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Special Discounts on Nicolas Trudgian Prints.
Over this summer, we have given a huge discount of £50
off our normal retail price of these Nicolas Trudgian
pilot-signed editions, featuring the major aircraft of WW2, including
Spitfire, Me109, Hurricane, Fw190, Lancaster, Flying Fortress and
Mustang. These are our best ever prices on these items, and
we have allocated 20 of each of these editions to this sale; so get them
while stocks last!
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Gathering Storm by Robert Taylor.
During the early part of 1943 the B-17s of the American Eighth Air Force were paying regular visits to the occupied ports on the west coast of France. It was here at Brest, St Nazaire and Lorient that the U-boats were serviced and made ready for their deadly trade in the Atlantic. The area was heavily defended by flak batteries, but it was the notorious fighter interceptors of JG-2 that the bomber crews feared most. Equipped with the outstanding and still comparatively new Fw190, the Luftwaffe pilots achieved startling successes against the still inexperienced USAAF units. As the Allied bomber offensive got properly underway in 1943 the Fw190 quickly established a fearsome reputation, and became the mainstay of the German defence. This beautifully proportioned, aesthetically appealing single seat fighter immediately displayed the hallmarks of a thoroughbred, and within six months of its operational debut in 1941 was causing consternation amongst the RAF fighter squadrons based in southern England. The Fw190 could outperform the Spitfire in every manoeuvre except the turn, and could even leave the new MkIX Spitfires standing in a half-roll and dive. It came close to perfection by the fighter aircraft standards of the day. The painting depicts a group of Fw190A-3 and Fw190A-4 fighters as they climb out over Theville to intercept an incoming armada of B-17 Fortresses en-route to bomb the submarine pens at Lorient. Pilots in their high visibility cockpits gun their massive BMW radial engines as they power upwards through the turbulent air. Within minutes drop tanks will be jettisoned and battle joined. Spoiling for a fight, they present the B-17s with an awesome reception committee.
Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 25 inches (84cm x 64cm). Price £350.00 Signed by :
Captain Gunther Schack (deceased),
Major Fritz Losigkeit (deceased),
Leutnant Hugo Broch
and
Major Heinz Lange (deceased).
ITEM CODE RST0035
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Abbeville Boys by Robert Taylor.
Adolf Gallands Fighter Wing JG-26 (Me109s) taking off to do combat with R.A.F. Spitfires and Hurricanes. If ever a fighter commander led the front, Adolf Galland did. He flew throughout the war, achieving over 100 air victories all on the Western Front aginst the top aces of the RAF and the USAAF, and when the end came he was still flying and fighting, leading a wing of Me262 jets. Perhaps the most memorable period of the war for Adolf Galland came after he took command of the III/JG-26 fighter wing in June 1940. In true fashion he scored two aerial victories on his first day and in no time transformed JG-26 Schlageter into an elite formation that became known as the Abbeville Boys. Robert Taylor has recreated a scene from those heady days in 1941, when the Abbeville boys were at the height of their reputation, doing daily combat with the Spitfires and Hurricanes of the RAF. Adolf Galland leads his pilots in a typical loose formation take-off, the Messerschmitt Bf109F fighters roaring across the runway for yet another clash with the foe. The Abbeville boys are on the Warpath!
Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. Print size 36 inches x 25 inches (92cm x 64cm). Price £525.00 Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased).
