"Front Row Seats" by Ross Buckland Lt. Robin Olds and his wing man, Lt. Harold "Bud" Grenning, roar over the beachhead bluffs in a turn back out to sea. Flying air cover for the Allied fleet and D-Day invasion force, pilots of the 434th Fighter Squadron, 479th Fighter Group, were to protect the sea and beaches from Luftwaffe attacks. Flying through the intense exchange of Allied and German ground fire, the pilots passed over waves landing craft and deadly chaos of the invasion beaches. They had front row seats to an incredible panorama of destruction. All prints are personally autographed by Brig General Robin Olds. Harold "Bud" Grenning and Col. Arthur Jeffrey, Commander of the 434th and flight leader for this D-Day mission L,/E of 1,000 34"x21.5") |
 
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