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Aviation art prints by aviation artist
Robert Taylor. Showing signed limited edition prints co-signed by fighter
pilots and bomber pilots of Kittyhawk, Hawker Hurricane, Sea Fury,
Spitfire, ME109, Lightning and Lancaster Bomber are all available in these
aviation art prints, available from Cranston Fine Arts.
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Desert Sharks by Robert Taylor.
Robert captures precisely the arid heat, dust and smoke of desert warfare, conveying an air of impending conflict. Neville Duke in his 112 Sqn P40-D Kittyhawk.
Signed limited edition of 90 prints. Paper size 21 inches x 15.5 inches (53cm x 40cm). Price £110.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC.
ITEM CODE DHM2626
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Schweinfurt - The Second Mission by Robert Taylor.
Briefing at 0500 hours on the morning of 14 October 1943 brought the crews of the 92nd Bomb Group news they did not want to hear: Its Schweinfurt again! The same message was being repeated in USAAF bomb group briefing rooms all over eastern England in the early hours of what was to become forever known as Black Thursday. Robert Taylors majestic painting shows Colonel Budd Peaslees B-17 Equipose, piloted by Kemp McLaughlin, leading the Fortresses of the 92nd Bomb Group en-route to the vital ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints, with 3 signatures. Print paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: General J Kemp McLaughlin, First Lieutenant Wilbur Bud Klint, First Lieutenant John P Noack. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 10 signatures. Print paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £325.00 Signatories: General J Kemp McLaughlin, First Lieutenant Wilbur Bud Klint, First Lieutenant John P Noack, First Lieutenant Frederick J Bird, Technical Sergeant Jack R Goetz, Captain Malcolm H Higgins, Technical Sergeant Bill E Martin, Chief Master Sergeant Roy C McGinnis, Captain James E Pete Mullinax, Staff Sergeant Ben Roberts. Schweinfurt limited edition of 325 prints, with 10 signatures. Print paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £250.00 Signatories: General J Kemp McLaughlin, First Lieutenant Wilbur Bud Klint, First Lieutenant John P Noack, First Lieutenant Frederick J Bird, Technical Sergeant Jack R Goetz, Captain Malcolm H Higgins, Technical Sergeant Bill E Martin, Chief Master Sergeant Roy C McGinnis, Captain James E Pete Mullinax, Staff Sergeant Ben Roberts. Limited edition of 125 commemorative proofs, with 24 signatures. Print paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £495.00 Signatories: General J Kemp McLaughlin, First Lieutenant Wilbur Bud Klint, First Lieutenant John P Noack, First Lieutenant Frederick J Bird, Technical Sergeant Jack R Goetz, Captain Malcolm H Higgins, Technical Sergeant Bill E Martin, Chief Master Sergeant Roy C McGinnis, Captain James E Pete Mullinax, Staff Sergeant Ben Roberts, First Lieutenant Earl G Bason, First Lieutenant Jay G Coberly, First Lieutenant Roy G Davidson Jnr, Staff Sergeant Marshall L Fisher, Technical Sergeant Edward K Fox, Colonel Ed Millson, Captain Thomas A Parks, Staff Sergeant Robert Rickell, Technical Sergeant George G Roberts, First Lieutenant John Scarborough, Colonel Robert M Slane, First Lieutenant Donald Springer, Lieutenant Colonel Henry E Tessien, Feldwebel Adolf Denz.
ITEM CODE DHM2614
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Into the Teeth of the Wind by Robert Taylor.
Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck of the carrier USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942. Leading a sixteen-bomber force on their long distance one - way mission, the Doolittle Raiders completed the first strike at the heart of Imperial Japan since the infamous attack on Pearl Harbour four months earlier. Together, they completed one of the most audacious air raids in aviation history.