ITEM CODE RST0001
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Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, and both sides knew it. JG-27, having cut its teeth in the battles of France and Britain, was the first Luftwaffe unit to arrive in North Africa. Commanded by the mercurial Eduard Neumann, its Me109s were superior to the Hurricanes and P-40 Kittyhawks flown by the RAF pilots and, without the restriction of close escort duties dictated on the Western Front, the JG-27 pilots roamed the desert skies, closing in combat with the British fighters at every opportunity. The North African air campaign spawned many fighter aces, including Hans-Joachim Marseille who claimed more than 150 victories in his short career - more than any other Luftwaffe ace flying against RAF pilots. The scale of the desert air war is highlighted by raw statistics: 1400 British aircraft lost; over 1200 Luftwaffe destroyed. A dog-fight between Me109s from JG-27 and P-40 Kittyhawks of the RAFs 12 Squadron, led by Killer Caldwell, and later Billy Drake, 112 Squadron were in constant combat with Edu Neumanns fighters as they jousted for air supremacy above Rommels advancing Afrika Korps tanks. Below them, the desolate beauty of the Libyan desert stretches as far as the eye can see.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Hauptmann Emil Clade (deceased), Group Captain Billy Drake, Squadron Leader Neville Duke (deceased) and Oberst Eduard Neumann.
ITEM CODE NT0315AP
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Desert Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
Nicolas Trudgians painting Desert Victory recreates all the atmosphere of the North African desert war with a stunning portrayal of the Me109s of 3./JG-27. The wing is depicted being led by Staffelkapitan Gerhard Homuth as they escort Afrikakorps armor heading for the front line at Gazala, Libya, on February 21, 1942. Flying alongside Homuth, the great Luftwaffe Ace Joachim Marseille scored his 49th and 50th victories on this day, earning his Knights Cross. Below, the crew of an SdKfz 10 light half-track stop to investigate a crashed P-40 Kittyhawk belonging to No 112 Squadron RAF, brought down during an earlier contest.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £290.00 Signed by Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased), Generalmajor Friedrich Korner (deceased) and Leutnant Gunther Halm.
ITEM CODE DHM2692AP
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Desert Victory by Nicolas Trudgian.
Nicolas Trudgians painting Desert Victory recreates all the atmosphere of the North African desert war with a stunning portrayal of the Me109s of 3./JG-27. The wing is depicted being led by Staffelkapitan Gerhard Homuth as they escort Afrikakorps armor heading for the front line at Gazala, Libya, on February 21, 1942. Flying alongside Homuth, the great Luftwaffe Ace Joachim Marseille scored his 49th and 50th victories on this day, earning his Knights Cross. Below, the crew of an SdKfz 10 light half-track stop to investigate a crashed P-40 Kittyhawk belonging to No 112 Squadron RAF, brought down during an earlier contest.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased), Generalmajor Friedrich Korner (deceased) and Leutnant Gunther Halm.
ITEM CODE DHM2692
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Alpine Thunder by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
By late April 1945 most of the Third Reich had been cut to shreds by the advancing Allied forces and those units remaining intact were regrouping in southern Germany and Austria. With American advance units nearing the outskirts of Munich, on 28th April Adolf Galland took the decision to evacuate his precious jets to Salzburg, deep in the mountains. Bad weather prevented their departure until the following morning and they only just managed to escape under the noses of the encircling Americans. Galland had hoped to battle on with JV44 but the unsuitable mountain airfields prevented the famous fighter wing from doing much to delay the inevitable. So the beautiful Alpine meadows became the final resting place for what was potentially the most formidable fighter unit of the war. In just a few days the jets were left abandoned. Their short, exhilarating war, consigned to history.
