"Scaling the Alps"
Sheet Size: 27" x 32"
50 Artist's Proofs
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With SIX co-signatures
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This Scenario
August 17, 1943. A courageous
group of B17's make their way to
North Africa on a shuttle mission.
Signatures
Bob Wolff
Owen 'Cowboy' Roane
Curtis Campbell
Charles Stewart
Ray Morton
Max Russ
The Story
Boeing's B17, the mighty Flying Fortress, is one of the great aircraft to emerge from World War II.
Forever in our minds will be the images of a vast armada of aircraft from the Mighty Eighth,
penetrating the hostile skies over Europe. Plagued with the reputation of a 'hard luck outfit,' the
Bloody Hundredth continually soldiered on through all the great aerial battles in the skies above
war-torn Europe. On several occasions, this group suffered spectacular losses: as many as fifteen
aircraft on one mission.
In SCALING THE ALPS, the B17's are going to Africa to refuel after having bombed a major target in
Germany. Many were damaged and didn't make it to their shuttle stop-over.