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Donald Duck ...HMS ILLUSTRIOUS

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Title:	Donald Duck ...HMS ILLUSTRIOUS
Artist:	HANK PORTER (All)
Media Type:	Pencil
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
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The HMS Illustrious (87) was an aircraftt carrier of the British Royal Navy serving in World War II. The insigne was done at the request of then Captain Lord Mountbatten while stopping at the Disney Studio in 1941 on his way to inspect the US. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. - On 11 November 1940 she was the first carrier in history to launch a major strike against an enemy fleet in a daring attack against the Italian fleet at Taranto.
Battle honours:
Taranto 1940
Mediterranean 1940-41
Malta Convoys 1941
Diego Suarez 1942
Salerno 1943
Sabang 1944
Palembang 1945
Okinawa 1945 .

Published : DISNEY DONS DOGTAGS by Walton Rawls, Abbeville Publishing Group, New York,1992. Also found in WAR INSIGNIA STAMP ALBUM Vol. 2, Postamp Publishing Co,1942 and on cover of MICKEY MOUSE , Odhams Press,London,Dec 4,1943. Additionally found on back cover of DISPATCH FROM DISNEY, Spring of 1943.

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