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Oberst Herman Buchner and Major Werner Roell, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2600B
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Jet Interceptor by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
Herbert Ihlefelds personal He162 White 23 - the revolutionary Heinkel Peoples Fighter - on patrol with JG1.This aircraft was captured intact and is today preserved in the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs, supplied double matted. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £210.00 Features mounted original signature of Oberst Herbert Ihlefeld (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2441AP
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Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian. (C)
Frustrated by the absence of Luftwaffe aircraft over the Normandy beaches on D-Day, Allied fighter pilots were spoiling for a fight. When a dozen Ju88s appeared over Gold Beach on the following morning, June 7, 1944, the patrolling Spitfires of 401 Squadron wasted no time in getting into the fray. At just after 0800 hours twelve Junkers Ju88s appeared out of the 2000ft. cloud base, intent on making a diving attack on the heavily populated beachhead. Wheeling their Spitfires into the on-coming attack, Squadron Leader Cameron, C.O. of 401 Squadron, called his pilots to pick their own targets, and all hell broke loose. In the ensuing dogfight 401 Squadrons Canadian pilots destroyed no fewer than six of the Ju88s, and the attack on the beach was averted. Nicolas Trudgian recreates the scene as Flying Officer Arthur Bishop, son of WWI Ace Billy Bishop, brings down one of the Ju88s that day. With its starboard engine on fire, and its hydraulics shot away, the doomed Luftwaffe fighter-bomber begins its ultimate uncontrollable roll. F/O Arthur Bishop hurtles past the stricken bomber, Nicks superb study showing every detail of his Mk IX Spitfire. Below the pockmarked landscape and beachhead is packed with detail and activity: No fewer than fifty vehicles of all description can be counted, with as many ships and landing craft offshore. Some thirty aircraft are visible in the sky. A massively comprehensive image that will keep collectors endlessly absorbed in a wholly realistic atmosphere, created by a hugely talented and highly respected aviation artist.
Limited edition of 25 portfolio edition artist proofs, supplied with companion print. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £330.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
ITEM CODE DHM2037C
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Canyon of Lost Souls by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
High above the Animas river in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the daily passenger train bringing passengers from Silverton to Durango, negotiates the precarious High Line shelf. Over 400 feet below, the fast-flowing mountain waters thunder through the canyon.
Limited edition of 100 publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £105.00
ITEM CODE DHM2022B
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D-Day The Airborne Assault by Robert Taylor.
It began in pitch darkness. June 6, 1944 was only a few minutes old when the Airborne Pathfinders drifted silently down from the sky above the fields of Normandy. At first their seemed nothing untoward about the drone of aircraft in the night sky. The German garrisons in Northern France were used to the noise of aircraft overhead after dark, but this night seemed particularly busy. Looking skyward a German sentry caught sight of parachutes floating down, clearly visible as the moon fleetingly broke through the clouds. For an instant he thought it was the crew jumping from a damaged bomber, but when he saw the mass of canopies floating earthwards, he knew it was no ordinary event. Within moments of raising the alarm the crackle of automatic gunfire confirmed his worst fears: The Invasion of France had begun. The first assault upon Hitlers Fortress Europe came from the sky. Shortly after midnight waves of aircraft and gliders delivered three Divisions of elite airborne troops into Normandy, their crucial objectives to seize vital bridges, secure strategic positions and clear the way for the coming aerial armada. As the first streaks of dawn came over the horizon on that historic day, and with American and British paratroops already engaged in furious fire fights, the mighty amphibious armada began landing on the beaches of Normandy. Above them waves of troop-carrying aircraft towing gliders stretched from the coast of France all the way back to England. Closely escorted by fighters, they delivered over 20,000 highly trained men into the battlefield of Northern France. By nightfall the first phase of the greatest military invasion in history was complete. Five Divisions were were ashore and the Allies had established a toehold in occupied Europe. For the Third Reich it was the beginning of the end. Without the advanced airborne assault, and the air supremacy achieved by the escort fighters, the amphibious landings could have been a disaster. Seen crossing the Normandy beaches are C-47 Dakotas of the 438th Troop Carrier Group towing CG-4 Waco gliders, closely escorted by P-51Bs of the 354 Fighter Group. Below, landing craft swarm ashore putting men and equipment on the beaches, and everything about this spectacular painting brings alive the events of that historic day a half a century ago.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 25 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £495.00 Signed by P-51 pilots Warren Emerson, Clayton Gross, William King and Maurice Long (deceased); C-47 pilot Sid Harwell and glider pilot Miles Wagner.
ITEM CODE AX0003
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Special Reductions on
more Nicolas Trudgian Prints.
Massive reductions on a wide range of prints by
Nicolas Trudgian, with up to £100 off some editions!