Signed limited edition of 550 prints, with 5 signatures. Print paper size 33 inches x 23.5 inches (84cm x 60cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: Major General David M Jones, Staff Sergeant David J Thatcher, Lieutenant Colonel Richard E Cole, Staff Sergeant Edwin W Horton, and Major Thomas C Griffin.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 5 signatures. Paper size 16 inches x 26 inches (41cm x 66cm). Price £325.00 Signatories: Major General David M Jones, Staff Sergeant David J Thatcher, Lieutenant Colonel Richard E Cole, Staff Sergeant Edwin W Horton, and Major Thomas C Griffin.
Limited edition of 300 commemorative proofs, with 13 signatures. Paper size 16 inches x 26 inches (41cm x 66cm). Price £460.00 Signatories: Major General David M Jones, Staff Sergeant David J Thatcher, Lieutenant Colonel Richard E Cole, Staff Sergeant Edwin W Horton, and Major Thomas C Griffin, Lieutenant Colonel Frank A Kappelar, Lieutenant Colonel Chase J Nielson, Colonel William M Bower, Lieutenant Colonel Edward J Saylor, Second Lieutenant Charles J Ozuk, Lieutenant Colonel Robert L Hite, Second Lieutenant William L Birch, and Mr Tung Sheng-Liu.
Limited edition of 25 giclee canvas proofs, with 13 signatures. Paper size 16 inches x 26 inches (41cm x 66cm). Price £995.00 Signatories: Major General David M Jones, Staff Sergeant David J Thatcher, Lieutenant Colonel Richard E Cole, Staff Sergeant Edwin W Horton, and Major Thomas C Griffin, Lieutenant Colonel Frank A Kappelar, Lieutenant Colonel Chase J Nielson, Colonel William M Bower, Lieutenant Colonel Edward J Saylor, Second Lieutenant Charles J Ozuk, Lieutenant Colonel Robert L Hite, Second Lieutenant William L Birch, and Mr Tung Sheng-Liu.
ITEM CODE DHM2603
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High Cost by Robert Taylor.
The crews of Bomber Command faced one of the most daunting tasks, calling for courage sustained night after night, in conditions of desperate danger and discomfort. They did not fail us and 55,573 paid the supreme sacrifice. In his new tribute to The Many, Robert Taylors evocative painting recreates a typical scene encountered by many Royal Air Force bomber squadrons on raids over enemy occupied territory: Having already survived 30 successful operational sorties, on 9 February 1945 Lancaster PG-G of 619 Squadron has been intercepted by Luftwaffe night-fighters during a raid over Stettin Bay.
RAAF limited edition of 100 prints, with 3 signatures. Print paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm).. Price £120.00 Signatories: Flying Officer Norman A Gampe, Flight Lieutenant John M Grant, and Flying Officer Bernard T Hucks DFC.
RAF limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 5 signatures. Print paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm). Price £160.00 Signatories: Flt Lt George Britton, Flt Lt John Cox DFC, Warrant Officer Richard Hearne, Flt Lt Tom Austin DFC AE, and Wg Com Mac England DFC.
RAF limited edition of 500 prints, with 5 signatures. Print paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm). Price £120.00 Signatories: Flt Lt George Britton, Flt Lt John Cox DFC, Warrant Officer Richard Hearne, Flt Lt Tom Austin DFC AE, and Wg Com Mac England DFC.
ITEM CODE DHM2606
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Top Dog by Robert Taylor.
Completing a record 213 operational sorties with Bomber Commands Pathfinder Force, Mosquito LR503 became one of the most successful aircraft in the Royal Air Force during World War II. It flew first with 109 Pathfinder Squadron, and then 105 Pathfinder Squadron, completing more combat missions than any other Allied aircraft.
RAAF limited edition of 100 prints, with 2 signatures. Print paper size 22 inches x 21 inches (56cm x 53cm). Price £95.00 Signatories: Sqn Ld Leonard C Jacobe DFC, and Flying Officer Malcolm B Skinner.
