Pencil drawing of US Army convoy stopped on road, aiming all weapons at German planes flying above : Art 1945.

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Book

Language:

English

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1 online resource

Summary:

Description: Pencil on paper, 8"x5", mounted on cardboard. Pencil drawing of US Army convoy stopped on road, aiming all weapons at German planes flying above. Titled variously "Strafing by ME109s" and "Strafing German Fighters". Donor's description of piece: "This was our second air attack of the day. Twenty minutes earlier two of their formation of six were shot down by a quad .50 cal (4 .50 cal M.G. [machine guns] on a half track) then, on trucks in convoy, the other four came at us but their strafing fire by M.G. and cannon was too high. Instantly, and from behind the Germans, four P-47s (American) fired .50 cal wing guns that immediately turned the German fighters into fireballs rolling in the fields. End of story"; Donor's description on back of cardboard mount: "'G' Company had two highly dramatic air attacks one morning during the Rhine drive. The sun was barely up when six Messerschmitt 109s appeared circling high above. Two dived directly at us. Closer now I could see a large bomb under each fighter as four-barrelled 50 cal. machine guns opened fire and scored immediate hits that brought them crashing to earth. Soon after we climbed aboard trucks and headed east to relieve another battalion. A few miles down the road the other four fighter planes attached from over a nearby ridge with guns blazing but their fire was over our heads. The empty cartridges falling around us. An instant later they were being fired on from the ridge as brilliant tracers, followed by four P-47s, turned the four German Fighters into fire balls tumbling through the fields. The P-47s performed victory rolls while gaining altitude looking for more action or rescues. Scattered empty cartridges were all around us from both friend and enemy." Location of drawing ETO; created in ETO. Signed by "W. A. Foley, Jr.".

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Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).