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Canyon of Lost Souls by Nicolas Trudgian
High above the Animas river in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, the daily passenger train bringing passengers from Silverton to Durango, negotiates the precarious High Line shelf. Over 400 feet below, the fast-flowing mountain waters thunder through the canyon.
Signed limited edition of 750 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £105.00
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £155.00
Limited edition of 100 publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £105.00
**Signed limited edition of 750 prints. (2 reduced to clear) Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £76.00
ITEM CODE DHM2022
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Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian.
Frustrated by the absence of Luftwaffe aircraft over the Normandy beaches on D-Day, Allied fighter pilots were spoiling for a fight. When a dozen Ju88s appeared over Gold Beach on the following morning, June 7, 1944, the patrolling Spitfires of 401 Squadron wasted no time in getting into the fray. At just after 0800 hours twelve Junkers Ju88s appeared out of the 2000ft. cloud base, intent on making a diving attack on the heavily populated beachhead. Wheeling their Spitfires into the on-coming attack, Squadron Leader Cameron, C.O. of 401 Squadron, called his pilots to pick their own targets, and all hell broke loose. In the ensuing dogfight 401 Squadrons Canadian pilots destroyed no fewer than six of the Ju88s, and the attack on the beach was averted. Nicolas Trudgian recreates the scene as Flying Officer Arthur Bishop, son of WWI Ace Billy Bishop, brings down one of the Ju88s that day. With its starboard engine on fire, and its hydraulics shot away, the doomed Luftwaffe fighter-bomber begins its ultimate uncontrollable roll. F/O Arthur Bishop hurtles past the stricken bomber, Nicks superb study showing every detail of his Mk IX Spitfire. Below the pockmarked landscape and beachhead is packed with detail and activity: No fewer than fifty vehicles of all description can be counted, with as many ships and landing craft offshore. Some thirty aircraft are visible in the sky. A massively comprehensive image that will keep collectors endlessly absorbed in a wholly realistic atmosphere, created by a hugely talented and highly respected aviation artist.
Limited edition of 400 prints. Print size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased), Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant (deceased) and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £270.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 250 prints. Supplied with companion print Prints size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £300.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased), Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant (deceased) and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
Limited edition of 25 portfolio edition artist proofs, supplied with companion print. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £330.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
Signed limited edition of 60 artists special reserve prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £120.00
ITEM CODE DHM2037
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Jet Interceptor by Nicolas Trudgian
Herbert Ihlefelds personal He162 White 23 - the revolutionary Heinkel Peoples Fighter - on patrol with JG1.This aircraft was captured intact and is today preserved in the National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC.
Signed limited edition of 250 prints, supplied double matted. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £200.00 Features mounted original signature of Oberst Herbert Ihlefeld (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs, supplied double matted. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £210.00 Features mounted original signature of Oberst Herbert Ihlefeld (deceased).
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £250.00 Features mounted original signature of Oberst Herbert Ihlefeld (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2441
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Alpine Thunder by Nicolas Trudgian.
By late April 1945 most of the Third Reich had been cut to shreds by the advancing Allied forces and those units remaining intact were regrouping in southern Germany and Austria. With American advance units nearing the outskirts of Munich, on 28th April Adolf Galland took the decision to evacuate his precious jets to Salzburg, deep in the mountains. Bad weather prevented their departure until the following morning and they only just managed to escape under the noses of the encircling Americans. Galland had hoped to battle on with JV44 but the unsuitable mountain airfields prevented the famous fighter wing from doing much to delay the inevitable. So the beautiful Alpine meadows became the final resting place for what was potentially the most formidable fighter unit of the war. In just a few days the jets were left abandoned. Their short, exhilarating war, consigned to history.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Oberst Herman Buchner (deceased) and Major Werner Roell (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £275.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Oberst Herman Buchner (deceased) and Major Werner Roell (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Oberst Herman Buchner and Major Werner Roell, in addition to the artist.
