{"title":"Keith Ferris Prints","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"schweinfurt-again-by-keith-ferris","title":"Schweinfurt Again by Keith Ferris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited Edition print size of 1000. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImage Size: 24\"w x 9 7\/8\"h.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis image shows \"Thunder Bird\" of the 303rd Bomb Group, on its 80th mission -a mission to Schweinfurt, Germany, which had claimed 163 four-engine bombers and 1500 crew members on previous missions. This 9 October 1944 mission was the 303rd Bomb Group's fifth and \"Thunder Bird's\" second, visit to this dangerous target.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIt was to prove a respite, although each day crews faced the cold, thin air, often at -40C, in patched-up, worn-out airplanes. \"Thunder Bird\" had seen as many as nine and eleven sister ships lost to fighters on previous missions but she was to carry more than 500 crew members into combat on 116 missions before her retirement on 22 March 1945.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Keith Ferris","offers":[{"title":"Unframed Limited Edition Print","offer_id":34293406335116,"sku":"","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed W\/Brass Corner Frame, UV Acrylic and three Archival Mats","offer_id":34293407449228,"sku":"","price":690.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0375\/0844\/8396\/files\/Schweinfurt_Again_by_Keith_Ferris_-_Vladimir_Arts_USA_Inc-5459286.jpg?v=1731541957"},{"product_id":"too-little-too-late-by-keith-ferris","title":"Too Little Too Late by Keith Ferris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLIMITED EDITION PRINT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited Edition of: 1000\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eImage Size: 28 1\/2\"w x 21 3\/8\"h\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNews of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor reached General Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters in Manila very early Monday Morning, December 8, 1941. U.S. forces were placed on alert for possible Japanese attacks on the Philippines. Lt. Joseph Moore, Commander of the 20th Squadron, stood by his P-40 waiting word from High Command, when at 12:35 PM a large force of aircraft approached from the Northwest. Moore immediately ordered his fighters into the air.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-tab-span\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eJust airborne, he looked back to see the entire field erupt in dust and smoke as bombs from fifty-four Japanese bombers marched across quarters, barracks, hangars and grass runways. Of all his squadron, only two P-40s were with him. Two had been destroyed during the take-off roll and the rest as they were taxiing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eClimbing for altitude, Joe Moore and his wingmen engaged nine Zeros west of Clark, destroying three. Responding to calls for help, two new P-40Es from Nichols Field, south of Manila, arrived. Diving to attack, Lt. Sam Grashio received the fire of another Zero from above. Petty Officer First Class Saburo Sakai registered hits on Grashio's aircraft, claiming his first victory over an American adversary in World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eCountersigners: Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Moore, Col. Samuel C. Grashio and Lt. (jg) Saburo Sakai.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Keith Ferris","offers":[{"title":"Unframed","offer_id":34293407711372,"sku":"","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Framed W\/Brass Corner Frame, UV Acrylic and three Archival Mats","offer_id":34293408399500,"sku":"","price":740.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0375\/0844\/8396\/files\/Too_Little_Too_Late_by_Keith_Ferris_-_Vladimir_Arts_USA_Inc-5460072.jpg?v=1731542970"},{"product_id":"farmer-s-nightmare-by-keith-ferris","title":"Farmer's Nightmare by Keith Ferris","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLimited Edition Print \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 850\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage Size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\"w x 13 1\/8\"h.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoeing P-12Bs of the 43rd School Squadron at Kelly Field, Texas, practice \"strange field\" landings in a farmer's field in 1932, with the artist's father at the controls of aircraft number 2.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"For the first six years of my life, I lived within 100 feet of Kelly Field in southwest Texas, home to the 43rd School Squadron, Advanced Flying School Pursuit Section. The young pilots in their P-12s were a farmer's nightmare, practicing their landings time and again in the middle of local farmers' fields. My father, an instructor at the school, can be seen in 'Farmer's Nightmare' sitting at the controls of aircraft number 2. 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