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art prints of Operation overlord. before the D-Day landings the
royal Air Force and the unite states Air force, with 12,000 aircraft
removed the German Luftwaffe aircraft from the skies over France, with
other tasks done, including photographing German defences and dropping
supplies tot he French resistance.. The following Aviation art prints show
Aircraft during the D-Day Normandy landings and the days leading up to the
invasion of France, opening up the long awaited second front in Europe.
These Aviation art prints are available direct from Cranston Fine arts .
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Watching Station (Mustangs) by Ivan Berryman
North American Mustang IIIs of No.315 Polish Squadron Deblinski are shown over the invasion fleet heading for the D-Day landings.
Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Image size 17 inches x 10 inches (43cm x 25cm). Price £95.00
ITEM CODE B0030
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Beware of the Lion by Geoff Lea.
602 City of Glasgow Squadron patrol the Normandy beaches.
Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £56.00
Signed edition. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £50.00
Limited edition of 60 prints. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Johnnie Johnson (deceased).
Open edition print. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £10.92
Signed edition. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £37.00
Original painting by Geoff Lea. . Price £2400.00
ITEM CODE DHM0401
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Normandy Beach Head Patrol by Geoff Lea.
Spitfire Mk9. of 56 squadron patrol the D-Day landings.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Special Promotion : This print is HALF PRICE for a limited time only! Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £52.80
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £135.00
Limited edition of 50 prints. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Johnnie Johnson (deceased).
Original painting by Geoff Lea. . Price £2400.00
ITEM CODE DHM0410
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Ranger by Graeme Lothian.
Before D-Day allied fighters ranged far and wide across the North of Europe.
Limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 23 inches x 11 inches (59cm x 28cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Commander Johnnie Johnson (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM0871
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Normandy Breakout by Nicolas Trudgian.
Spitfires of No. 132 Squadron rush towards the Front to give ground support to the advancing Allied forces following breakout from the Normandy beaches, June 1944.
Aces Edition. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist.
D-Day Anniversary Edition. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 53cm). Price £300.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil, Flight Lieutenant Sir Archie Lamb, Flying Officer Frank Wheeler, Squadron Leader Pat Carden, Commander Mike Crossley, Wing Commander Jack Rose and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist.
D-Day Anniversary Edition. Signed limited edition of 150 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 53cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil, Flight Lieutenant Sir Archie Lamb, Flying Officer Frank Wheeler, Squadron Leader Pat Carden, Commander Mike Crossley, Wing Commander Jack Rose and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist.
D-Day Anniversary Edition. Limited edition of 50 remarques. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 53cm). Price £ Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil, Flight Lieutenant Sir Archie Lamb, Flying Officer Frank Wheeler, Squadron Leader Pat Carden, Commander Mike Crossley, Wing Commander Jack Rose and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2277
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Normandy Fighter Sweep by Nicolas Trudgian.
Johnnie Johnson leads his Canadian Wing Spitfires over the Normandy beaches on D-Day, 1944.
Limited edition of 2500 prints. Print size 16 inches x 13 inches (41cm x 33cm). Price £75.00 Signed by Air Vice-Marshall Johnnie Johnson (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2447
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Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian.
Frustrated by the absence of Luftwaffe aircraft over the Normandy beaches on D-Day, Allied fighter pilots were spoiling for a fight. When a dozen Ju88s appeared over Gold Beach on the following morning, June 7, 1944, the patrolling Spitfires of 401 Squadron wasted no time in getting into the fray. At just after 0800 hours twelve Junkers Ju88s appeared out of the 2000ft. cloud base, intent on making a diving attack on the heavily populated beachhead. Wheeling their Spitfires into the on-coming attack, Squadron Leader Cameron, C.O. of 401 Squadron, called his pilots to pick their own targets, and all hell broke loose. In the ensuing dogfight 401 Squadrons Canadian pilots destroyed no fewer than six of the Ju88s, and the attack on the beach was averted. Nicolas Trudgian recreates the scene as Flying Officer Arthur Bishop, son of WWI Ace Billy Bishop, brings down one of the Ju88s that day. With its starboard engine on fire, and its hydraulics shot away, the doomed Luftwaffe fighter-bomber begins its ultimate uncontrollable roll. F/O Arthur Bishop hurtles past the stricken bomber, Nicks superb study showing every detail of his Mk IX Spitfire. Below the pockmarked landscape and beachhead is packed with detail and activity: No fewer than fifty vehicles of all description can be counted, with as many ships and landing craft offshore. Some thirty aircraft are visible in the sky. A massively comprehensive image that will keep collectors endlessly absorbed in a wholly realistic atmosphere, created by a hugely talented and highly respected aviation artist.