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 500 prints. (Three copies reduced to clear) Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck, Oberst Herman Buchner (deceased) and Major Werner Roell (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2600
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Desert Victory by Nicolas Trudgian.
Nicolas Trudgians painting Desert Victory recreates all the atmosphere of the North African desert war with a stunning portrayal of the Me109s of 3./JG-27. The wing is depicted being led by Staffelkapitan Gerhard Homuth as they escort Afrikakorps armor heading for the front line at Gazala, Libya, on February 21, 1942. Flying alongside Homuth, the great Luftwaffe Ace Joachim Marseille scored his 49th and 50th victories on this day, earning his Knights Cross. Below, the crew of an SdKfz 10 light half-track stop to investigate a crashed P-40 Kittyhawk belonging to No 112 Squadron RAF, brought down during an earlier contest.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased), Generalmajor Friedrich Korner (deceased) and Leutnant Gunther Halm.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £290.00 Signed by Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased), Generalmajor Friedrich Korner (deceased) and Leutnant Gunther Halm.
Limited edition of 60 publisher proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £310.00 Signed by Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased), Generalmajor Friedrich Korner (deceased) and Leutnant Gunther Halm.
ITEM CODE DHM2692
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Alpine Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian.
Artist Signed edition of 600 prints. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £75.00
Limited edition of 75 artist proofs. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £95.00
Erich Rudorffer Knights Cross signature series edition of 30 artist proofs from the edition of 75 artist proofs. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £135.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer.
Walter Schuck Knights Cross signature series edition of 35 artist proofs from the edition of 75 artist proofs. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck.
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £95.00
Reinert Presentation Edition of 5 Artists Proofs, supplied double matted. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £260.00 Features the mounted original signature of Hauptmann Ernst Wilhelm Reinert (deceased).
Hartmann Presentation Edition of 5 Artist Proofs, supplied double matted. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £300.00 Features the mounted original signature of Oberst Erich Hartmann (deceased).
Walter Schuck Knights Cross signature series edition of 165 prints from the signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Walter Schuck.
Galland Presentation Edition of 1 Publishers Proof, supplied double matted. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £300.00 Features the mounted original signature of General Adolf Galland (deceased).
Erich Rudorffer Knights Cross signature series edition of 120 prints from the signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 14 inches x 9.5 inches (36cm x 24cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Major Erich Rudorffer.
ITEM CODE DHM2707
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Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian.
The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, and both sides knew it. JG-27, having cut its teeth in the battles of France and Britain, was the first Luftwaffe unit to arrive in North Africa. Commanded by the mercurial Eduard Neumann, its Me109s were superior to the Hurricanes and P-40 Kittyhawks flown by the RAF pilots and, without the restriction of close escort duties dictated on the Western Front, the JG-27 pilots roamed the desert skies, closing in combat with the British fighters at every opportunity. The North African air campaign spawned many fighter aces, including Hans-Joachim Marseille who claimed more than 150 victories in his short career - more than any other Luftwaffe ace flying against RAF pilots. The scale of the desert air war is highlighted by raw statistics: 1400 British aircraft lost; over 1200 Luftwaffe destroyed. A dog-fight between Me109s from JG-27 and P-40 Kittyhawks of the RAFs 12 Squadron, led by Killer Caldwell, and later Billy Drake, 112 Squadron were in constant combat with Edu Neumanns fighters as they jousted for air supremacy above Rommels advancing Afrika Korps tanks. Below them, the desolate beauty of the Libyan desert stretches as far as the eye can see.
Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Hauptmann Emil Clade (deceased), Group Captain Billy Drake, Squadron Leader Neville Duke (deceased) and Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased).
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Hauptmann Emil Clade (deceased), Group Captain Billy Drake, Squadron Leader Neville Duke (deceased) and Oberst Eduard Neumann.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Hauptmann Emil Clade (deceased), Group Captain Billy Drake, Squadron Leader Neville Duke (deceased) and Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased).
