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1. AIRXRT_210518_001.JPG: World War II Aviation Art by Robert Taylor In 2003, Michael and Maureen Harrigan of Rochester, New York, donated a collection of 42 art prints to the National Air and Space Museum. The work on renowned aviation artist Robert Taylor, the collection portrays aspects of World War II combat aviation in every theater of war. Each print is signed by the airmen who were involved in the events portrayed or who fought in the same theater. Born in Bath, England, in 1946, and a graduate of the Bath School of Art, Taylor is widely regarded as Britain's foremost aviation artist. "As a fighter pilot who flew the types of aircraft that Robert Taylor paints so brilliantly," Air Vice Marshall JE "Johnnie" Johnson once remarked. "I marvel at his ability. He paints more than just aircraft; he paints with spectacular reality the whole vista of the sky that is the world of the fighter pilot. He ranks with the best." Over time, this exhibition will display other prints from the Harrington Collection.
2. AIRXRT_210518_005.JPG: Morning Thunder, 2001 The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, brought the United States into World War II. Robert Taylor depicts a moment during the second-wave attack. The Navy tug Hoga comes to the aid of the sinking battleship West Virginia, while a Japanese Mitsubishi A6M "Zero" flies overhead.
3. AIRXRT_210518_014.JPG: Midway -- Strike Against the Akagi, 1992: The Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942, was the first major victory for the United States in the war. Navy pilots inflected a heavy loss on the Japanese fleet, sinking four aircraft carriers. In this scene, a Douglas SBD Dauntless from the carrier Enterprise attacks Admiral Chuichi Nagumo's flagship, the Japanese carrier Akagi.
4. AIRXRT_210518_025.JPG: Zero Encounter, 1990: In August 1952, Marines landed on Guadalcanal, beginning the US island-hopping campaign strategy. The Japanese struck back with air, land, and sea forces. Air combat over the island was intense.
5. AIRXRT_210518_030.JPG: Dawn Operations, 1996: The Japanese used seaplanes to compensate for the lack of suitable land bases in the Pacific. One such seaplane base was near Shortland Island in the Solomons. Here, as dawn breaks on Shortland in October 1942, a Mitsubishi F1M2 floatplane readies for a reconnaissance mission, while Mitsubishi A6M Zeros pass overhead on a patrol and two cruisers prepare to sail.
6. AIRXRT_210518_040.JPG: Fortress Under Attack, 1995: The Japanese base at Rabaul was a major target of US forces in the Southwest Pacific. Among other aircraft, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses were used to bomb the base. On the mission depicted, a severely wounded Jay Zeamer brings his damaged B-17 back to base. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions, and his crew claimed three air victories.
7. AIRXRT_210518_046.JPG: Bogeys! Eleven O'Clock High, 1993: On April 13, 1943, 16 Lockheed P-38 Lightnings of the US Army Air Forces' 339th Fighter Squadron took off from Guadalcanal to intercept a bomber carrying the commander of the Imperial Japanese Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who had planned the Pearl Harbor attack. The P-38s intercepted the bomber over the island of Bougainville and shot it down. Everyone aboard died.
8. AIRXRT_210518_052.JPG: In Gallant Company, 1992: The Grumman F4F Wildcat was the principal fighter of both the US Navy and Marine Corps throughout the early battles of the Pacific war. This print depicts Marine Corps Wildcats, and the new Vought F4U Corsairs, returning from a mission in the Solomons in 1943.
9. AIRXRT_210518_065.JPG: Beach Head Strike Force, 1991: While US forces advanced in the Southwest Pacific, a second thrust was launched in the Central Pacific, where the Marshall Islands were taken in early 1944. In this scene, Vought F4U Corsairs flying over the wreck of a Japanese Zero provide air support for the landing forces in the distance.
10. AIRXRT_210518_073.JPG: Mission Beyond Darkness, 1997: After spotting a Japanese carrier fleet late in the day on June 20, 1944, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, Admiral Marc Mitcher took the chance of ordering an immediate attack to avoid losing track of the fleet during the night. The attack succeeded, but it was dark by the time the aircrews returned to their carriers. The US ships turned on their lights despite the threat of submarine attack; however, many planes ran out of fuel and had to be ditched. Here, Lt. Ralph Yaussi and his gunner, James Curry, exit their Curtiss SB2C Helldriver near the carrier Lexington, while the destroyer Anthony arrives to pick them up.
11. AIRXRT_210518_083.JPG: Valor in the Pacific, 1995: With the exception of the famous Doolittle Raid of 1942, the vast distances of the Pacific prevented US forces from directly attacking the Japanese homeland prior to 1943. That changed with the capture of island bases closer to Japan and the introduction of the long-range Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber. Here, B-29s of the 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing, Twentieth Air Force, return from a mission to Tokyo in April 1945.
12. AIRXRT_210518_093.JPG: Victory Flyover, 1995: The formal surrender document ending the war with Japan was signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay. The signing was followed by a flyover of American aircraft.
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