New painting ... B-17G

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:30 pm

"Temporary Reprieve"
20 x 40 in., Oil on linen

Here's the story:

Limping along in a crippled Flying Fortress over the North Sea, still within the reach of enemy fighters, 94th Bomb Group pilot 2Lt. C. Arliss Watts and his crew breathe a sigh of relief at the arrival of an escort of P-51s. Their B-17G, nicknamed "Roll Me Over", had received flak damage while on the bomb run over Kiel, Germany, on 4th April 1945, resulting in the failure of the no. 2 engine and a windmilling propeller. The suspense was not over yet, for soon after they had passed the island fortress of Heligoland, the Mustangs would depart and no. 3 engine, seen here trailing a mist, would also fail, forcing Lt. Watts to feather that propeller as well. However, the crew did return safely to the 94th's home base of Rougham, near Bury St. Edmunds.

Wade

mtpopejoy · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:33 pm

BEEEEEEEEUTIFUL.
Very well done.

Django · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:49 pm

Turned out great!

spookythecat · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:58 pm

Awesome!

bobbrunn · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:58 pm

Awesome job Wade..

Dan Johnson II · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 1:49 am **Posts:** 659

Any chance there might be prints of that one Wade? That's a beauty!

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:32 pm

Beautiful work!
It was very nice to see glimpses of the various stages of the painting.
Thanks for including us!
Jerry

Bluedharma · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:45 pm

Wow!!! Very nice!

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:48 pm

Wade well done. Here at DFW at the SimuFlite training center where I do my box thingy they are having there annual painting contest with painting in the lobby..

Lynn

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:27 am

Lynn Allen wrote:

... Here at DFW at the SimuFlite training center where I do my box thingy they are having there annual painting contest with painting in the lobby.

Thanks, guys!

Due to timing I always seem to miss that SimuFlite show - ! :cry:

Wade

Chicoartist · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 3:41 pm

I'm pleased to announce that Temporary Reprieve has been juried into the American Society of Aviation Artists' 2009 International Aerospace Art Exhibition to be on display at The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, Savannah, Georgia, from June 21, 2009 - January 3, 2010. For those interested, I have a detailed Work in Progress album for this piece in my Facebook photos section ...

Dan Johnson II wrote:

Any chance there might be prints of that one Wade? That's a beauty!

Matter of fact - yes! I just had canvas giclees done of Mission from Debden (basis for my logo below), and I was so happy with the result that this B-17 will be published as a canvas giclee soon. If interested, pls email me at Chicoartist@XXXXXyahoo.com (remove capital Xs before emailing) to get on the list for information.

Cheers!
Wade

retroaviation · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 4:05 pm

That's awesome Wade. Congrats!

Gary

Django · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 4:52 pm

Very cool! Congrats!!

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 8:23 pm

well....all I can say is...........
:prayer:

and of course.... Be :idea:

erbower

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Fri May 01, 2009 8:45 pm

Sometimes I wish I'd stayed in art school...

Then I see stuff like this.

Fantastic work!

SN

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