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Five new original pencil drawings by Ivan Berryman. Two aircraft rarely seen in aviation art, the Avro Anson and the Fairey Battle. These excellent new pencil originals each carry the signature of a pilot or crewman relevant to the action depicted. Two of the drawings depict the Fairey Battle in combat with an Me109 and with a Stuka. Another two drawings show different angles of the same event as an Avro Anson is attacked by an Me109, while a fifth drawing, on a different subject, features the Ju-87G Stuka of Luftwaffe legend Hans Rudel - the most highly decorated pilot in the Luftwaffe. Five brand new original pencils by artist Ivan Berryman, two depicting the Fairey Battle, two of the Avro Anson, and one other of Hans Rudel's Ju87 Stuka. The Stuka drawing features on signature, plus two other original mounted signatures, including an extremely rare signature of Hans Rudel himself. |
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The quintet of pencil drawings. |
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Fairey Battle Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. Fairey Battle HA-J of No.218 Sqn is taken by surprise by the close pass of a Bf109E over France. The squadron were based at Auberive-sur-Suippes in 1939, and as part of the Advance Air Striking Force of the RAF during the Battle of France, suffered heavy losses. An aircraft carrying the codes HA-J was shot down by flak on the afternoon of 12th May 1940. The three crew of aircraft K9353, J B Horner, L C Flisher and L D Davies were all lost. Signed limited edition of 35 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Warrant Officer Tom Cosby and Warrant Officer Eric Evans. Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Warrant Officer Tom Cosby and Warrant Officer Eric Evans. Original pencil drawing by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £460.00 Signed by Erich Rudorffer. ITEM CODE B0301
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Fairey Battle, 218 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. A Fairey Battle of No.218 Squadron gets on the tail of a Ju-87 Stuka over France in 1940. An aircraft carrying the codes HA-J was shot down by flak on the afternoon of 12th May 1940. The three crew of aircraft K9353, J B Horner, L C Flisher and L D Davies were all lost. Signed limited edition of 35 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Eric Winkle Brown. Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Eric Winkle Brown. Original pencil drawing by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £370.00 Signed by Karl Spreitzer (deceased). ITEM CODE B0296
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Avro Anson by Ivan Berryman. An Avro Anson comes under attack from an Me109. Signed limited edition of 35 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £40.00 Signed by Warrant Officer Dennis Slack and Pilot Officer Tom Wilson. Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £52.50 Signed by Warrant Officer Dennis Slack and Pilot Officer Tom Wilson. Original pencil drawing by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £460.00 Signed by Erich Rudorffer. ITEM CODE B0298
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Coastal Command - Avro Anson Mk.I by Ivan Berryman. An Avro Anson Mk.I from Coastal Command is attacked by an Me109. Signed limited edition of 35 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC. Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £105.00 Presentation edition of 2 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £300.00 Signed by Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC and features the original mounted signatures of Adolf Borchers (deceased) and Oberst Erich Hartmann (deceased). Original pencil drawing by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £460.00 Signed by Erich Rudorffer. ITEM CODE B0299
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Bombing Up - Stuka of Hans Rudel by Ivan Berryman. The Ju-87G Stuka of Hans Rudel is being quickly turned around between missions while serving in Slovakia, June 1944. Signed limited edition of 35 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £80.00 Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £105.00 Presentation Edition of 2 prints. Image size 12 inches x 9 inches (31cm x 23cm). Price £ Features the matted original signatures of Hans Rudel (deceased) and Major Franz Kieslich Original pencil drawing by Ivan Berryman. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £680.00 Signed by Karl Spreitzer and featuring the mounted original signatures of Hans Rudel (deceased) and Major Franz Kieslich. ITEM CODE B0297
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 | Karl Spreitzer Karl Spreitzer, Stuka pilot, awarded the Knights Cross as Leutnant 10(Pz) in April 1945. Karl Spreitzer as a Stuka pilot with St.G.2 building over 600 flying combat hours in Stukas. his first actions were in Norway, and the Battle of Britain, and later in the Mediterranean theatre in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Malta. and finally Russia. Sadly, Karl Spreitzer died 2nd February 2009. More... |
 | Major Erich Rudorffer Erich Rudorffer joined I./JG2 'Richthofen' in November 1939, and was soon flying combat patrols. He took part in the Battle of France, and the Battle of Britain, becoming Adjutant of II./JG2 in June 1941. In December 1942 he was transferred to North Africa. In July 1943 he was posted to command II./JG54 in Russia. In February 1945 he took command of I./JG7 flying the Me262. Erich Rudorffer was the master of multiple scoring - achieving more multiple victories than any other pilot. This included 8 RAF aircraft in 32 minutes in December 1943, 7 in 20 minutes a few days later. In Russia he shot down 5 aircraft in only 4 minutes. He ended the war with 222 victories from over 1000 missions. He was awarded the Knight's Cross, with Oak Leaves and Swords.
