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Unhappy New Year by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 2 additional signature(s). £460.00

New Enemy by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £440.00

Air Taxi by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 3 additional signature(s). £320.00

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

Tip of the Spear by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 3 additional signature(s). £340.00

First Combat by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 2 additional signature(s). £390.00

Doe's Griffin by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 6 additional signature(s). £480.00

Sitting Duck by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £480.00

Victory Flypast by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £450.00

Boarding Call by David Pentland. (P) One edition. £410.00

African Expedition by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 2 additional signature(s). £310.00

Battle of the Bight by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £390.00

Early Risers by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 4 additional signature(s). £700.00

Danger Over Dieppe by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 2 additional signature(s). £360.00

Taxi Service by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 2 additional signature(s). £400.00

Jagers by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 3 additional signature(s). £680.00

Head on Pass by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 3 additional signature(s). £700.00

The New Unit, Kaltenkirchen, Germany 1945 by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 3 additional signature(s). £650.00

Tractor Girl by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 4 additional signature(s). £400.00

Kannonenboot by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 2 additional signature(s). £310.00

Dam Defenders by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £460.00

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Unhappy New Year by David Pentland. (P) B78 Eindhoven, Holland, 1st January 1945. Major Heinz Bar, Kommodore of Jagdgeswader 3, bounces a flight of 438 Squadron RCAF Typhoons attempting to take off from Eindhoven airfield. His attack was merely the start of a massed attack by the entire JG3, some 60 aircraft, which were only several minutes behind him. Despite losing some 15 pilots killed or captured, the attack destroyed 44 aircraft on the ground, and 9 in the air, including 2 Typhoons by Major Bar. An additional 60 were badly damaged.

New Enemy by David Pentland. (P) Kedainiai, Lithuania, 23rd June 1941. Taking part in the opening days of Operation Barbarossa, Hans-Ekkehard Bob recorded his first victory in Russian airspace - a Tupolev SB-2 twin-engined bomber. During this combat action his Me 109F2 was hit by return fire, resulting in a forced landing behind enemy lines. He evaded capture and returned to his unit 2 days later. This was his 22nd victory.

Air Taxi by David Pentland. (P) 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.

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

Tip of the Spear by David Pentland. (P) Isle of Wight, England, 28th November 1940. Late in the afternoon, the Me109s of JG2 took off on a Frei Jagd or fighter sweep over southern England. At its head, and leading the Stabschwarm was the Geschwaderkommodore Helmut Wick, along with his wingmen Erich Leie, Rudolf Pflanz, and Erich Rudorffer. When RAF Spitfires were sighted Wick gave the order to engage and the staff flight pulled away to give battle - it was to be his final dogfight. In the ensuing battle, Wick, Pflanz, and Gunther Seeger each claimed a Spitfire, but Wick in turn was lost to the RAF.

First Combat by David Pentland. (P) Franco-German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border Frei Jagd for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3./JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II/4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14 victories) the other by Ofw Erwin Kley. Wick was to go on to become one of the great aces of the Battle of Britain, achieving 56 victories before his death in November 1940.

Doe's Griffin by David Pentland. (P) Portland, England, 30th September 1940. Already an accomplished Spitfire ace with at least 10 confirmed kills, Bob Doe had just transferred from 234 squadron to 238 Hurricane squadron when he intercepted and brought down a Heinkel He111P-2 from I/KG55 Griffin Geschwader.

Sitting Duck by David Pentland. (P) Lake Schaal, Northern Germany, 18th September 1944. Squadron Leader Urban Drew of 375th Fighter Squadron leading a flight of 3 P-51 Mustangs caught and destroyed the giant BV 238 Flying boat prototype undergoing flight trials on Lake Schaal.

Victory Flypast by David Pentland. (P) Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over Warzyn airfield, Poland, 24th August 1944. Oberleutnant Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over JG52's 9th Staffel home field. Four days later he was awarded the Knights cross with diamonds as the first pilot to achieve this score.

