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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 £170.00 Signed by Hauptmann Emil Clade, Group Captain Billy Drake, Squadron Leader Neville Duke (deceased) and Oberst Eduard Neumann.
ITEM CODE NT0315AP
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Ice Warriors by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
The Green Heart Warriors carried their famous emblem throughout almost every European theatre during World War Two. Having fought with distinction in the Battle of Britain, JG54 transferred to the Eastern Front, where it was to acheive historic success. Becoming one of the most successful combat wings of the war, JG54 spawned a succession of top fighter Aces, no fewer than 20 achieving more than 100 air victories, its pilots collecting an impressive 58 Knights Cross awards. Flying both Fw190s and Me109s, JG54 took part in the heavy air fighting in the northern region of the Russian Front, where conditions were not for the faint hearted and demanded exceptional piloting skills. One young Austrian pilot, Walter Nowotny, won a reputation even among Allied pilots, and during the summer of 1943 became a virtual one-man air force in the skies above the Eastern Front. In June 1943 he shot down 41 aircraft, 10 in one day. In August he collected a further 43 air victories, and another 45 the following month. In a dgo-fight in October Nowotny shot down a P-40 fighter to record an astounding 250 air victories, becoming the first fighter pilot in history to acheive this score. It is February 1943, the countryside deep in snow, and the temperature well below freezing as Leutnant Walter Nowotny, Staffelkapitän of 1./JG54, taxis White One out from a crowded dispersal on to the snow covered runway at Krasnogvardeisk. With their temporary whitewash colour scheme glinting in the early morning sunlight, the FW190A-4s pose a menacing spectacle as they line up to follow the fighters of 2./JG54, already airborne, into the cold morning air.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 30 inches x 16 inches (76cm x 41cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob, Leutnant Hugo Broch and Major Eric Rudorffer.
ITEM CODE NT0239AP
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Desert Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
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 publisher proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 23 inches (86cm x 58cm). Price £280.00 Signed by Oberst Eduard Neumann (deceased), Generalmajor Friedrich Korner (deceased) and Leutnant Gunther Halm.
ITEM CODE DHM2692B
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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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Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Situated on the south eastern tip of Kent, RAF Hawkinge was the most forward airfield in Fighter Command. It was not surprising therefore that when Reichmarshal Goering began his fierce attacks on airfields - part of his softening up campaign in preparation for Hitlers Adler Tag (Eagle Day) - Hawkinge would be among the first in his sights. The Luftwaffe were putting up massive raids - over 1700 aircraft crossed the coast on August 16th - and RAF bases in the south-east were taking a pounding. Hawkinge, a satellite of Biggin Hill sector station, and vital to front line defences, lay right in the path of the raiding Luftwaffe hordes. When on August 12th it was bombed for the first time, its effect was only to harden the resolve of its pilots and groundstaff. MkI Spitfires of No.610 County of Chester Squadron are seen scrambling out of RAF Hawkinge in late August 1940. refuelled and re-armed, with scarlet patches covering the gunports, all serviceable aircraft roar off the grass strip and head back to the fray. With aerial battles raging all the way from 2000 to 20,000 feet, within minutes they will be back in the action. Ground crews in the foreground work frantically to get more Spitfires airworthy. In the background Hurricanes from No.32 Squadron are at readiness, and will be called into action as the primitive radar picks up the next incoming raid
Limited edition of 50 publisher proofs. Paper size 31 inches x 23 inches (78cm x 58cm). Price £355.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Cyril Bam Bamberger (deceased), Squadron Leader Ben Bennions DFC (deceased), Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM* (deceased), Tony Pickering AFC, Flight Lieutenant Richard L Jones, Vivian Snell (deceased), Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC, Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC, Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO, DFC*, OBE (deceased), Wing Commander Ken W MacKenzie (deceased), Wing Commander Wilfred M Sizer DFC* (deceased), Wing Commander George W Swanwick, Squadron Leader Jocelyn G P Millard and Air Commodore Paul Webb CBE DFC AE (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2682B
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Black Devil by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Top-scoring ace of all time, Erich Hartmann, scrambles his black tulip nose Me109 from a snow-covered airfield on the Eastern Front. Christened Black Devil by Russian pilots, many of whom hurriedly vacated the vicinity when Hartmanns distinctively painted fighter appeared. Hartmann ended the war with 352 air victories.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm). Price £420.00 Signed by Oberst Erich Hartmann (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2669B
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Thundering Home by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
When the U.S. Air Forces arrived in Europe in 1942 it was the beginning of a three year aerial campaign, the scale of which had never been seen before, nor since. The 8th, 9th, 12th and 15th Air Forces constituted the mightiest aerial armada in history. With outstanding leadership and sustained courage, they blazed a trail of glory across the skies of war-torn Europe that today is legend. Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the U.S. Air Forces campaign in Europe, the talented aviation artist Nicolas Trudgian has painted a spectacular canvas, bringing to life the men and machines of that epoc-making era, half a century ago.
Set in a dramatic and powerful evening sky, B-17 Fortresses come thundering home after a mid over enemy territory. Joining the formation are a pair of B-24 Liberators which have become separated from their own group, and P-51 fighters fly in close escort for the perilous journey home. Aboard the aircraft, pilots and gunners scan the horizon for enemy fighters. Flight engineers are busy coaxing their ships along, some having to deal with overheating engines, damaged fuel lines, leaking hydraulics and other inflicted damage. Some have injured on board. Glistening in the strong evening sunlight the lead aircraft fills the canvas. Clearly visible are the pilot and upper turret gunner, and all the fine detail of this legendary warbird as it thunders through the sky. Below, reflecting the evening glow, is the forbidding North Sea, providing a constant reminder that the dangers of the mission are not yet ever.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 30.5 inches x 23 inches (77cm x 58cm). Price £320.00 Signed by General Ben Davis, , Major General Carroll W McColpin and Lieutenant Hugh L Wright.
ITEM CODE DHM2667B
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Green Heart Warriors by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
In the summer of 1940, as a 28 year old captain, Hannes Trautloft took command of JG 54. During the next three years this extraordinary fighter leader shaped the unit into one of the most successful combat fighter wings of World War II. The Green Heart emblem of his home town Thuringischen, in the heart of Germany, became the Groups symbol and the fighter pilots famous as Trautlofts Green Heart Warriors. They carried their reputation throughout almost every European theatre. After campaigning in the Balkans, the unit moved to the Russian Front, where it flew Me109s and Fw190s in the heavy fighting of the Northern Region. By the war-end no fewer than twenty Green Heart Aces had achieved more than 100 air victories, its pilots collecting 58 Knights Cross awards.
Nicolas Trudgian portrays a typical scene on the Eastern Front in 1943: IL 2 Stormoviks have attacked a German armoured division who have called for air support. JG 54 Green Hearts have quickly scrambled to the scene and have broken up the attack, downing several Russian aircraft during the encounter. In the foreground, Hannes Trautlofts Fw190 hurtles out of the canvas towards us, as the Ace glances over his shoulder to see an unfortunate IL-2 moments before hitting the snow-covered landscape a few feet below. Behind, two more Fw190s give support while in the background the low-level aerial contest is furiously fought. The drama unfolds in an exquisitely painted landscape, the northern morning sun casting long shadows across the snow drifts.
