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History
of 74 Squadron Royal Air Force. 74
squadron shown in Battle of Britain aviation art print by aviation
artist Graeme Lothian signed by Rudi Miese, Ulrich Steinhilfer, Günther
Rall, Archie Winskill, Stephen
Hardbourne and Paddy Barthropp, fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force
and Luftwaffe.
Great
Fighter Pilots Wing Commander John Freeborn
DFC Johnie Freeborn flew Spitfires with 74
Squadron over Dunkirk, and was in action throughout the Battle of
Britain, he had been with his squadron longer, and flown more hours,
than any other Battle of Britain pilot. He joined 602 Squadron in 1942,
and commanded 118 Squadron in June 1943. In June 1944 he was promoted
Wing Commander Flying of 286 Wing in Italy. John Freeborn scored 17
victories.
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| The Right of the Line by Graeme Lothian. Sailor Malam leading 74 Squadron engaging Me109s of I/JG52 during the Battle of Britain, September 1940. Signed limited edition of 800 prints. Image size 28 inches x 17 inches (71cm x 43cm). Price £ Signed by three luftwaffe and three RAF pilots: Unteroffizier Rudolf Miese, Ulrich Steinhilfer, General Gunther Rall, Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill KCVO CBE DFC AE, Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen CBE, DSO, DFC and Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC.
Limited edition of 125 artist proofs. Image size 28 inches x 17 inches (71cm x 43cm). Price £155.00 Signed by three luftwaffe and three RAF pilots: Unteroffizier Rudolf Miese, Ulrich Steinhilfer, General Gunther Rall, Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill KCVO CBE DFC AE, Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen CBE, DSO, DFC and Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC. ITEM CODE DHM1115 |
| First Flap of the Day by Nicolas Trudgian. HM Stephen - one of the Battle of Britains top scoring fighter pilots, brings down two Me109s in quick succession over the White Cliffs of Dover, early on August 11, 1940. Flying a Spitfire with 74 Squadron, HM shot down five German aircraft on this day, and damaged a further three. The note in his log book starts First flap of the day at 0600 hrs ... Signed limited edition of 500 prints. (Nos 1 - 250) Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £ Signed by Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen and Wing Commander John Freeborn, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen and Wing Commander John Freeborn, in addition to the artist.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints, signed by the artist only (Nos 251 - 500) Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £110.00
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen and Wing Commander John Freeborn, in addition to the artist. ITEM CODE DHM2115 |
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The Right of the Line by Graeme Lothian "Sailor" Malam leading 74 squadron engaging ME109's of
1/JG52 Battle of Britain, September 1940. Signed with six pilot signature three luftwaffe and three RAF: Rudi
Miese, Ulrich Steinhilfer, Gunther Rall, Archie Winskill, Stephen
Hardbourne and Paddy Barthropp.
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. |
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