D-DAY: P-38 OVER OMAHA BEACH

13X13

acrylic on masonite

I painted this as a thank you for a good friend of mine. We have a mutual interest in WWII and this was a fun one for me to paint. The Lockheed P-38 is a very interesting fighter and was greatly feared by the Germans soldiers during WWII. They called it the "Fork-tailed Devil" Haha! The P-38 was used as a long-range escort fighter, bomber and for photo recon. 

This P-38 is wearing invasion stripes. All allied aircraft had these black and white stripes painted on them for identification during the allied invasion of Europe.

U.S. fighter history lesson over.