Matthew Yee, a graphic designer with over 16 years experience in the industry and a longtime war-bird fan, has been recently working with aircraft illustrations-- which has been a field he has been longing for. Instead of traditional medium such as oil painting and watercolor, Mathew does his illustrations with computer graphics. When he creates his illustrations, he researches and studies the developments of each aircraft and the history associated with it. 

The TBF Avenger has been always one of Matthew's favorite aircraft. When he was doing the above TBF Avenger illustration, Matthew found our website and was deeply moved by Loyce Deen's story. He decided to do his Avenger illustration with Loycee Deen's plane. With Gregg Mastriforte's support (the creator of Loyce Deen Tribute page http://www.loyceedeen.org), Matthew was able to get in touch with Mr. Michael Cosgrove's (son of Lt. Robert Cosgrove who was the pilot of Deen's TBF); and also with Berth's (niece of Loyce Deen), and got their support for using photos of the crew on his artwork.

Besides this TBF artwork, Matthew also has a P-51D Mustang (with George Preddy's Cripes A' Mighty marking), and the work in progress of a P-38J (with Richard Bong's marking). If you would like to purchase or see more of his work visit him on facebook. You can find Matthew Yee's artwork at Facebook by searching keyword: iworxhop, or check his official website to see more of his works: http://www.iworxhop.com

Matthew Yee
iWORXHOP Design Studio, LLC
(847) 942-1627
E-mail contact

We found more wartime cartoons and illustrations for Manuals from NASFL illustrator Phil Bowers.  We finished curating more of his works and will be showcasing them. Check our Member Spotlight page to read more about Phil.

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We will be adding more stories to our website such as the Member Spotlight page in which we'll feature every month, members of the Naval Air Station during WWII, with vintage images as well as stories of members from our Historical Association. There are many amazing and courageous stories that must be told, so they are not forgotten.

Our first Member Spotlight is on:

NASFL Illustrator Phillip Bower
Petty Officer ARM 3c, USNR

We want to hear from you! If you would like to share, please send us your story, your memories, or pictures. We will include them in our Blog as well as in both our print and e-mail "The Avenger" Newsletters.