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City
of Glasgow 602 Squadron Royal Air Force. Supermarine Spitfire of
602 Squadron during the Normandy Landings in aviation art prints available
from aviationprints.co.uk, part of the Royal Air
Force squadron's history in aviation art.
Great Pilots of the Squadron .
Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC Flying
Officer C.J Mount joined NO.602 squadron on August 8th 1940 after a brief
conversion course on Spitfires. On August 18th his Spitfire L1005 was
severely damaged in combat with JU 87's and BF109's over Ford. Micky was
unhurt. he again escaped injury when his Spitfire X4270 was damaged
landing at Tangmere. he served in many of the theatres of WW2 and he flew
Hurricanes in Malta and North Africa and Wellingtons in the Middle east.
Micky is now retired and lives in Ascot in Berkshire. |
| Gauntlet by Anthony Saunders. Portsmouth August 26th 1940, the lone spitfire of Squadron Leader Sandy Johnstone breaks the ranks and picks off one of the menacing Heinkels only to encounter an equally determined attack from a BF109.
We were brought to readiness in the middle of lunch and scrambled to intercept mixed bag of 100+ Heinkel IIIs and DO 17s approaching Portsmouth from the South. The controller did a first class job and positioned us one thousand feet above the target. with the sun behind us, allowing us to spot the raiders from a long way off. No escorting Messchersmitts were in sight at the time, although a sizable force was to turn up soon after. then something strange happened. I was about to give a ticking off to our chaps for misusing the R/T when I realised I was listening to German voices. It appeared we were both using the same frequency and, although having no knowledge of the language it sounded from the monotonous flow of the conversation that they were unaware of our presence. as soon as we dived towards the leading formation, however we were assailed immediately to loud shouts of Achtung Spitfuern Spitfuern! as our bullets began to take their toll. In spite of having taken jerry by surprise our bag was only six, with others claimed as damaged, before the remainder dived for cloud cover and turned for home. In the meantime the escorting fighters were amongst us when two of our fellows were badly shot up. Hector Maclean stopped a cannon shell on his cockpit, blowing his foot off above the ankle although, in spite of his grave injuries, he managed to fly his spitfire back to Tangmere to land with wheels retracted. Cyril Babbages aircraft was also badly damaged in the action. forcing him to abandon it and take to his parachute. He was ultimately picked up by a rescue launch and put ashore at Bognor, having suffered only minor injuries. I personally accounted for one Heinkel III in the action (Sandy Johnson) .
No. 602 City of Glasgow auxiliary squadron was a household name long before WWII began. It had been the first auxiliary squadron to get into the air in 1925, two of its members, Lord Clydeside and David McIntyre were the first to conquer Mount Everest in 1933: the squadron sweeped the board in gunnery and bombing in 1935, beating the regular squadrons at their own game. It was the first auxiliary Squadron to be equipped with Spitfire Fighters as far back as March 1939 and it was the first squadron to shoot down the first enemy aircraft on British soil. The squadron moved south from Drem airfield in East Lothian on August 14th 1940 to relieve the already battered no. 145 squadron at Westhampnett, Tangmeres satelitte station in Sussex. The squadron suffered 5 casualties during the battle. The squadron remained at Westhampnett until December 1940 to be replaced by no. 610 auxiliary airforce squadron. No 602 squadron itself remained active up until 1957 when it was put into mothballs. Signed limited edition of 950 prints. Image size 20 inches x 13 inches (51cm x 33cm). Price £120.00 Signed by three pilots of 602 Squadron: Air Vice Marshal Sandy Johnstone CB DFC AE DL (deceased), Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased) and Wing Commander Hector MacLean (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
Original painting by Anthony Saunders. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £2700.00 Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers! Save £500 on this original painting! - Was £3200
ITEM CODE DHM0436 |
| Head to Head by Nicolas Trudgian A classic head-to-head combat between Squadron Leader Sandy Johnstone in his Spitfire and an Me109 over the south coast of England on 25th August, 1940. With 602 Squadron scrambled to intercept an approaching raid. The Commanding Officer notches up his second victory of the day. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £215.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Sandy Johnstone (deceased), Wing Commander Paddy Barthrop (deceased), Air Commodore C J Mickey Mount (deceased), Squadron Leader S Nigel Rose, Air Commodore Paul Webb (deceased), Wing Commander Hector MacLean (deceased), Flying Officer Hugh Niven (deceased) and Wing Commander Donald M Jack, in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £ Signed by Squadron Leader Sandy Johnstone (deceased), Wing Commander Paddy Barthrop (deceased), Air Commodore C J Mickey Mount (deceased), Squadron Leader S Nigel Rose, Air Commodore Paul Webb (deceased), Wing Commander Hector MacLean (deceased), Flying Officer Hugh Niven (deceased) and Wing Commander Donald M Jack, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 publishers proofs. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £235.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Sandy Johnstone, Wing Commander Paddy Barthrop, Air Commodore C J Mickey Mount, Squadron Leader S Nigel Rose, Air Commodore Paul Webb, Wing Commander Hector MacLean, Flying Officer Hugh Niven and Wing Commander Donald M Jack, in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM2122 |
