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THE TENDER CARES OF
AUTUMN

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The seasons take another turn in
Phillips Bay, North America’s quintessential hometown. Your stroll along  Seven-Mile Walk has reached the Beecher House, where
the famed poet lived through the mid-1960s. A young girl, her basket laden with freshly cut flowers, pauses to admire the fiery red and tawny orange of the Indian summer maples, as the poet certainly once did. The sun has dipped below the horizon leaving 
a soft-pink glow in the sky and one by one the lights begin to twinkle across the Inner Bay. Soft water sounds are carried on an irregular warm-cool breeze, another hint that fall has arrived at the hidden treasure that is Phillips Bay.
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THOSE CLOUDS WON'T HELP YOU NOW

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Countersigned by Marine Ace Marion E. Carl
.Action over Rabaul, December 1943: Major Marion E. Carl, commander of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF223, flying escort for Marine B-25 bombers. A Japanese “Tony” jumps the bombers, and Carl closes in.The Japanese plane is hit on Carl’s first pass, hence the name of the print: “Those Clouds Won’t  Help You Now.” For Maj. Carl, later General Carl, it was his seventeenth victory.
The proud heritage of Marine Corps aviation is captured in this superb limited edition print by noted aviation artist William S. Phillips.For enthusiasts of World War II aircraft, the Corsair F-4U-1 is portrayed accurately and dramatically.“Those Clouds Won’t Help You Now” is countersigned by Marion E. Carl himself.Twenty-five of the prints also bear unique double remarque, which is a sketch of the two planes in the painting.The remarques are positioned in the lower border, and each is the original work of the artist.
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THOSE LAST CRITICAL
MOMENTS

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The carrier environment is one of the most dangerous in the world.Planes come in at full power; if the cable does
not arrest the plane, called “trapping,”  the aircraft must immediately take off again.When an aircraft takes off from a
carrier deck, a forward catapult, called a “cat stroke” adds to the forward momentum of the plane.Whether taking
off or landing, the last moments are indeed critical and aircrews must continually requalify for carrier work   Aviation artist William S. Phillips says, “I was not prepared for the incredible noise, constant activity and the smell of hot metal and jet fuel.It was a formidable assault on the senses To capture the tension and anticipation , I placed a F-14 Tomcat being launched from a forward catapult and another F-14 just prior to the completion of a successful trap on the carrier Kitty Hawk against the idyllic backdrop of a Pacific sunset.”
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THREADING THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

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It is said that landing a jet on the 
deck of a moving aircraft carrier is like
threading the eye of a needle. Even on
a super carrier the size of this one, the
new USS George Washington, it is a
daunting proposition. 

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THUNDER & LIGHTNING P-38

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Pilot Tommy McGuire, one of our
most distinguished aviators, Medal of 
Honor recipient, and second leading
ace of all time and his wingman initiate
a climbing turn to get the most from
their ‘forktailed devils
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THUNDER IN THE CANYON

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Bill Phillips’ “Thunder in the Canyon” is one of the most beautiful aviation paintings ever created – and its place in aviation art is already assured.The massive eight-foot-long original has been donated by the purchaser to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air
and Space Museum in Washington, D.C..  The painting’s power results from Phillips’ dramatic combination of his two favorite subjects – flight and the American landscape.  The flight aspect
of the painting is embodied in powerful F-16’s flown by the Air Force’s
“Thunderbirds” in delta formation.As for the landscape, the unmistakable Grand Canyon lies beneath the flyers, its
colors brilliantly illuminated by a late afternoon sun.Kanab Plateau and
towering thunderheads can be seen in the distance.  Never has flight been more beautiful.
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TIME OF EAGLES

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Countersigned by Colonel Oscar Coen, (Ret., USAF), DFC, a Spitfire Pilot of the 71 American Eagle Squadron
Countersigned by fighter pilot Oscar Coen, William S. Phillips’ A Time of Eagles is a historical document…one that pays tribute to one of the most tumultuous but exciting times in the chronicles of aerial combat. It began in the spring of 1940 after the armies of France were defeated by Germany at the Battle of Dunkirk.Britain had lost her
strongest ally in the war, and she and her commonwealth nations stood alone against the German war machine.
During these dark months, a small group of American pilots joined Britain in the fight against Germany’s seemingly invincible Luftwaffe.These 244 brave aviators flew the most maneuverable plane of the time- the Spitfire – with the elite Eagle Squadron of the RAF.Many became leading aces of the war, earning service honors from both England and America.On September 15, 1942, the men of eagle Squadrons transferred into the U.S. Army Air Forces and became the 4th Fighter Group.Fighter pilot Oscar Coen
was one of these brave men and Time of Eagles by acclaimed aviation artist William S. Phillips portrays Coen
as he soars through the clouds at sunset in his Spitfire.As one of the original members of 71 Eagle Squadron, Oscar Coen earned Britain’s Distinguished Flying Cross and the French Cross of War, as well as the Silver Star and the Distinguished Flying Cross from the United States Air Force.He is credited with six ‘kills.’During his service he was shot down once in France, near the coastal town of Dunkirk.Looking back on his war years, Coen says: “There were as many reasons why we went to England as there were pilots.A lot of us saw the political ramifications of the war.We wanted to stop Hitler.But some of us were just adventurers.A lot of guys went because the British Spitfire was the hottest thing in the air and they wanted to fly it.” A Time of Eagles: A salute to  the daring American pilots of the Eagle Squadrons who earned the respect of 
their fellow RAF pilots and a special place in world history.
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TIME TO HEAD HOME

