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Nicholas Trudgian. Cranston Fine Arts,
the military art prints company, are proud to offer aviation art prints by
Nicholas Trudgian, published by the Military Gallery, to our customers.
Nicholas Trudgian, renowned aviation artist, has covered most periods in
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Alfa-Strike by Nicolas Trudgian.
In the Vietnam war Squadron VA-163 was stationed aboard the carrier Oriskany on its second cruise, the squadrons A-4 Skyhawks were led by Commander Wynn Foster, one of the navys most aggressive strike leaders, and under Air Wing Commander James Stockdale, the A-4 pilots racked up a formidable record as a top fighting unit.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Captain Hook Wynn Foster and Vice Admiral James Stockdale, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Captain Hook Wynn Foster and Vice Admiral James Stockdale, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2020
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Black Cat Rescue by Nicolas Trudgian.
On February 15, 1944, flying his Navy PBY Catalina on air-sea rescue duty, Lt. Nathan Gordon received an urgent call. Several 345th BG B25s were down following a major attack on Kavieng, and crews were in the water just offshore. Under intense gunfire, Gordon made no fewer than four perilous water landings to pick up survivors, returning to make an emergency landing at Cape Gloucester with 25 people aboard, an just 10 gallons of fuel in his tanks. Gordon was awarded the Medal of Honor.
Signed limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 16 inches x 24 inches (41cm x 61cm). Price £70.00 Signed by Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 16 inches x 24 inches (41cm x 61cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2021
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Canyon of Lost Souls by Nicolas Trudgian
High above the Animas river in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the daily passenger train bringing passengers from Silverton to Durango, negotiates the precarious High Line shelf. Over 400 feet below, the fast-flowing mountain waters thunder through the canyon.
Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £105.00
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £155.00
Limited edition of 100 publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £155.00
ITEM CODE DHM2022
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Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian
With their brightly coloured checkertail tails there was no mistaking the P.51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group. Escorting B-24s over Austria in August 1944, tangled with a group of Fw190 fighters. The ensuing dogfight spiraled down below the mountain peaks as Herky Green led the Checkertails in a low-level chase. Herky nails one Fw190. Behind him his pilots will take out the two Fw190. When all is done this day the 325th will be credited with 15 enemy fighters destroyed.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Major Robert M Barkey, Colonel Arthur C Fielder and Major Herky Green (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Major Robert M Barkey, Colonel Arthur C Fielder and Major Herky Green (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Major Robert M Barkey, Colonel Arthur C Fielder and Major Herky Green (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2023
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Flight Out of Hell by Nicolas Trudgian.
On February 15, 1944, a force of B-24s, B-25s and A-20s hammered the heavily defended Japanese base at Kavieng. Several aircraft, however, were forced to ditch; three downed B-25 crews from 345th Bomb Group floating helplessly in life-rafts within a thousand yards of the beach, and the Japanese troops were in no mood to take prisoners. Their only chance of survival was the air-sea rescue PBY Catalina. Nicolas Trudgians dramatic reconstruction depicts Lt. Commander Nathan Gordons PBY Catalina making its final take-off, the intense enemy gunfire from the shore making his mission seemingly impossible. But the young pilot got all 25 men aboard safely home, and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for what is one of the bravest actions of the war in the Pacific.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £150.00 Signed by Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon, Colonel William J Cavioli, Amm John Brately and Captain Robert E Lewis, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Lieutenant Commander Nathan Gordon, Colonel William J Cavioli, Amm John Brately and Captain Robert E Lewis, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2024
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Last Man Home by Nicolas Trudgian.
In a scene that was repeated almost daily throughout the long war years, the pilots of the 357th Fighter Group have returned from a gruelling mission to their base in Leiston, Suffolk. As they clamber out of their aircraft, all eyes are turned anxiously skyward, awaiting the return of the last man home.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £155.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Thomas L Hayes (deceased), Captain William R OBrien and Major Richard Bud Peterson, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Thomas L Hayes (deceased), Captain William R OBrien and Major Richard Bud Peterson, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2025
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Lightning Encounter by Nicolas Trudgian.
P-38 Lightnings launching a surprise attack on a German freight train as it winds its way through the hills of Northern France towards the battle front, shortly before D-Day, 1944.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Captain Larry Blumer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Dobrowolski, First Lieutenant Robert C Milliken, Colonel Dick Willsie.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £250.00 Signed by Captain Larry Blumer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Dobrowolski, First Lieutenant Robert C Milliken, Colonel Dick Willsie.
Limited edition of 75 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £230.00 Signed by Captain Larry Blumer, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A Dobrowolski, First Lieutenant Robert C Milliken, Colonel Dick Willsie.
ITEM CODE DHM2026
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Mustangs Over the Mediterranean by Nicolas Trudgian.
Mustangs of the 31st Fighter Group pass low over an Italian fishing village, heading out on another combat patrol.
Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £175.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
Limited edition of 125 publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
ITEM CODE DHM2027
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Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian.
The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG-3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes, while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack. On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering.
Limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann, Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg, General Walter Krupinski.
ITEM CODE DHM2028
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Richthofens Flying Circus by Nicolas Trudgian.
Nicolas Trudgians dramatic painting recreates a scene near Cambrai, Northern France on the morning of March 18, 1918. Aware of a build-up of forces for a massive German offensive, many RFC squadrons attacked the German positions at very low altitude. Responding with as many squadrons as they could muster, including Richthofens JG1 wing, there followed one of the largest dog-fights of the entire First World War. Seen in the foreground are a Fokker Triplane and an Albatros, having winged a Sopwith Camel from 54 Squadron, as another Camel, and a Bristol fighter of 11 Squadron RFC turn to engage the German fighters.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 38 inches x 23 inches (97cm x 58cm). Price £110.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 38 inches x 23 inches (97cm x 58cm). Price £155.00
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Image size 38 inches x 23 inches (97cm x 58cm). Price £145.00
ITEM CODE DHM2029
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Safe Haven by Nicolas Trudgian.
