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Originally Posted by jastaflieger
The artist is Merv Corning, the print comes from an outstanding series of pieces he did for the Leach Corp. , primarily in the late 1960's i believe.
THis one depicts the fifth victory for  Douglas Campbell, the storyline is that Campbell "tussled" with the Rumpler and the German observer stood up as depicted after he had used up all his ammunition. Campbell hesitated to attack the then nearly defensless German: but decided he needed to since the plane, after all, could then return with its information and photos. I am typing this from memory, as my print is back home.
THe original may well be at the US Air Force Art Collection, which is very , very good. You can google Leach Corp., go to their website and find out about Merv Corning( who passed away several years ago) and his series of illustrations on WWI avaition.
jim |
The latest edition of the California edition of the AAA ( car insurance )magazine has an article about Corning. Born 1926, died 2006. This magazine, despite being a publication by a car insurance company, has a decades-long-reputation for good writing and good art and graphics. Corning did 16 covers for them from 1965 through 1968. It mentions he started the Leach series in 1959 and over the next 11 years turned out 43 WW I aviation pictures for them. The article shows one of his airplanes-a British Nieuport 17. The rest of the pieces shown other types of his work- for AAA it was mostly landscapes around California. He was good- his light was great. His California pictures really do conjure up California.
Robert Karr
just lil ol' me at:
The Fine Art of Aviation/Robert Karr, Grant-Free Artist