$1,304
Set of Eight Clayton Knight (1891-1969) Pratt and Whitney WWII Aviation Pilot Signed Lithographs, signed in pencil and ink by the pilots of the featured aircraft, "Hornets Take the Sikorsky Pan American Clipper Across the Atlantic, 1937"; "Supercharged Wasps Carry the U.S. Army Air Corps. Lockheed into the Substratosphere to win the Collier Trophy, 1938"; "Twin Wasps take Richard Archbold's Consolidated Air Boat GUBA on its Remarkable 24,000 Mile Flight from New Guinea to the United States via Australia, the Indian Ocean, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean, 1939"; "A Double Wasp Powers the XF4U-1 Navy Fighter by Vought-Sikorsky, Hailed as America's Fastest, 1940"; "A Double Wasp Gives the Army's Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Outstanding Performance at High Altitude, 1941"; "The Ninth Air Force Sweeps Down in Consolidated B-24 Liberators...for a Low Altitude Raid Devastating the Poesti Oil Fields, 1942"; "Highly Supercharged Two Stage Twin Wasps give Gruman Wildcats a Big Edge over the Japanese as our Navy Swings into Action to Avenge Pearl Harbor, 1942"; and "The Steady Drone of Twin Wasps filled the Heavens as Paratroop Carrying Douglas C-47s Heralded the Opening of the Invasion D-Day June 6, 1944"; all signed by the artist in pencil l.r., framed, sight size 12 1/4 x 17 in. Provenance: From the estate of a Pratt and Whitney executive.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-05-11
