Captian Roland B. Scott is the brother of General Robert L. Scott Jr of "God is my Co-pilot " fame. Captian Scott flew the lead aircraft on the first raid by B-26's against the power plants at Ijmuiden Holland. He was seriously wounded and lost any eye on this mission. He retired from the Air Force in 1951 after many years service with notables like James Doolittle and Chuck Yeager. I finished the painting "First Strike " with Scotty's help and delivered it to him on November 1st. I am so glad he was able to see it before his departure to the next world. <> Thanks Lynn <> Please sign my guest book folks!
Oil, 24x30 ,October 2002 owned by Lt.Col. Roland B. Scott of Sherman Oaks ,Calif. Details below, my thanks to "Scotty" for his help in completing this painting! Ploesti got all the glory,but these guys had the same tough task! Lets remember all our heros of wwII.
24x30 oil, completed October 2002. Owned by Lt.Col. Roland B. Scott of Sherman Oaks ,California. Depicting the first raid by B-26's against the power plants in Holland. Then Capt. Scott was deputy commander of the 322 Med. Bomb Group and led this mission in the "Gawja/Jerk" with Tondelayo on his wing. The mission was simular to Polesti in that we had told the Dutch thus the Germans that we were coming. Capt. Scott got the group to target on time after braving enemy fire all the way in at some 50 feet. Arrival at target required climbing over four 200 feet high stacks then dropping back to low level in order to drop 1000 lb British bombs with delayed action fuses. Shortly after bomb release ,they were hit in the cockpit by an explosive shell which cost Capt. Scott his eye. Lt. Col. Scott was the technical consultor for this painting . I was proud to have talked to Scotty many times while painting this piece. He recieved it in early November of this year. I will miss him!
