Hurry Home Honey

 

In doing this wood burning profile of the P-51 Mustang I wanted to associate it with an ace that had flown this type of aircraft. Maj. Richard Peterson was the logical choice. Maj. Peterson was one of the top scoring aces of the 357^th Fighter Group during WW II.

 

 

During the war each pilot was allowed to name their personal aircraft. Maj. Peterson called his P-51, “Hurry Home Honey.”

 

When the war had ended Maj. Peterson had an impressive score of 15.5 Air Victories to his credit. Some of his victories are represented on the side of the aircraft as iron crosses.

 

 

There were many variations of the P-51 Mustang. This particular aircraft was the “D” model.

 

 

Each individual Fighter Group and Squadron had their own individual patch. The patch displayed in this art work is for the 364^th Fighter Squadron, which Maj. Peterson flew in.

 

 

When Maj. Peterson was alive he signed this art piece for me.

 

 

I really like the way this project turned out, the P-51 is a very beautiful aircraft and the squadron patch is just plain cool. The blue matting with a yellow frame really made this art piece pop. It would be a great conversation piece on anyone’s wall.

The size of the art piece board is 24 inches X 16 inches with two inch suede matting coming in from the outer perimeter– the purchase price is $350.00