Limited edition of 75 publishers proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £380.00 Signed by Hannes Trautloft (deceased), Franz Eisenach (deceased), Dieter Hrabak (deceased), Leutnant Hugo Broch and Major Hans-Ekkehard Bob.
ITEM CODE DHM2666B
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Return of the Hunters by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Messerschmitt Me262s of JG7 race back to their base at Brandenburg after intercepting a USAAF bomber raid on Munich, and Luftwaffe air bases in the area. Below them a B-26 has crash-landed in the fields still covered with a sprinkling of late winter snow. In the distance the afternoon sun glistens on the Bavarian Alpine mountains.
Limited edition of 100 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (83cm x 61cm). Price £350.00 Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased), Major Erich Rudorffer and Leutnant Fritz Tegtmeier (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2662B
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Return of the Hunters by Nicolas Trudgian.
Messerschmitt Me262s of JG7 race back to their base at Brandenburg after intercepting a USAAF bomber raid on Munich, and Luftwaffe air bases in the area. Below them a B-26 has crash-landed in the fields still covered with a sprinkling of late winter snow. In the distance the afternoon sun glistens on the Bavarian Alpine mountains.
Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (83cm x 61cm). Price £300.00 Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased), Major Erich Rudorffer and Leutnant Fritz Tegtmeier (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2662
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Day of the Fighters by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
The pilots of I Gruppe JG-1 were up early on August 17th 1943. It was high summer, and even as the first streaks of light appeared in the sky to the east, four pilots got airborne out of Deelan, Holland, and headed for the coast. It was the first routine reconnaissance of the morning. By 0730 German listening services were picking up signals indicating large formations of enemy aircraft assembling to the west of Great Yarmouth, south east England. By 0800 it was clear to the German interceptor fighter groups stationed in Holland that this was going to be no ordinary day. Shortly after 0930 the first wave of a force of some 375 B-17s and B-24s, heavily escorted by fighters, started crossing the Dutch coast south of the Scheldt estuary, their destination Schweinfurt and Regensburg. They were shadowed by the German fighters of 1, 2 and 3 Gruppe along thei entire route over Europe. When the Allied fighter escort turned back at the limit of their range, the Luftwaffe fighters made their attack. It was the start of a day of incessant aerial combat which raged all the wway across Holland, Belgium and Germany, and all the way back to the coast again as the Americans returned to England. It was one of the longest air-to-air battles of the war and became known by the Luftwaffe pilots as the day of the fighters.
Limited edition of 75 publishers proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 24.5 inches (88cm x 62cm). Price £300.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Adolf Glunz (deceased), Hauptmann Alfred Grislawski (deceased) and Major Gerhard Schopfel (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2661B
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A Welcome at the Inn by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
The USAAF bomber bases of WWII were situated in the heart of rural England. Surrounded by countryside and pretty villages, it took the crews little time to become regulars at the nearest village inn, where traditionally there was Open House to American servicemen. A few convivial hours at the pub after a gruelling mission provided a welcome escape from the rigours of combat flying. Today, 50 years on, most of those local pubs are still there, serving up that unique brand of British hospitality which is so cherished in the memories of the USAAF aircrews. Never was the welcome at the inn more warmly appreciated than on Christmas Eve 1944. General Von Rundstedt had launched a massive offensive in the Ardennes, and the situation was critical. The Eight Air Force was called upon to mount its largest single operation of the war, and on that day over 2000 American bombers climbed into the cold air and headed for the battlefields. After fighting their way through to the target, neutralising enemy airfields, and pounding highways and railtracks, the elated crews headed home only to find the gathering mists wirling around their bases. After landing and debriefing, they were in the modd to party down at the village inn. And they did! A wonderfully nostalgic rendering of B-17s returning over a Suffolk village on that memorable Christmas Eve. His painting will bring back nostalgic memories to thousands of American servicemen who spent Christmas away from home, so long ago.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £270.00 Signed by Colonel George P Birdsong, Captain Vernon L Grim, Captain James A Myl and Major Robert Simpson.
ITEM CODE DHM2660AP
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Storm Chasers by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
Even the most faithful of Messerschmitt Me 109 pilots that also flew the Focke-Wulf Fw190 grudgingly admitted the well-proportioned and aesthetically pleasing Fw190 was the finest single-seat fighter in the Luftwaffes armoury during World War II. Soon after its arrival on the Channel Front in 1941, when initial bugs were ironed out, this superb fighter came close to fighter design perfection by the standards of the day. Just as the Mk IX Spitfire held the mantle as Britains most outstanding combat fighter of the war, so was the Fw190 regarded by experienced Luftwaffe pilots. Within months of its operational debut the Fw190 was causing widespread consternation among RAF pilots, the new fighter equal to the Mk IX Spitfire in all but its ability in the tightest of turning circles. By 1944 the technically superb Fw190 came into its own in the great air battles against the USAAFs massed daylight raids. The defence of the Reichs western airspace rested on the shoulders of a few Jagdgschwarden who, against steadily increasing odds, were tasked with interception and destruction of the attacking American heavy bombers. Flying alongside the two established Channel fighter wings JG2 Richthofen and JG26 Schlageter, equipped with Fw190s and led by the great fighter ace Oberst Walter Oesau, JG1 joined the battle in defence of northern Germany. Nicolas Trudgians painting Storm Chasers depicts the Fw190As of I./JG1, distinguished by their distinctive black and white striped cowls, scrambling from the snow-covered Dortmund airfield on 10 February 1944 to intercept another inbound American daylight raid. Nicks dramatic view of this technically supreme fighter conveys its true class as it hurtles over the airfield, its undercarriage retracting as the Fw190 accelerates into the climb. Below, sharing the airfield with I./JGI, are the Fw190s of the newly formed Sturmstaffel 1, identified by their black-white-black tail bands, seen taxiing out to join in the interception. Despite bad weather conditions the Luftwaffes defending fighters scored heavily that day, inflicting severe losses on the Americans, claiming 29 bombers and 8 fighters shot down in the action.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 29 inches x 16 inches (73cm x 41cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Unteroffizier Gustav Drees, Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke and Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele.
