Throughout my dad’s legendary career, Keith has written many technical documents featuring his writing skill, knowledge of the military history and aviation art which can be found on this page. A few of these publications are from friends and family but worth sharing so I hope everyone enjoys these documents. I’ll keep digging and add more stories as I uncover them. If anyone had a story or comments about my dad or how his artwork has impacted your life please don’t hesitate to reach out as this is our only venue I have to share my dad’s amazing legacy and life story with everyone. A special thank you to all those who contributed to this collection of articles and documents and allowing us to share them with all of you.
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A special shout out to Gary and Tina Nix for allowing us to share Tina's grandpa, Sgt. James A Earon's story. This document follows her grandfather's time as a belly turret gunner on B-17 missions deep into Germany territory ending on 15 August 1944. While returning from target his B-17 was shot down. Bad Penny is seen in my dad's painting "A Test of Courage", you can see the second FW-190 rolling into position to engage Bad Penny, the green B-17 seen in the lower right side of the painting. This is the same mission featured in Keith's famous 75' X 25' mural "Fortresses Under Fire" painted on the wall at the Smithsonian Institute National Air & Apace Museum in DC.
B-17 Mission History - Sgt. James A. Earon
