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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Holding the Line - The Battle of Britain by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) They came across the English Channel at wave top height, their propeller slipstreams leaving wakes on the surface of the water. Nine Dornier Do17Z bombers of 9th Staffel, KG76, detailed to attack the RAF airfield at Kenley as part of Reichsmarshal Goring's prelude to Operation Sealion - the invasion of Britain. Hitler knew that RAF Fighter Command had to be destroyed in the air and on the ground if his plans were to succeed, but the German High Command failed to take into account the resilience of the young Hurricane and Spitfire pilots, and their determination to hold this last vital line of defence. The Dorniers were spotted as they approached the English coast, and Hurricanes were scrambled to intercept. The German bombers cleared the North Downs with feet to spare and spread out into attack formation as they lined up on the hangars at Kenley. As they came in over the airfield Hurricanes of 111 Squadron came diving upon them. Suddenly all hell broke loose. Bombs rained down on to the airfield and buildings went up in flames. One Dornier was brought down and two more, badly damaged by ground fire, were finished off by the Hurricane pilots. Now the chase was on to catch the others before they could escape back to their base in Northern France. Only one of the nine Dorniers that set out would return to base on that 18th day of August, 1940. Item Code : DHM2054B Holding the Line - The Battle of Britain by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) - This Edition Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Limited edition of 100 special artist reserve prints. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm) Artist : Nicolas Trudgian £35 Off! Now : £115.00 SAVE MONEY WITH OUR DISCOUNT DOUBLE PRINT PACKS! Buy With : Squadron Scramble by Nicolas Trudgian. for £140 - Save £120 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Holding the Line - The Battle of Britain by Nicolas Trudgian. DHM2054 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Last 30 available of this sold out edition. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm) Ingle, Alec Ellacombe, John Peel, John + Artist : Nicolas Trudgian Signature(s) value alone : £170 £45 Off! Now : £165.00 VIEW EDITION... ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm) Ingle, Alec Ellacombe, John Peel, John + Artist : Nicolas Trudgian Signature(s) value alone : £170 £80 Off! Now : £190.00 VIEW EDITION... FLYER Promotional Flyer A5 Size Double Sheet 6 inches x 8 inches (15m x 21cm) none £2.00 VIEW EDITION... SLIGHT BORDER DAMAGE Signed limited edition of 600 prints. The print has slight damage to the border area, mostly on a corner. Not noticeable once framed. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm) Ingle, Alec Ellacombe, John Peel, John + Artist : Nicolas Trudgian Signature(s) value alone : £170 £65 Off! Now : £145.00 VIEW EDITION... EX-DISPLAY PRINT ** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 600 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) SOLD OUT. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm) Ingle, Alec Ellacombe, John Peel, John + Artist : Nicolas Trudgian Signature(s) value alone : £170 SOLD OUT VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

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Hurricane	Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built.
Do17	The Dornier 17 first saw action during the Spanish Civil war (1936-39) where it was faster than the enemies fighters and was nicknamed by the Spanish as Bacalaos which means Cod Fish. Full production started in March 1937 with a variety of variants including DO 17E and DO 17F for use as fast reconnaissance aircraft. During the opening months of world war two the Dornier 17 along with the older He 111 was the main bomber for the Luftwaffe, with three of the bomber groups operating Dornior 17's - KG2, KG3 and KG76. At the outbreak of the war a total of 533 Dornier were in frontline service. The aircraft did well during the Polish campaign - with a speed of 265 mph which was faster than the Polish defenders fighters. But during the Battle of Britian, when faced with the fast Royal Air Force fighters, the Dornier with its light armament was no match. In1940 with the new JU 88 being produced the Dornier was gradually replaced and production of the Do 17 ended in 1940