ITEM CODE DHM2658AP
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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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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (C)
Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Me262. Both in their day represented enormous advances in aircraft design and power, and both have continued to capture the imagination of aviation enthusiasts ever since. As the war progressed the Spitfire continually upgraded its performance and by the time the Luftwaffes new Me262 turbo-jet arrived on the scene the sleek new Mk XIV, powered by the awesome Griffon engine, was among the fastest piston-engine fighters of the war. The stage was set for a clash between the most powerful piston-engine fighter and the worlds first turbojet, and it was not long before the pilots of these two most advanced combat aircraft met in the hostile skies over western Europe. Ill-advisedly employed by Hitler as the wonder-bomber, the Me262 was initially issued to Bomber Units, one of which being KG51. Tasked with undertaking lightning fast raids upon advancing Allied ground forces, the shark-like jets employed their spectacular speed advantage to surprise, strike and escape. Not to be outdone, the RAF responded with their supremely fast Spitfire XIVs which had already proven themselves highly effective against Germanys V1 flying bombs. In his painting, Nick Trudgian recreates a typical moment: Spitfire Mk XIVs of 41 Squadron have intercepted and damaged a Me262 of KG51 and, with smoke and debris pouring from its damaged Jumo 004 Turbojet, the stricken Luftwaffe jet will be lucky to make it home. A dramatic painting and a fine tribute to the RAFs contribution to the Victory in Europe.
Commemorative Proof Edition : Limited edition of artist proofs. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £220.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC; Sqn Ldr Bam Bamberger (deceased); Flt Lt Peter Graham.
ITEM CODE DHM2585C
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Ardennes Offensive by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
As 1944 drew to a close, Hitler made his final gamble of the war, mounting a massive strike force aimed at splitting the Allies forces advancing upon Germany. His armour, supported from the air, would rip through the Ardennes to Antwerp, capture the Allied fuel supplies, and cut off all the opposing forces to the north. Hitlers commanders were dubious of the outcome but nevertheless obeyed orders, and the operation was launched on 16th December. Allied intelligence had discounted any German counter-offensive and the initial wave, comprising 8 Panzer divisions, took the Allied forces completely by surprise. A parachute drop of English-speaking German soldiers in American uniforms behind the assault zone added to the confusion. Advancing some 30 miles, and almost in sight of the River Meuse, by 26th December the SS Panzers had ground to a halt with empty fuel tanks, and were at the mercy of Allied counter-attacks. By 16th January the German penetration was repulsed and Hitlers beloved Panzer units retreated in tatters. The Fuhrers last gamble had failed. Fw190s of JG1 provide close support to the 9th SS Panzer Division, as they spearhead Germanys final major offensive of World War II. Seen advancing on the 82nd Airborne Division, the King Tiger tanks, with the aid of Luftwaffe ground-attack fighters, drive the Americans back through the snowy fields of the Ardennes on Christmas Day, 1944. It was the last, short-lived and ultimately unsuccessful advance made by the German forces during World War II.
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £180.00 Signed by :
Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased),
Oberstleutnant Hans Lutz (deceased),
Leutnant Siegfried Muller (deceased)
and
Oberst Eberhard Stephan (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2466B
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One - Tens Over Kent by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Messerschmitt Me110s and 109s of the Luftwaffes 210 Gruppe based at Calais-Marck in northern France, make a low-level run across the Kent countryside after a surprise attack on R.A.F. Biggin Hill, August 30, 1940.
Limited edition of 75 publishers proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 23 inches (81cm x 58cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs, Oberstleutnant Erich Weissflog and Feldwebel Willi Wust, in addition to the artist
ITEM CODE DHM2448B
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Knights of the Sky by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
The dramatic scene depicts an aerial dog-fight between Sopwith Camels and SE5A fighters of the Royal Flying Corps, and the bright red planes of Baron von Richthofens JG1 fighter wing. High over Northern France, the highly manoeuvrable fighters wheel and turn in the cauldron of close aerial combat, the artist bringing alive that evocative era when aerial combat first began.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 22 inches (43cm x 56cm). Price £155.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Philip Bristow (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2444AP
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Jet Strike by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Arguably the most significant fighter leader of World War II, Adolf Galland took command of all German day and night fighters, but was in constant dispute with Luftwaffe supreme, Goering, who ultimately sacked him. Reinstated by Hitler, Galland returned to active combat in the final year of the war, commanding the legendary JV44 fighter wing, flying the Me262 jet. The great Adolf Galland ended the war as he had begun - flying fighters in daily combat, the only serving General ever to lead a combat wing in action. Gallands Me262s of JV-44 climbing to intercept a formation of B-17s in April, 1945.
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £340.00 Presented in double matts to include the original signature of
Adolf Galland.
ITEM CODE DHM2442B
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Jet Strike by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
Arguably the most significant fighter leader of World War II, Adolf Galland took command of all German day and night fighters, but was in constant dispute with Luftwaffe supreme, Goering, who ultimately sacked him. Reinstated by Hitler, Galland returned to active combat in the final year of the war, commanding the legendary JV44 fighter wing, flying the Me262 jet. The great Adolf Galland ended the war as he had begun - flying fighters in daily combat, the only serving General ever to lead a combat wing in action. Gallands Me262s of JV-44 climbing to intercept a formation of B-17s in April, 1945.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £360.00 Presented in double matts to include the original signature of
Adolf Galland (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2442AP
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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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D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian (B)
There was never a greater concentration of air power deployed in an active theater of war as over the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the USAAFs Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft a day, they were pounding enemy positions all the way from Pas de Calais to the coast of Normandy. 6 June 1944, arguably the most decisive single day in modern military history, saw the sky filled with waves of troop carrying aircraft towing gliders, dropping over 20,000 highly trained men in support of the massed sea-borne landings on the beaches below. Grabbing all the airspace they could find, the combat wings of the Ninth Air Force were creating havoc among the German ground forces as they scrambled to get troops and armor to the battlefront.
Limited edition of 150 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2275B
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D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
There was never a greater concentration of air power deployed in an active theater of war as over the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the USAAFs Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft a day, they were pounding enemy positions all the way from Pas de Calais to the coast of Normandy. 6 June 1944, arguably the most decisive single day in modern military history, saw the sky filled with waves of troop carrying aircraft towing gliders, dropping over 20,000 highly trained men in support of the massed sea-borne landings on the beaches below. Grabbing all the airspace they could find, the combat wings of the Ninth Air Force were creating havoc among the German ground forces as they scrambled to get troops and armor to the battlefront.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with eight signatures. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2275AP
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Kursk - Clash of Steel by Nicolas Trudgian. (F)
The Germans launched their attack on the Kursk salient on 5th July 1943, and for both sides this was maximum effort. The Soviets, however, informed by intelligence of the impending German attack, had ample time to prepare huge defensive works with hundreds of planned anti tank belts. They deployed 10 Tank Corps, 5 Tank Armies, 1 mechanised Corps and 14 Field Armies equipped with 4000 anti tank guns and 6000 tanks. The Soviet Air Forces were equally impressive - 2600 aircraft. The Germans, outnumbered in every department, were forced to scrape together whatever serviceable tanks they could from their badly under strength Panzer formations. Most of the tanks deployed were old Panzer IIIs or IVs, with only 147 Tigers available for action. The northern German attack made very little headway, but, in the south, the Germans had grouped all of the SS Panzer forces into the II SS Panzer Corps and these units, despite the enormous Soviet forces ranged against them, began to smash their way through the Soviet defences. The Luftwaffe too had brought together 1200 aircraft and these made an immediate impact on the fighting - on the first day alone German fighters broke up massive formations of Soviet aircraft, over 400 victories being claimed.
