By the Dawn's Early Light is a painting by Pete Wenman which was uploaded on July 20th, 2013.
By the Dawn's Early Light
Three Phantom F-4Bs from VF-151 on an early morning mission over North Vietnam. ... more
by Pete Wenman
Original - Sold
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Dimensions
36.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
By the Dawn's Early Light
Artist
Pete Wenman
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
Three Phantom F-4Bs from VF-151 on an early morning mission over North Vietnam.
NF 213 is piloted by John Bedhog Chesire, with RIO George T.A. Healey in the rear. NF 210 has Ted Triebel in the front seat and Dave Everett in the rear. Dave and Ted were shot down on August 27, 1972, on a photo escort mission over North Vietnam while flying 210, and spent the rest of the war as POWs in the infamous Hanoi Hilton.
Dave recalls
Aside from the very occasional MiGCAP, the best hops a j.o. could draw were the armed recces in route pack 5/6 at first light -- targets of opportunity as mostly we defined them, hoping to catch those night trucks trying to squeeze in a few extra kilometers before parking under the trees for the day. (Don't think that scenario didn't occur to Ted and I when we were being trucked to Hanoi). RIP NF210 in a zillion pieces on a karst ridge in Thanh Hoa Province. Lost on one of those low altitude, go fast, flak magnet, Baby Giant photo escort missions, that we all came to enjoy, on 27 Aug over Phu Ly Bridge when all hell broke loose and luck petered out.
Uploaded
July 20th, 2013