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 450 prints. (To copies reduced to clear) Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Hauptmann Emil Clade, Group Captain Billy Drake, Squadron Leader Neville Duke (deceased) and Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased).
ITEM CODE NT0315
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Some of the signatures on these Special Offer Prints
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 | Tony Pickering AFC
With the RAFVR just before the war commenced, Tony Pickering joined 32 Squadron at Biggin Hill in July 1940, flying Hurricanes, and in August 1940 to 501 Squadron at Gravesend. In September he was shot down in Hurricane P5200, but unhurt in a duel with an Me109, destroying another 109 a few weeks later. In December he joined 601 Squadron at Northolt. After a spell instructing, he joined 131 as a Flight Commander in February 1943, and later served as a Squadron Commander in the Middle East.
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 | Oberstleutnant Gunther Scholz
After seeing action in the Spanish campaign, Gunther Scholz flew with 7./JG54 in Poland and France, and during the Battle of Britain. Transferring to the Eastern Front he flew with III./JG5 from February 1942, later with Geschwaderstab JG5. In July 1944 he was posted to Norway. Scholz was awarded the Iron Cross I and finished the war with 33 victories.
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 | Major General Donald Strait
Born in April 1928, Don Strait received his pilots wings in January 1943. In August of that year he transferred with the 356th Fighter Group to Martlesham Heath in England flying first the P-47 Thunderbolt. He took part in long range bomber escort and ground support missions, taking part in all the D-Day operations, before converting to P51s. In two combat tours he flew a total of 122 missions, commanded the 361st Fighter Squadron, and became the Group's leading fighter Ace with 13 and a half air victories, all but three of these flying the P51. He later commanded the 108th Tactical Wing in Korea, where he flew the F86, F84, and F105 jet.
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Vivian Snell (deceased)
Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot with No.501 Sqn. Shot down over Cranbrook on 25th October 1940 while flying Hurricane P2903, bailing out uninjured.
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 | Leutnant Hugo Broch
Vital to all fighter units are the pilots who make such superb wingmen that their leaders are loath to part with them. Hugo Broch was one such wingman. Having joined VI./JG54 in January he flew first with Horst Adameit (166 victories), and later with 'Bazi' Sterr (130 victories), but soon demonstrated his own skill in combat. By the end of 1944 he had lifted his personal score to 71 victories. One of JG54's great Fw190 Aces, Hugo Broch saw combat on the Eastern and Baltic Fronts, and completed the war having flown 324 combat missions, and claiming 81 victories. He was awarded the Knight's Cross.
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Major Robert Graham
Robert Graham was a highly skilled radar operator on the P61, the first American fighter to be equipped with radar. Posted to England he served with the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron. Robert Graham and his pilot R A Anderson in their P61 Double Trouble had 5 confirmed victories and 65 combat missions. They also participated in the Battle of the Bulge, providing ground cover. He retired as Major in 1965.