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An F4-U4 Corsair VF-791 belonging to The Fighting Rebels, a reserve squadron from Memphis, Tennessee, unleashes its rockets against a target hidden among the snow clad mountains
of Korea. Mission accomplished, it is time for this fighter to head home.And home for this Corsair is the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Boxer CV-21 stationed off the Korean coast.
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TOP COVER FOR THE STRAGGLER

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Countersigned by Capt. Jack Ilfrey
For a crippled bomber returning from a mission over enemy territory, the sight of a fighter escort was a most
welcome event.Here, a P-38 Lightening provides support for a damaged B-17 returning from Germany.Artist Bill
Phillips chose to portray a particular P-38 – “Happy Jack’s Go-Buggy” –  piloted by Capt. Jack Ilfrey. Capt. Ilfrey flew 142 combat mission as a member  of the 94th Fighter Squadron.A holder
of the air medal with 12 oak leaf clusters, he has been decorated with 
the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and six Bronze Stars.His signature appears on the print along with that of artist Bill Phillips.
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TOWARD THE SETTING SUN

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Countersigned by Col. Richard E. Cole, Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, Maj. Thomas C. Griffin, S/Sgt. David J. Thatcher
The USS "Hornet" (CV-8) steams prophetically into a Pacific sunset with the Doolittle Raider’s 16 B-25s spread and lashed down across her deck. SBD’s of the USS "Enterprise’s" (CV-6) Scouting Squadron 6 (VS-6) patrol above. Sending two of the United States aircraft carriers, the core of Vice Admiral Halsey’s of Task Force 16, to the Japanese coast in 1942 was a risk of the highest order, especially for a fleet and a nation reeling from Japan’s string of Pacific victories. TF 16’s assets were deemed so valuable that its early discovery by Japanese picket craft on the morning of April 18, 1942, 200 miles short of the intended launch point, prompted the immediate launch of Doolittle’s aircraft. At the time, the mission was even referred to as the Halsey-Doolittle Raid. Nine of the sixteen ships that made up TF 16, most importantly the carriers "Hornet" and "Enterprise," would six weeks later take part in dealing the staggering blow to the Japanese Fleet off Midway. The Doolittle-Halsey Raid truly marked the point when the Rising Sun first began to set.

Countersigners: Col. Richard E. Cole, Lt. Col. Robert L. Hite, Maj. Thomas C. Griffin, S/Sgt. David J. Thatcher

 
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 VICTORY PASS

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WELCOME HOME YANK

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A B-24 has lost one engine and streams smoke from another. She’s close to the White Cliffs of Dover but not out of trouble. Any second now, the last power may fail. Without enough altitude for a safe bail-out, her crew will brace for ditching and the English Channel is cold and choppy. She’s got one thing going for her - a Spitfire Mark IXB of the 403 Squadron based at Kenley-Middlesex has come to meet her and weaves above. If her pilot chooses to ditch, the Spit pilot will tell Air-Sea Rescue.

When Bill did this painting, he liked it from the start. Old bomber pilots like it, too. Many recalled the exact situation, the irony of struggling out of enemy skies only to go down a few miles from the home base and the joy of seeing an RAF plane coming to ride herd. Built as an interceptor, the Spitfire lacked range for escorting the bombers very far. But all agreed that the plane was a beauty and never more so than when it played Samaritan for its wounded allies.

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WESTBOUND A DATE WITH
THE GENERAL

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Countersigned by Doolittle Raiders
surviors
“When we get to Chunking, I’m going to give you all a party that you won’t forget,” was Lt. Colonel James Doolittle’s promise to the 16 B-25 crews aboard the USS Hornet a few days before their historic air raid on Japan. By late afternoon on April 18th, 1942 the relative safety of the China coast was all that Lt. Donald G. Smith’s crew had on their minds. The 15th aircraft (# 40-2267) to leave the carrier’s deck had bombed its targets in Kobe, Japan but the crewmen knew they’d never make their designated landing strip on the Chinese mainland. The weather had become increasingly worse and visibility had dropped to zero. Lt. Smith was forced to ditch his bomber off an island on the Chinese Coast near Sangchow.

