Philip West. Naval and Marine Aviation
art. F4 Phantoms in aviation art prints
by Philip West. Phantoms from 92 Squadron RAF and the US Navy.
Phantom Thunder by Philip West An F4 Phantom of 92 Squadron, based at
Wildenraf, Germany, about to
embark on yet another QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) mission to intercept
potential hostile aircraft during the Cold War.
Phantom Patrol by Philip West Passing between the Shetlands and Faroe Islands a Soviet Tuplev Tu-142 long
range surveillance aircraft is intercepted by two FG1 Phantoms out of Leuchars,
Scotland.
Reunion Over Hanoi by Philip West.
Col. Ken Cordier and Col. Bob Buckey were classmates in high school and college in Akron, Ohio. After college, they both became USAF fighter pilots, and although the two school chums never served together, their careers took separate yet parallel paths - until December 1966. On 2nd December 1966, then Cap. Ken Cordier and his back-seat pilot 1st Lt Mike Lane, were flying with the 559th TFS out of Cam Ranh Bay when they were shot down and captured 85 miles NW of Hanoi. They were to languish in North Vietnamese prisons for the next six years, first listed as MIA, then years later as POWs. Linebacker II was the code-name of the bombing offensive designed to force the North Vietnamese to agree to a ceasefire and peace accord. It was during the Linebacker II bombing campaign of December 1972 that then Maj. Bob Buckey and his back-seater, Capt Dan Tibbets, flew over Hanoi with the 555 TFS out of Udorn, Thailand. Their mission was to provide MIG-CAP for the B-52 bombers which were deliv.........
Lt Randy Cunningham with his back-seaeter Willie Driscoll, score their second of three MiG kills on a single mission on May 10, 1972. With two previous victories, Cunningham and Driscoll became the only US Navy Aces of the Vietnam war.
Passing between the Shetlands and Faroe Islands a Soviet Tuplev Tu-142 long range surveillance aircraft is intercepted by two FG1 Phantoms out of Leuchars, Scotland.
Item Code : DHM2193
Phantom Patrol by Philip West. - Editions Available
An F4 Phantom of 92 Squadron, based at Wildenraf, Germany, about to embark on yet another QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) mission to intercept potential hostile aircraft during the Cold War.
Item Code : DHM2204
Phantom Thunder by Philip West. - Editions Available
Under full after-burner, an F-4B Phantom of VF-111 (Sundowners) launches from the carrier USS Coral Sea, positioned in the Gulf of Tonkin, March 6, 1972. The crew will engage and destroy a MiG-17 over North Vietnam during the mission.
Item Code : DHM2042
Launch at Sundown by Philip West. - Editions Available
10th May 1972. Lt. Curt Dose together with his RIO, LCDR Jim McDevitt line up their F-4J Phantom prior to landing on the USS Constellation following their first successful target CAP of the day. During this mission they claimed a MiG-21F after a ultra-low level supersonic flight over the North Vietnamese airfield of Kep, northeast of Hanoi.
Item Code : DHM2714
Silver Kite 211 by Philip West. - Editions Available
Having put an AIM-9 missile up the tailpipe of a MiG-17 over North Vietnam, pilot Jerry Devil Houston with Kevin Moore riding shotgun, swings his F-4B Phantom onto the center-line of the USS Coral Sea following a strike mission gainst the airfield at Bai Thuong on May 6, 1972. The brightly painted stylistic eagle denotes they are flying the CAG bird.
Item Code : DHM2045
Screaming Eagle by Philip West. - Editions Available
HMS Ark Royal IV - Flagship of the Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers - a mobile airfield and a most impressive sight as she launches a Phantom from one of her catapults. She had a standard displacement of 43,000 tons, a beam of 168 feet, and was 846 feet long. Ships company numbered 2,570 and her Air Group consisted of Phantom Interceptors, Buccaneer strike and Gannet AEW aircraft together with Wessex SAR and Sea King ASW helicopters. She served her Nation and the Royal Navy for 23 years and sailed 800,000 miles of valuable service, finally being decommissioned in 1979.
Reunion Over Hanoi by
Philip West Col. Ken Cordier and Col Bob Buckey were classmates
in high school and college in Akron, Ohio. After college, they both
became USAF fighter pilots and although the two school chums never
served together, their careers took separate yet parallel paths - until December
1966. on 2 December 1966, then Capt. Ken Cordier and his back-seat pilot
1st Lt mike lane, were flying with the 559th TFS out of cam Ranh bay
when they were shot down and captured 85 miles NW of Hanoi. they were to
languish in north Vietnamese prisons for the next six years, first
listed as MIA then years later as POW's.