| Beware of the Lion by Geoff Lea. Spitfires of 602 City of Glasgow Squadron in the disitnctive white stripe marking of the d- day invasion patrol the Normandy beaches. Seen below are the landing craft and ships of the invasion force as the troops form Britian, America, Canada invade the Normandy Beaches, coded Juno. Gold, Sword and Utah. Open edition print. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £51.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Signed edition. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £50.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Signature edition of 60 prints from the open edition. Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £75.00 Signed by Johnnie Johnson (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Open edition print. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £10.92
Signed edition. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £37.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Original painting by Geoff Lea. . Price £1900.00 Massive Summer Sale! To make way for new art projects, this painting is reduced to gallery trade price for all customers! Save £500 on this original painting! - Was £2400
**Open edition print. (1 copy reduced to clear) Image size 23 inches x 15 inches (59cm x 38cm). Price £30.00
ITEM CODE DHM0401 |
| Combat Over Beachy Head by Nicolas Trudgian. Mickey Mount, flying his 602 Squadron MkII Spitfire, successfully attacks a Messerschmitt Me109 low over the cliffs of Beachy Head on the south coast during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. Spitfires and Me109s were so evenly matched at this early point in the war that the outcome of such contests were usually decided by the skill of the competing pilots. Signed limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 16 inches x 14 inches (41cm x 36cm). Price £85.00 Signed by Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 16 inches x 14 inches (41cm x 36cm). Price £130.00 Signed by Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased) Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 16 inches x 14 inches (41cm x 36cm). Price £130.00 Signed by Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Pilot Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 16 inches x 14 inches (41cm x 36cm). Price £145.00 Signed by : Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased), Wing Commander Wilfred M Sizer DFC* (deceased), Squadron Leader Jocelyn G P Millard (deceased), Flight Lieutenant Richard L Jones and Squadron Leader Iain Hutchinson (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Duckenfield Signature edition of 50 prints (Nos 201 - 250) from the signed limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 16 inches x 14 inches (41cm x 36cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased) andGroup Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 800 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Paper size 16 inches x 14 inches (41cm x 36cm). Price £75.00 Signed by Air Commodore Mickey Mount CBE DSO DFC (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2110 |
| Spitfire Special Delivery by Michael Turner. Flt. Lt. Raymond Baxters Spitfire Mk. XVI narrowly avoids a church spire as 602 Sqn. make a precision low level attack on the V1/V2 headquarters in The Hague on March 18th 1945. Limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 21 inches x 17 inches (54cm x 43cm). Price £95.00 Signed by Raymond Baxter (deceased).
ITEM CODE GT0071 |
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Combat Over Beachy Head by Nicolas Trudgian Mickey Mount, flying his 602
Squadron MkII Spitfire, successfully attacks a Messerschmitt Me109 low
over the cliffs of Beachy Head on the south coast during the Battle of
Britain in the summer of 1940. Spitfires and Me109s were so evenly
matched at this early point in the war that the outcome of such contests
were usually decided by the skill of the competing pilots.
Signed by Mickey Mount.
Spitfire Special Delivery by
Michael Turner Flt. Lt. Raymond Baxters Spitfire Mk. XVI narrowly
avoids a church spire as 602 Sqn. make a precision low level attack on the
V1/V2 headquarters in The Hague on March 18th 1945. |
| GAUNTLET BY ANTHONY SAUNDERS
Portsmouth August 26th 1940, the lone spitfire of Squadron Leader
Sandy Johnstone breaks the ranks and picks off one of the menacing
Heinkels only to encounter an equally determined attack from a BF109.
