| Item Code : DP0006 | Overture to Overlord by David Pentland - This Edition | Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 500 prints.
Part of this edition has been signed by a Mosquito veteran. | Image size 20 inches x 13 inches (51cm x 33cm) | Beattie, Brian + Artist : David Pentland
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Titles in this pack : Overture to Overlord by David Pentland (View This Item) Mosquitos at Dusk by Nicolas Trudgian. (View This Item) Sunday Afternoon by Geoffrey R Herickx. (View This Item)
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Other editions of this item : | Overture to Overlord by David Pentland. | DP0006 |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | ARTIST PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. | Image size 25 inches x 16.5 inches (64cm x 42cm) | Artist : David Pentland | £50 Off! | Now : £180.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91.5cm x 61cm) | Artist : David Pentland on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £500.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limitededition of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) | Artist : David Pentland on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £400.00 | VIEW EDITION... | POSTCARD | Postcard | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.20 | VIEW EDITION... |
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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 |
Flight Lieutenant Brian Beattie (deceased) *Signature Value : £40
| Born in 1921, Beattie joined the Royal Air Force on July 8th 1940. From the moment of signing up in the Recruitment Centre, Beattie was in no doubt that he wanted to join the RAF to be a pilot. Fortunately, amidst thousands of volunteers, things seemed to be panning out his way. 'I was next sent to No.1 Initial Training Wing for seven weeks,' Beattie recalls, 'and from there we were posted off to Elementary Flying Training (EFT), scattered all over the shop. Four of us for some reason were sent to Rhodesia.' Elementary Flying Training would be the student pilot's first introduction to the complexities of aviation and, for most, would be the first time of even setting foot inside an aircraft. 'After EFT we then moved on to RAF Kumalo, Bulawayo, to fly Oxfords,' Beattie goes on, 'we were now carrying out ITS and ATS which were our Intermediate and Advanced Training Squadrons. ITS was a conversion onto a more complex aircraft type whereas ATS now taught us navigation, bombing and air photography.' bHaving served at 489 Coastal Command flying torpedo carrying Hampdens, he later joined Des Curtis at 248 Sqn where he also flew the Tse-Tse firing Mosquito.
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The Aircraft : | Name | Info | Mosquito | Used as a night fighter, fighter bomber, bomber and Photo-reconnaissance, with a crew of two, Maximum speed was 425 mph, at 30,300 feet, 380mph at 17,000ft. and a ceiling of 36,000feet, maximum range 3,500 miles. the Mosquito was armed with four 20mm Hospano cannon in belly and four .303 inch browning machine guns in nose. Coastal strike aircraft had eight 3-inch Rockets under the wings, and one 57mm shell gun in belly. The Mossie at it was known made its first flight on 25th November 1940, and the mosquito made its first operational flight for the Royal Air Force as a reconnaissance unit based at Benson. In early 1942, a modified version (mark II) operated as a night fighter with 157 and 23 squadron's. In April 1943 the first De Haviland Mosquito saw service in the Far east and in 1944 The Mosquito was used at Coastal Command in its strike wings. Bomber Commands offensive against Germany saw many Mosquitos, used as photo Reconnaissance aircraft, Fighter Escorts, and Path Finders. The Mosquito stayed in service with the Royal Air Force until 1955. and a total of 7781 mosquito's were built. |
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