Limited edition of 400 prints. Print size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased), Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant (deceased) and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £260.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 250 prints. Supplied with companion print Prints size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £290.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased), Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant (deceased) and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
Limited edition of 25 portfolio edition artist proofs, supplied with companion print. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £350.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
Signed limited edition of 60 artists special reserve prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £105.00
ITEM CODE DHM2037
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Eagles of the Eighth by Nicolas Trudgian.
Major Jim Goodson taxies his 4th (The Eagles) Fighter Group P-51 D Mustang at Debden following a mission to supply air support over the Normandy beaches soon after D-Day, June 1944. Having previously flown Spitfires and Hurricanes with the RAF, Spitfires with 133 Eagle Squadron, and P-47 Thunderbolts with the Fourth fighter group, Jim Goodson became one of the USAAFs top fighter pilots of WWII.
Limited edition of 400 prints. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Paper size 12 inches x 9.5 inches (31cm x 24cm). Price £42.00 Signed by Jim Goodson.
ITEM CODE NT0001
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D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian.
There was never a greater concentration of air power deployed in an active theater of war as over the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the USAAFs Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft a day, they were pounding enemy positions all the way from Pas de Calais to the coast of Normandy. 6 June 1944, arguably the most decisive single day in modern military history, saw the sky filled with waves of troop carrying aircraft towing gliders, dropping over 20,000 highly trained men in support of the massed sea-borne landings on the beaches below. Grabbing all the airspace they could find, the combat wings of the Ninth Air Force were creating havoc among the German ground forces as they scrambled to get troops and armor to the battlefront.
Limited edition of 350 prints. Print size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £155.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with eight signatures. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £250.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 150 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £240.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 50 remarques, with eight signatures. Inscribed with original pencil drawing by Nicolas Trudgian. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60m). Price £ Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, in addition to the artist.
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50
ITEM CODE DHM2275
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Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in the Allied advance through occupied Europe. Leading up to, and following the Normandy landings through to the end of hostilities, the Typhoon, flown by determined hard hitting pilots, became the scourge of the German Panzer Divisions, and wrought havoc with enemy road and rail communications. Targets along the Rhine, over one of Germanys arteries of supply and communication and last line of defence, were given special attention by the Typhoon squadrons. Barges carrying vital supplies, munition trains on railroads hugging the river bank, and the ever present movement of troops and armour toward the battlefront were constantly attacked from the air. Led by Squadron Leader B. G. Stapme Stapleton, Mk1B Typhoons of 247 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force, based at Eindhoven in Holland, make a low-level attack on enemy river transport on the Rhine in November 1944. Twisting and turning to avoid ground fires as best they can, the Typhoon pilots power their way through the valley with cannons blazing, pressing home their attack by strafing every German military target in their path. The supply cargo aboard the freight train is unlikely to reach its destination today!
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Air Commodore C D Kit North-Lewis (deceased) and Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm)
. Price £210.00 Signed by
Air Commodore C D Kit North Lewis DSO DFC (deceased), Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC and Flight Lieutenant Basil Tatters Tatham.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Air Commodore C D Kit North Lewis DSO DFC (deceased), Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC and Flight Lieutenant Basil Tatters Tatham.
ITEM CODE DHM2200
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Typhoon Country by Nicolas Trudgian.
A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944. Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the battle of Falaise Gap.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 18 inches x 13 inches (46cm x 33cm). Price £70.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane.
ITEM CODE DHM2199
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Doolittles D-Day, 6th June 1944 by Robert Taylor.
