Doumer Bridge
$245.00
Doumer Bridge – By Keith Ferris
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Canvas Print Size: 24″ X 14″
On 11 August 1967, F-105s of The 355th and 388th Tactical Fighter Wings Based In Thailand Hit The Mile Long Paul Doumer Bridge In Downtown Hanoi. The Heavily Defended Structure was vital to movement of War Material from Communist China through North Vietnam to the War In The South. Led by Colonel Bob White, 355th Vice Commander, Former X-15 Pilot And Astronaut, The Thuds Evaded SAMS and heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery to drop two Bridge Spans.The Artist Had been challenged to show a very typical Southeast Asia Phenomenon, The Condensation Cloud which envelops a High Sipped aircraft pulling Gs in a humid Atmosphere. The Hanoi area was created from a View Opposite to that seen In The Strike Camera And Gun Camera Film.
