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See our great selection of
artists like Sam Lyons,
John D Shaw, Robert
Bailey, & Domenic DeNardo!
artists like Sam Lyons,
John D Shaw, Robert
Bailey, & Domenic DeNardo!
Thousands of Civil and
Military Aviation Art
prints.
Military Aviation Art
prints.
Click here to see one the most
popular aviation artist in the
country, Sam Lyons. We offer
one of the largest selections of
Sam Lyons aviation art.
popular aviation artist in the
country, Sam Lyons. We offer
one of the largest selections of
Sam Lyons aviation art.
Click Here to see some of the
world's best World War II Aviation
Art! John Shaw pays tribute to
the men who fought for the
American Freedom during World
War II.
world's best World War II Aviation
Art! John Shaw pays tribute to
the men who fought for the
American Freedom during World
War II.
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"Battleship Yamato"
| Each personally autographed by two Yamato veteran survivors - including a 'Pete' pilot. Print size: 19" x 13" Depicts the dawn of April 5th 1945. Yamato discards one of its F1M2 observation planes prior to her epic and tragic sortie. |
1 of 50 Prints
The Japanese Battleship Yamato was the largest battleship ever built. She also
boasted the thickest armor, and her mighty 18.1 inch guns (significantly more potent
than the 16 inch guns of the American battleships) could hurl high-explosive
armor-piercing projectiles that weighed as much as a truck for over 25 miles. Each
gun turret weighed as much as an entire destroyer. Ignoring atomic technologies,
she arguably represents the most powerfully destructive machine ever constructed
by man.
But by the middle of 1945, the nation that built her had been beaten to its knees. As
its leaders pondered a dark future, the honor of the nation took precedent over
rational military strategy. As admirals in their navy debated what to do with the last
few ships at their disposal - especially Yamato - it was concluded that the people of
Japan "would forever hate the Navy should the war end with her intact." Rather than
have the mighty vessel die an ignominious death at the hands of American aircraft in
her home port - achieving nothing - the admirals devised what has since come to be
regarded as the greatest, and most tragic, Kamikaze mission of WW2.
Ron Cole shows Yamato discharging one of her observation aircraft just prior to her
one-way sortie, at dawn on April 5, 1945. This image is exactly as it was described
by Ensign Yoshikazu Miyamoto - the pilot of the F1M2 'Pete' float plane - down to the
uniformed officer he transported away from the ship in his observer's seat.
Two days later, Yamato was at the bottom of the sea along with 2498 of her crew.
Only 280 men survived her sinking at the hands of swarms of American navy planes.
One of those 280 was a gunner named Jiro Igawa. Both he, and Ensign Miyamoto,
have boldly autographed this series of prints.
boasted the thickest armor, and her mighty 18.1 inch guns (significantly more potent
than the 16 inch guns of the American battleships) could hurl high-explosive
armor-piercing projectiles that weighed as much as a truck for over 25 miles. Each
gun turret weighed as much as an entire destroyer. Ignoring atomic technologies,
she arguably represents the most powerfully destructive machine ever constructed
by man.
But by the middle of 1945, the nation that built her had been beaten to its knees. As
its leaders pondered a dark future, the honor of the nation took precedent over
rational military strategy. As admirals in their navy debated what to do with the last
few ships at their disposal - especially Yamato - it was concluded that the people of
Japan "would forever hate the Navy should the war end with her intact." Rather than
have the mighty vessel die an ignominious death at the hands of American aircraft in
her home port - achieving nothing - the admirals devised what has since come to be
regarded as the greatest, and most tragic, Kamikaze mission of WW2.
Ron Cole shows Yamato discharging one of her observation aircraft just prior to her
one-way sortie, at dawn on April 5, 1945. This image is exactly as it was described
by Ensign Yoshikazu Miyamoto - the pilot of the F1M2 'Pete' float plane - down to the
uniformed officer he transported away from the ship in his observer's seat.
Two days later, Yamato was at the bottom of the sea along with 2498 of her crew.
Only 280 men survived her sinking at the hands of swarms of American navy planes.
One of those 280 was a gunner named Jiro Igawa. Both he, and Ensign Miyamoto,
have boldly autographed this series of prints.
| (limited time - prices rise as quantities run low!) |
Detailed Close-up
Aviation Artist
Ron Cole
Ron Cole