RAF limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 5 signatures. Print paper size 22 inches x 21 inches (56cm x 53cm). Price £135.00 Signatories: Wng Com Robert Bray DFC, Sqn Ldr T J Broom DFC, Sqn Ldr Ron Curtis DSO DFC, Flt Lt Ray Harrington, and Warrant Officer A E Winwood.
RAF limited edition of 500 prints, with 5 signatures. Print paper size 22 inches x 21 inches (56cm x 53cm). Price £95.00 Signatories: Wng Com Robert Bray DFC, Sqn Ldr T J Broom DFC, Sqn Ldr Ron Curtis DSO DFC, Flt Lt Ray Harrington, and Warrant Officer A E Winwood.
Limited edition of 50 Memorials proofs, with 8 signatures. Print paper size 22 inches x 21 inches (56cm x 53cm). Price £265.00 Signatories: Wng Com Robert Bray DFC, Sqn Ldr T J Broom DFC, Sqn Ldr Ron Curtis DSO DFC, Flt Lt Ray Harrington, Warrant Officer A E Winwood, Wng Com Branse Burbridge DSO DFC, Grp Cpt Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO DFC (matted) and Grp Cpt John Cunningham DSO DFC (matted)
ITEM CODE DHM2605
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Fighting Red Tails by Robert Taylor.
With their distinctive red tails, P-51 Mustangs of the 332nd Fighter Group – the famed Tuskegee Airmen, climb to operational height as B17 Fortresses from the 483rd Bomb Group manoeuvre into formation at the start of another long and dangerous mission over Germany, Oct 1944. A welcome sight for the Fortress crews, the renowned all-black Tuskegee pilots were credited for never losing an escorted bomber to enemy aircraft. For the first time ever Robert pays tribute to the Tuskegee Fighter Pilots in this stunning portrait of one of the most famous fighter units of WWII.
Signed limited edition of 800 prints. Print paper size 33 inches x 23.5 inches (84cm x 60cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: Col Charles McGee, 2nd Lt Elbert Hudson, 2nd Lt Lowell Steward, First Lieutenant Arthur Sherman, Stf Sgt Leon Walden.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Print paper size 33 inches x 23.5 inches (84cm x 60cm). Price £325.00 Signatories: Col Charles McGee, 2nd Lt Elbert Hudson, 2nd Lt Lowell Steward, First Lieutenant Arthur Sherman, Stf Sgt Leon Walden.
ITEM CODE DHM2596
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Spitfires Over St Michaels Mount by Robert Taylor.
Robert has chosen to show a Spitfire in the Battle of Britain colours of No 41 Squadron for his romantic portrayal of a Spitfire over St Michaels Mount, just off the coast of Cornwall – where the southwest corner of the British Isles meets the mighty Atlantic. This famous and historic landmark dating back to the Iron Age is steeped in folklore and legend. The castle of St Michaels Mount, perched atop a great granite rock that rises majestically out of the sea in Mounts Bay, for centuries made a tempting site for fighting forces. Here Robert cleverly uses this historic fort to provide a symbolic backdrop to a wonderful study of one of the most beautiful aircraft ever built.
Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Print paper size 21 inches x 20 inches (53cm x 51cm). Price £135.00 Signatories: Wg Cmdr Peter V Ayerst DFC; Sq Ldr Ian Blair DFM; Flt Lt Kenneth W S Evans DFC.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Print paper size 21 inches x 20 inches (53cm x 51cm). Price £175.00 Signatories: Wg Cmdr Peter V Ayerst DFC; Sq Ldr Ian Blair DFM; Flt Lt Kenneth W S Evans DFC.
ITEM CODE DHM2593
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Savage Skies by Robert Taylor.
