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Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print.   Your image gets printed on one of our premium canvases and then stretched on a wooden frame of 1.5" x 1.5" stretcher bars (gallery wrap) or 5/8" x 5/8" stretcher bars (museum wrap).   All stretched canvases ship within 3 - 4 business days and arrive "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.

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Early May, 1944; Boxted, England. 56th Fighter Group ace Captain Robert S. Johnson warms up his P-47D Thunderbolt, Penrod and Sam, prior to an escort mission. His ground crew stands close by with practiced ears tuned to the idling 2,000 hp Pratt & Whitney Double Wasp radial engine.

Johnson was one of the elite aces in the 8th Air Force, scoring an amazing 27 confirmed aerial victories, plus 3 damaged. His combat awards include the Distinguished Service Cross (now Air Force Cross), Silver Star, eight US Distinguished Flying Crosses (plus one RAF DFC), four Air Medals, and the Purple Heart. Penrod and Sam was Bob Johnson's fourth and last assigned Thunderbolt. He decided to name the P-47 to honor the dedication and skill of his long time crew chief, SSgt. J. C. Penrod. "Sam" comes from Samuel, Johnson's middle name.

Wade Meyers spent his early years at Fort Bragg, North Carolina before his family moved to Bossier City, La. when he was ten years old. Fulfilling a dream, Wade soloed a Cessna 150 at age 17 and went on to earn his Commercial and Flight Instructor pilot certificates. After high school, he earned a B.A. in History from Louisiana State University in Shreveport while serving in the US Air Force Reserve at Barksdale Air Force Base. With marriage came a move to the beautiful Birmingham, Alabama area. Diving in head first, Wade quit his job at an aviation museum in 2003 and began to work full-time as an aviation artist. He started accepting commissions immediately, and to this day his work is primarily commission-driven. Along with his...

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