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Cranston Fine Arts Aviation Art and Artists World War Two Veteran Signatures United States O Oxford, Thomas

Cpt Thomas Oxford

Tom entered the service in August 1943, and after graduating as a pilot was posted to the Pacific to join his first operational squadron - the 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, flying P-38 Lightnings. His first combat mission took place in October 1944. He served with the 431st Squadron throughout the remainder of the war in the Pacific, and finally left the service in January 1946.

Cpt Thomas Oxford - Signed Aviation Art

Lt William J Dixie Sloan by Ivan Berryman. 6 editions. One edition features 3 additional signatures. £2.90 - £800.00

Clipped Signature - Thomas Oxford. One edition. £30.00

Pacific Glory by Nicolas Trudgian. 5 of 6 editions available. 4 of 5 editions featuring up to 5 additional signatures are available. £2.00 - £290.00

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Lt William J Dixie Sloan by Ivan Berryman. With 12 victories to his credit, William Sloan was the highest scoring pilot of the 96th FS/82nd FG and is shown here in his P.38 Snooks IV ½, a reference to the fact that this aircraft was made up of so many cannibalised parts from other P.38s.

Clipped Signature - Thomas Oxford. After graduating as a pilot he was posted to the Pacific to join his first operational squadron - the 431st Fighter Squadron, 475th Fighter Group, flying P-38 Lightnings from 1944. He served with the 431st Squadron throughout the remainder of the war in the Pacific, and finally left the service in January 1946.

Pacific Glory by Nicolas Trudgian. One of the most successful of the P-38 equipped units was the 475th Fighter Group, Satans Angels, and it is the P-38s of this famous unit that Nicolas Trudgian has portrayed in his tribute to the American Air Forces that made Victory in the Pacific possible. It is March 1945 and the P-38s of the 475th FG are involved in a huge dogfight with Japanese Zeros over the coast of Indo-China. Flying Pee Wee V is Lt Ken Hart of the 431st Fighter Squadron, who has fatally damaged a Zero in a blistering head on encounter. The second P-38 - Vickie - belongs to Captain John Rabbit Pietz, who would end the War an Ace with six victories.