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History of 234 squadron in aviation art prints. 234 squadron Royal Air Force. aviaiton art prints includes Robert Taylor's new painting of spitfires of 234 Squadron. Robert Taylor is one of the most respected aviation artists. Taylor's painting now available as a aviation art prints now. Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fighter aircrews flew combat throughout the six long years of World War Two.  At the outbreak of war in 1939 four RAF Hurricane squadrons and two equipped with Gladiators went immediately to France where in short time New Zealander "Cobber" Kain became the first Allied Ace of the war.  In April 1940 Hurricanes and Gladiators saw action in Norway, when Rhodesian Caesar Hull of 263 Squadron became the second air Ace.

Wing Commander Bob Doe, DSO, DFC*  In 1939 he joined the R.A.F. and upon completion of his training was posted to 234 squadron. During the Battle of Britain he achieved great success. He was one of the very few pilots to successfully fly both Hurricanes and Spitfires and was one of the top scorers of the Battle with 14 and two shared victories. He was awarded the DFC in October and a BAR in November. He joined 66 squadron as a Flight Commander then moving to 130 squadron in August 1943 saw him in 613 squadron flying Mustangs. October 1943 he was posted out to the Far-East, forming 10 squadron, Indian Air Force, which he led on the Burma front. Awarded the DSO in 1945. He stayed on in the R.A.F. after the war, retirement in 1966 was followed by opening a Garage business which proved successful.


August Victory by Simon Atack.


August Victory by Simon Atack.

Simon Atack has recreated an action flown by Pilot Officer Bob Doe during a fierce battle over the south coast, near the Isle of Wight on 18th August, 1940. Flying a Mk I Spitfire of No 234 Squadron, Boe Doe is seen bringing down an Me109 High over Southampton, one of 14 Victories he achieved during the Battle of Britain. The third highest scoring fighter pilot of the battle, 20 year old Bob Doe was one of the few Aces to fly both Spitfires and Hurricanes during the battle. Simon captures the very essence of the most tumultous of all aerial conflicts in his dramatic painting, August Victory, with Bob flying his trusted Spitfire, D for Doe.
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234 Squadron Scramble by Graeme Lothian. (P)


234 Squadron Scramble by Graeme Lothian. (P)

Battle of Britain Ace Wing Commander Bob Doe in Spitfire AZ-D and his wingman hurry to intercept incoming enemy aircraft during the Battle of Britain.
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A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor


A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor

Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fighter aircrews flew combat throughout the six long years of World War Two. At the outbreak of war in 1939 four RAF Hurricane squadrons and two equipped with Gladiators went immediately to France where in short time New Zealander Cobber Kain became the first Allied Ace of the war. In April 1940 Hurricanes and Gladiators saw in action in Norway, when Rhodesian Caesar Hull of 263 Squadron became the second air Ace. By the fall of France the new Spitfire joined in the great air battles over the Channel as the British Expeditionary Force evacuated Dunkirk. Bob Stanford -Tuck, Douglas Bader, Peter Townsend, Sailor Malan, and many other great Aces gained their first victories, but with German forces massing on the French coast, the invasion of Britain looked imminent. Only RAF Fighter Command stood in Hitlers way. By July, the most famous of all air battles had begun. The next three months, under glorious summer skies, saw the most decisive and continual aeri.........

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Full Item Details		 Paper size 31 inches x 23 inches (78cm x 58cm) Unwin, George
Morgan, Tom Dalton
Doe, Bob
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Duke, Neville
Freeborn, John
Crosley, Mike
Squier, John
Meadway, Peter
Pujji, Mahinder
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Duke, Neville
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Battle of Britain Ace - Bob Doe, 234 Squadron by Graeme Lothian. (P)


Battle of Britain Ace - Bob Doe, 234 Squadron by Graeme Lothian. (P)

Wing Commander Bob Doe in Spitfire AZ-D of No.234 Squadron during the Battle of Britain.
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Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV.  Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to  1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MK's V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs.

Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI.  The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service.  To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine.  The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires.

By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires.  The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced.  The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954. 

By the fall of France the new Spitfire joined in the great air battles over the Channel as the British Expeditionary Forces evacuated Dunkirk.  Bob Stanfor - Tuck, Douglas Bader, Peter Townsend, Sailor Malan, and many other great Aces gained their first victories, but with German forces massing on the French coast, the invasion of Britain looked imminent.  Only RAF Fighter Command stood in Hitler's way.

By July, the most famous of all air battles had begun.  The next three months, under glorious summer skies, saw the most decisive and continual aerial fighting in history.  The British victory in the Battle of Britain was to fundamentally change the course of the war and, ultimately, the course of history.

But there were four and a half more years of air battles still to be fought and won - from the English Channel Front to the North African desert, from the Mediterranean to Far East Asia.  It fell to Fleet Air Arm pilots to see the last air fighting for British and Commonwealth pilots, by then equipped with Seafires and American Corsairs and Hellcats, as they took part in the final assaults on the Japanese mainland.  As the last embers of hostilities faded into history the centuries old doctrine of maritime supremacy had gone.  Now the aircraft ruled.

In his masterful painting A Time For Heroes, Robert Taylor pays tribute to the World War II fighter aircrews of the RAF and Fleet Air Arm.  A panoramic scene from the era of the Battle of Britain shows Mk I Spitfires of 234 Squadron, 10 Group's top scoring squadron, returning to St Eval after intercepting heavy raids on south coast ports during the heaviest fighting, in September 1940.  St Michael's Mount, the castle built on the site of a 14th Century monastery to defend Britain's shores from earlier enemies, provides a symbolic backdrop as once again a band of brothers is called upon to defend their Sceptred Isle. 
 

 


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