Knights Cross signature edition of 40 prints from the edition of 50 artist special reserve prints. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £225.00 Signed by :
Gerhard Fischer,
Albert Kerscher
and
Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel.
ITEM CODE DHM2266F
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Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in the Allied advance through occupied Europe. Leading up to, and following the Normandy landings through to the end of hostilities, the Typhoon, flown by determined hard hitting pilots, became the scourge of the German Panzer Divisions, and wrought havoc with enemy road and rail communications. Targets along the Rhine, over one of Germanys arteries of supply and communication and last line of defence, were given special attention by the Typhoon squadrons. Barges carrying vital supplies, munition trains on railroads hugging the river bank, and the ever present movement of troops and armour toward the battlefront were constantly attacked from the air. Led by Squadron Leader B. G. Stapme Stapleton, Mk1B Typhoons of 247 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force, based at Eindhoven in Holland, make a low-level attack on enemy river transport on the Rhine in November 1944. Twisting and turning to avoid ground fires as best they can, the Typhoon pilots power their way through the valley with cannons blazing, pressing home their attack by strafing every German military target in their path. The supply cargo aboard the freight train is unlikely to reach its destination today!
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm)
. Price £170.00 Signed by
Air Commodore C D Kit North Lewis DSO DFC (deceased), Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC and Flight Lieutenant Basil Tatters Tatham.
ITEM CODE DHM2200AP
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Dragons of Colombert by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
In the summer of 1940, JG3, under the command of Hans von Hahn, scramble their Me109s from their French countryside base at Colombert, near Calais. With the deafening sound of their piston-engined aircraft, sporting the groups colourful Dragon emblem on their cowlings, they head for the battle front.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (67cm x 48cm). Price £150.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Gunther Scholz and Oberstleutnant Erwin Leykauf (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2112AP
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First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
The first successful daylight raid on Berlin. Nicolas Trudgians painting relives the fearsome aerial combat on March 6, 1944, as B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 100th B.G. are attacked. Screaming in head-on, Fw190s of II./JG I charge into the bomber stream. With throttles wide open, 56th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts come hurtling down to intercept. B-17 gunners are working overtime; the air is full of cordite, smoke, jagged pieces of flying metal and hot lead. We are in the midst of one of the fiercest aerial battles of the war.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Colonel Morton Magoffin, Captain C B Red Harper and First Lieutenant Ed McKay, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2057B
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First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
The first successful daylight raid on Berlin. Nicolas Trudgians painting relives the fearsome aerial combat on March 6, 1944, as B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 100th B.G. are attacked. Screaming in head-on, Fw190s of II./JG I charge into the bomber stream. With throttles wide open, 56th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts come hurtling down to intercept. B-17 gunners are working overtime; the air is full of cordite, smoke, jagged pieces of flying metal and hot lead. We are in the midst of one of the fiercest aerial battles of the war.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Colonel Morton Magoffin, Captain C B Red Harper and First Lieutenant Ed McKay, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2057AP
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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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Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP)
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 15 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £230.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2037AP
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Tigers in Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. (D)
The Battle for Point 112, a strategically positioned hill just a few miles south-west of Caen, was the scene of the most violent fighting between German and British armor, artillery and ground troops during the weeks immediately following the D-Day invasion, in June 1944. Desperate to regain Hill 112, on July 9th, the Tiger tanks of SS Panzer Battalion 102 were ordered to advance. 2 Kompanies Tigers managed to occupy the eastern slopes of the hill, while 1 Kompanie came under fire as they rached the first houses in the small village of Maltot. At this point they came head on to British Sherman tanks. Entering the village firing his 88, Unterscharfuhrer Fey in tank 138 quickly knocked out three Shermans at 200 yards range, and by the evening of July 10th the Panzers had re-taken Maltot. But Allied artillery had driven the Germans off Hill 112. The battle raged on for another three weeks when on August 1st the Allies frove the Germans off Point 112 for the final time. Tigers of SS Panzer Battalion 102 yet again advance towards the infamous hill, passing two Shermans knocked out in the previous days fighting. Overhead, Me109s of II./JG26 give aerial support as the German armour makes a last ditch attempt to repel the advancing forces, in their effort to hold the important city of Caen.
Knights Cross signature edition of 20 prints from the artist special reserve edition, signed by two Knights Cross tank Aces, and another tank Ace. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £230.00 Signed by Knights Cross winners Albert Kerscher and Gerhard Fischer, and tank Ace Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel.
ITEM CODE DHM2035D
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Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Me109s of I/JG2, under the command of the brilliant Helmut Wick, setting out on a mission across the English Channel in September 1940. Wick, seen in the foreground, with Gunther Seeger off his starboard wing, was the top-scoring Luftwaffe Ace in the Battle of Britain with 56 victories.
Limited edition of 200 publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2033B
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Sinking the Tirpitz by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
Throughout four long years of war Allied air and naval forces endeavoured to sink the German battleship Tirpitz. The mighty warship was a constant threat to Allied shipping, even while lying at anchor in her lair among the fjords of Norway. Her very presence demanded constant attention and hampered all naval decision making till she was sunk at the end of 1944. Without so much as weighing anchor, Tirpitz could disrupt the north Atlantic convoys by tying up urgently needed escort vessels in readiness in case she made a run for the open sea. Churchill was exasperated and called upon RAF Bomber Command to make a decisive bid to finish her off once and for all. On November 12, 1944 Lancasters of Number 9 and 617 Squadrons set forth towards the Norwegian fjord of Tromso where Tirpitz lay at anchor surrounded by a web of protective submarine nets. Armed with the 12,000lb Tallboy bomb devised by Barnes Wallis, the Lancaster crews arrived in clear skies overhead the fjord to see the great battleship sharply contrasted against the still deep waters some 10,000ft below. As flak from the ships heavy armament burst all around them, one by one the 31 Lancasters rolled in for the attack. In a matter of three minutes the devastating aerial bombardment was completed, and eleven minutes later, her port side ripped open, the Tirpitz capsized and sank. The Coup de Grace was complete.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2031AP
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Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG-3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes, while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack. On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2028AP
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Mustangs Over the Mediterranean by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Mustangs of the 31st Fighter Group pass low over an Italian fishing village, heading out on another combat patrol.
Limited edition of 125 publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
ITEM CODE DHM2027B
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Last Man Home by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
In a scene that was repeated almost daily throughout the long war years, the pilots of the 357th Fighter Group have returned from a gruelling mission to their base in Leiston, Suffolk. As they clamber out of their aircraft, all eyes are turned anxiously skyward, awaiting the return of the last man home.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £155.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Thomas L Hayes (deceased), Captain William R OBrien and Major Richard Bud Peterson, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2025AP
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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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Jolly Rogers by Nicolas Trudgian.
