Hey guys,
Here's my latest, a commissioned "portrait" I finished up this a.m.
Miss Dallas
Oil on panel
11 x 14
Capt. Victor J. "Vic" France of Dallas, TX.
334 FS, 4 FG. April 1944.
71 (Eagle) Squadron vet.
KIA in this P-51B (43-6832; QP-K) on 18 April 1944.
Vic was "almost an ace" with 4.333 air and 4.333 ground - confirmed. Best friend was Don Blakeslee, who watched him go in chasing a 109 at low level.
His crew chief Don Allen told me in 2001 that he got a call from a lady in England not too many years ago - from the daughter Vic probably never knew about - wanting to know a bit about her dad from the man who saw him off every day.
Wade