| Aviation artist
Robert Taylor. Aviation art print 'Eagles on the Channel Front'
by Robert Taylor depicting Me109s being prepared at the airfield.
Badly mauled during the Battle of Britain, by early 1941 the Luftwaffe
fighter wings, strung right across northern France, were back on strength.
The front line squadron were re-equipping with the up-rated Me109F and,
though suffering initial over-heating problems, the remarkable new Fw190A
was making its first appearances. The Luftwaffe pilots were again full of
confidence, and having the air endurance advantage of fighting close to
their bases, they were competing on equal terms with the Spitfires and
Hurricanes of RAF Fighter Command.
Having spent the first 18 months of the war fighting a defensive air
battle, RAF Fighter Command was raring to go onto the attack. The mix of
Rhubarbs - two or three-plane, low-level incursions to attack enemy bases
and installations - and large fighter sweeps aimed to entice the Luftwaffe
up for a fight, kept the German fighter pilots busy throughout the summer.
All through 1941 great air battles raged all along the Channel Front. |
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Commemorative proofs:
Issued with
matching numbered book 'The First & Last', bookplate signed by Adolf
Galland.
Signed
limited edition of 75 prints. Print price £395 ($595). Order code RT1A. |
Eagles on the Channel Front by Robert Taylor
A scene in northern France in late 1941. Having just returned to their
temporary airstrip in the region of St Omer, Luftwaffe pilots of JG-26
excitedly debrief their recent encounter with Spitfires and Hurricanes,
fought high over the Channel coast. The new Me109F's are parked under
trees to provide cover from low-level attacks. While ground crews prepare
the Me109s for the next mission, a group of the new Fw190A fighters taxi
out.
Signatories: Oberfeldwebel Heinz Marquardt, Oberst Johannes Naumann,
Oberleutnant Erhard Nippa, Major Gerhard Schöpfel, and Oberleutnant
Günter Seeger.
Eagles edition: Signed limited edition of 500 prints plus
10 artists proofs. Image size 29" x 16". Print price £195
($295). Artists proof price £320 ($500). Order code RT1. |
| Text for the above:
Badly mauled during the Battle of Britain, by early 1941 the Luftwaffe
fighter wings, strung right across northern France, were back on strength.
The front line squadron were re-equipping with the up-rated Me109F and,
though suffering initial over-heating problems, the remarkable new Fw190A
was making its first appearances. The Luftwaffe pilots were again full of
confidence, and having the air endurance advantage of fighting close to
their bases, they were competing on equal terms with the Spitfires and
Hurricanes of RAF Fighter Command.
Having spent the first 18 months of the war fighting a defensive air
battle, RAF Fighter Command was raring to go onto the attack. The mix of
Rhubarbs - two or three-plane, low-level incursions to attack enemy bases
and installations - and large fighter sweeps aimed to entice the Luftwaffe
up for a fight, kept the German fighter pilots busy throughout the summer.
All through 1941 great air battles raged all along the Channel Front. |
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