All of Aircraft 15’s crew would eventually make their way to Chunking but sixteen of the other Doolittle’s Raiders did not. Doolittle himself would rise to the rank of full General. It is the stuff of aviator legend that when the last Raider makes his final flight westward into the day’s fading light he will be greeted by his fellow Raiders and the General, and they will have a party never to be forgotten.

When Bill Phillips painted The Giant Begins to Stir, he embarked on an artist’s journey that grew to become a visual history of the United States’ response to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor: Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle’s air raid on Japan launched, for the first time ever, from the sea. The Greenwich Workshop limited edition of The Giant Begins to Stir (co-signed by surviving Doolittle Raiders) was followed by I Could Never Be So Lucky Again (co-signed by Jimmy Doolittle) and Evasive Action at Sagami Bay, (co-signed by surviving Doolittle Raiders.) The final painting in this series is Westbound: A Date with the General, illustrates the dramatic flight of Lt. Smith’s Crew #15. The limited edition print and canvas will be signed by Doolittle Raiders survivors.

“Why chronicle any historical event?” asks artist Bill Phillips. Because paintings like Westbound: A Date with the General, he says, “help us to understand the times in which we live. Remembering the sacrifices of brave men and women help us to be more aware of how we should view this great country and the freedoms we so often take for granted.”

In an interesting aside, Bill Phillips’ father, a character actor in Los Angeles in the 1940s and ’50s, played a pilot in the film 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, as well as in Dive Bomber, and as Sergeant Kirby in A Yank in Korea.



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WHEN PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED

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Countersigned by Colonel James R. Geary, Jr., Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel "Gus" Mencow, Technical Sergeant Shirl Hoffman, and Master Sergeant Clifford Puckett
With his countersigned print WhenPrayers are Answered, William S. Phillips honors the B-17 bombers who went in, without fighter cover, to pound Germany’s industrial heartland. “I spotlight ‘Betty Boop the Pistol Packin’ Mama’ (of the 390the Bomb Group, 
570thBomb Squadron) as she makes it back once again to the white cliffs of Dover accompanied by two P-47’s,”  Phillips says. “But the sense of relief I  tried to create with sparkling seas and 
golden skies is for all the brave men who fought for their country.
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WHEN YOU SEE ZEROS, FIGHT 'EM

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Countersigned by Joseph J. Foss, Brigadier General (Ret.) and Congressional Medal of
Honor recipient
On October 23,1942, 28 Japanese Zeros and 16 Betty bombers swooped down on Guadalcanal.Defending the base were 24 Grumman F4F Wildcats under the command of Marine Captain Joseph J.Foss. In When You See Zeros, Fight’Em! , Foss maneuvers his
plane behind a Zero who is pursuing another Wildcat and opens fire.The Zero burst in flames, one of the 23 
Japanese aircraft single-handedly shot down by Foss.
Joseph J. Foss was one of America’s top aces during World War II.Awarded the Medal of Honor by President Franklin Roosevelt, Foss went on to a remarkable career, attaining the rank of
Brigadier General.After the military, Foss served as Governor of South
Dakota for two terms and as Commissioner of the American Football
League.
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WINTER SYMPHONY

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No place is more unique to the American landscape than the Grand
Canyon. To stand at its rim and behold its vast beauty is truly one of the greatest experiences this country has to offer. It is only fitting that we introduce William S. Phillips’ Great American Landscapes series with this national treasure. Sunset casts its amber glow across the snow-swept terraces of Yaki Point, northeast from
the artist’s location at Mather Point . This dramatically-sized canvas is one of the largest we’ve ever produced and captures the grand scope of this natural wonder far better than any replica has before.
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WINTERING OVER

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Slip on your coziest pair of boots and mittens, and stroll on down to Phillips Bay! As Bill tells us, “This is a time of warm family gatherings around the fire, an extra quilt tossed upon the bed, a slice of home-baked pie savored before retiring. The sailing vessels and pleasure boats have been put up for the season, while the anchored lobster
boats have found safe harbor. A flockof Canada geese winters over here, and since I can’t resist adding aircraft to a landscape, they’re joined  by a Grumman Goose.” Published from the artist’s original oil painting. P.S. If you’re eager to know what’s on the northern and southern shores  of Phillips Bay, you’re not alone! our curiosity will be rewarded with the spring and fall images in this delightful seasonal series. 
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