country : US | 56th Fighter Group |
Colonel Walker Bud Mahurin Aircraft details |
Mustang Manufacturer : North American | Mustang The ubiquitous North American P-51 Mustang, which many consider to be the best all-around fighter of WW II, owes its origins to the British Air Ministry. Following Britains entry into WW II in 1939, the RAF was interested in purchasing additional fighter aircraft from American sources, particularly the Curtiss P-40. Curtiss, which was busy, was unable to guarantee timely delivery so the British approached North American Aviation as a possible second source for the P-40. North American chose to propose its own fighter design which would use the same Allison engine as the P-40. Utilizing new laminar flow wings, the North American fighter was expected to have performance better than the P-40. Developed in record time the new aircraft was designated as a Mustang I by the Brits, whereas the USAAF ordered two for evaluation which were designated XP-51 Apaches. Intrigued with the possibility of using this aircraft also as a dive bomber, North American proposed this to the USAAF which decided to order 500 of the P-51 aircraft to be modified for dive bombing use. Designated as the A-36 Invader, this version of the Mustang utilized dive flaps, and bomb racks under each wing. Some reinforcing of the structural members was also required because of the G-forces to be encountered in dive bombing. A-36s entered combat service with the USAAF prior to any P-51s. In early 1943 the 86th and 27th Fighter Bomber Groups of the 12th Air Force began flying A-36s out of Northern Africa. Despite some early problems with instability caused by the dive flaps, the A-36 was effective in light bombing and strafing roles. It was not, however, capable of dog fighting with German fighters, especially at higher altitudes. Despite these drawbacks one USAAF pilot, Captain Michael T. Russo, who served with the 16th Bomb Squadron of the 27th Fighter Bomber Group, was credited with five confirmed aerial victories in the A-36, thereby becoming the first mustang ace. |
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