Boarding Call by David Pentland. (P) Southern England, D-Day, 6th June 1944. U.S. Paratroopers of 101st Airborne Division awaiting H-hour, and the call to board their DC 3 Dakota transports.

African Expedition by David Pentland. (P) Tunisia, North Africa, 4th January 1943. At 1600 hours, eight Fw190s from JG2 were scrambled from Kairouan airfield to intercept enemy aircraft flying recon over the Sbeitla and Fondouk areas. The Allied formation came from Thelepte airfield and consisted of 6 Spitfires from the US 4th Fighter Squadron, 52 Fighter Group, and 6 Spitfires from the US 5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, escorting 5 P-39s. The Fw190s were south of Ousseltia when air combat with the escorting Spitfires began. It was during this engagement that Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Rudorffer Yellow 1 of 6/JG2 claimed 2 of the American Spitfires.

Battle of the Bight by David Pentland. (P) Heligoland, German coast, 18th December 1939. Johannes Macky Steinhoff attacking Vickers Wellington bombers of No.37 Sqn. A raiding force of 22 RAF Wellington Ia bombers from 9, 37 and 149 squadrons was intercepted by some 60 Me109 and Me110s. First to engage were 6 Me109Ds from Oberleutnant Johannes Macki Steinhoff 's NG26's experimental night fighter staffel. In the running battle that followed Steinhoff and Feldwebel Szuggar claimed 1 bomber each. It was a disasterous day for the RAF with a total of 12 aircraft being shot down and another 6 crash landing on their return to England.

Early Risers by David Pentland. (P) Gramatikovo, Russia, 19th March 1944. Oberleutnant Walter Wolfrum (Black 15) and wingman of 5 Staffel JG52 take off on a dawn patrol. By the end of the day Oberleutnant Wolfrum would have accounted for 5 Soviet aircraft.

Danger Over Dieppe by David Pentland. (P) 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.

Taxi Service by David Pentland. (P) Flt Lt Alex Thom DFC of No. 87 Sqn is ferried back to the airfield of No.87 Sqn in a Master aircraft on 19th August 1942 after his Hurricane made a forced landing at East Den.

Jagers by David Pentland. (P) Zhitomir, Russia, February 1943. On 6th January 1943, Gefreiter Hugo Broch was posted to II./JG54 on the eastern front, and assigned to 6./JG54. His first combat experiences were as Kaczmarek (wingman) to Horst Adameit (166 victories) and Heinrich Bazi Sterr (130 victories) flying cannon-armed Me109G-2s against both Soviet air and ground targets.

Head on Pass by David Pentland. (P) St Nazaire, France, 1st January 1943. Leading the Focke Wulf 190s of III Gruppe, Jagdgeswader 2, Gruppenkommandeur Egon Mayer, cut a swathe through the attacking waves of US Eigth Airforce B17s. The recently developed tactic of the head on pass was proving successful against the daylight heavy bombers, with Mayer claiming 2 for himself in this engagement.

The New Unit, Kaltenkirchen, Germany 1945 by David Pentland. (P) Oberleutnant Walter Schuck moved to JG7 in early March 1945, and assumed command of 3 Staffel on the 26th of that month. In all he was to claim 8 victories while flying the Me262.

Tractor Girl by David Pentland. (P) Lancaster AJ-T of No.617 Sqn being towed by tractor to its dispersal slot by a Women's Auxiliary Air Force driver at Scampton, May 1943, in preparation for Operation Chastise.

Kannonenboot by David Pentland. (P) Adriatic coast, Greece, 20th Dece,ber 1943. 20mm cannon armed Messerschmitt 109G-6/R6 trop, flown by Oberleutnant Josef-Emil Clade, Staffelkapitan 7/JG27 White 9 and his wingman White 7.

Dam Defenders by David Pentland. (P) Mohne Dam, Ruhr Valley, 16th-17th May 1943. On the fifth and final attempt to breach the Mohne dam, Flt. Lt Maltby was flanked by the aircraft of Gibson and Martin who attempted to suppress the German flak defences.