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A Call to Arms by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 11 additional signature(s). £720.00

Buccaneer by David Pentland. 3 editions. £100.00 - £400.00

Extraction - Afghanistan 2011 by David Pentland. 5 editions. £2.90 - £1200.00

Boeing 737 by David Pentland. 3 editions. £30.00 - £850.00

Joint Rescue by David Pentland. 4 editions. £35.00 - £500.00

Vickers Vanguard 1970s by David Pentland. 3 editions. £100.00 - £400.00

Tribute to the 617 Sqn Dambusters Crew of Lancaster AJ-A by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature an additional signature. £40.00 - £480.00

Christmas Hunt - Bristol Fighter F2B by David Pentland. 4 editions. £2.90 - £220.00

Air Taxi by David Pentland. 3 editions. All 3 editions feature up to 3 additional signature(s). £55.00 - £320.00

Christmas Greetings from the RFC, North Italy, 25th December 1917 by David Pentland. 8 of 9 editions available. £2.90 - £400.00

GONER 58A - Mohne Dam, Germany, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. 7 editions. 2 of the 7 editions feature an additional signature. £2.90 - £2800.00

Hand of Fate by David Pentland. 4 editions. 2 of the 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures. £50.00 - £380.00

Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland. 4 editions. One edition features 4 additional signatures. £90.00 - £400.00

Danger Over Dieppe by David Pentland. 3 editions. All 3 editions feature up to 2 additional signature(s). £60.00 - £360.00

Harry Tate RE8, France, 1st October 1918 by David Pentland. 4 editions. £2.90 - £400.00

Overture to Overlord by David Pentland 5 editions. One edition features an additional signature. £2.50 - £500.00

Charity by David Pentland. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures. £65.00 - £250.00

Jet Attack by David Pentland. 15 editions. 9 of the 15 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures. £2.50 - £500.00

Strafing Run by David Pentland. 3 editions. All 3 editions feature up to 2 additional signature(s). £60.00 - £360.00

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A Call to Arms by David Pentland. (P) Spitfires of No.603 Squadron, 23rd November 1940. The nearest aircraft is P7389 of Archie Winskill.

Buccaneer by David Pentland. H.S. Buccaneer SB, of 809 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, takes off from Belfast RAF Sydenham in 1974.

Extraction - Afghanistan 2011 by David Pentland. An SAS team is picked up by a U.S. Army Special Forces Blackhawk helicopter after a successful operation against the Taliban.

Boeing 737 by David Pentland. British Midlands 737 (300 series) en route from London to Belfast. 1993.

Joint Rescue by David Pentland. Joint exercise between a RNLI Lifeboat and a Royal Air Force Westland Wessex from 72 Squadron off the coast of Northern Ireland.

Vickers Vanguard 1970s by David Pentland. British European Airways aircraft enroute to Northern Ireland.

Tribute to the 617 Sqn Dambusters Crew of Lancaster AJ-A by David Pentland. The image shows Lancaster AJ-A attacking the Mohne dam, successfully causing a small breach. Alongside is the portrait of AJ-A pilot Sqn Ldr H M Young. This aircraft was shot down over the Dutch coast on the return journey, with the loss of all crew. Crew of A for Apple : Pilot : Sqn Ldr H M Young Flight Engineer : Sgt D T Horsfall Navigator : Flt Sgt D W Roberts Wireless Operator : Sgt L W Nichols Bomb Aimer : Flg Off V S MacCausland Front Gunner : Sgt G A Yeo Rear Gunner : Sgt W Ibbotson.

Christmas Hunt - Bristol Fighter F2B by David Pentland. 139 Squadron RAF in North Italy, December 1917

Air Taxi by David Pentland. Southern England, 19th August 1942. Alex Thom arrives safely at the airfield of No.87 Squadron in a Miles Master. He would immediately take off to return to Dieppe in Hurricane LK-A, seen in the background.

Christmas Greetings from the RFC, North Italy, 25th December 1917 by David Pentland. On Christmas Day at 0745 hours, Maj.Barker and Lt Steve Hudson of No.28 Squadron, staged an unauthorized raid on the German aerodrome at San Fior, even dropping a holiday greeting - To the Austrian Flying Corps, with Christmas greetings from the RFC, along with liberal machine gun fire and twenty-pound Cooper bombs.

GONER 58A - Mohne Dam, Germany, 17th May 1943 by David Pentland. Avro Lancaster AJ-P of Flt. Lt. Martin 617 Squadron releases the bomb that successfully breaches the Mohne dam. In the foreground the electrical substation is burning from a previous attack by Flt.Lt. Hopgood.

Hand of Fate by David Pentland. South of Alexandria, Egypt, 7th August 1942. When a pair of Me109Fs from JG27 unexpectedly encountered a lumbering Bristol Bombay and downed it, they were unaware of the full significance of their action. It was only on their return to base that Emil Clade and Bernd Schneider heard that Lt. General Strafer Gott the formidable new commander of the 8th Army had perished on the fallen transport. His death opened the way for his replacement, General Montgomery.

Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland. A Catalina flying boat of the Royal Air Force shown at anchor in the Indian Ocean at night.

Danger Over Dieppe by David Pentland. While on an early morning sortie over Dieppe to support the allied landing Operation Jubilee, the Hawker Hurricane IIc of Alex Thom sustained flak damage to its engine. Despite a severe oil leak he nursed his aircraft safely back to England where he made a successful forced landing.

Harry Tate RE8, France, 1st October 1918 by David Pentland. Lt R Sterling and 2nd Lt J Owens - while flying contact patrol these officers displayed marked gallantry and endeavour, flying at altitudes from 500 to 1,000ft for 3 hours they successfully located the enemy defence lines (Extract from the commendation for DFC)

Overture to Overlord by David Pentland RAF De Havilland Mosquito FbIVs of 107 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Airforce on a night bombing mission of the French Railways, as part of the allied preparations for D-Day.

Charity by David Pentland. Malta, 22nd June 1940. Some 12 days after the air battle for Malta began, the recently raised ad hoc Gladiator flight claimed its first confirmed victory. Flt. Lt. George Burges, and Flg. Off. Timber Woods were alerted to a lone S.79 from 219 Squadriglia on a reconnaissance sortie. They managed to intercept the intruder over Valetta, and although Timber's first attack was unsuccessful, Burges in Charity shot off the Savoia's port engine sending it crashing into the sea at Kalafrana.

Jet Attack by David Pentland. Oberleutenant Schalls ME 262 of JG7 catches the Australian crewed Lancaster from 5 group dead astern as it lines up for its bombing run on the Hamburg U-Boat pens. Even at this angle the speed of the jet made it difficult to get off more than a few bursts of cannon fire before it passed through the British formation. The episode was witnessed by navigator Cecil Keys in the leading Lancaster QR/Y from 61 squadron on his last raid of the war. Lt. Schall, an ace with 117 kills, and 2nd highest jet ace of the war with 14 victories was killed the following day when his aircraft hit a bomb crater on landing at his base of Parchim.

Strafing Run by David Pentland. Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC of No. 87 Sqn strafes an enemy convoy in Hurricane LK-A during his second mission of the day to Dieppe on 19th August 1942.