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Dornier Do17. German bomber of the
luftwaffe in aviation art prints by Robert Taylor and Nicholas Trudgian.
Dornier Do17 during the battle of Britain available from the aviation art
print company.
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| The Height of the Battle by Geoffrey Nutkins. One first edition print available. First Edition print. . Price £90.00 ITEM CODE AX0057 |
| Holding the Line - The Battle of Britain by Nicolas Trudgian. 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 Gorings prelude to Operation Sealion - the invasion of Britain. Hitler knew that RAF Fighter Command had to be destroyed in the airand 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 tow 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 will return to base on that 18th day of August, 1940. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Group Captain Alec Ingle and Group Captain John Peel, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 60 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Group Captain Alec Ingle and Group Captain John Peel, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 100 special artist reserve prints. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Group Captain Alec Ingle and Group Captain John Peel, in addition to the artist. ITEM CODE DHM2054 |
| Against All Odds by Philip West. Geoffrey Wellum joins combat head-on with a Dornier during the Battle of Britain. He was part of a small group of 10 spitfires from Biggin Hill facing 150 plus enemy bombers and fighters. Other friendly fighters joined battle but the defenders were still vastly out numbered, a scene repeated on many occasions in the summer of 1940. On this particular day Geoff scored a Heinkel destroyed, together with a Dornier as a probable. Signed limited edition of 100 prints. Paper size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Flt. Lt. Geoff Wellum DFC.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs Paper size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £150.00 Signed by Flt. Lt. Geoffrey Wellum DFC; Air Commodore Pete Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC & Bar, AFC, Alex Henshaw MBE. ITEM CODE DHM2327 |
| The Pencil Eraser by Stan Stokes. In 1941 the advancing German forces had obliterated the Soviet Air Force. During the first week of fighting the Luftwaffe had destroyed more than 4000 Soviet aircraft. Huge numbers of aircraft were destroyed hopelessly on the ground, and those that took to the sky were often outclassed by superior equipment flown by more experienced pilots. The decimation of the Soviet Air Force during the fighting in 1941 was shocking, but even more remarkable is the story of the comeback of the Soviet Air Force. The Soviets had been blessed during their history with many excellent aviation designers and engineers. Zhukovsky, Sikorsky, Tupolev, Polikarpov, Mikoyan, Lavochkin, and Gurevich to name but a few. The Germans smashed the pride the nation had in its Air Forces, but the Soviets fought back. Most of the Soviet fighters at the start of the War were obsolete Polikarpov I-153s or I-16s. Some Mig 3s were available, but the Mig 3 was a poor performer at low altitudes, and was too unstable and too lightly armed to tangle with German fighters. The Lavotchkin LA-7 and the Yakovlev Yak-3 were two excellent new fighter designs that gave the Soviets some competitive edge, and an important ground support aircraft was the Il-2 Sturmovik. It is a miracle that the Soviets were able to produce these aircraft in large volumes. Production factories had to be moved east out of the range of German bombers, and the Soviets imported a large number of foreign made aircraft including the Bell P-39 Airacobra. In November of 1943 one of the fiercest aerial combat battles of all time took place. During a battle near the Kuban River, Russian and German aircraft clashed by the hundreds. For the first time since the German invasion in 1941, the Red Air Force prevailed. For the first time the Soviets took the initiative, sending wave after wave of modern new aircraft into combat against the Luftwaffe. In the air the Soviets earned their first victory over the Germans… a sign of things to come. During the Battle of Kursk in mid-1943, the Luftwaffe amassed nearly 2000 aircraft, however the Soviets had more than twice that number. This numerical superiority paid off during the fighting, In Stan Stokes painting a Mig-3 targets a Dornier Flying Pencil. More than 3000 Mig-3s were produced, but the aircraft was effective only in the role of high altitude interceptor or reconnaissance aircraft. At lower altitudes it was outclassed. The Do-17 was a prewar design that first entered service in 1937. The aircraft was enhanced with a 215 and 217 variant. The bomber version had a crew of 4 and was capable of carrying as much as a 9,000 pound bomb loads. With a maximum speed of 320-MPH the Flying Pencil could be elusive. Signed limited edition of 4750 prints. Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Supplied with signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.. Price £37.00
Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £484.00
Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm). Price £294.00 ITEM CODE STK0123 |
| Assault on the Capital by Robert Taylor
Millennium edition signatures: Helmut Bennemann, Siegfried Bethke, Hans-Ekehard
Bob, Alfred Grislawski, Herbert Kaiser, Rudolf Meise, Edouard Neumann,
Edmund Rossmann, Gunther Seeger, Herbert Wehnelt.
When the morning of September 7th 1940 dawned cloudless, RAF Fighter
Command, its resources fully stretched, prepared for another long day of
air fighting. The Battle of Britain was at its height, yet by mid
afternoon no raids had appeared on the plotting table at Bentley
Priory. But for the usual German reconnaissance flights, things were
ominously quiet. It was almost 4pm before the first blips appeared
on the radar screens, but within 30 minutes it was clear the Luftwaffe
were mounting the largest raid yet faced by the RAF, and that could mean
only one target - London. On the coast, spotters reported huge
columns of aircraft, stepped up from 14,000 - 23,000 feet, advancing
towards the capital on a 20 mile front. Fighter Command scrambled
all 21 Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons based within 70 miles of London
and within minutes they were ripping into the massive formations of German
bombers. As running fights developed between the fighters, waves of
bombers emptied their bombs over the city. The raid continued for
almost 12 hours without respite causing tremendous destruction, with huge
fires raging throughout London's dockland. It was to be the first
raid of the Blitz. However the Luftwaffe's switch from attacks on
RAF bases to the blitzing of England's cities gave Fighter Command the
reprieve it so desperately needed. Goering's fatal decision cost the
Luftwaffe the Battle of Britain, halted Hitler's invasion plans, and
ultimately cost Germany the war. |
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