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 | Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson CB, CBE, DSO**, DFC* (deceased)
Johnnie Johnson joined 92 Spitfire squadron in August 1940, but it was with 616 squadron that he scored his first victory on June 26th 1941 while flying with Douglas Baders Tangmere Wing. He was squadron leader of 610 squadron in July 1942, but it was as Wing Commander of the Kenley Wing in 1943 that his scores really started to mount. He was W/C of 144 wing during D-Day and led 127 and 125 wings until the end of the war when we has the topscoring allied fighter pilot with 38 air victories. Inspired by the great British WW 1 aces like Bishop and Ball, Johnnie Johnson dreamed often as a child of becoming an R.A.F. pilot. The young Johnson enthusiastically joined the Volunteer Reserve at the first opportunity. After completing his initial flight training Johnson was posted to 616 Squadron at Kenley. However, this Squadron had been hit hard with the loss of six pilots and five wounded, and the unit was withdrawn to Coltishall prior to Johnson encountering combat. With only 12 hours of flight time in a Spitfire this was no doubt advantageous. In February 1941 Billy Burton moved the Squadron to Tangmere. Douglas Bader then arrived to take over the Tangmere Wing, and fly with the 616 Squadron. Johnnie, Alan Smith and Cocky Dundas were chosen to fly with Bader. During the summer of 1941 the Battle of Britain was at its peak. Bader took the time to instruct Johnson carefully in both the art of flying and the skills necessary to attain success in aerial combat. Bader's idea of an afternoon off duty, according to Johnson, was to take his section over the Channel in hopes of running into Adolph Galland and his Abbeyville Boys. On August 19, 1941 Bader failed to return from a mission when 616 Squadron was hit hard by a group of Messerschmitt 109s. Johnson flew on in Baders absence, and in the summer of 1942 he was promoted to command of the 610 Squadron. In 1943 he was promoted again to Wing Commander of the Canadian Spitfire Wing in Kenley. By that time Johnson had attained eight confirmed victories. During the spring and summer of 1943 Johnnie led the Canadian unit on more than 140 missions over Northwest Europe. Johnsons squadron attained more than 100 victories during this period, and Johnnies own personal score rose to 25. After a short leave, Johnson was posted to lead the 144 Canadian Spitfire Wing. On D-Day Johnson led his Wing on four missions in support of the Allied invasion. On June 8, Johnsons Wing was the first Spitfire group to land in newly liberated France. Johnson continued fighting in France through September 1944 when he achieved his 38th and final victory. Patrolling the Rhine Johnsons unit jumped nine 109s which were flying beneath them in the opposite direction. Five of the 109s were downed. Early in 1945 Johnson was promoted to Group Captain and put in command of the 125 Wing, which was equipped with the Spitfire XIV. Flying from former Luftwaffe airfields the 125 Wing assisted in the final Allied push to Berlin. Johnson attributed much of his aerial combat success to his ability to make tight turning maneuvers. Johnsons tightest call came on August 19, 1942 when he was unable to dislodge an Me-109 from his tail during the raid on Diepppe. Johnson raced his Spitfire flat out at a group of Royal Navy ships. The usual barrage of flak and tracer fire came right at him, and fortunately for the ace, missed his Spitfire but effectively eliminated the brave pilot on his tail. During the Korean War Johnson flew fighter-bombers with the USAF. Following his retirement from the R.A.F. in 1966 Johnson founded the Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust that has provided homes for more than 4000 disabled and elderly persons, and his sixth book Winged Victory was published in 1995. Johnson flew many of the Spitfire models. His favorite was the beautiful Mark IX, the best of them all. Johnnie passed away in 2001 at the age of 85, in Derbyshire, England.
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Artist Graeme Lothian with Johnnie Johnson. |
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Squadron Leader Kenneth Lee (deceased)
Battle of Britain pilot who volunteered for the RAF in 1937. Flying Hurricanes during the Battles of France and Britain with No.501 Sqn, he accumulated 7 victories, and was shot down three times, including a forced landin on Crete, after which he was taken prisoner of war to Stalag Luft III. He was awarded the DFC. Kenneth Lee died 15th January 2008.
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 | Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele (deceased)
Joining the Luftwaffe in October 1940, Ernst Scheufele was posted to Norway in June 1942, to join 4./JG5. There, flying Me109s he carried out a total of 67 escort missions for the German battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz. In October 1943 he joined II./JG5 flying over Arctic waters, in Finland, and on the Russian Front, before transferring to the defence of the Reich in June 1944. On 3 December 1944 he was shot down by an American flak battery near Saxony, wounded and taken prisoner. He had a total of 18 victories. Sadly, Ernst Scheufele died on 18th February 2010.