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 | Hans Rudel (deceased) Hans Rudel, born in July 1916, was the most decorated Nazi pilot. In 2,530 combat missions flying dive-bombers, mainly on the Russian front, Rudel was credited with destroying 519 tanks, 150 gun emplacements and 800 combat vehicles of various types. According to Luftwaffe records, he also sunk a Russian battleship, a cruiser, a destroyer, 70 smaller craft and numerous trains. For this he was awarded the Golden Oakleaves with Sword and Diamonds to the Knights Cross. He was the only recipient of this award. He was also the first German pilot to reach 1,000 sorties. Of his over 2530 sorties, some 400 were in the Focke-Wulf 190 fighter, in which he was credited with 11 air victories. He was so effective that Joseph Stalin himself put a price of 100,00 rubles on his head. He flew more than 600,000 km; fired over 1,000,000 machine gun rounds; dropped over 1,000,000kg of bombs; fired over 150,000 rounds of 20mm ammunition and over 5,000 rounds of 37mm ammunition. He hated to take home leave or sick leave and even after he had his leg amputated, he was back in the air within weeks. He did not limit his attacks to Russian tanks, trains, ships or aircraft. On more than one occasion when food was in short supply, he would bomb rivers and both the German airmen and Russian civilians would feast on the stunned fish that floated to the surface. Rudel was shot down several times, but escaped serious injury until April 1945, when he lost a leg in combat. Rudel flew the Ju87 B-2 Stuka dive bomber and, in all of its ugliness, the bomber was made famous by him. His accomplishments with an aircraft that was outdated and vulnerable were incredible. He was captured by Allied forces at the end of the war, and released from a POW camp in April 1946. He died 18th December 1982. The signatures : Hans Rudel had arranged to be interviewed by a professor of military history, who was also an author, in 1982. Many similar interviews had been conducted with other military heroes, during which the interviewee had signed various photographs, blank sheets and bookplates for use in the author's publications, although many were never published as intended. Rudel was also due to sign such items. However, the interview had been arranged to be conducted at a Luftwaffe reunion, which Rudel could not attend due to ill health. However, a friend of Rudel's, a RCAF mechanic, took the items to him to be signed, which they duly were, although Rudel died before any interview could take place. Cranston Fine Arts purchased the signatures from the original collection. All signatures on prints are therefore 'mounted' signatures, placed in a mount with the print, rather than the print itself being signed. More... |
 | Major Franz Kieslich Franz Kieslich served with 7./St.G. 77 in France in 1940, and later serving in Yugoslavia. Transferring to the Russian Front he was promoted Gruppenadjutant III./St.G. 77. And in October 1942 became Staffelkapitan 7./St.G. 77. In February 1944 he was promoted Kommandeur III./SG 77. He fought at Stalingrad, Kursk, Kiev and most of the other major engagements on the Eastern Front. In February1945 he became Kommodore erganzungs-SG148. Awarded the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves, he flew over 1000 combat missions, and had been shot down twenty times. More... |
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