" EVASIVE ACTION OVER SAGAMI BAY "
William Phillips
Nov. 2006

100 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Giclee Canvas 34" x 30" $1250
200 Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Print 22" x 22" $495

 

Nov. 2006 - Evasive Action Over Sagami Bay - William Phillips

Shortly after bombing the Tokyo Gas and Electric Company, Pilot Lt. Harold F. Watson banks the B-25
Whirling Dervish steeply to avoid a Japanese cruiser that lay directly on the aircraft’s escape
route to China. It was the ninth of sixteen aircraft to leave the carrier USS "Hornet" on the
audacious April 18, 1942 Doolittle Raid on Japan. That United States Army Air Forces bombers
could launch from a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was inconceivable at the time. President Roosevelt
claimed the aircraft came from a secret airbase in the mythical Shangri-La. American bombers
striking the Japanese homeland and passing within sight of Mount Fuji, the most sacred
mountain in all Japan, delivered a succinct message to the warring Axis nation: America,
the Sleeping Giant, had begun to stir.

"Evasive Action Over Sagami Bay" is an authentic historical document, offered as both a
fine art print and canvas edition, countersigned by Doolittle Raiders Col. William Bower,
Lt. Col. Richard E. Cole, Maj. Thomas C. Griffin, MSgt. Edwin Horton, and Maj. Gen.
David M. Jones. This is a unique opportunity to own and preserve an important moment
in aviation and U.S. military history.

Countersigners: Gen. David M. Jones, Col. William Bower, Col. Richard E. Cole,
Maj. Thomas C. Griffin, M/Sgt. Edwin Horton

 

Evasive Action Over Sagami Bay - William Phillips

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