Returning from a dogfight raid over Germany, B-24s of 93rd Bomb Group fly low over an East Anglian fishing village on Britains east coast.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Philip Ardrey, John Brooks, Bill Cameron and Al Shower, B-24 Aircrew, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Philip Ardrey, John Brooks, Bill Cameron and Al Shower, B-24 Aircrew, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2030
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Sinking the Tirpitz by Nicolas Trudgian.
Throughout four long years of war Allied air and naval forces endeavoured to sink the German battleship Tirpitz. The mighty warship was a constant threat to Allied shipping, even while lying at anchor in her lair among the fjords of Norway. Her very presence demanded constant attention and hampered all naval decision making till she was sunk at the end of 1944. Without so much as weighing anchor, Tirpitz could disrupt the north Atlantic convoys by tying up urgently needed escort vessels in readiness in case she made a run for the open sea. Churchill was exasperated and called upon RAF Bomber Command to make a decisive bid to finish her off once and for all. On November 12, 1944 Lancasters of Number 9 and 617 Squadrons set forth towards the Norwegian fjord of Tromso where Tirpitz lay at anchor surrounded by a web of protective submarine nets. Armed with the 12,000lb Tallboy bomb devised by Barnes Wallis, the Lancaster crews arrived in clear skies overhead the fjord to see the great battleship sharply contrasted against the still deep waters some 10,000ft below. As flak from the ships heavy armament burst all around them, one by one the 31 Lancasters rolled in for the attack. In a matter of three minutes the devastating aerial bombardment was completed, and eleven minutes later, her port side ripped open, the Tirpitz capsized and sank. The Coup de Grace was complete.
Signed limited edition of 550 prints. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait, Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait, Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait, Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2031
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Spirit of the Mountain by Nicolas Trudgian
The evening train from Durango has arrived via Lizard Head Pass, and now pulls out of Ophir, headed for Ridgway. Lit by a full moon, the evening quiet of the tiny mountain settlement is briefly interrupted by the C16 class locomotive, but soon, as it winds its way into the night, peace will again descend upon this idyllic and mystical scene.
Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Image size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £105.00
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £155.00
ITEM CODE DHM2032
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Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian
Me109s of I/JG2, under the command of the brilliant Helmut Wick, setting out on a mission across the English Channel in September 1940. Wick, seen in the foreground, with Gunther Seeger off his starboard wing, was the top-scoring Luftwaffe Ace in the Battle of Britain with 56 victories.
Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 200 publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2033
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Summer of 44 by Nicolas Trudgian.
As the Allied invasion of northern France drew nearer, the entire length of southern England had seemingly become one huge army camp. While the local population went about its daily business as best it could, British and American troops massed at every point near the coast in readiness for the imminent crossing of the Channel. Though the RAF fighters of 10 Group were tasked in the Air Defense role, like all RAF squadrons that could be spared, they became involved with the softening up process, a pre-requisite of any large scale landing on enemy occupied territory. Under the leadership of Wing Commander Peter Brothers, 10 Groups Spitfire Wing based at Culmhead was heavily involved flying shipping patrols over the beachhead and Rhubarbs - low-level strikes of opportunity - disrupting enemy movements and communications.Nicolas Trudgians comprehensive painting Summer of 44 recreates with such realism a scene in southwest England just a few days before the Normandy landings in June 1944. Mark IX Spitfires of No. 126 Squadron, returning from combat over France, sweeps low over the local branch line railway station on their way back to Culmhead. Below, as the GWR Prairie tank engine pulls out of the station, American troops are assembling their equipment in readiness for the impending invasion. Adding great atmosphere to his composition, Nick has painted a classically peaceful English landscape, highlighting the unique contrast between war and peace that pervaded Britain during that summer of 44.
Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 80 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £185.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2034
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Tigers in Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian.
The Battle for Point 112, a strategically positioned hill just a few miles south-west of Caen, was the scene of the most violent fighting between German and British armor, artillery and ground troops during the weeks immediately following the D-Day invasion, in June 1944. Desperate to regain Hill 112, on July 9th, the Tiger tanks of SS Panzer Battalion 102 were ordered to advance. 2 Kompanies Tigers managed to occupy the eastern slopes of the hill, while 1 Kompanie came under fire as they rached the first houses in the small village of Maltot. At this point they came head on to British Sherman tanks. Entering the village firing his 88, Unterscharfuhrer Fey in tank 138 quickly knocked out three Shermans at 200 yards range, and by the evening of July 10th the Panzers had re-taken Maltot. But Allied artillery had driven the Germans off Hill 112. The battle raged on for another three weeks when on August 1st the Allies frove the Germans off Point 112 for the final time. Tigers of SS Panzer Battalion 102 yet again advance towards the infamous hill, passing two Shermans knocked out in the previous days fighting. Overhead, Me109s of II./JG26 give aerial support as the German armour makes a last ditch attempt to repel the advancing forces, in their effort to hold the important city of Caen.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm) Sold Out Edition. We have two secondary market prints available.. Price £165.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel, Feldwebel Richard Schwarzmann (deceased) and Unteroffizier Dr Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £240.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel, Feldwebel Richard Schwarzmann (deceased) and Unteroffizier Dr Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel, Feldwebel Richard Schwarzmann (deceased) and Unteroffizier Dr Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann.
Limited edition of 60 artists special reserve prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £95.00
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. Half A4 Size Double Sheet 6 inches x 8 inches (15m x 21cm). Price £1.50
ITEM CODE DHM2035
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