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Cranston Fine Arts Clipped Veteran Signatures

Below is an example of a print that has been damaged and has had signatures clipped. This is where most of our clipped signatures come from. This example is Fighter General by Graeme Lothian and the signatures clipped include Peter Duttmann and Walter Krupinski.

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Clipped Signature - Saburo Sakai. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Willibald Volsing. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - I S Price. Clipped Signature. One edition : £25.00

Clipped Signature - Marston Tickell. Clipped Signature. One edition : £55.00

Clipped Signature - Henri Moisin. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - Otto Fries. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

Clipped Signature - Dick Wheeler. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Kenneth Lucas. Clipped Signature. One edition : £20.00

Clipped Signature - Geoffrey Tyson. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Keith Lawrence. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

Clipped Signature - John Dalton. Clipped Signature. One edition : £10.00

Clipped Signature - Peter Cadbury. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Geoffrey Page. Clipped Signature. One edition : £75.00

Clipped Signature - Sir Ivor Broom. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Gerd Achgelis. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - D F W Phillips. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

Clipped Signature - Ernest Webb. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - John Boutwood. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - Karl-Heinz Decker. Clipped Signature. One edition : £25.00

Clipped Signature - Bill Reid VC. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

Clipped Signature - George Wood. Clipped Signature. One edition : £70.00

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Text for the above items :

Clipped Signature - Saburo Sakai. One of Japan's top WWII fighter Aces with 64 victories. He died in 2000.

Clipped Signature - Willibald Volsing. He was the Senior Controller in the Gunnery Fire Control Section on the Tirpitz, and was on board when the ship was attacked and capsized. Trapped deep inside the ship, he was one of the lucky few to be cut free from the upturned hull by rescuers.

Clipped Signature - I S Price. A Lieutenant in the Gordon Highlanders, he was captured on 12th June 1940 when the 51st Highland Division surrendered to Erwin Rommel in Normandy. He arrived at Colditz castle prison on 8th August 1941 and is known to have participated in several escape attempts, but he remained there until liberation. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Marston Tickell. Engineer in Chief of the British Army, 1973 - 1976. He died in 2009. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Henri Moisin. A member of the French Resistance in World War Two, he was captured and sent to prison at Amiens. He was present there when RAF Mosquitos attacked the prison in Operation Jericho, an attempt to free the prisoners. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Otto Fries. Flew the Me110 as a night-fighter with NJG1 from January 1942 until the end of World War Two, scoring 18 victories. He later switched to the He219 'Owl' and was shot down 4 times. The second time, engine on fire from a No.85 Sqn Mosquito attack, he used a catapult ejection seat to escape - for only the third time in combat history.

Clipped Signature - Dick Wheeler. A pilot of the A-20 Havoc with the 416th Bomb Group in England, he flew 69 missions in Europe, including D-Day. Remaining with the Air Force after the war, he set a world record for a high altitude bail out, retiring in 1968. He died in 2009. Supplied together with the signature of Daniel F Shea : Flew 66 missions as a pilot on the A-20 Havoc with 668th Bomb Squadron, 416th Bomb Group in England. He died in 2004.

Clipped Signature - Kenneth Lucas. Bomber Command ground crew who served with No.49 Sqn before moving to No.617 Squadron. As ground crew, he played a crucial role in preparing the Lancaster bombers for the Dambusters Raid. He died in 2011.

Clipped Signature - Geoffrey Tyson. A renowned test pilot, he performed aerobatics and was an instructor before World War Two, became a test pilot for various companies between 1937 and 1958. He tested aircraft such as the Sunderland and Stirling and the gigantic Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat, becoming Chief Test Pilot at Short Brothers. He died in 1987. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Keith Lawrence. A New Zealander, he joined No.234 Sqn RAF flying Spitfires throughout the Battle of Britain, scoring two victories. He joined No.603 Sqn then No.91 Sqn, where his Spitfire was shot down by Me109s and he baled out into the sea. He returned and joined No.185 Sqn in Malta flying Hurricanes the Spitfires. He became an instructor, returning in 1945 to No.124 Sqn flying late marque Spitfires then Meteor jets then leaving the RAF in 1946. He died in 2016.

