Green Light - Jump! by Craig Kodera.
It is 12:30 a.m. on D-Day, June 6, 1944. By the light of a full moon, C-47s from the 89th troop carrier squadron, 438th troop carrier group, pass over the Normandy countryside. These aircraft are among 850 C-47s taking over 15,000 troops to enact the initial assault in the D-Day invasion. General Dwight D. Eisenhower declared the Douglas C-47 one of the few pieces of equipment "vital to our success in Africa and Europe." The aircraft itself, however, would have meant nothing without the fearless airborne forces, who at the signal "Green light, jump!" parachuted into battle. Artist Craig Kodera pays homage to men and machines while capturing one of the most exciting and decisive moments in World War II. Kodera served as a reservist in the Strategic Air Command for several years, where he flew the McDonnell Douglas KC-10A Extender and the Lockheed HC-130H Hercules. He has also been a pilot for American Airlines, Kodera is a member of the Air Force Art Program and the American Society of Aviation Artists. His paintings, praised for their dynamic realism, hang in several major museums, including the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
Print released 1990.
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