von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.1

The Red Baron flies again in my ninth aircraft drawing.


Although there are a number of replica Fokker Dr.1's flying today, there are no original Dreideckers left. Serial No 152/17 (depicted here), in which Manfred von Richthofen obtained three victories, was displayed at the Zeughaus museum in Berlin. The triplane was destroyed by an Allied bombing raid during World War II.

Phantom F-4 II

The eighth aircraft - I've been drawing this off and on for some months.


This is the USS Constellation based Phantom F-4J piloted by Randy Cunningham (with Radio Intercept Officer Willie Driscoll) that, as part of the 'Fighting Falcons', shot down the first MiG-21 in July 1972 during the Gulf of Tonkin (Vietnam) battle.