By any military standards, it is difficult to imagine the Supreme Commander of the largest air force of the day, piloting himself over the battlefront during the early moments of one of historys greatest military operations. But General Jimmy Doollittle was no ordinary commander. Already awarded Americas highest decoration for valour, General Doolittle was, by the summer of 1944, in command of the American 8th Air Force. On the morning of 6 June, D-Day, he dispatched 1350 bombers together with his entire fighter force to attack enemy ground installations near the beachheads. Sitting around waiting for intelligence reports was not Jimmy Doolittles style. He was going to see for himself what was happening! With Pat Partridge as wingman, they took off flying P-38 Lightnings - chosen for their distinctive profile in the hopes they would deter friendly fire - and climbed above the overcast. Having observed the 8th Air Forces operations at first hand, as they turned for home, Doolittle spotted a hole in the clouds, flick-rolled through it and disappeared beneath the cloud layer. Pat Partridge had his head in the cockpit, probably changing his gas tanks, and when he looked up there was no sign of his Supreme Commander, he circled around for a while, then headed for home. Beneath the clouds Doolittle saw - the most impressive and unforgettable sight I could have possibly imagined - . As some 5000 ships of all shapes and sizes landed 176,000 troops on the enemy held beaches of Northern France, Doolittle flew up and down the battlefront assessing how the invasion was progressing, and after a two and a half hour sortie, headed back to base. After landing, Doolittle hurried over to General Eisenhowers headquarters to provide the first report Eisenhower received, beating his own intelligence information by several hours.
Limited edition of 500 prints. Image szie 32 inches x 16 inches 81cm x 41cm). Price £285.00 Signed by Colonel Hubert M. Childress, Lt Colonel Frank D Hurlbut, First Lieutenant Richard Ostronik, First Lieutenant Mel Roasvig and Colonel Richard Willsie.
ITEM CODE RT0313
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Watching Station (Mustangs) by Ivan Berryman, the print is also
co-signed North American Mustang III's of No.315 Polish Squadron "deblinski"
are shown over the invasion fleet heading for the D-Day landings.
BEWARE OF THE LION BY GEOFF LEA
602 City of Glasgow Squadron patrol the Normandy beaches.
NORMANDY BEACH HEAD PATROL BY GEOFF LEA
Spitfire Mk9. of 56 squadron patrol the D-Day landings.
COMBAT OVER NORMANDY BY GRAEME LOTHIAN
pitfires of R.C.A.F 144 Wing led by Wing Commander Johnson in combat
with ME109's of JG3 over Arromanches, France June 1944. with
three signatures of British RAF fighter Pilots Air Vice Marshal
J E Johnnie JOhnson C.B, C.B.E D.S.O , D.F.C D.L Air
Commodore Pete BrothersC.B.E. D.S.O D.F.C (Wing Commander Flying
Culmhead Wing) Wing Commnder Geoffrey page D.F.O D.F.C
Wing Commander flying 125 Wing
RANGER BY GRAEME LOTHIAN
Before D-Day allied fighters ranged far and wide across the North of
Europe. Signed Limited edition of 1,000 prints. Signed by the artist
and Commander Johnnie Johnson.
Normandy Breakout by Nicolas Trudgian
Wing
Commander Geoffrey Page had no business risking life and limb at low level
in a Spitfire in the maelstrom of D-Day and the heavy fighting that
followed. On 12th August 1940, during the height of the Battle of
Britain, he had been shot down in his Hurricane in flames. Page
scrambled out of the inferno, baling out into the sea, but his burns were
so severe he spent most of the next two years in hospital undergoing skin
grafts. Most would have called it a day, but not the young
Page. Showing the hallmark determination common among fighter
pilots, he was back in the air by the spring of 1943. Immediately
successful, on 29th June he and another pilot shot down 6 enemy aircraft
in one ten minute encounter and by the following summer he was given
command of 125 Wing. By D-Day Geoffrey Page commanded 132 Squadron's
Spitfires, taking an active role in the invasion, and the heavy fighting
in the weeks that followed Click
here for more information on this print.
Normandy Fighter Sweep by Nicholas Trudgian
Signed by Johnnie Johnson.
Victory Over Gold by Nicholas Trudgian
Spitfires of 401 Squadron over the Normandy beaches, June 1944.
Signed by Pete Brothers, Bunny Currant, Tom Neil.