With its macabre skull and crossbones insignia, and a reputation for total disdain of authority, VF-17 arrived in the Pacific with a variety of nicknames ranging from the Irregulars to the Cast-offs, but under the dynamic leadership of their Squadron Commander, Tom Blackburn, VF-17 made their presence felt immediately upon their arrival in the fall of 1943. Equipped with the F4U Corsair, VF-17 pilots had what Blackburn was convinced was the best fighter aircraft of World War II, and on 1st November, during the invasion of Bougainville, VF-17 pilots shot down 6 Japanese planes in their first taste of battle - 2 falling to the guns of their C.O. Over the next 8500 hours of combat in the Solomons, its pilots shot down 156 enemy aircraft, 8 Japanese aircraft for each plane it lost, and produced the highest number of Aces of any squadron in the Navy. Blackburns Fighting 17 were the toast of the Navy brass, earned the respect of their peers, and became known throughout the Pacific as The Jolly Rogers.
Limited edition of publisher proofs Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £295.00 Signed by :
Captain Tom Blackburn (deceased),
Rear Admiral Roger Hedrick,
Lieutenant Dan Cunningham
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Lieutenant Tom Killefer.
ITEM CODE DHM1853
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In Defense of the Reich by Nicolas Trudgian. (C)
The legend of Willie Messerschmitts Me262, and the elite fighter Aces who piloted this revolutionary jet aircraft, is as secure as any born during the Second World War. As they hurtled into the air, climbing at speeds hitherto unknown, a small group of seasoned pilots heralded a new generation of combat aircraft that would extend into the 21st century. At the spearhead of this new era in combat flying was the mercurial fighter leader Adolf Galland. Sacked for opposing the naive tactics of Luftwaffe supremo Hermann Goering, Galland found himself, as a General, once again leading a squadron of fighters into battle. Although too late to change the spectre of imminent defeat, this tiny group of highly decorated Aces fought a courageous rearguard action during the final Defense of the Reich. Seen blasting off an airfield in Bavaria are four Me262s, led by General Adolf Galland. Glistening in the damp air these sleek fighters are on full power in their rush to climb to altitude. Within minutes they will attack an incoming mass formation of B-17s and B-24s. Below, the roads and buildings reflect the sunlight between the scattered clouds of a departing storm.
Signed limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £440.00 Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased). Oberst Hermann Buchner (deceased), Feldwebel Ernest Giefing and Leutnant Alfred Ambs.
ITEM CODE DHM1640C
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September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Spitfires pass above a downed Me110 as they return to base at Biggin Hill in September 1940, the most intense and crucial phase of the Battle of Britain.
Signed limited edition of 40 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (85cm x 61cm). Price £420.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC, Tony Pickering AFC, Group Captain Brian Kingcome DSO DFC (deceased), Wing Commander Ken W MacKenzie (deceased), Air Commodore James Leathart (deceased), Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill KCVO CBE DFC AE (deceased), Squadron Leader Jocelyn G P Millard, Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO, DFC*, OBE (deceased), Wing Commander Wilfred M Sizer DFC* (deceased), Vivian Snell (deceased), Flight Lieutenant William Walker, Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC and Air Commodore Alan Deere DSO DFC* (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM1628B
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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; C-47 pilot Sid Harwell and glider pilot Miles Wagner.
ITEM CODE AX0003
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September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Spitfires pass above a downed Me110 as they return to base at Biggin Hill in September 1940, the most intense and crucial phase of the Battle of Britain.
Signed limited edition of 40 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (85cm x 61cm). Price £420.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC, Tony Pickering AFC, Group Captain Brian Kingcome DSO DFC (deceased), Wing Commander Ken W MacKenzie (deceased), Air Commodore James Leathart (deceased), Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill KCVO CBE DFC AE (deceased), Squadron Leader Jocelyn G P Millard, Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO, DFC*, OBE (deceased), Wing Commander Wilfred M Sizer DFC* (deceased), Vivian Snell (deceased), Flight Lieutenant William Walker, Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC and Air Commodore Alan Deere DSO DFC* (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM1628
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In Defense of the Reich by Nicolas Trudgian.
The legend of Willie Messerschmitts Me262, and the elite fighter Aces who piloted this revolutionary jet aircraft, is as secure as any born during the Second World War. As they hurtled into the air, climbing at speeds hitherto unknown, a small group of seasoned pilots heralded a new generation of combat aircraft that would extend into the 21st century. At the spearhead of this new era in combat flying was the mercurial fighter leader Adolf Galland. Sacked for opposing the naive tactics of Luftwaffe supremo Hermann Goering, Galland found himself, as a General, once again leading a squadron of fighters into battle. Although too late to change the spectre of imminent defeat, this tiny group of highly decorated Aces fought a courageous rearguard action during the final Defense of the Reich. Seen blasting off an airfield in Bavaria are four Me262s, led by General Adolf Galland. Glistening in the damp air these sleek fighters are on full power in their rush to climb to altitude. Within minutes they will attack an incoming mass formation of B-17s and B-24s. Below, the roads and buildings reflect the sunlight between the scattered clouds of a departing storm.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £ Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased) and Oberst Hermann Buchner (deceased).
Signed limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £ Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased) and Oberst Hermann Buchner (deceased).
Signed limited edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £ Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased) and Oberst Hermann Buchner (deceased).
Signed limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 32 inches x 25 inches (81cm x 64cm). Price £440.00 Signed by General Adolf Galland (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased). Oberst Hermann Buchner (deceased), Feldwebel Ernest Giefing and Leutnant Alfred Ambs.
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Single Sheet 6 inches x 8 inches (15m x 21cm). Price £1.50
ITEM CODE DHM1640
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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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Last Man Home by Nicolas Trudgian.
In a scene that was repeated almost daily throughout the long war years, the pilots of the 357th Fighter Group have returned from a gruelling mission to their base in Leiston, Suffolk. As they clamber out of their aircraft, all eyes are turned anxiously skyward, awaiting the return of the last man home.
Signed limited edition of 1000 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Thomas L Hayes (deceased), Captain William R OBrien and Major Richard Bud Peterson, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £155.00 Signed by Colonel C E Bud Anderson, Brigadier General Thomas L Hayes (deceased), Captain William R OBrien and Major Richard Bud Peterson, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2025
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Mustangs Over the Mediterranean by Nicolas Trudgian.
Mustangs of the 31st Fighter Group pass low over an Italian fishing village, heading out on another combat patrol.
Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £185.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
Limited edition of 125 publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 1250 prints. (Three copies reduced to clear) Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Captain Jim Brooks, Bob Curtis, Colonel Bob Goebel, and George Loving.
ITEM CODE DHM2027
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Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian.
The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG-3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes, while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack. On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering.
Limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann, Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg, General Walter Krupinski.
** (Ex Display) Limited edition of 800 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2028
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Sinking the Tirpitz by Nicolas Trudgian.