Accompanying the artists signature are three signatures
from pilots of 602 Squadron:
Air Vice Marshal Sandy Johnstone, Air Commodore Micky Mount and Wing Commander
Hector MacLean. Air
Commodore Micky Mot, CBE, DSO, DFC Flying Officer C.J Mount
joined NO.602 squadron on August 8th 1940 after a brief conversion
course on Spitfires. On August 18th his Spitfire L1005 was severely damaged in combat with JU 87's and BF109's over Ford. Micky was unhurt.
he again escaped injury when his Spitfire X4270 was damaged landing at
Tangmere. he served in many of the theatres of WW2 and he flew
Hurricanes in Malta and North Africa and Wellingtons in the Middle east.
Micky is now retired and lives in Ascot in Berkshire. Wing
Commander Hector Maclean Hector was flying with No 602 squadron
before war broke out. A gallant young man, his fighter pilot days were
drawn to an abrupt halt on August 26th 1940 when his leg was severely injured during battle, but the war was not by no means over. After his
recovery he was posted to Rosemount for duty as a fighter controller, in
the rank of Squadron Leader. hector is now retired and lives in
Kilmacolm near Glasgow. Air Vice-Marshall Sandy Johnson CB,
DFC,
AE. Sandy was in command of no. 602 squadron during the
critical days of the Battle of Britain, flying with the squadron before
the war though to 1941, when he was posted to the Middle east, he also
served with 229 and 249 squadrons in Malta during the Islands most
fateful days of the war. sandy is now a successful author living near
Ipswich in Suffolk
The Gauntlet Action South of Portsmouth 26th August 1940.
We
were brought to readiness in the middle of lunch and scrambled to
intercept mixed bag of 100+ Heinkel III's and DO 17's approaching
Portsmouth from the South. The controller did a first class job
and positioned us one thousand feet above the target. with the sun
behind us, allowing us to spot the raiders from a long way off. No
escorting Messchersmitts were in sight at the time, although a sizable
force was to turn up soon after. then something strange happened. I
was about to give a ticking off to our chaps for misusing the R/T when I
realised I was listening to German voices. It appeared we were both
using the same frequency and, although having no knowledge of the
language it sounded from the monotonous flow of the conversation that
they were unaware of our presence. as soon as we dived towards
the leading formation, however we were assailed immediately to loud
shouts of Achtung Spitfuern Spitfuern! as our bullets began to
take their toll. In spite of having taken jerry by surprise our
bag was only six, with others claimed as damaged, before the remainder
dived for cloud cover and turned for home. In the meantime the escorting
fighters were amongst us when two of our fellows were badly shot up.
hector Maclean stopped a cannon shell on his cockpit, blowing his foot
of above the ankle although, in spite of his grave injuries, he managed
to fly his spitfire back to Tangmere to land with wheels retracted.
Cyril Babbage's aircraft was also badly damaged in the action. forcing
him to abandon it and take to his parachute. He was ultimately picked up
by a rescue launch and put ashore at Bognor, having suffered only minor
injuries. I personally accounted for one Heinkel III in the
action (Sandy Johnson). No. 602 'City of Glasgow' auxiliary
squadron was a household name long before WW11 began. It had been the
first auxiliary squadron to get into the air in 1925, two of its
members, Lord Clydeside and David McIntyre were the first to
conquer Mount Everest in 1933; the squadron sweeped the board in gunnery
and bombing in 1935, beating the regular squadrons at their own game. It
was the first auxiliary Squadron to be equipped with Spitfire Fighters
as far back as March 1939 and it was the first squadron to shoot down
the first enemy aircraft on British Soil. The squadron moved
south from Drem airfield in east Lothian on August 14th 1940. to relieve
the already battered no. 145 squadron at Westhapnett, Tangmere's satellite
station in Sussex. the squadron suffered 5 casualties during
the battle. The squadron remained at Westhampnett until December 1940 to
be replaced by no. 610 auxiliary air force squadron. No 602 squadron
itself remained active up until 1957 when it was put into mothballs. |
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