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NEW Just added "Ghosts of the Tundra" Prints available for sale
 
An exciting range of exclusive prints have recently been released by Aviation Artist Ron Cole who has teamed up with the Wings Museum to recreate these "Ghosts" in their former glory.
 
nakajima_b5n2_artwork_print
Nakajima B5N2 "Kate" £30 plus p&p
Overall Print size 48 x 33 cm (supplied un-framed)
 

In august 1945, after the Allied bombing of Hiroshima, the Soviet Union opted not to renew their non-aggression past with the Japanese government and invaded Manchuria and the Kurile Islands in full force.

Here, on August 15, 1945, the last few Japanese bombers on hand from Sakhalin (a single B5N2 and two "Jill" bombers) execute a night strike on Russian shipping.

 
 
bell_p-63_kingcobra_artwork_print
Available at Wings Museum £30 plus p&p
Overall Print size 48 x 33 cm (supplied un-framed)
 
Provided to the Soviet Union in late WW2, the American-built P-63 Kingcobra was deployed
against Japanese forces in August 1945 during the Russian's invasion of the Sakhalin
Islands.
 
Available in the at the Wings Museum or e-mail info@wingsmuseum.co.uk
 
 
 
 

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