Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE!
DPK0772. Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE!Aviation Print Pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM2221. Strike and Return by Robert Taylor. Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous, even by todays electronically sophisticated standards. Throughout RAF Bomber Commands arduous six year World War II campaign, as if atrocious weather were not enough to contend with, day and night bomber crews faced interceptions by enemy fighters, constant flak over occupied territory, and the real and ever-present danger of mid-air collision. Add snowstorms, gale force winds, freezing temperatures and the comparatively rudimentary navigational aids available at the time, it seems a miracle they were able to continue at all. But continue they did, and whenever there was the slimmest chance of hitting an enemy target, unhesitatingly, the aircrews of Bomber Command took up the challenge. 460 Squadron, RAAF was typical of the bomber squadrons under overall command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, squadrons manned by volunteer aircrews from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Rhodesia, South Africa, and many other nations opposed to Hitlers Nazi Germany. To a man they knew the frightening odds against completing a tour of duty, yet many faked their ages just to join this elite band of wartime flyers. True to their squadron motto Strike and Return, the artist shows Lancasters of 460 Squadron RAAF, returning to RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire following a daylight raid over Germany in the late winter of 1944. With the sun almost set, chill evening shadows lengthen on a magnificent winter landscape dusted with snow, Lancaster J-Squared leads the mighty bombers as they descend in the fading light. Signed bySquadron Leader Pat Carden DFC AE (deceased), Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC (deceased) and Flying Officer Bill North (deceased). Aircrew Edition. Signed limited edition of 400 prints, with four signatures. Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM6183F. The Struggle for Malta by Ivan Berryman. Having been initially intercepted by just three ageing Gloster Gladiators, who gallantly gave both the Germans and Italians the impression of a much bigger resistance in the skies above Malta, the Italian Air Force was suddenly confronted by the more capable Hawker Hurricanes of 261 (F) Sqn, commanded by Sqn Ldr D W Balden. The previously unescorted bombers of the Regia Aeronautica suddenly required the presence of fighters to protect the marauding bombers, as depicted here, where Macchi 200s of 6° Gruppo 1° Stormo, reel around the sky to chase off the Hurricanes from the attacking Savoia Marchetti SM.79s above Grand Harbour in the summer of 1940. Artists Special Reserve of 50 prints. Image size 12.5 inches x 8 inches (32cm x 20cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item B0494D. LCT 312 by Ivan Berryman. LCT (Landing Craft Tank) 312 is shown unloading a Sherman tank directly onto the beach during the Normandy landings of June 1944. Over 1,000 of these versatile craft were built in the United States, with a small number being constructed in the UK and Canada. Artists Special Reserve of 50 prints. Image size 12.5 inches x 8 inches (32cm x 20cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item B0522D. Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. Wing Commander J R Baldwin is depicted flying Typhoon MN934 whilst commanding 146 Wing, 84 Group operating from Needs Oar Point in 1944, en route to a bombing raid on 20th June with other Typhoons of 257 Sqn in which both ends of a railway tunnel full of German supplies were successfully sealed. Artists Special Reserve of 50 prints. Image size 12.5 inches x 8 inches (32cm x 20cm)
Item #5 - Click to view individual item DHM6202. Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. 6th June, 1944 - D-Day - and Martin B.26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group, 553rd Bomb Squadron are among the first aircraft to bomb the beaches in readiness for the Normandy landings on that momentous day. Shown softening up the enemy gun emplacements on a low level run over Utah Beach is 131576 AN-Z, now on display at the Utah Beach Museum. Artists Special Reserve of 50 prints. Image size 12.5 inches x 8 inches (32cm x 20cm)
Website Price: £ 240.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £550.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £310
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