"Finale"

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Artist: Don Connolly
Size: 28" x 18.5"

Canadian Lt. Robert Hampton "Hammy" Grey, from Nelson, B.C., attacks a Japanese destroyer on August 9, 1945. His Corsair in flames, Grey continues his determined attack, sinking the destroyer. Grey was killed - five days before Japan's surrender. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.

Artist: Jim Dietz
Size: 20.25" x 26.5"

It could have been a bullet through a gas line, a broken prop, a severed control cable, or just a dud engine that gave up the ghost over the lines; it didn't matter which. This Sopwith Camel pilot from the American 148th squadron likely had his hands full fighting a prevalent westerly wind, just to get back to the Allied side of the lines. Stretching his glide over the no man's land the flyer preferred the relative safety of a deadstick landing in friendly territory. Lucky for this Yank he has fallen into the friendly hands of British and Canadian troops, who welcome this unexpected guest from out of the blue. The officer in charge of this machine gun company shares a healthy tot of medicinal brandy with the shaken airman while a medic checks over his injuries. Curious Tommys surround them in a welcome break from another day in the trenches of the Western Front in 1918. They had better make their observations quickly, since it won't be too long before German troops on the other side of the line send over some "hate" at the downed aircraft to prevent it from being salvaged.

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