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 Marine Ace Captain Joe Foss leads a flight of eight F4F Wildcats of VMF121, based at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in a diversionary attack on the Imperial Japanese battlecruiser Hiei north of Savo Island, Friday November 13, 1942. In the distance T......Attack on the Hiei by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
Marine Ace Captain Joe Foss leads a flight of eight F4F Wildcats of VMF121, based at Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, in a diversionary attack on the Imperial Japanese battlecruiser Hiei north of Savo Island, Friday November 13, 1942. In the distance T......All 3 print editions sold out.
P40 Tomahawks of the American Volunteer Group fought against the Japanese air force in the skies over Indo-China during World War 2 and became one of the most successful and famous fighter units of all time.  Strangled by the Japanese blockade of its......Chennaults Flying Tigers by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
P40 Tomahawks of the American Volunteer Group fought against the Japanese air force in the skies over Indo-China during World War 2 and became one of the most successful and famous fighter units of all time. Strangled by the Japanese blockade of its......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
 As the Allied armies dashed across France after victory in Normandy, they remained reliant on one thing - supplies.  With Cherbourg the only port in use, everything depended on trucks to deliver enough fuel, food and ammunition to keep the momentum ......
Road to the Rhine by Robert Taylor.

5 editions with signatures!
As the Allied armies dashed across France after victory in Normandy, they remained reliant on one thing - supplies. With Cherbourg the only port in use, everything depended on trucks to deliver enough fuel, food and ammunition to keep the momentum ......4 print editions available from £200.00
 B26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group 9th Air Force, returning from a strike against VI, rocket sites in the Pas de Calais, January 1944. The 9th Air Force became one of the most effective forces in the destruction of VI rocket sites, railroad yards......
Marauder Mission by Robert Taylor

3 editions with signatures!
B26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group 9th Air Force, returning from a strike against VI, rocket sites in the Pas de Calais, January 1944. The 9th Air Force became one of the most effective forces in the destruction of VI rocket sites, railroad yards......3 print editions available from £175.00
 Between 3 and 13 September 1944, the 55th Fighter Group flew eight arduous, highly successful, bomber escort missions to Germany for which the group received a Distinguished Unit Citation. Like those the group had flown before, and would fly again a......Mustangs on the Prowl by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
Between 3 and 13 September 1944, the 55th Fighter Group flew eight arduous, highly successful, bomber escort missions to Germany for which the group received a Distinguished Unit Citation. Like those the group had flown before, and would fly again a......All 1 print edition sold out.
 After a grueling bomber escort mission late in WWII, P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group return to their base at Raydon, Suffolk. ......
Heading Home to Raydon by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
After a grueling bomber escort mission late in WWII, P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group return to their base at Raydon, Suffolk. ......1 print edition available from £125.00
 With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, as they head back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long sweep east of the Rhine crossing, Spring 194......
Opening Sky by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
With the morning sun glinting on their fuselages, P-51 Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group cross the Dutch coastline far below, as they head back towards their base at Duxford, England at the end of a long sweep east of the Rhine crossing, Spring 194......3 print editions available from £125.00
 At 23.45 on the night of 5 June 1944, the 101st Airborne's most legendary unit of combat paratroopers – the notorious 'Filthy Thirteen' – jumped into France near the village of Sainte Mère Église, in the final hours before the D-Day land......Day Drop - Stick 21 by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
At 23.45 on the night of 5 June 1944, the 101st Airborne's most legendary unit of combat paratroopers – the notorious 'Filthy Thirteen' – jumped into France near the village of Sainte Mère Église, in the final hours before the D-Day land......3 print editions available from £100.00
 Into Battle - Piling out of their C47 Dakotas, US paratroopers decent into  the Drop Zone inland from Utah Beach D-Day 1944. <br> Crash Landing - A Glider Pilot brings his fully laden CG Glider into the Normandy battlefield - D-Day 1944. ......Rare Pair of D-Day prints by Robert Taylor - Into Battle by Robert Taylor and Crash Landing by Robert Taylor. Into Battle - Piling out of their C47 Dakotas, US paratroopers decent into the Drop Zone inland from Utah Beach D-Day 1944. <br> Crash Landing - A Glider Pilot brings his fully laden CG Glider into the Normandy battlefield - D-Day 1944. ......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
 22nd Bomb group B17s under attack by Mitsubishi Zero fighters over Rebaul November 1942. ......Fortress under Attack by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
22nd Bomb group B17s under attack by Mitsubishi Zero fighters over Rebaul November 1942. ......All 1 print edition sold out.
 Approaching their target at the oil refinery at Zwickau, 60 mikes southwest of Dresden, the 452nd Bomb Groups B-17 Flying Fortresses were bounced by 28 ME-262 jets from JG-7. Screaming in from the six oclock position, the jet pilots singled out the ......Combat over the Reich by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
Approaching their target at the oil refinery at Zwickau, 60 mikes southwest of Dresden, the 452nd Bomb Groups B-17 Flying Fortresses were bounced by 28 ME-262 jets from JG-7. Screaming in from the six oclock position, the jet pilots singled out the ......All 2 print editions sold out.
 Badly marked by Focke-Wulf 190's the B-17 The Peacemaker of the 91st Bomb Group limps towards the sanctuary of the English coast escorted by P-51B Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group. To keep her flying the crew are jettisoning everything that t......
Bringing the Peacemaker Home by Robert Taylor.

