Tuskegee Airmen "Top Gun" Lt. Charles P. Bailey

Tuskegee Airmen "Top Gun" Lt. Charles P. Bailey

"The Shepherd" © Troy White Overall print size: 22" x 28"

"The Shepherd" features "My Buddy" a P-51C assigned to 1st Lt. Charles P. Bailey of the 99th FS, 332nd FG, as he keeps watch over a squadron of B-24s from the 451st BG flying over the Alps en route to Germany. The 99th FS was the original unit of "Tuskegee Airmen" -- the first all black fighter pilot squadron in the U.S. Army Air Force. Lt. Bailey flew a total of 133 missions in the MTO. Bailey received the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross on May 12, 1945.

Available as a signed & numbered limited edition print.

The ONLY limited edition print ever signed by Charles Bailey

Prices are in US Dollars or Click here for our Australian print price list

Edition Size 450 @ $135 each

40 Artist Proofs @ $250 each - SOLD OUT

A Rare Multiple Signature Edition

of 36 prints also available @ $300 each

co-signed by the following six additional Tuskegee Airmen: Lem Custus, George Hardy, Edward T. Hall, Connie Nappier, Spann Watson & Bert Wilson

Remarqued Multiple Signature prints are available @ $450 each

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Charles Bailey passed away in April of 2001 and is missed by all of us who knew him. Here are some of his wartime pictures.

Lt. Charles P. Bailey in a formal PRO photo taken in 1943. Lt. Charles P. Bailey in the cockpit of his P-40 Warhawk. Bailey scored his first victory against an FW190 over the Anzio beachhead on January 27, 1944.

Charles Bailey and "Josephine". Note small bombs clustered around the large bomb. The starboard side of Lt. Bailey's "Josephine". The P-40 was named after his mother.

Lt. Charles P. Bailey in the cockpit of his P-51C "My Buddy" 1944.

Charles Bailey and his crew Chief V. Miller in front of their airplane 1944.

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