ART PRINT- AC-47 "Spooky" Print by Shepherd

Description

AC-47 "Spooky" Gunship
"Spooky" was the generic nickname for the DC-3/C-47 aircraft that were converted for use in the night time "Gunship" role, pioneered by necessity during the Vietnam War. Later replaced by the more powerful C-119 and C-130 transports, the AC-47s struck their own level of fear in Viet Cong positions during the long nights in the middle of the war. This aircraft was itself christened "Spooy" and flew on many arduous missions during its time in Vietnam, only surrendering its role when the tired WW II-vintage airframe finally gave out the the stresses of repeated hammering from its three gatling guns.
"Spooky" was an AC-47D, Serial No. 43-49010, attached to the 432nd Spooky Detachment, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, circa 1969.
Art created for a model kit box cover and used with permission.
Print size 12" x 16",  Unmatted, paper size 13" x 19"
(See below to add matting to this order, pre-matted to fit 16" x 20" frames)
Offered are limited edition prints from a 200-print run created and
signed
by the artist himself (feel free to email the artist as to which is the lowest number in the series available). The image is in brilliant color on highest quality photographic paper which produces the sharpest and brightest image possible, with print life equivalent to litho prints. This un-matted print is sealed for transport in a self-sealing archival plastic envelope and shipped in a shipping tube for the safest shipping possible..
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