Original painting of WWII P-51 Mustangs signed by Chuck Yeager, 8 other WWII Aces

Updated on July 14: This has been sold.

Large (24" x 30") original acrylic painting on canvas from well-known aviation artist Ray Waddey depicting two P-51 Mustang aircrafts, the "Old Crow" and the "Glamorous Glen III"

More on some of the pilots and their unit as explained in a profile of Vincent V. Zettler published by the MAPS Air Museum:

"Headquartered at RAF Leiston, near the village of Yoxford, the 257th, composed of the 363nd, 363rd and 264th Fighter Squadrons, flew 313 combat missions between February 11, 1944 and April 25, 1945. They were officially credited with having destroyed 595 ½ German aircraft in the air and 106 ½ in the ground. Its victory totals in air-to-air combat were the most of any P-51 group in the 8th USAAF and the1third highest of all groups fighting in Europe, receiving two Distinguished Unit Citations. Among the notable pilots with whom Vic [Vincent V. Zettler] flew in the 357th were Bud Anderson, 'Kit' Carson and Chuck Yeager, who later became the first man to break the sound barrier."

• Vincent V. Zettler — " . . . he became part of one of the 8th Air Force’s most famous units – the Yoxford Boys – the 357th Fighter Group. This was the first fighter group to receive the P-51 Mustang fighter. . . .He flew P-51 #44-7295 C5-F, which he nicknamed the 'Canton Can'. During his service with the 357th, he flew 35 combat missions, logging over 173 hours in the air."(Read the complete profile at the MAPS Air Museum site.)
• Thomas L. Hayes — "On 8 March, Hayes shot down his fifth airplane, making him the first ace of the Group. At the end of March, he became the Deputy Group Commander. By the time he was reassigned to the States, he had run his score up to 10 1/2 victories." (Read the complete profile at the Gathering of Eagles Foundation site.)
• C.E. "Bud" Anderson — "Anderson flew 116 individual combat missions in four different Mustangs, all but one of them named Old Crow, and became a triple ace with 16 ¼ aerial victories over the course of two combat tours between November 1943 and January 1945."   (Read the complete profile at the Air and Space Magazine site.)
• Richard A. "Pete" Peterson — "Peterson had 15.5 air victories and destroyed 3.5 aircraft on the ground while flying 150 missions. His P-51 Mustang were named Hurry Home Honey after his wife's letter closing." (Read his Wikipedia page.
• Donald Charles McGee — " . . . credited with shooting down 6 enemy aircraft in aerial combat." (His listing in the Hall of Valor on the Military Times site.)

Interesting note: The signature of one of them, Don McGee, is listed online at $200.

Those are the ones I was able to research; you may very well find information on the others online.

Painting is signed by the artist, Ray Waddey, in lower right corner.

On canvas, stretched, but not framed. It will be easy for your local frame shop to frame this. You're saving on shipping and you can pick the frame that fits your tastes and decor.

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Size: 24" x 30"

Shipping: $50. Please allow two weeks for shipping.

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