THE BLACK SHEEP

Limited Edition Print by Nicolas Trudgian

Size: 35" x 24"

Each print is numbered and signed in pencil by Nicolas Trudgian and the veterans and is issued with an original certificate of authenticity from the publisher.

Published in 2004. 

Major Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington's 'Black Sheep', the Marine Corsairs of VMF-214, taxi out for another mission from Vella Lavella, December 1943, escorting a B24 raid on the Japanese fortress at Rabaul. Action is guaranteed, and the intensity of aerial fighting here, which later saw Boyington shot down and taken prisoner, was equal to anything in the war. For their part in the prolonged battle for the South West Pacific the Black Sheep became national heroes.

FIGHTER PILOTS EDITION
Print run 125
Signed by two leading ‘Black Sheep’ F4U Corsair pilots.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. McClurg
Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson USMC


BLACK SHEEP EDITION
Print run 600
Signed by seven leading ‘Black Sheep’ F4U Corsair pilots.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. McClurg
Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson USMC
Lieutenant Colonel W. Thomas Emrich USMC
Colonel Edwin A. Harper USMC
Lieutenant Colonel William D. Heier USMC
Lieutenant Colonel James J. Hill USMC
Captain Fred S. Losch USMC


ARTIST PROOF EDITION
Print run 25
Signed by seven leading ‘Black Sheep’ F4U Corsair pilots.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. McClurg
Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson USMC
Lieutenant Colonel W. Thomas Emrich USMC
Colonel Edwin A. Harper USMC
Lieutenant Colonel William D. Heier USMC
Lieutenant Colonel James J. Hill USMC
Captain Fred S. Losch USMC


REMARQUE EDITION
Print run 40
Signed by seven leading ‘Black Sheep’ F4U Corsair pilots.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. McClurg
Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson USMC
Lieutenant Colonel W. Thomas Emrich USMC
Colonel Edwin A. Harper USMC
Lieutenant Colonel William D. Heier USMC
Lieutenant Colonel James J. Hill USMC
Captain Fred S. Losch USMC


DOUBLE REMARQUE EDITION
Print run 10
Signed by seven leading ‘Black Sheep’ F4U Corsair pilots.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. McClurg
Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson USMC
Lieutenant Colonel W. Thomas Emrich USMC
Colonel Edwin A. Harper USMC
Lieutenant Colonel William D. Heier USMC
Lieutenant Colonel James J. Hill USMC
Captain Fred S. Losch USMC


BLACK SHEEP TRIBUTE EDITION
Print run 10
Signed by seven leading ‘Black Sheep’ F4U Corsair pilots.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. McClurg
Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson USMC
Lieutenant Colonel W. Thomas Emrich USMC
Colonel Edwin A. Harper USMC
Lieutenant Colonel William D. Heier USMC
Lieutenant Colonel James J. Hill USMC
Captain Fred S. Losch USMC

Each print is released with a unique and separate original pencil drawing. Each drawing is double matted to include the original and genuine signature of Col ‘Pappy’ Boyington.

Original drawing signatures
Lieutenant Colonel Henry M.Bourgeois USMC
Colonel Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington USMC

VMF-214 ‘Black Sheep’ was one of only two Marine fighter squadrons to receive an individual Presidential Unit Citation. A copy of this citation will be issued as part of this special ‘Black Sheep’ Tribute edition.