| | AMAZING VALUE! - The value of the signatures on this item is in excess of the price of the print itself! | | Item Code : DHM1177D | Hurricane Patrol by Graeme Lothian. (D) - This Edition |  Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| | TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | | PRINT | Wilkinson, Thom and Vera Lynn signature edition of 30 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) |  Wilkinson, Ken 
Lynn, Vera
Thom, Alex
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £160 | £90 Off! | Now : £145.00 |
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| Other editions of this item : | Hurricane Patrol by Graeme Lothian. | DHM1177 |
| | TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian | £25 Off! | Now : £95.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ARTIST
PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) |  Tappin, H E 
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £55 | £30 Off! | Now : £135.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRESENTATION | Signature Presentation edition of 10 prints from the edition of 50 artist proofs. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Stanford-Tuck, Bob
David, Dennis
Tappin, H E
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £215 |  | £250.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Tappin signature edition of 50 prints from the edition of 1150 signed prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Tappin, H E
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £55 | £20 Off! | Now : £130.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Wilkinson signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Wilkinson, Ken
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £75 Off! | Now : £125.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Duckenfield / Brown signature edition of 100 prints from the limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Duckenfield, Byron
Brown, Maurice Peter
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £110 | £70 Off! | Now : £130.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Battle of Britain signature edition of 100 prints from the limited edition of 1150 prints.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Duckenfield, Byron
Brown, Maurice Peter
Tappin, H E
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £165 | £35 Off! | Now : £140.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Drake Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Drake, Billy
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £55 | £60 Off! | Now : £140.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE
CANVAS | Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Image size 30 inches x 22 inches (76cm x 56cm) | Artist : Graeme Lothian
on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £400.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Neil / Pickering Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Pickering, Tony
Neil, Tom
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £95 | £70 Off! | Now : £140.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Ayerst / Jones Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Jones, Richard L
Ayerst, Peter V
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £90 | £30 Off! | Now : £130.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Thom / Wilkinson signature edition of 70 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Thom, Alex
Wilkinson, Ken
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £95 | £40 Off! | Now : £110.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ORIGINAL
PAINTING | Original painting by Graeme Lothian. | | Cunningham, John
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
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PRINT | **Tappin signature edition of 50 prints from the edition of 1150 signed prints. (One print reduced to clear)
Ex display prints with light damage on border and some handling dents on image. | Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm) | Wilkinson, Ken
+ Artist : Graeme Lothian
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £80 Off! | Now : £70.00 | VIEW EDITION... |
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Alex Thom signing this edition of the print.
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| Signatures on this item | | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | | Name | Info | 
Dame Vera Lynn
*Signature Value : £65
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Flight Lieutenant Alexander Henry Thom DFC (deceased)
*Signature Value : £50
| Born in Perth, Scotland, Alex Thom joined the RAFVR on June 24th 1939 and flew at the weekends at 11 EARFTS Perth. At the outbreak of World War Two, Thom was called up for full time service with the Royal Air Force and was posted to 3 ITW at Hastings on October 2nd 1939, moving to 15 EFTS at Redhill on April 29th 1940 and on June 15th moved again to 15 FTS, initially at Brize Norton and later to Chipping Norton. Alex Thom went to 6 OTU on September 29th at Sutton Bridge where he converted to Hawker Hurricanes and joined 79 squadron stationed at Pembury only for a short period when he was transferred to 87 Squadron on October 6th 1940, moving with the squadron on the 31st of October to their new base at Exeter. He achieved the rank of Pilot Officer on the 3rd of December 1941. During his time at Exeter he was also based on the Scilly Isles and on one occasion after shooting down an enemy bomber the crew bailed out over the sea. Alex Thom circled the downed German crew who were in a life raft until a motor launch came and picked them up. Thom would later meet the crew and was given a flying helmet by the German pilot, an item he still has today. Alex Thom was appointed B Flight commander on 10th July 1942 and was awarded the DFC on the 14th August 1942. At this time he was credited with two enemy aircraft destroyed and a probable He111. On the 19th of August 1942 while supporting the ground forces at Dieppe, his Hurricane (LK - M) was hit by ground fire and lost oil pressure. He managed to limp back to England where he made a forced landing at East Den. Thom managed to get back to his airfield as a passenger in a Master flown by Flt Sgt Lowe and immediately took off again in Hurricane (LK - A) back to Dieppe where he proceeded to strafe enemy positions. On the 1st of October 1942 he became F/O. In November 1942, 87 Squadron was transferred to North Africa. They were transported by ship to Gibraltar where the squadron flew sorties, and then onto North Africa. Thom was posted away from the squadron to be a flying control officer at Bone. He returned to 87 Squadron which was then based at Tongley and took command on June 27th 1943. He was again posted away from the squadron on September 27th returning to the UK with the Rank of Flight Lt. Thom became an instructor with 55 OTU at Annan on November 17th moving to Kirton in Linsay on March 12th 1944 to join 53 OTU. He was appointed Flight Commander Fighter Affiliation Flight at 84 (Bomber) OTU at Husbands Bosworth on May 19th 1944 and remained there until October 10th when he went to RAF Peterhead as Adjutant. His final posting was to HQ13 Group, Inverness on May 8th 1945 as a Staff Officer and retired from the RAF on December 4th 1945 as a Flight Lt. He died on 10th January 2016.
Alexander Thom DFC signing some of our art prints in 2010.
Cranston Fine Arts offer our warmest thanks to Alexander Thom for taking the time to meet with us and add his signature to some of our artwork.
Citation for the Distinguished Flying Cross :
This officer has been engaged on operational flying for a long period, both by day and by night. Throughout he has displayed great keenness and devotion to duty. He has destroyed two enemy aircraft both of which he shot down after pursuing them out to sea for more than 50 miles. On one occasion, he engaged a Heinkel 111 in extremely hazardous flying weather and probably destroyed it. Recently, Pilot Officer Thom has completed several successful intruder operations. He has invariably displayed initiative and courage. | 
Flying Officer Ken Wilkinson (deceased)
*Signature Value : £45
| Battle of Britain pilot flying Hurricanes, he flew Spitfires with 611 Sqn and then 616 Sqn at Kirton-in-Lindsey and 19 Sqn at Fowlmere during 1940 and after a spell instructing returned to operations on Spitfires, with 234 and 165 Squadrons. After spending time with 53, 24 and 10 Operational Training Units, he left the RAF in November 1945 and served in the RAFVR.
Ken said :
From 1st September 1939 I wrote myself off. I thought, 'you've got no chance' lasting through whatever is going to be. It was quite obvious, in the way the Germans were moving, they were going to make a hell of a war out of it, so I was ready for war. I can remember saying 'we've got to stop this fellow Hitler'. When you think of all the thousands of citizens that were being killed by this absurd bombing. They had to pay for it didn't they. Yes, we lost people. Friends that didn't come back. I don't think we were the sort of people to brood over it, ever. You have to get into an attitude to make sure that you're as cold as a fish. Once someone has failed to return, that's it. Fortune smiled on me and not on some of the others. I can only say that whoever it was who popped off at me, wasn't a very good marksman. It transpired that we were doing something far more important than we thought. As far as we were concerned, it was just that there were some untidy creatures from over the other side of the channel, trying to bomb England and the United Kingdom. And we didn't want them to bomb us. After all, we never asked the Germans to start this nonsense, did we? But they did, and we had to stop them, and we did. It's our country. You die for you country.
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Ken Wilkinson signing Night Reaper by David Pentland. |
Ken Wilkinson sign Ground Force by Ivan Berryman. |
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| The Aircraft : | | Name | Info | | Hurricane | Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. |
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