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Cranston Fine Arts Aviation Art and Artists World War Two Veteran Signatures United States D Dyke, James

Lt Col James P Dyke

A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed 35 missions flying Star-Eyes with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the Eighth Air Force flying from England. He died on 11th April 2012 aged 91.

Lt Col James P Dyke - Signed Aviation Art

End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. 5 of 7 editions available. 4 of 6 editions featuring up to 10 additional signatures are available. £2.00 - £250.00

Clipped Signature - George Hammond. One edition. £70.00

Clipped Signature - James Dyke. One edition. £70.00

Text for the above items :

End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. For bomber crews, any daylight-bombing mission almost certainly meant combat. If it werent the attentions of determined Luftwaffe fighter pilots, it would be an aerial carpet of flak that welcomed the bombers en route to the target - and again on the journey home. On most missions the Eighth Air Force aircrews had to contend with both. Enduring up to ten hours of concentrated flying under cramped conditions, extreme cold, with the constant noise and vibration produced by four powerful engines, made every mission uncomfortable enough without being shot at. But the USAAF aircrews confronted the odds - a one in three chance of completing a 25-mission tour of operations - cheerfully and with gallant resolve. Playing a major role in the great raids on Germany and other targets in occupied Europe from early in 1944, equipped with the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the USAAF Second Air Division flew no fewer than 95,048 sorties. Based in Norfolk, England, the crews also attacked targets far distant in Norway, Poland and Rumania, unloading almost 100,000 tons of bombs and claiming over 1000 enemy fighters shot down. Published 2001.

Clipped Signature - George Hammond. Clipped with the signature of James Dyke George Hammond : Flew as bombardier on B-24 Liberators with the 389th Bomb Group, including the raid on Ploesti on 1st August 1943. James Dyke : A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed 35 missions flying Star-Eyes with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the Eighth Air Force flying from England. He died in 2012.

Clipped Signature - James Dyke. Clipped with the signature of George Hammond. James Dyke : A pilot of B-24 Liberators, he completed 35 missions flying Star-Eyes with the 733rd Bomb Squadron of the Eighth Air Force flying from England. He died in 2012. George Hammond : Flew as bombardier on B-24 Liberators with the 389th Bomb Group, including the raid on Ploesti on 1st August 1943.