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New pilot-signed editions. Nine newly signed editions of prints of the RAF, signed by three wartime pilots of the aircraft depicted. Some of these newly signed prints are taken from existing editions of the prints shown. An example below is Ground Force, where 200 prints taken from the previously existing edition of 1150 prints have been taken for signing by one of the pilots. This is not a new, separate edition, but is rather a sub-edition of the limited edition, which now has an extra signature. |
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The newly signed prints |
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Return of the Heroes by Ivan Berryman. (B) Spitfire of 610 Squadron over the white cliffs of Dover. Taussig / Hodges signature edition of 100 prints from the signed edition. Image size 24 inches x 19 inches (61cm x 48cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig and Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC. ITEM CODE DHM1211B
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A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland. (B) Wing Commander Roland Beamont in his personal Tempest V, intercepted and downed his first V1 Buzzbomb on the night of June 22nd, 1944, over south east England. As Commander of 150 wing and others he went on to shoot down a total of 30 V1 flying bombs, 8 enemy aircraft and 35 locomotives destroyed plus one minesweeper sunk. Taussig / Hodges signature edition of 300 prints from the signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig and Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC. ITEM CODE DHM0577B
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Spitfire Mk.IXE by Ivan Berryman. (F) A pair of Spitfire Mk.IXEs of 611 Squadron make their way home from a patrol during the summer of 1942. At this time 611 Squadron were based at Kenley and were the first squadron to receive the new Mk.IX putting it on equal terms, for the first time, with the formidable Focke-Wulf 190. Taussig signature edition of 300 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig. ITEM CODE DHM1721F
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The Battle for the Skies Over Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Graeme Lothian. (D) A large umbrella of Spitfire Wings covered most of the sky over Dieppe during the Allied attack Operation Jubilee on 19th August 1942. Squadron leader Johnnie Johnson leads 610 (County of Chester) Squadron down from top cover support to lend a hand to Spitfires of 485 Squadron (New Zealand) and 411 Squadron (Canadian) which made up the 12 Group Wing, led by W/C Pat Jameson. The enemy being made up of a huge mixed force of Fw190 and Me109 fighters from JG2 and JG26. 12 Group Wing flew four times that disastrous day and in the end the Royal Air Force lost 106 aircraft compared to the Luftwaffe losses of 48. Taussig signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig. ITEM CODE DHM1159D
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Ground Force by Ivan Berryman. (C) Routine, though essential, maintenance is carried out on a 501 Sqn Hurricane at the height of the Battle of Britain during the Summer of 1940. Morewood signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Wing Commander Roger Morewood. ITEM CODE B0099C
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Can Openers by David Pentland. (D) Two Hawker Hurricanes ME11D tank busters of No.6 Shiny Six Squadron about to attack retreating axis mechanised units, November 1942 at El Alamein. Morewood signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Wing Commander Roger Morewood. ITEM CODE DHM0576D
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The Fledgling by Ivan Berryman. (D) Under the watchful eye of his more experienced tutor a trainee pilot gets his first taste of the Spitfire Mk.IIa, airborne from Tangmere early in 1941. the nearest aircraft is P7856 (YT-C) which enjoyed a long career, surviving until 1945. Taussig signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig. ITEM CODE DHM1722D
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In the Playground of the Gods by Ivan Berryman. (C) A lone Royal Air Force Spitfire is shown high amongst the clouds over the southern counties of England during the hieght of the Battle of Britain. Taussig / Hodges signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 13 inches (64cm x 33cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig and Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC. ITEM CODE DHM1034C
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Give Us Spitfires by Ivan Berryman. (C) A solo spitfire flies through the clouds over southern England. Pilots edition of 100 prints. Image size 24 inches x 12 inches (61cm x 31cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig and Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC. ITEM CODE DHM1212C
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| Flying Officer Kurt Taussig Czech Kurt was sent, age 15, by his parents on the Kindertrnsport to England from Czechoslovakia in June 1939 to escape the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Determined to fight the Germans he joined the RAF at eighteen in late 1942, and after training was posted to the Middle East to join 225 Squadron flying Spitfires on photo-reconnaissance duties in Tunisia, the Sicily landings, and in Italy. More... |
| Wing Commander Roger Morewood Prior to the outbreak of war he served with 56 Sqn but left to help form 248 Sqn at Hendon with whom he served throughout the Battle of Britain flying Blenheims. In July 1942 Morewood went to 9 OTU and later HQ Transport Command. After a long post-war career in the RAF he retired in 1957. More... |
| Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC Jack Hodges joined the RAF in late 1940, and after completing his pilot training in Canada he returned to England and was then briefly sent to a Photo Reconnaissance Unit flying Spitfires. He moved to a OTU in Annan, Scotland on Hurricanes before finally moving to a holding unit in Redhill, flying Typhoons. In 1944 he was posted to join 175 Squadron. Shortly after this he moved to 174 Squadron at Westhampnett. He served on operations throughout occupied Europe until the end of the war, being awarded the DFC in 1945 for successfully leading a group of Typhoons against a German Armoured Division. More... |
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