Stirling bomber aviation
art prints by Ivan Berryman. Gallery of aircraft prints and paintings by
Ivan Berryman showing the Short Stirling bomber aircraft of the RAF.
This page features every available print and painting by Ivan Berryman which
includes the Short Stirling aircraft. |
| Stirlings of No.90 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. The Short Stirlings WP-M and WP-O, aircraft numbers BK718 and EH907, fly together en route to Cologne in the late evening of 3rd July 1943.
Aircraft BK718, with designation WP-M, of No.90 Squadron RAF was lost over Germany in the early hours of 4th July 1943. Six of the seven crew were lost in the crash, the rear gunner surviving to be taken prisoner. Stirling WP-O was also lost on the same mission, with the loss of all seven crew.
The crew of Stirling WP-M, BK718: Sgt Hugh Murray, Flight Engineer - Sgt Robert Freeland, Air Bomber - P/O Geoffrey Smith, Air Gunner - Sgt Oliver Beard, Wireless Operator - P/O Andrew Gilmour, Navigator - F/Lt Robert Platt, Pilot - Sgt I. H. Norris, Air Gunner. Signed limited edition of 35 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 22cm). Price £60.00  Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 22cm). Price £80.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Original pencil drawing by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £ ITEM CODE B0237 |
| Tugs of War (Stirling & Gliders) by Ivan Berryman. Wearing the distinctive black and white identification stripes of the D-Day operations of June 1944. Airspeed Horsa MkII assault gliders, towed by their Short Stirling MkIV tugs of No.620 Squadron, make their way across a moody English Channel en route for Normandy during the tumultuous Operation Overlord. Limited edition of 250 prints, with crew signature. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £100.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE B0011 |
| Preparing To Go - Crew of a Short Stirling by Ivan Berryman. The crew of MkIII Short Stirling WP-M of No.90 Squadron RAF prepare for a flight test on the morning of 3rd July 1943.
Aircraft BK718, with designation WP-M, of No.90 Squadron RAF was lost over Germany in the early hours of 4th July 1943. Six of the seven crew were lost in the crash, the rear gunner surviving to be taken prisoner. Stirling WP-O was also lost on the same mission, with the loss of all seven crew.
The crew of Stirling WP-M, BK718: Sgt Hugh Murray, Flight Engineer - Sgt Robert Freeland, Air Bomber - P/O Geoffrey Smith, Air Gunner - Sgt Oliver Beard, Wireless Operator - P/O Andrew Gilmour, Navigator - F/Lt Robert Platt, Pilot - Sgt I. H. Norris, Air Gunner. Signed limited edition of 35 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 22cm). Price £60.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 22cm). Price £80.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Original pencil drawing by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £ ITEM CODE B0236 |
The Royal Air Force's first four engined monoplane Bomber, the Short Stirling first flew in May 1939 and entered front line service in August 1940 with no. 7 squadron. Due to its poor operational ceiling the aircraft sustained heavy losses and by mid 1942 the Stirling was beginning to be replaced by the Lancaster. Improved versions of the Short Stirling were built for Glider towing, paratroopers and heavy transport. also from 1943 many of the Stirling's were used for mine laying. A total of 2381 Stirling's were built for the Royal air Force and from this total 641 Stirling bombers were lost to enemy action.
Crew 7 or 8: Speed: 260 mph (MK1) 275mph (MKIII) and 280mph (MKV)Service ceiling 17,000 feet
Range: 2330 miles. (MK1) 2010 miles (MKIII) and 3,000 miles (MKV)
Armament: two .303 Vickers machine guns. in nose turret, two .303 in browning machine guns in dorsal turret , Four .303 Browning machine guns in tail turret. Bomb Load 14,000 Lbs Engines: four 1150 Hp Bristol Hercules II (MK1) four 1650 hp Bristol Hercules XVI (MK111 and MKV)
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