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Badly marked by Focke-Wulf 190's the B-17 The Peacemaker of the 91st Bomb Group limps towards the sanctuary of the English coast escorted by P-51B Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group. To keep her flying the crew are jettisoning everything that t......2 print editions available from £325.00
 For those on the ground there were few sights more stirring than a B-17 Fortress on its final approach from a combat mission, and Robert Taylor's outstanding painting <i>Winter's Welcome</i> is no exception.  This now legendary image conjure......
Winter's Welcome by Robert Taylor. (GS) For those on the ground there were few sights more stirring than a B-17 Fortress on its final approach from a combat mission, and Robert Taylor's outstanding painting <i>Winter's Welcome</i> is no exception. This now legendary image conjure......1 canvas print edition available from £495.00
 The weather on the morning of 31 December, 1944 was already unpleasant. In the Ardennes, hard-pressed German troops were battling Allied ground forces advancing through several inches of snow. Above, darkening skies heralded the arrival of more snow......Savage Skies by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
The weather on the morning of 31 December, 1944 was already unpleasant. In the Ardennes, hard-pressed German troops were battling Allied ground forces advancing through several inches of snow. Above, darkening skies heralded the arrival of more snow......3 print editions available from £200.00
 A Japanese Zero condenses the air off its wing tips as its pilot hauls his fighter inside a Marine F4F Wildcats determined attack. The two adversaries cavort the air in a desperate duel high over the island of Guadalcanal.  The sky is alive with fig......Zero Encounter by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
A Japanese Zero condenses the air off its wing tips as its pilot hauls his fighter inside a Marine F4F Wildcats determined attack. The two adversaries cavort the air in a desperate duel high over the island of Guadalcanal. The sky is alive with fig......All 1 print edition sold out.
Flying low over the picturesque village of Thaxted, in the cold winter of 1944-45, the P-51D Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group return to Duxford after a tiring eight hour escort mission. With dusk approaching, low on fuel, the fighters have about 20......
Return to Duxford by Robert Taylor

2 editions with signatures!
Flying low over the picturesque village of Thaxted, in the cold winter of 1944-45, the P-51D Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group return to Duxford after a tiring eight hour escort mission. With dusk approaching, low on fuel, the fighters have about 20......All 2 print editions sold out.
 Col Leon Johnson aboard the damaged Suzy Q emerges through an inferno of intense ground fire and dense palls of acrid burning oil.  More seriously hit and smoking, another B-24 Liberator completes its bombing run.  By the end of that first day of Ma......
Ploesti, The Vital Mission by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
Col Leon Johnson aboard the damaged Suzy Q emerges through an inferno of intense ground fire and dense palls of acrid burning oil. More seriously hit and smoking, another B-24 Liberator completes its bombing run. By the end of that first day of Ma......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
 Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war.  ......
Running the Gauntlet by Robert Taylor.

