The Sundowners

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The Sundowners

Anthony Saunders depicts VF-111 “Sundowners” F-4 Phantom NL201, call sign “Old Nick Two Zero One”, launching from USS Coral Sea on 6 March 1972.

Signatures:

  • Signed by the artist

Description

The Sundowners – The Story Behind the Print

Anthony Saunders’ The Sundowners portrays an F-4 Phantom of VF-111 launching from USS Coral Sea during operations in the Gulf of Tonkin.

The aircraft is NL201, call sign “Old Nick Two Zero One”, flown on 6 March 1972 by Lieutenant Garry L. Weigand with Radar Intercept Officer Lieutenant (jg) William C. Freckleton.

The crew formed part of a two-aircraft team sent to intercept MiGs following an encounter involving Phantoms escorting an RA-5C Vigilante reconnaissance aircraft. Weigand subsequently engaged a MiG-17 and downed it with a Sidewinder missile.

The artwork was Anthony Saunders’ first jet painting and is signed by the artist.

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Additional information

Dimensions 67.31 × 48.89 cm
Print Type

Signed and Numbered, Artists Proof, Remarque, Double Remarque, Canvas Print

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