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These articles by Rich Thistle © define the history in his military and general aviation aircraft paintings. Many have been published in Canadian and American magazines. Please enjoy reading them and be aware they are protected by Canadian copyright law and may not be copied, published, altered, used by or linked to from any other site without permission from the artist. Rich is generally happy to oblige when asked, and if appropriate credit is given along with a link back to www.richthistle.com  CONTACT US

1 357 Squadron Burma Drop
2 438 Sqn Typhoons Looking for Trouble
3 Billy Bishop WW1 Canadian Ace - SE5a & Nieuport 17
4 British Commonwealth Air Training Plan in Canada
5 Bushplanes - The Great Canadian Beaver
6 Bushplanes in Canada's North
7 Buzz Beurling WW2 Canadian Flying Ace
8 Canadian Airmen Fly in the Battle of Britain - WW2
9 Canadian Fighter Aircraft of WW 2
10 Canadian Maritime Air Command - CF Aurora
11 CF-18 Hornets in the Gulf War
12 Channel Islands Adventure - WW2 RCAF Mustangs
13 Creating an Airshow Poster
14 David Ernest Hornell VC, RCAF WW2 Canso
15 Fairey Swordfish - WW2 Stringbag
16 Golden Age of Flight Waco 10
17 Legendary Canadian Avro Arrow Interceptor Aircraft
18 Manfred Von Richthofen WW1 Ace The Red Baron
19 Manned Missile F-104 Starfighter
20 Memphis Belle 324 Bomber Squadron Boeing B17F
21 Nervous Energy - P-51 Mustang
22 RCAF 6 Group Halifax Bomber WW2
23 Rhino Charge F-4 Phantom Viet Nam War A Pilot's Story
24 Robert Hampton (Hammy) Gray VC, DSC WW2 Corsair
25 Snowbirds 30th Anniversary Reunion 2000
26 Sopwith Camel & Fokker Triplane
27 Supermarine Spitfire MkIX Canadian Airforce D-Day
28 The Legendary Lancaster Bomber WW2
29 Victory at Sea WW2 B24 Liberator K.O. Moore
30 Victory Over Kiska The Aleutian Campaign WW2
31 W/C Lloyd Chadburn DSO & Bar, DFC - Dieppe Spitfire
32 WW2 Aircraft Lost in CWHM 1993 Fire
 
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"I am the author of THE TUNNEL KING; THE TRUE STORY OF WALLY FLOODY AND THE GREAT ESCAPE. I asked especially for Mr. Thistle's painting IN THE BALANCE, for the cover and was absolutely thrilled to hear that he had granted permission to my publisher. Now that I have seen the cover, I am more than ever convinced that there couldn't be a better image for the front of the book. I wanted to pass on my thanks personally, and say again how much I admire that painting and Mr. Thistle's other military art."
Barbara Hehner
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