Throughout four long years of war Allied air and naval forces endeavoured to sink the German battleship Tirpitz. The mighty warship was a constant threat to Allied shipping, even while lying at anchor in her lair among the fjords of Norway. Her very presence demanded constant attention and hampered all naval decision making till she was sunk at the end of 1944. Without so much as weighing anchor, Tirpitz could disrupt the north Atlantic convoys by tying up urgently needed escort vessels in readiness in case she made a run for the open sea. Churchill was exasperated and called upon RAF Bomber Command to make a decisive bid to finish her off once and for all. On November 12, 1944 Lancasters of Number 9 and 617 Squadrons set forth towards the Norwegian fjord of Tromso where Tirpitz lay at anchor surrounded by a web of protective submarine nets. Armed with the 12,000lb Tallboy bomb devised by Barnes Wallis, the Lancaster crews arrived in clear skies overhead the fjord to see the great battleship sharply contrasted against the still deep waters some 10,000ft below. As flak from the ships heavy armament burst all around them, one by one the 31 Lancasters rolled in for the attack. In a matter of three minutes the devastating aerial bombardment was completed, and eleven minutes later, her port side ripped open, the Tirpitz capsized and sank. The Coup de Grace was complete.
Signed limited edition of 550 prints. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait, Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 550 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Paper size 28 inches x 19 inches (72cm x 48cm). Price £100.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait (deceased), Squadron Leader Tony Iveson and Leutnant Zur See Willibald Volsing, in addition ot the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2031
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Stormclouds Gather by Nicolas Trudgian
Me109s of I/JG2, under the command of the brilliant Helmut Wick, setting out on a mission across the English Channel in September 1940. Wick, seen in the foreground, with Gunther Seeger off his starboard wing, was the top-scoring Luftwaffe Ace in the Battle of Britain with 56 victories.
Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 200 publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke (deceased), in addition to the artist.
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 400 prints. (Three copies reduced to clear) Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Oberleutnant Gunther Seeger and Oberleutnant Siegfried Bethke (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2033
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Tigers in Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian.
The Battle for Point 112, a strategically positioned hill just a few miles south-west of Caen, was the scene of the most violent fighting between German and British armor, artillery and ground troops during the weeks immediately following the D-Day invasion, in June 1944. Desperate to regain Hill 112, on July 9th, the Tiger tanks of SS Panzer Battalion 102 were ordered to advance. 2 Kompanies Tigers managed to occupy the eastern slopes of the hill, while 1 Kompanie came under fire as they rached the first houses in the small village of Maltot. At this point they came head on to British Sherman tanks. Entering the village firing his 88, Unterscharfuhrer Fey in tank 138 quickly knocked out three Shermans at 200 yards range, and by the evening of July 10th the Panzers had re-taken Maltot. But Allied artillery had driven the Germans off Hill 112. The battle raged on for another three weeks when on August 1st the Allies frove the Germans off Point 112 for the final time. Tigers of SS Panzer Battalion 102 yet again advance towards the infamous hill, passing two Shermans knocked out in the previous days fighting. Overhead, Me109s of II./JG26 give aerial support as the German armour makes a last ditch attempt to repel the advancing forces, in their effort to hold the important city of Caen.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm) Sold Out Edition. We have two secondary market prints available.. Price £160.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel, Feldwebel Richard Schwarzmann (deceased) and Unteroffizier Dr Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel, Feldwebel Richard Schwarzmann (deceased) and Unteroffizier Dr Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £240.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel, Feldwebel Richard Schwarzmann (deceased) and Unteroffizier Dr Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann.
Limited edition of 60 artists special reserve prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £
Knights Cross signature edition of 20 prints from the artist special reserve edition, signed by two Knights Cross tank Aces, and another tank Ace. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 61cm). Price £230.00 Signed by Knights Cross winners Albert Kerscher and Gerhard Fischer, and tank Ace Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel.
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. Half A4 Size Double Sheet 6 inches x 8 inches (15m x 21cm). Price £1.50
ITEM CODE DHM2035
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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 £230.00 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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First Strike on Berlin by Nicolas Trudgian.
The first successful daylight raid on Berlin. Nicolas Trudgians painting relives the fearsome aerial combat on March 6, 1944, as B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 100th B.G. are attacked. Screaming in head-on, Fw190s of II./JG I charge into the bomber stream. With throttles wide open, 56th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts come hurtling down to intercept. B-17 gunners are working overtime, the air is full of cordite, smoke, jagged pieces of flying metal and hot lead. We are in the midst of one of the fiercest aerial battles of the war.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Colonel Morton Magoffin, Captain C B Red Harper and First Lieutenant Ed McKay, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Colonel Morton Magoffin, Captain C B Red Harper and First Lieutenant Ed McKay, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Colonel Morton Magoffin, Captain C B Red Harper and First Lieutenant Ed McKay, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 60 artist special reserve prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm). Price £125.00
ITEM CODE DHM2057
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Dragons of Colombert by Nicolas Trudgian
In the summer of 1940, JG3, under the command of Hans von Hahn, scramble their Me109s from their French countryside base at Colombert, near Calais. With the deafening sound of their piston-engined aircraft, sporting the groups colourful Dragon emblem on their cowlings, they head for the battle front.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Gunther Scholz and Oberstleutnant Erwin Leykauf (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (67cm x 48cm). Price £150.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Gunther Scholz and Oberstleutnant Erwin Leykauf (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (67cm x 48cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Gunther Scholz and Oberstleutnant Erwin Leykauf, in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2112
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Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in the Allied advance through occupied Europe. Leading up to, and following the Normandy landings through to the end of hostilities, the Typhoon, flown by determined hard hitting pilots, became the scourge of the German Panzer Divisions, and wrought havoc with enemy road and rail communications. Targets along the Rhine, over one of Germanys arteries of supply and communication and last line of defence, were given special attention by the Typhoon squadrons. Barges carrying vital supplies, munition trains on railroads hugging the river bank, and the ever present movement of troops and armour toward the battlefront were constantly attacked from the air. Led by Squadron Leader B. G. Stapme Stapleton, Mk1B Typhoons of 247 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force, based at Eindhoven in Holland, make a low-level attack on enemy river transport on the Rhine in November 1944. Twisting and turning to avoid ground fires as best they can, the Typhoon pilots power their way through the valley with cannons blazing, pressing home their attack by strafing every German military target in their path. The supply cargo aboard the freight train is unlikely to reach its destination today!
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £155.00 Signed by Air Commodore C D Kit North-Lewis (deceased) and Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm)
. Price £170.00 Signed by
Air Commodore C D Kit North Lewis DSO DFC (deceased), Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC and Flight Lieutenant Basil Tatters Tatham.
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Air Commodore C D Kit North Lewis DSO DFC (deceased), Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC and Flight Lieutenant Basil Tatters Tatham.
ITEM CODE DHM2200
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Kursk - Clash of Steel by Nicolas Trudgian.
