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460 Squadron Avro Lancaster by  Robert Taylor. Aviation art print of an Avro Lancaster  from 460 Squadron by artist Robert Taylor, available from aviation art prints. 


Strike and Return by Robert Taylor.


Strike and Return by Robert Taylor.

Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous, even by todays electronically sophisticated standards. Throughout RAF Bomber Commands arduous six year World War II campaign, as if atrocious weather were not enough to contend with, day and night bomber crews faced interceptions by enemy fighters, constant flak over occupied territory, and the real and ever-present danger of mid-air collision. Add snowstorms, gale force winds, freezing temperatures and the comparatively rudimentary navigational aids available at the time, it seems a miracle they were able to continue at all. But continue they did, and whenever there was the slimmest chance of hitting an enemy target, unhesitatingly, the aircrews of Bomber Command took up the challenge. 460 Squadron, RAAF was typical of the bomber squadrons under overall command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, squadrons manned by volunteer airc.........


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Item Code : DHM2221Strike and Return by Robert Taylor. - Editions Available
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PRINTAircrew Edition. Signed limited edition of 400 prints, with four signatures.
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Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Knights, Bob
Iveson, Tony
Carden, Pat
North, Bill
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
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Aircrew Edition. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with four signatures.
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Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Knights, Bob
Iveson, Tony
Carden, Pat
North, Bill
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
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PRINTRAAF Edition. Signed limited edition of 250 prints, with six signatures.
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Paper size 31cm x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Bateman, W E Jerry
Bayliss, Hilary M
Coffey, Phillip J
Gardner, John R
Goodwin, R Gordon
Woods, Lawrence W
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
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PRINT Collectors Edition. Signed limited edition of 250 prints, with a total of nine signatures.
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Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Knights, Bob
Rodley, Ernest
Iveson, Tony
Reid, Bill
Watts, Fred
Carden, Pat
North, Bill
Curtis, Lawrence
Burnside, Dudley
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
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PRINTVictoria Cross Edition. Signed limited edition of 50 prints, with seventeen signatures.
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Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm) Sold out edition. Only one secondary market print available. Knights, Bob
Rodley, Ernest
Iveson, Tony
Reid, Bill
Tait, J B
Jackson, Norman
Learoyd, Roderick
Castagnola, J
Cheshire, Leonard
Watts, Fred
Carden, Pat
North, Bill
Curtis, Lawrence
Burnside, Dudley
Brennan, M Ben
Wilcox, Bill
Trent, Leonard
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
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Strike and Return by Robert Taylor  Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous, even by today's electronically sophisticated standards.  Throughout RAF Bomber Command's arduous six year World War II campaign, as if atrocious weather were not enough to contend with, day and night bomber crews faced interceptions by enemy fighters, constant flak over occupied territory, and the real and ever-present danger of mid-air collision.  Add snowstorms, gale force winds, freezing temperatures and the comparatively rudimentary navigational aids available at the time, it seems a miracle they were able to continue at all.  But continue they did, and whenever there was the slimmest chance of hitting an enemy target, unhesitatingly, the aircrews of Bomber Command took up the challenge.  460 Squadron, RAAF was typical of the bomber squadrons under overall command of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris; squadrons manned by volunteer aircrews from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Rhodesia, South Africa, and many other nations opposed to Hitler's Nazi Germany.  To a man they knew the frightening odds against completing a tour of duty, yet many faked their ages just to join this elite band of wartime flyers.

True to their squadron motto "Strike and Return", the artist shows Lancasters of 460 Squadron RAAF, returning to RAF Binbrook in Lincolnshire following a daylight raid over Germany in the late winter of 1944.  With the sun almost set, chill evening shadows lengthen on a magnificent winter landscape dusted with snow, Lancaster J-Squared leads the mighty bombers as they descend in the fading light.  

 

 


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