The weather on the morning of 31 December, 1944 was already unpleasant. In the Ardennes, hard-pressed German troops were battling Allied ground forces advancing through several inches of snow. Above, darkening skies heralded the arrival of more snow. At 10.45am, in deteriorating weather, a battle formation of 30 Fw190D fighters climbed out of Varrelbusch and headed south over the snowcovered landscape. Under the command of 12./JG54 Staffelkapitan, Oblt. Hans Dortenmann, and initially tasked to provide air cover to their beleaguered comrades below, the group was re-assigned to intercept enemy aircraft in the region of Limburg almost immediately the pilots were airborne. Flying south they ran directly into the oncoming weather, and with visibility dangerously reduced, Dortenmann elected to climb through the solid cloud into clear air. As the Fw190s broke cloud above the area of Koblenz they sighted a formation of nine 2nd Air Division B-24 Liberators and formed up for an attack. Some 6000 feet above, top-cover P-51 Mustangs had watched the Fw190s climbing through the banks of clouds, and turned 180 degrees to position behind the Luftwaffe fighters. Diving in from their height advantage, the Mustang pilots entered the fray and within seconds the sky was filled with swirling dogfights.
Fighter Pilots Edition : Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Print paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: Maj Hans Ekkehard Bob; Lt Norbert Hannig; Maj Eric Rudorffer. Signed limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Print paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £395.00 Signatories: Maj Hans Ekkehard Bob; Lt Norbert Hannig; Maj Eric Rudorffer; Ft Lt Albert Bert Biel; Lt Hugo Brooch; Col Wilbur Lee Wib Clingan; Unteroffizier Gustav Drees; Lt Col G W Ford; Fw Heribert Koller; Lt Hermann Schleinhege. Green Hearts Proof Edition : Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Print paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £260.00 Signatories: Maj Hans Ekkehard Bob; Lt Norbert Hannig; Maj Eric Rudorffer; Ft Lt Albert Bert Biel; Lt Hugo Brooch; Col Wilbur Lee Wib Clingan; Unteroffizier Gustav Drees; Lt Col G W Ford; Fw Heribert Koller; Lt Hermann Schleinhege.
ITEM CODE DHM2590
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Eagles on the Channel Front by Robert Taylor.
An exceptional painting by the worlds foremost aviation artist remembering the most famous of all Luftwaffe Fighter Wings that fought on the Western Front during the early years of World War Two. Prints are signed by Luftwaffe Aces who contested the great air battles with pilots of the RAF on the infamous Channel Front, 1940-1941 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 squadrons were reequipping 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. Robert Taylors comprehensive work Eagles on the Channel Front, the fourth and final print in his widely acclaimed Wings of the Luftwaffe series, recreates a scene in northern France in the late autumn of 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 gleaming new Me109Fs are discreetly parked under trees on the edge the airfield, providing some cover from low-level surprise attacks. While ground crews busily prepare the Wings Me109s for another mission, a group of the exciting new Fw190A fighters taxi out. The scenario will continue right into winter. In his inimitable style, and with inordinate skill, Robert Taylor manages to evoke the heady atmosphere of a German front line airfield on the Channel Front in 1941.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 29 inches x 16 inches (74cm x 41cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Oberfeldwebel Heinz Marquardt, Oberst Johannes Naumann, Oberleutnant Erhard Nippa, Major Gerhard Schopfel and Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger. Limited edition of 10 artist proofs. Image size 29 inches x 16 inches (74cm x 41cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Oberfeldwebel Heinz Marquardt, Oberst Johannes Naumann, Oberleutnant Erhard Nippa, Major Gerhard Schopfel and Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger.
ITEM CODE RT0001
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They Landed by Moonlight by Robert Taylor.
To fly a small aircraft at the dead of night, without radio communication or navigational assistance, deep into enemy-occupied territory, was an extremely perilous task. To then land on an unlit remote field, deliver secret agents, collect Resistance leaders, or downed airmen and fly them home without attracting the attentions of enemy night fighters, was appallingly risky work. Yet throughout World War II the prime function of the pilots of the RAFs Special Duties Squadrons was to fly time and again into occupied France, in utmost secrecy, under the cover of darkness. It was acutely dangerous work requiring inordinate flying and navigational skills, and supreme courage. Most suited to these clandestine operations was the rugged Westland Lysander, operations being conducted, weather permitting, during the moons fullest phase. Guided only by torch light, the pilot made a hazardous night landing into an isolated field at a pre-arranged time, trusting that agents on the ground had checked the field for cart tracks and loitering Gestapo. Every mission required ice cool bravery and nerves of steel.
Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Captain Murray Anderson DFC*, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cammaerts DSO, Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC*, Wing Commander Len Ratcliff DSO DFC and Group Captain Hugh Verity DSO* DFC.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Captain Murray Anderson DFC*, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cammaerts DSO, Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC*, Wing Commander Len Ratcliff DSO DFC and Group Captain Hugh Verity DSO* DFC.
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by Captain Murray Anderson DFC*, Lieutenant Colonel Francis Cammaerts DSO, Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Hodges KCB CBE DSO DFC*, Wing Commander Len Ratcliff DSO DFC and Group Captain Hugh Verity DSO* DFC.
ITEM CODE RT0310
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No Turning Back by Robert Taylor.
A Lancaster of No. 61 Squadron, RAF, piloted by Flt. Lt. Bill Reid, under attack from a German Fw190 en route to Dusseldorf on the night of November 3rd, 1943. Already injured in a previous attack, Bill Reid was again wounded but pressed on for another 50 minutes to bomb the target, then fly his badly damaged aircraft on the long journey home. The courage and devotion to duty that earned Bill Reid the Victoria Cross, was a hallmark of RAF bomber crews throughout their long six year campaign.
Aircrew edition. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC, Air Commodore Wilf Burnett DSO OBE DFC AFC, Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC and Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC. Aircrew edition artist proofs. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC, Air Commodore Wilf Burnett DSO OBE DFC AFC, Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC and Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC. Bomber Command Edition. Signed limited edition of 200 prints. Paper size 32 inches x 24 inches (81cm x 61cm). Price £295.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC, Air Commodore Wilf Burnett DSO OBE DFC AFC, Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC, Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC, Flt Sergeant Stan Bradford DFM, Group Captain Dudley Burnside DSO OBE DFC*, Squadron Leader Lawrence Curtis DFC*, Group Captain William Farquharson DFC, Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Newham LVO DFC, Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Wolstenholme DFC* and Flight Lieutenant Dennis Woolley DFC DFM.
ITEM CODE RT0304
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Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor
In a strange quirk of fate, a Sunderland of 461 Sqn RAAF identification letter U, destroys submarine U-461, a type XIV tanker, one of three German submarines caught on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay on July 30, 1943. At extreme low level, Sunderland U braves a barrage of gunfire from all three encircling German submarines to deliver a successful depth charge attack, sinking U-461 in a single pass. In an act of grace, the Sunderland pilot returned to the scene to drop a dingy to the U-boat survivors.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £ Signed by Flight Lieutenant Dudley Marrows, Flight Lieutenant John Jock Rolland, Flight Lieutenant Peter Jensen, Warrant Officer Horrie Morgan, Leading Seaman Alois Momper, Able Seaman Helmut Roschinski, Medical Orderly Wilhelm Hoffken and Able Seaman Gerhard Korbjuhn.
ITEM CODE DHM2435
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Fastest Victory by Robert Taylor
Taking his Hurricane off from Speke, a raiding JU88 crossed the airfield in front of Denys Gillam, who promptly shot it down. It was the fastest air victory of the war, and probably of all time.
Signed limited edition of 990 prints. Paper size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Air Vice-Marshal Denys Gillam.
ITEM CODE DHM2078
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Uneven Odds by Robert Taylor
In August 1940, Frank Carey let No 43 Squadrons A Flight into Schwarms of JU87s, escorted by Me109s. Though hopelessly outnumbered, Carey accounted for 4 JU87s before running out of ammunition.
Signed limited edition of 990 prints. Paper size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Group Captain Frank Carey.
ITEM CODE DHM2082
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