OPERATION TIDAL WAVE -  The Ploesti Mission
By Nicolas Trudgian
600 Signed and Numbered

Nick's detailed painting OPERATION TIDAL WAVE is a moving tribute to the 1700 aircrew who flew the tortuous Ploesti Raid.  Depicted exiting the target at extreme low-level are B-24s of the 44th and 98th Bomb Groups,  with the 98th BG B-24 'Sandman' in the immediate foreground.  In the distance other Liberators lucky enough to have survived the fiery maelstrom make their escape.  Behind them fires rage among the structures of the refinery as yet more crews enter the holocaust.  Each print is individually signed by four distinguished B-24 Liberator pilots who flew the historic raid on Ploesti more than half a century ago, making this limited print edition an important collector's item.

Size:  31 3/4"  x  23 1/2"