Linebacker II was the code name of the bombing
offensive designed to force north Vietnam to agree to a ceasefire and
epace accord. it was during the Linebacker II bombing campaign of
december 1972, that then Major Bob Buckey and his back seater. capt Dan
Tibbets, flew over Hanoi with the 555 TFS out of Udorn, Thailand. their
mission was to provide MIG-CAP for the B-52 bombers which were
delivering punishing blows to the communist regimes capital city. On the
ground, Ken was unaware that his old friend was part of that campaign which
would result in gaining his and other POW's freedom after enduring long
years of torture and deprivation. Bob on the other hand, had known for
years that ken was a POW. So every time he flew "Downtown", bb
thought about ken down there locke dup in the infamous Hanoi Hilton and
wondered when they would meet again.
the bombing campaign had the desired effect and the
North Vietnamese signed the Paris peace accords in January 1973. Shortly
thereafter, "Operation Homecoming" brought POW's home to
familys, friends and freedom. six months after his releases, ata
class reunion in Akron. Ken and Bob met and had a great time camparing
war stories and resuming their old friendship. The painting shows ,Maj
Bob Buckley as he pulls his F-4E Phantom II away from the "Hanoi Hilton
this fine limited edition print is co signed by the artist along with
former POW's col. ken Cordir and Col. Mike lane and the pilot who made
it a point to fly by the Hilton Col. Bob Buckey and WSO LtC dan Tibbets..
Ark Royal by Philip E West
HMS Ark Royal IV - Flagship of the Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers - a
mobile airfield and a most impressive sight as she launches a Phantom from
one of her catapults. She had a standard displacement of 43,000
tons, a beam of 168 feet, and was 846 feet long. Ships company
numbered 2,570 and her Air Group consisted of Phantom Interceptors,
Buccaneer strike and Gannet AEW aircraft together with Wessex SAR and Sea
King ASW helicopters. She served her Nation and the Royal Navy for
23 years and sailed 900,000 miles of valuable service, finally being
decommissioned in 1979.
Launch at Sundown by Philip West Under full after-burner, an F-4B Phantom of VF-111 (Sundowners)
launches from the carrier USS Coral Sea, positioned in the Gulf of Tonkin,
March 6, 1972. The crew will engage and destroy a MiG-17 over North
Vietnam during the mission.
Screaming Eagle by Philip West Jerry 'Devil' Houston, with Kevin Moore riding shotgun, swings his
brightly painted CAG bird onto the centre-line of the USS Coral Sea,
returning from a successful combat mission over North Vietnam. Having
successfully placed an AIM-9 missile up the tail pipe of a MiG-17 over
North Vietnam on May 6, 1972, Jerry Houston lines his F-4B Phantom for the
trap.
Showtime 100 by Philip West
Lieutenant Randy Cunningham with his back-seater Willie Driscoll, score
the second of three air victories achieved during a single mission, making
them the only US Navy Aces of the Vietnam War. Flying their Phantom F-4J in a strike against the Haiphong railyards on
May 10, 1972, Lt Randy Cunningham and his RIO Willie Driscoll were
attacked by a pair of MiG-17s as they left the target. Within seconds
Cunningham despatched one with a Sidewinder, and went looking for more.
With the F-4s outnumbered by MiG-17s and 21s, it was only moments before
two more MiGs fell to Cunningham's missiles, chalking up three victories
on the mission. With two previous kills to their credit, when Cunningham
and Driscoll made it back to the USS Constellation they had become the
first Aces of the Vietnam War, and the US Navy's only Aces of the
conflict.
David Dipnals evocative images of the restful idyllic scenes of southern England are well known, epitomising, as they have for years, all that is endearing about traditional English landscapes. His well known images of his beautiful and fertile homeland are a world away from Australia, where he now spends most of his time. In the last decade, David Dipnall estimates that he has travelled nearly 2 million miles, continuing to maintain a busy work schedule of exhibitions and regularly commuting between England and Australia. His originals are highly sought after, and over fifty of his images have been published as limited edition prints, many of which have sold out. Always a traveller, he believes in the philosophy that absence makes the heart grow fonder, and his beautifully detailed traditional English landscapes are definitely painted from the heart.
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