Paintings of the 4th Fighter Group
The
paintings on this page depict aircraft flown by RAF Eagle
Squadrons, the 4th Fighter Group & 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing in WWII and
Korea.
The 4th Fighter group was born out of the three American Eagle Squadrons Nos 71, 121 and 133. These squadrons were made up of American pilots who made their way to England to fly and fight with the RAF against the Luftwaffe before America entered WWII. In September of 1942 the three squadrons were officially turned over by the RAF to the fledgling 8th Air Force and became the famous 4th Fighter Group. The three squadrons were then renamed the 334th, 335th & 336th. With over 1000 Nazi aircraft destroyed the 4th FG was the highest scoring American unit in Europe during the war. Five years later the 4th now designated as the 4th Fighter Interceptor Wing was the first American unit to take the new F-86 Sabre into combat against the MiG 15 fighters being flown by Communist Chinese, Russian and North Korean pilots. When the conflict ended in the Summer of 1953 the 4th FIW was once again the highest scoring USAF outfit accounting for 54% of all enemy aircraft destroyed. Hence the motto "Fourth but First"
Eagle Squadron Spitfires
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"Eagles" Oil on Canvas
©2000
121 Eagle Squadron is depicted
over Dieppe on August 19, 1942
during their first sortie of the day 0840-1030.
The original oil painting is part of the permanent
collection of the National Aviation Hall of fame in Dayton Ohio but you can own
a limited edition print signed by artist Troy White
and three Eagle Squadron pilots
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"Blakeslee's Kite" Oil on Canvas 18" x 32" ©2000
Squadron Leader
Don Blakeslee of No. 133 Eagle Squadron used this Spitfire Mk V
to shoot down a Do-217 while covering the Dieppe Raid on August
19, 1942. Blakeslee also was awarded two damaged claims and a
probable in encounters with Fw 190s on this date.
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"Dover
Patrol" Oil on Canvas 32" x 40" ©2003
Squadron Leader Don Blakeslee of No. 133
Eagle Squadron is depicted in flight near Dover
in the summer of 1942.
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4th FG in WWII
"The Missouri Kidd" Oil on
Canvas 19" x 33" ©2000
"The Missouri Kidd/ Sho-me" was
the personal mount of Flight Officer Ralph Kidd Hofer of of the 334th FS, 4th FG
in the fall of 1943.
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"The Kidd" Oil on Canvas 19" x 33" ©1999
Lt.
Ralph “Kidd” Hofer rolls out behind a Bf 109G flown by Uffz. Heinz Kunz during
the May 28, 1944 8th Air Force mission to Magdeburg, Germany. “Kidd”
Hofer was one of the most colourful and flamboyant pilots in the 4th
Fighter Group or any other group in the 8th On October 8, 1943 the
“Kidd” scored his first air-to-air victory on his first combat mission when he
shot down a Bf 109 over the Zuider Zee. Lt. Hofer scored his last
air-to-air victory on the May 28th mission while flying his famous
QP-L Mustang “Salem Representative”.
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"Salem
Rep" Oil on Canvas 19" x 33" ©2002
This P-51B,
"Salem Representative" was the Kidd Hofer's most
famous Mustang. He scored exactly half of his air and ground
victories in this aircraft.
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"QP-X"
Oil on Canvas 19" x 33" ©2002
Lt
Ralph Hofer flew this aircraft on the Shuttle mission to Russia and scored a
probable over an Me 109 on the outbound leg of the journey. He was killed in
this aircraft on 2nd July 1944 at Mostar Yugoslavia.
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"Horseback" Oil on Canvas 19" x 34" ©1999
Col.
Don Blakeslee leads the 4th Fighter Group on an escort mission August 24, 1944.
Blakeslee is flying his well- known P-51D-5 WD-C. At the start of WWII Don
Blakeslee joined the RCAF, was sent to England and served with several RAF
squadrons before transferring to the USAAF in Sept. of 1942. Starting out as CO
of the 335th FS he would eventually command the 4th FG from January 1, 1944
until November 19, 1944. Blakeslee is credited with 14.5 air-to-air victories
and during WWII logged more combat hours than any other American pilot.
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"Blondie" Oil on Canvas
36"
x 54" ©1996
"Blondi" a P-51D
was assigned to Lt. Marvin Arthur of the 334th Fighter Squadron in March of
1945. The distinctive nose art was painted by 334th Squadron artist Sgt Don
Allen. Sold
4th FIW in Korea
"Jabby's Big Day"
Acrylic on Canvas 36" x 48" ©1995
May 20,
1951. Despite the added drag from a drop tank that would not release, Capt.
James Jabarra of the 334th FS, 4th FIW, shoots down his second MiG of the day to
become America’s first Jet Ace. Jabarra shot down 15 MiGs by war’s end.
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"Looking For
Casey Jones" Oil on Canvas 20" x 46" ©1996
Lt./Col. Glenn Eagleston
of the 334th FS, 4th FIW, patrols "MiG Alley" in early 1951. In June of 1951,
While flying ops with the 4th, Col. Eagleston added three MiGs to the 18.5
German aircraft he downed during WWII.
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