Clipped Signature - John Dalton. A pilot who flew the Dakota aircraft during Operation Plainfare, the Berlin Airlift. He was also commander of 54 Air Refuelling Squadron in the late 1980s.

Clipped Signature - Peter Cadbury. A member of the Cadbury family known for the chocolate brand, he never worked in the family business. He is the son of Sir Egbert Cadbury, a World War One Ace who shot down two German zeppelins. Peter followed his father into aviation and was a test pilot on jet fighters during World War Two, including the Gloster Meteor. He died in 2006. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Geoffrey Page. Briefly flew Spitfires with No.66 Sqn before joining No.56 Sqn flying Hurricanes in the Battle of France, then the Battle of Britain until he was shot down on 12th August 1940, baling out of his fiery aircraft but suffering severe injuries and burns. He returned to action 2 years later, and by the end of the war had claimed 10 victories plus 5 shared. He died in 2000.

Clipped Signature - Sir Ivor Broom. Flew Blenheims with No.114 Sqn in 1940, then with No.105 Sqn and No.107 Sqn in Malta. In 1943 he moved to fly daring missions on the pathfinder Mosquito with No.571 Sqn then No.163 Sqn. He was awarded the DFC three times during the war, remained in the RAF post-war, retiring in 1979. He died in 2003. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Gerd Achgelis. A German aircraft engineer and aerobatic pilot, in the mid 1930s he was Chief Test Pilot at Focke-Wulf. He and Professor Focke designed the first ever helicopter, the Fw61, in 1938. After the war, he stayed in the aviation industry, occasionally performing aerobatics into the 1980s. He died in 1991 aged 82. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - D F W Phillips. Served as the Commanding Officer of 829 Naval Air Squadron flying Barracuda from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for undaunted courage, skill and determination in carrying out the daring attack on the German battleship Tirpitz on 3rd April 1944. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Ernest Webb. Joined the Royal Air Force in 1941 and trained as a pilot. He then joined No.49 Sqn flying Lancasters in 1943, flying operations in the offensive against targets in Germany. He flew 30 operations and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, later serving with No.242 Sqn, RAF Transport Command.

Clipped Signature - John Boutwood. Served as a Midshipman aboard HMS Inflexible in 1917 and by World War Two was in command of HMS Curacoa when it controversially collided with the troopship Queen Mary and was sunk. He went on to command the minesweepers HMS Fly and HMS Fantome, retiring in 1951. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Karl-Heinz Decker. Joined the German Army in 1943 and became a tank crewman with the 12th Waffen SS Panzer Division. Fought with this elite unit throughout the Normandy campaign, D-Day and at Falaise, but was eventually captured and taken prisoner of war. He died in 2015.

Clipped Signature - Bill Reid VC. Became a pilot on Wellingtons then Lancasters in 1943, earning his Victoria Cross when his Lancaster was attacked by night-fighters. His navigator and radio operator were killed and Reid himself badly injured, but he flew on 200 miles to accurately drop his bombs before getting his aircraft home with help from his remaining crew. He died in 2001.

Clipped Signature - George Wood. George Wood survived being shot down in a Whirlwind of No.263 Sqn in 1943, returning to the UK to fly Typhoons with No.197 Sqn for the rest of the war. Clipped alongside the signatures of Tony Hallett and Ronnie Sheward - Tony Hallett completed more than 100 sorties in ground-attack Typhoons with No.198 Sqn and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Ronnie Sheward was an Argentine pilot who studied in England, and returned to the UK to join the RAF on the outbreak of war. Flying Spitfires and Hurricanes with 137, 264 and 266 Sqns, he took part in the first ever attack by rocket armed Hurricanes.