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Dawn Drop by Geoff Lea. - Direct Art
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Dawn Drop by Geoff Lea.

Item Code : DHM6149Dawn Drop by Geoff Lea. - This EditionAdd any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout! Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price!
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PRINTOpen edition prints.

This extremely rare art print was published in the early 1980s and we have possibly the last 12 prints available.
Image size 20.5 inches x 14 inches (52cm x 36cm) Carson, R J

Signature(s) value alone : £55
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Other editions of this item : Dawn Drop by Geoff Lea. DHM6149
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**Open edition prints. (Two prints reduced to clear)

Ex display prints in near perfect condition - except for some light scratches and minor handling damage.
Image size 20.5 inches x 14 inches (52cm x 36cm) Carson, R J

Signature(s) value alone : £55
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The signature of Air Commodore R J Carson (deceased)

Air Commodore R J Carson (deceased)
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Robert John (Kit) Carson was born 3rd August 1923, and on the 25th April 1943 was a Pilot Officer with the RAFVR and became a Flying Officer on the 25th November 1943 with 48 Squadron and in 1945 joint the VIP Squadron in the far east as a Flt Lt (WS) on the 25th May 1945. On 1st July 1946, appointed to a Permanent Commission in the rank of Flight Lieutenant (seniority 27 May 1944, retaining his existing rank under wartime rules) (Gazetted 15 Apr 1947) and serving in Rhodesia in 1949, and QFI, Queen's University Air Sqn in 1951. On the 1st Janaury 1956 became Squadron Leader. In 1959 became Officer Commanding, No 16 Sqn. (Canberra B(I)8) and on the 17th Feb 1962 Squadron Leader Carson became Chief Instructor, RAF Swinderby becoming a Wing Commander on the 1st Janaury 1963 on the 1st Janaury 1964 he recieved the AFC becoming Group Captain on the 1st July 1968 and becoming Chief Air Planner, UK Delegation - LIVE OAK, SHAPE and on the 12th March 1971 Officer Commanding, RAF Leeming. On January 1st 1974 Wing Commander Carson received the CBE and on the 1st November 1974 became Air Adviser/Senior Air Liaison Officer, Canada becoming Air Commodre on the 1st July 1975 and Head of British Defence Liaison Staffs, Canada on the 1st September 1975. After retiring from the RAF on the 1st January 1978 he joined Panavia as the Manager of the Ottawa office, later moving to Grumman Aerospace Corporation in New York. Returning to Britain in 1980, he has worked on behalf of SSAFA being County Chairman from 1982 and Regional Representative from 1986. From 1984 he was President of the Aircrew Association in Leicestershire. Sadly on the 18th November 1991 Air Commodre Carson passed away.
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DakotaDOUGLAS DAKOTA, Transport aircraft with three crew and can carry 28 passengers. speed 230-mph, and a altitude of 23,200 feet. maximum range 2,100 miles. The Douglas Dakota served in all theatres of world war two, The Royal Air Force received its first Douglas Dakota's in April 1941, to 31 squadron which was serving in India. These were DC2, later DC3 and eventually C-47 Dakotas were supplied. The Douglas Dakota was developed from the civil airliner of the 1930's. The Royal Air Force received nearly 2,000 Dakotas, But many more than this served in the US Air Force and other allied countries. The last flight of a Douglas Dakota of the Royal Air Force was in 1970. You can still see Douglas Dakota's in operational and transport use across the world.

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