Eagles of the Eighth by Nicholas Trudgian
Major Jim Goodson taxies his 4th (The Eagles) Fighter Group P-51 D
Mustang at Debden following a mission to supply air support over the
Normandy beaches soon after D-Day, June 1944. Having previously flown
Spitfires and Hurricanes with the RAF, Spitfires with 133 Eagle Squadron,
and P-47 Thunderbolts with the Fourth fighter group, Jim Goodson became
one of the USAAF's top fighter pilots of WWII.
D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian
There was never a greater
concentration of air power deployed in a n active theatre of war as over
the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the
USAAF's Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft and, dispatching
up to 1000 aircraft a day, they were pounding enemy positions all the way
from Pas de Calais to the coast of Normandy. 6 June 1944, arguably
the most decisive single day in modern military history, saw the sky
filled with waves of troop carrying aircraft towing gliders, dropping over
20,000 highly trained men in support of the massed sea-borne landings on
the beaches below. Grabbing all the airspace they could find, the
combat wings of the Ninth Air Force were creating havoc among the German
ground forces as they scrambled to get troops and armour to the
battlefront.
Click
Here For Signatory Information
Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicholas Trudgian
Flying low-level at high speed through intense ground fire
was all part of the daily task for pilots of the Typhoon ground attack
squadron. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this
formidable fighter played a leading role in the Allied advance through
occupied Europe. Leading up to, and following the Normandy Landings through
to the end of hostilities, the Typhoon, flown by determined hard-hitting
pilots, became the scourge of the German Panzer Divisions, wrought havoc
with enemy road and rail connections.Targets along the river Rhine, one of Germany's major
arteries of supply and communication, and last line of defence, were given
special attention by the Typhoon squadrons. Barges carrying vital supplies,
munition trains on the railroads hugging the river bank, and the
ever-present movement of troops and armour toward the battlefront, were
constantly attacked from the air, and one such scene is portrayed in this
painting. Led by Squadron Leader BG
'Stapme' Stapleton, Mk1B Typhoons
of 247 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force, based at Eindhoven in the
Netherlands, make a low-level attack on enemy river transport on the Rhine
in November 1944. Twisting and turning to avoid ground fire as best they
can, Typhoon pilots power their way through the valley with cannons blazing,
pressing home their attack by strafing every German military target in their
path.
Typhoon Country by Nicholas Trudgian
Flt Lieutenant Roy Crane, flying a Typhoon of 181 Squadron
from their recently established base in Normandy, makes an attack on a
German road convoy in the Falaise area, early August 1944. The Typhoons
ground attack fighters played a major role in defeating the German armoured
divisions in the battle of the Falaise Gap.
Doolittle's D-Day, 6th June 1944 by Robert
Taylor Click
Here for Signature information and image of 'Double Trouble
By any military standards, it is difficult to imagine
the Supreme Commander of the largest air force of the day, piloting
himself over the battlefront during the early moments of one of history's
greatest military operations. But General Jimmy Doollittle was no
ordinary commander. Already awarded America's highest decoration for
valour, General Doolittle was, by the summer of 1944, in command of the
American 8th Air Force. On the morning of 6 June, D-Day, he
dispatched 1350 bombers together with his entire fighter force to attack
enemy ground installations near the beachheads. Sitting around
waiting for intelligence reports was not Jimmy Doolittle's style. He
was going to see for himself what was happening! With Pat Partridge
as wingman, they took off flying P-38 Lightnings - chosen for their
distinctive profile in the hopes they would deter friendly fire - and
climbed above the overcast. Having observed the 8th Air Force's
operations at first hand, as they turned for home, Doolittle spotted a
hole in the clouds, flick-rolled through it and disappeared beneath the
cloud layer. Pat Partridge had his head in the cockpit, probably
changing his gas tanks, and when he looked up there was no sign of his
Supreme Commander. He circled around for a while, then headed for
home. Beneath the clouds Doolittle saw "the most impressive and
unforgettable sight I could have possibly imagined". As some
5000 ships of all shapes and sizes landed 176,000 troops on the enemy held
beaches of Northern France, Doolittle flew up and down the battlefront
assessing how the invasion was progressing, and after a two and a half
hour sortie, headed back to base. After landing, Doolittle hurried
over to General Eisenhower's headquarters to provide the first report
Eisenhower received, beating his own intelligence information by several
hours.
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