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When Ron Kaplan was a boy, his fifth-grade teacher admonished him for drawing pictures of Eddie Rickenbacker’s SPAD in his math workbook instead of doing his lessons.
Fortunately, this did not diminish Kaplan’s interest in aviation or the graphic arts. For decades he has owned Warbird Aviation Art and been turning out images tied to World War II—especially those that honor the B-25 Mitchell and Doolittle Raiders.
Kaplan, who is also the founder and executive director of the Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame (OASHF) and Learning Center, just finished a commissioned work in time for Veterans Day—painting the Doolittle Raider crest on the nose of a freshly restored B-25 belonging to Hugo Mathis of Switzerland. Mathis is the owner and one of the pilots of the Classic Formation Team, which features a 1943 DC-3 and three Beech 18s, circa 1952.
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