Far to the north of Germany in one of the most inhospitable regions on the earth, stands Petsamo, Finland. In February 1944, a very closely knit unit of pilots and ground personnel of the Luftwaffe’s JG-5 (also known as Eismeer Jager) manned this remote and isolated airfield 300 miles above the arctic circle and approximately 50 miles from the Russian port of Murmansk.
In Robert Bialey’s latest painting, titled "Petsamo Scramble," Me 109s of the Luftwaffe’s JG-5 struggle valiantly to get airborne as Russian aircraft attack their airfield. The ensuing aerial maelstrom will be brief and deadly as yet another confrontation of adversaries is played out in this frigid battlescape. Sheet size: 21 1/2 inches x 34 inches. Available in the following opitons:
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