Mission Palau: A Painting of a B-24 Mission

Published: Tue, 12/01/20

Project Recover Newsletter

Mission Palau: A Painting of a B-24 Mission

Dear

Mission Palau is a one-of-a-kind painting which captures the final mission of B-24 '453 on September 1,1944.

This is the B-24 Wil Hylton wrote about in Vanished: The 60 Year Search for the Missing Men of World War II.

Project Recover located the crash site in 2004. Eight of the crew were repatriated and interred at Arlington National Cemetery in 2010.

A limited number of these prints are now available.

Mission Palau: The Story Behind the Painting

You may know some of the men behind this painting.

SSgt. Jimmie Doyle was a nose-gunner on this aircraft. His son later dove on the crash site. In 2009, SSgt. Doyle was laid to rest beside his beloved wife, Myrtle.

2nd Lt. Arthur Schumacher, navigator, was one of three crew who parachuted out of the B-24 before it crashed into the waters off Palau. He was captured by enemy forces and later executed. He remains MIA.

This painting is a celebration of the '453 crew; their service and sacrifice.

It is also a celebration of Americans working together to keep America's promise to bring them home.

You can now forever memorialize the men and your dedication to our fallen heroes with a signed fine art giclee 22" x 28" print of Mission Palau.

Mission Palau: The Story Behind the Painting

All prints are signed by

Mark Pestana (NASA research pilot and the artist),
Pat Scannon (Project Recover founder whose vision led to finding the aircraft),
Tommy Doyle (son of SSgt. Jimmie Doyle), and
Wil Hylton (author of Vanished)

Thank you for your support for Project Recover.

The Project Recover Team
www.ProjectRecover.org

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