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 | Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC* (deceased)
Learnt to fly at the age of 16 and joined the RAF two years later in 1936. He first saw action in 1940 when as a Flight Commander in 32 Squadron, based at Biggin Hill, he flew his Hurricane against the fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe. He recalls this as an intensely busy period, during which he shot down an Me109 - his first enemy aircraft; by the end of August that same year his tally of enemy aircraft shot down increased to eight. Awarded the DFC, he was transferred to 257 Squadron where he joined Bob-Stanford Tuck as a Flight Commander. Promoted in 1941 to Squadron Leader, Pete Brothers then took command of 457 Squadron RAAF, equipped with Spitfires. A year later when 457 Squadron returned to Australia, Pete took command of 602 Squadron. In the early autumn of 1942 he went on to become Wing Leader of the Tangmere Wing, succeeding his old friend, Douglas Bader. By the end of the war Pete Brothers had amassed 875 operational hours over a 44-month period. He was credited with having personally shot down 16 enemy aircraft and damaged many more. He later went on to command 57 Squadron during the Malaya campaign. Upon return to the UK Pete Brothers joined the V-Force, flying Valiant-4 jet bombers. He retired in 1973. Sadly, Pete Brothers died 18th December 2008.
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Peter Brothers signing the print - Combat Over Normandy - by Graeme Lothian |
Peter Brothers signing the print - Fighting Lady - by Graeme Lothian |
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Colonel Darrell G Welch
Commissioned in 1941, Darrell Welch was assigned to the 27th Squadron of the 1st Fighter Group, which became the first squadron to be equipped with the new P38 Lightning. Arriving in England in August 1942, the 1st Fighter Group was part of a large American force despatched to Algiers in November for the North African campaign, where he made his first kill in January 1943 while escorting B17s over Tripoli. A few months later, whilst leading the 27th on a big intercept mission, Welch became an Ace when he notched up a further three victories in the space of just twenty five minutes, bringing his tally up to five confirmed victories. He later saw service in the Pacific, and retired the service in 1970.
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 | Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston (deceased)
Ray Grayston had been serving in 50 Squadron when he was posted to 617 Squadron in March 1943. The flight engineer of Les Knight’s Lancaster AJ-N, they attacked and successfully breached the Eder Dam, Ray was shot down on 16th September 1943, and was taken to Stalag Luft III as a POW. Sadly, we have learned that Ray Grayston passed away on 15th April 2010.
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Major Robert Graham
Robert Graham was a highly skilled radar operator on the P61, the first American fighter to be equipped with radar. Posted to England he served with the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron. Robert Graham and his pilot R A Anderson in their P61 Double Trouble had 5 confirmed victories and 65 combat missions. They also participated in the Battle of the Bulge, providing ground cover. He retired as Major in 1965.
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 | Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke
One of the outstanding younger Luftwaffe pilots, Willi Reschke was one of the leading members of JG300 Wilde Sau flying the Fw190A in the 'Defence of the Reich'. Towards the latter months of the war he transferred to the Stabsschwarm of JG301, still flying the Fw190A. Awarded the Knight's Crossin April 1945, he was credited with 26 victories - all in the west - including 18 four engined bombers.
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 | Unteroffizier Gustav Drees
Born in 1923, Gustav Drees was called up for military service in 1942, and with a passion for flying joined the Luftwaffe. After training as a fighter pilot he was immediately posted to the Eastern Front with his first front-line unit - JG54 Green Hearts, where he flew the Me 109. In very early 1943 he became one of the first of the JG54 pilots to fly the Fw190A in combat. With four air victories to his credit with JG54 in Russia, towards the end of the war he was posted to join JG 108 in Austria, where he stayed until the end.
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 | Oberleutnant Walter Schuck
Initially with JG3, Walter Schuck was posted north to 7./JG5 in April 1942. On 15 June 1944 he chalked up his 100th victory during a day when he shot down 6 aircraft. Two days later he had his most successful day, achieving 12 victories in twenty-four hours, a feat never surpassed in JG5. On 1 August, he assumed command of 10./JG5. Walter Schuck transferred to fly the Me262 as Staffelkapitan of 3./JG7, and achieved 8 further victories flying the new jet. His final tally was 206 air victories. He was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.
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