Chaperone

The Mustangs and the Fortress were my interpretation of the combination of the William S Phillips paintings and two stories that inspired him. One of a B24 Liberator and one Spitfire ” Welcome Home Yank”, the second painting of a B17 Flying Fortress and two Spitfires ” Alone No More”…
Welcome Home Yank, a B24 has lost one engine and smoke streams from another. She’s close to the White cliffs, but not out of trouble yet. Any second now the last of the power may fail. Without enough altitude for a safe bail-out, her crew will brace for ditching into the cold, choppy Channel. She’s got one thing going for her- a Spitfire has come to meet her and weaves above them, so if her pilot chooses to ditch her, the Spit pilot will tell Air-Sea Rescue. What a Chaperone!..