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A Stunning Portfolio Commemorating Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Fighter Pilots of World War II
A TIME FOR HEROES
By Robert Taylor
A panoramic scene from the era of the Battle of Britain shows Mk I Spitfires of 234 Squadron, 10 Group’s top scoring squadron, returning to St. Eval after intercepting heavy raids on south coast ports during the heaviest fighting, in September 1940. St. Michael’s Mount, the castle built on the site of a 14th Century monastery to defend Britain’s shores from earlier enemies, provides a symbolic backdrop as once again a band of brothers is called upon to defend their Sceptred Isle.
By the fall of France the new Spitfire joined in the great air battles over the Channel as British Expeditionary Force evacuated Dunkirk. The following months, under glorious summer skies, saw the most decisive and continual aerial fighting in history. The British victory in the Battle of Britain was to fundamentally change the course of the war and, ultimately, the course of history.
But there were four and a half more years of air battles still to be fought and won – from the English Channel Front to the North African desert, from the Mediterranean to Far East Asia. It fell to Fleet Air Arm pilots to see the last air fighting for British and Commonwealth pilots, by then equipped with Seafires and American Corsairs and Hellcats, as they took part in the final assaults on the Japanese mainland. As the last embers of hostilities faded into history the centuries old doctrine of maritime supremacy had gone. Now the aircraft ruled.
THE SIGNATURESThis print has been personally hand signed by the artist and hand numbered. This edition is also signed by the following Pilots of RAF Fighter Command:
Group CaptainTOM DALTON MORGANDSO OBE DFC* – Battle of Britain Hurricane Ace / 22 & 43 Sqn / 17 victories
Wing CommanderGEORGE “GRUMPY” UNWIN– DSO DFM* –Battle of Britain Spitfire Ace /19 Sqn / 14 victories
An outstanding and evocative piece personally autographed by legendary Fighter Aces.
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