The Germans launched their attack on the Kursk salient on 5th July 1943, and for both sides this was maximum effort. The Soviets, however, informed by intelligence of the impending German attack, had ample time to prepare huge defensive works with hundreds of planned anti tank belts. They deployed 10 Tank Corps, 5 Tank Armies, 1 mechanised Corps and 14 Field Armies equipped with 4000 anti tank guns and 6000 tanks. The Soviet Air Forces were equally impressive - 2600 aircraft. The Germans, outnumbered in every department, were forced to scrape together whatever serviceable tanks they could from their badly under strength Panzer formations. Most of the tanks deployed were old Panzer IIIs or IVs, with only 147 Tigers available for action. The northern German attack made very little headway, but, in the south, the Germans had grouped all of the SS Panzer forces into the II SS Panzer Corps and these units, despite the enormous Soviet forces ranged against them, began to smash their way through the Soviet defences. The Luftwaffe too had brought together 1200 aircraft and these made an immediate impact on the fighting - on the first day alone German fighters broke up massive formations of Soviet aircraft, over 400 victories being claimed.
Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £195.00 Signed by :
Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer
and
Feldwebel Erich Brunotte.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size approx 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £340.00 Signed by :
Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer,
Feldwebel Erich Brunotte,
SS-Sturmmann Ernst Kufner,
Unteroffizier Johannes Oesterhelt
and
SS-Oberscharführer Werner Wendt.
Kursk edition print. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £ Signed by :
Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer,
Feldwebel Erich Brunotte,
SS Sturmann Ernst Wilhelm Kufner,
SS Oberscharfuhrer Werner Wendt
and
Unteroffizier Johannes Oesterhelt.
Limited edition of 35 remarques. Paper size approx 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm) . Price £350.00 Signed by :
Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer,
Feldwebel Erich Brunotte,
SS-Sturmmann Ernst Kufner,
Unteroffizier Johannes Oesterhelt
and
SS-Oberscharführer Werner Wendt.
Signed limited edition print. . Price £
Signed Artist Special Reserve Edition of 50 prints, signed by the artist only Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £130.00
Knights Cross signature edition of 40 prints from the edition of 50 artist special reserve prints. Paper size 33 inches x 23 inches (84cm x 58cm). Price £225.00 Signed by :
Gerhard Fischer,
Albert Kerscher
and
Oberstleutnant Alfred Rubbel.
ITEM CODE DHM2266
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D-Day Armada by Nicolas Trudgian.
There was never a greater concentration of air power deployed in an active theater of war as over the English Channel in May and June 1944. As D-Day approached, the USAAFs Ninth Air Force had assembled over 3500 aircraft a day, they were pounding enemy positions all the way from Pas de Calais to the coast of Normandy. 6 June 1944, arguably the most decisive single day in modern military history, saw the sky filled with waves of troop carrying aircraft towing gliders, dropping over 20,000 highly trained men in support of the massed sea-borne landings on the beaches below. Grabbing all the airspace they could find, the combat wings of the Ninth Air Force were creating havoc among the German ground forces as they scrambled to get troops and armor to the battlefront.
Limited edition of 350 prints. Print size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with eight signatures. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 150 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 50 remarques, with eight signatures. Inscribed with original pencil drawing by Nicolas Trudgian. Paper size 35 inches x 23.5 inches (89cm x 60m). Price £ Signed by Captain Clayton Gross, Colonel Maurice Long, Major General Donald Strait, Colonel Ricahrd Dick Denison, First Lieutenant Wayne E Downing, Captain John L Minech, Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Milow and Lieutenant Colonel William Bill D Mitchell, 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
ITEM CODE DHM2275
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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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Jet Strike by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
Arguably the most significant fighter leader of World War II, Adolf Galland took command of all German day and night fighters, but was in constant dispute with Luftwaffe supreme, Goering, who ultimately sacked him. Reinstated by Hitler, Galland returned to active combat in the final year of the war, commanding the legendary JV44 fighter wing, flying the Me262 jet. The great Adolf Galland ended the war as he had begun - flying fighters in daily combat, the only serving General ever to lead a combat wing in action. Gallands Me262s of JV-44 climbing to intercept a formation of B-17s in April, 1945.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £360.00 Presented in double matts to include the original signature of
Adolf Galland (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £340.00 Presented in double matts to include the original signature of
Adolf Galland.
ITEM CODE DHM2442
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Knights of the Sky by Nicolas Trudgian
The dramatic scene depicts an aerial dog-fight between Sopwith Camels and SE5A fighters of the Royal Flying Corps, and the bright red planes of Baron von Richthofens JG1 fighter wing. High over Northern France, the highly manoeuvrable fighters wheel and turn in the cauldron of close aerial combat, the artist bringing alive that evocative era when aerial combat first began.
Limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 17 inches x 22 inches (43cm x 56cm). Price £175.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Philip Bristow (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 17 inches x 22 inches (43cm x 56cm). Price £155.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Philip Bristow (deceased), in addition to the artist.
** (Ex Display) Limited edition of 600 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Paper size 17 inches x 22 inches (43cm x 56cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Philip Bristow (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2444
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Ardennes Offensive by Nicolas Trudgian.
As 1944 drew to a close, Hitler made his final gamble of the war, mounting a massive strike force aimed at splitting the Allies forces advancing upon Germany. His armour, supported from the air, would rip through the Ardennes to Antwerp, capture the Allied fuel supplies, and cut off all the opposing forces to the north. Hitlers commanders were dubious of the outcome but nevertheless obeyed orders, and the operation was launched on 16th December. Allied intelligence had discounted any German counter-offensive and the initial wave, comprising 8 Panzer divisions, took the Allied forces completely by surprise. A parachute drop of English-speaking German soldiers in American uniforms behind the assault zone added to the confusion. Advancing some 30 miles, and almost in sight of the River Meuse, by 26th December the SS Panzers had ground to a halt with empty fuel tanks, and were at the mercy of Allied counter-attacks. By 16th January the German penetration was repulsed and Hitlers beloved Panzer units retreated in tatters. The Fuhrers last gamble had failed. Fw190s of JG1 provide close support to the 9th SS Panzer Division, as they spearhead Germanys final major offensive of World War II. Seen advancing on the 82nd Airborne Division, the King Tiger tanks, with the aid of Luftwaffe ground-attack fighters, drive the Americans back through the snowy fields of the Ardennes on Christmas Day, 1944. It was the last, short-lived and ultimately unsuccessful advance made by the German forces during World War II.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased),
Oberstleutnant Hans Lutz (deceased),
Leutnant Siegfried Muller (deceased)
and
Oberst Eberhard Stephan (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £230.00 Signed by :
Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased),
Oberstleutnant Hans Lutz (deceased),
Leutnant Siegfried Muller (deceased)
and
Oberst Eberhard Stephan (deceased).
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £180.00 Signed by :
Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased),
Oberstleutnant Hans Lutz (deceased),
Leutnant Siegfried Muller (deceased)
and
Oberst Eberhard Stephan (deceased).
