Original Acrylic on 16"x20" Canvas with Frame $200.00

Pilot Lt. Saburo Makino with his Radioman/Rear Gunner, Petty Officer 2 Sueo Sukida, pulls his Aichi D3A1-Type 99, Model 11 “Val” Dive Bomber up away through the smoke and anti-aircraft fire over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 Dec. 1941. PO2 Sukida can be seen loading a fresh drum magazine of ammunition into his machinegun.
The color scheme of Makino's aircraft indicates that it belongs to the Kokutai (air wing) of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Kaga and that Makino is the flight leader of what became the second wave to attack Pearl Harbor.
Bearing down on Makino is a P- 40 Warhawk “160”, piloted by 2nd Lt. George Welch supported by his wingman 2nd Lt. Kenneth Taylor. Maneuvering his P-40, Welch eventually shoots down Makino and Sukida killing both men.
Later in 1954, George Welsh will be killed in a test flight of an F-100 Super Saber jet.