Grand Canyon Lightning
$175.00 – $425.00
Two Lockheed P-38 Lightnings outrun a summer thunderstorm as they fly below the weather and over the majestic landscape of the Grand Canyon.
The P-38 was manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft Company in Burbank, California during World War II and became one of the most successful fighters of the war. The Lightning flew with Army Air Corps units in both the Pacific and European theaters racking up impressive aerial victories for the pilots that flew the heavily armed P- 38. As a matter of fact, the highest scoring American Ace of the war, Richard Bong flew the P-38 in the Pacific and scored an impressive 40 victories.
My painting depicts these “Lightnings” on a ferry flight from Burbank, CA. to the US East Coast to then be shipped by sea to fight against Nazi Germany. The lead airplane in the painting is P-38-L serial number 44-24630 and would serve with the 367th Fighter Group in France in 1944. The airplane became the personal mount of the units commanding officer, Colonel (future General) Edwin S. Chickering.
“Grand Canyon Lightning” is available as a Limited-Edition print on archival paper and as a larger Artist Masterwork on canvas.