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50
Remarque edition of 50 prints. Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £ Signed by :
Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased),
Oberstleutnant Hans Lutz (deceased),
Leutnant Siegfried Muller,
Oberst Eberhard Stephan (deceased)Generalmajor Heinz Gunther Guderian.
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 500 prints. (Three copies reduced to clear) Paper size 18 inches x 12 inches (46cm x 31cm). Price £130.00 Signed by Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased),
Oberstleutnant Hans Lutz (deceased),
Leutnant Siegfried Muller (deceased)
and
Oberst Eberhard Stephan (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2466
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Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Me262. Both in their day represented enormous advances in aircraft design and power, and both have continued to capture the imagination of aviation enthusiasts ever since. As the war progressed the Spitfire continually upgraded its performance and by the time the Luftwaffes new Me262 turbo-jet arrived on the scene the sleek new Mk XIV, powered by the awesome Griffon engine, was among the fastest piston-engine fighters of the war. The stage was set for a clash between the most powerful piston-engine fighter and the worlds first turbojet, and it was not long before the pilots of these two most advanced combat aircraft met in the hostile skies over western Europe. Ill-advisedly employed by Hitler as the wonder-bomber, the Me262 was initially issued to Bomber Units, one of which being KG51. Tasked with undertaking lightning fast raids upon advancing Allied ground forces, the shark-like jets employed their spectacular speed advantage to surprise, strike and escape. Not to be outdone, the RAF responded with their supremely fast Spitfire XIVs which had already proven themselves highly effective against Germanys V1 flying bombs. In his painting, Nick Trudgian recreates a typical moment: Spitfire Mk XIVs of 41 Squadron have intercepted and damaged a Me262 of KG51 and, with smoke and debris pouring from its damaged Jumo 004 Turbojet, the stricken Luftwaffe jet will be lucky to make it home. A dramatic painting and a fine tribute to the RAFs contribution to the Victory in Europe.
Anniverssary Edition : Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £160.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC.
Signed limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £245.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC; Sqn Ldr Bam Bamberger (deceased); Flt Lt Peter Graham.
Commemorative Proof Edition : Signed limited edition of 150 prints. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC; Sqn Ldr Bam Bamberger (deceased); Flt Lt Peter Graham.
Commemorative Proof Edition : Limited edition of artist proofs. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £220.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC; Sqn Ldr Bam Bamberger (deceased); Flt Lt Peter Graham.
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50
** (Ex Display) Anniversary Edition : Signed limited edition of 350 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £120.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC.
ITEM CODE DHM2585
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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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Storm Chasers by Nicolas Trudgian.
Even the most faithful of Messerschmitt Me 109 pilots that also flew the Focke-Wulf Fw190 grudgingly admitted the well-proportioned and aesthetically pleasing Fw190 was the finest single-seat fighter in the Luftwaffes armoury during World War II. Soon after its arrival on the Channel Front in 1941, when initial bugs were ironed out, this superb fighter came close to fighter design perfection by the standards of the day. Just as the Mk IX Spitfire held the mantle as Britains most outstanding combat fighter of the war, so was the Fw190 regarded by experienced Luftwaffe pilots. Within months of its operational debut the Fw190 was causing widespread consternation among RAF pilots, the new fighter equal to the Mk IX Spitfire in all but its ability in the tightest of turning circles. By 1944 the technically superb Fw190 came into its own in the great air battles against the USAAFs massed daylight raids. The defence of the Reichs western airspace rested on the shoulders of a few Jagdgschwarden who, against steadily increasing odds, were tasked with interception and destruction of the attacking American heavy bombers. Flying alongside the two established Channel fighter wings JG2 Richthofen and JG26 Schlageter, equipped with Fw190s and led by the great fighter ace Oberst Walter Oesau, JG1 joined the battle in defence of northern Germany. Nicolas Trudgians painting Storm Chasers depicts the Fw190As of I./JG1, distinguished by their distinctive black and white striped cowls, scrambling from the snow-covered Dortmund airfield on 10 February 1944 to intercept another inbound American daylight raid. Nicks dramatic view of this technically supreme fighter conveys its true class as it hurtles over the airfield, its undercarriage retracting as the Fw190 accelerates into the climb. Below, sharing the airfield with I./JGI, are the Fw190s of the newly formed Sturmstaffel 1, identified by their black-white-black tail bands, seen taxiing out to join in the interception. Despite bad weather conditions the Luftwaffes defending fighters scored heavily that day, inflicting severe losses on the Americans, claiming 29 bombers and 8 fighters shot down in the action.
Signed limited edition of 525 prints, with 4 signatures. Paper size 29 inches x 16 inches (73cm x 41cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Unteroffizier Gustav Drees, Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke and Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 29 inches x 16 inches (73cm x 41cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Unteroffizier Gustav Drees, Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke and Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele.
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50
Limited edition of 40 remarques. Paper size 29 inches x 16 inches (73cm x 41cm. Price £325.00 Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Unteroffizier Gustav Drees, Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke and Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele.
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 525 prints, with 4 signatures. (Two copies reduced to clear) Paper size 29 inches x 16 inches (73cm x 41cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Leutnant Hugo Broch, Unteroffizier Gustav Drees, Oberfeldwebel Willi Reschke and Oberleutnant Ernst Scheufele.
ITEM CODE DHM2658
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A Welcome at the Inn by Nicolas Trudgian.
The USAAF bomber bases of WWII were situated in the heart of rural England. Surrounded by countryside and pretty villages, it took the crews little time to become regulars at the nearest village inn, where traditionally there was Open House to American servicemen. A few convivial hours at the pub after a gruelling mission provided a welcome escape from the rigours of combat flying. Today, 50 years on, most of those local pubs are still there, serving up that unique brand of British hospitality which is so cherished in the memories of the USAAF aircrews. Never was the welcome at the inn more warmly appreciated than on Christmas Eve 1944. General Von Rundstedt had launched a massive offensive in the Ardennes, and the situation was critical. The Eight Air Force was called upon to mount its largest single operation of the war, and on that day over 2000 American bombers climbed into the cold air and headed for the battlefields. After fighting their way through to the target, neutralising enemy airfields, and pounding highways and railtracks, the elated crews headed home only to find the gathering mists wirling around their bases. After landing and debriefing, they were in the modd to party down at the village inn. And they did! A wonderfully nostalgic rendering of B-17s returning over a Suffolk village on that memorable Christmas Eve. His painting will bring back nostalgic memories to thousands of American servicemen who spent Christmas away from home, so long ago.
Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £ Signed by Colonel George P Birdsong, Captain Vernon L Grim, Captain James A Myl and Major Robert Simpson.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £270.00 Signed by Colonel George P Birdsong, Captain Vernon L Grim, Captain James A Myl and Major Robert Simpson.
Limited edition of 75 publishers proofs. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £275.00 Signed by Colonel George P Birdsong, Captain Vernon L Grim, Captain James A Myl and Major Robert Simpson.
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. Half A4 Size Double Sheet 6 inches x 8 inches (15m x 21cm). Price £1.50
ITEM CODE DHM2660
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