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P-51D Mustang The Hawk-Eye-Owan Poster
by Stu Shepherd
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P-51D Mustang The Hawk-Eye-Owan poster by Stu Shepherd. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
Design Details
Lieutenant Dean M. Huston flew this Mustang for the 487th Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group of the U.S.A.A.F.'s 8th Air Force during late 1944/early... more
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Artist's Description
Lieutenant Dean M. Huston flew this Mustang for the 487th Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group of the U.S.A.A.F.'s 8th Air Force during late 1944/early 1945. Hailing from Iowa, the "Hawkeye state", the origin of the name on the plane is explained.
Huston was involved in the infamous German Raid "Operation Bodenplatte", in which the waning Luftwaffe sought to destroy allied airpower on the continent as the last major gambit of the Battle of the Bulge. Lt. Col. John C. Meyer anticipated the German attack, on New Years Day 1945, and had the "Blue Nosed Bastards of Bodney" just taking off as the German fighters roared over... With a little help from a P-47 unit, the 487th
accounted for 23 of the 67 attacking German aircraft; two of the P-51s were damaged, including Huston's plane, damaged by allied anti-aircraft but landed with the gear down and later repaired.
Later in the war Huston encountered a single Me-262 jet, as depicted here.
About Stu Shepherd
Stu Shepherd has been an aviation illustrator for nearly twenty years. His work is mostly known by box cover art on aircraft model kits made by Revell and Monogram, for whom he has done over 300 images (now including car box art and Star Wars items too). Stu has also worked in the Computer Game and Internet Community industries. He also creates art in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Genres, with his strength in spaceship design and environments. Stu just completed his first novel Sci-fi, and will soon complete his second. He lives in Central California.
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Caleb Ongoro
Congratulations on your successful sale!
Ukrainian Artists
Congratulations on your well deserved sale!
Alona Pickett
Love it.
Nina Prommer
congrats!!!
Norbert Lisinski
Really well done Stu! I love your aviation work. Have you done any work for model manufacturers?
Stu Shepherd replied:
Yep. Have done over 150 over the years,starting in 1987.