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Reunion Over Hanoi by Philip West.
Col. Ken Cordier and Col. Bob Buckey were classmates in high school and college in Akron, Ohio. After college, they both became USAF fighter pilots, and although the two school chums never served together, their careers took separate yet parallel paths - until December 1966. On 2nd December 1966, then Cap. Ken Cordier and his back-seat pilot 1st Lt Mike Lane, were flying with the 559th TFS out of Cam Ranh Bay when they were shot down and captured 85 miles NW of Hanoi. They were to languish in North Vietnamese prisons for the next six years, first listed as MIA, then years later as POWs. Linebacker II was the code-name of the bombing offensive designed to force the North Vietnamese to agree to a ceasefire and peace accord. It was during the Linebacker II bombing campaign of December 1972 that then Maj. Bob Buckey and his back-seater, Capt Dan Tibbets, flew over Hanoi with the 555 TFS out of Udorn, Thailand. Their mission was to provide MIG-CAP for the B-52 bombers which were deliv.........
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Ark Royal by Philip West.
HMS Ark Royal IV - Flagship of the Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers - a mobile airfield and a most impressive sight as she launches a Phantom from one of her catapults. She had a standard displacement of 43,000 tons, a beam of 168 feet, and was 846 feet long. Ships company numbered 2,570 and her Air Group consisted of Phantom Interceptors, Buccaneer strike and Gannet AEW aircraft together with Wessex SAR and Sea King ASW helicopters. She served her Nation and the Royal Navy for 23 years and sailed 800,000 miles of valuable service, finally being decommissioned in 1979.
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| | Item Code : DHM2206 | Ark Royal by Philip West. - Editions Available |  |
| | TYPE | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 400 prints.
Full Item Details | Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) |  Anson, Sir Edward
Hackett, E M
Cassidi, Desmond 
Gedge, T J H
George, D R
Hobbs, David
Layard, Michael
Swales, Roy C
Wilkinson, Tom
+ Artist : Philip West
Signature(s) value alone : £100 | £30 Off! | Now : £170.00 | | ARTIST
PROOF | Limited edition of 25 artist proofs.
Full Item Details | Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) |  Anson, Sir Edward
Hackett, E M
Cassidi, Desmond 
Gedge, T J H
George, D R
Hobbs, David
Layard, Michael
Swales, Roy C
Wilkinson, Tom
+ Artist : Philip West
Signature(s) value alone : £100 | £70 Off! | Now : £190.00 | | | PRINT | Limited edition of 25 Museum edition prints.
Full Item Details | Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm) | Anson, Sir Edward
Hackett, E M
Cassidi, Desmond
Gedge, T J H
George, D R
Hobbs, David
Layard, Michael
Swales, Roy C
Wilkinson, Tom
+ Artist : Philip West
Signature(s) value alone : £100 | | SOLD
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Royal Air Force 
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