6 editions with signatures!
Though some 1400 of Germanys remarkable Me262 jet aircraft were built, fewer than 300 ever saw action during its short 10 month combat career, the 550 mph fighter-bomber arriving in service too late to make any impression on the course of the war. ......6 print editions available from £200.00
In the mid 1930s, at a time when Pan American had led the way with two generations of four0engined flying boats. the United States Navy sought a much larger, heavier flying boat for over-water reconnaissance bomber service.  Consolidated Aircrafts PB......Sky Giant by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
In the mid 1930s, at a time when Pan American had led the way with two generations of four0engined flying boats. the United States Navy sought a much larger, heavier flying boat for over-water reconnaissance bomber service. Consolidated Aircrafts PB......1 print edition available from £200.00
 The biggest, fastest, most powerful fighter of its day, the McDonnell Phantom was an awesome war machine that came to dominate aerial combat for over two decades.  It may have been the size of many World War II bombers but it could outperform anythi......
Phantom Fury by Robert Taylor.

4 editions with signatures!
The biggest, fastest, most powerful fighter of its day, the McDonnell Phantom was an awesome war machine that came to dominate aerial combat for over two decades. It may have been the size of many World War II bombers but it could outperform anythi......2 print editions available from £200.00
1 canvas print edition available from £695.00
 Following the attack against Admiral Ozawas Japanese carrier fleet on June 20, 1944, Admiral Mitscher defies all rules of naval engagement: In total darkness, with the ever-present danger of enemy submarines, he orders every ship in his Task Force 5......
Mission Beyond Darkness by Robert Taylor

2 editions with signatures!
Following the attack against Admiral Ozawas Japanese carrier fleet on June 20, 1944, Admiral Mitscher defies all rules of naval engagement: In total darkness, with the ever-present danger of enemy submarines, he orders every ship in his Task Force 5......2 print editions available from £200.00
 For their outstanding contribution to the war in the South Pacific, the Black Sheep were awarded one of only two Presidential Unit Citations accorded to Marine Corps squadrons during the war in the Pacific. With typical mastery, Robert Taylor has br......
Rabaul - Fly For Your Life by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
For their outstanding contribution to the war in the South Pacific, the Black Sheep were awarded one of only two Presidential Unit Citations accorded to Marine Corps squadrons during the war in the Pacific. With typical mastery, Robert Taylor has br......3 print editions available from £200.00
P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group make a low-level run over towns and villages along the Rhine.......Eagles Over the Rhine by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
P-51 Mustangs of the 353rd Fighter Group make a low-level run over towns and villages along the Rhine.......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
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Doolittle Tokyo Raiders by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
<b>SOLD OUT. ......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
 Irish and I came into the break smoking at 500 knots, below the level of the flight deck. I could see thousands of men watching from the catwalks. I made a six-G break turn with 90 degree angle of bank. We landed after one of my best passes of the c......
Phantom Showtime by Robert Taylor

2 editions with signatures!
Irish and I came into the break smoking at 500 knots, below the level of the flight deck. I could see thousands of men watching from the catwalks. I made a six-G break turn with 90 degree angle of bank. We landed after one of my best passes of the c......2 print editions available from £250.00
 Russ Berg flies his 10th Recce Group P51s in low and fast, dodging flak and enemy fighters, to get vital photographs for General Patons advancing forces. A superb study of World War IIs most outstanding tactical fighter in action, in the hands of on......Mustang Recce by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
Russ Berg flies his 10th Recce Group P51s in low and fast, dodging flak and enemy fighters, to get vital photographs for General Patons advancing forces. A superb study of World War IIs most outstanding tactical fighter in action, in the hands of on......1 print edition available from £80.00
 From the summer of 1942 until the end of hostilities, the USAAFs Eighth Air Force took the battle to enemy occupied Europe every single day that weather permitted.  The largest air unit ever to go to war, the Eighth played a vital role in the ultima......
Skipper Comes Home by Robert Taylor

3 editions with signatures!
From the summer of 1942 until the end of hostilities, the USAAFs Eighth Air Force took the battle to enemy occupied Europe every single day that weather permitted. The largest air unit ever to go to war, the Eighth played a vital role in the ultima......3 print editions available from £200.00
<b>SOLD OUT. ......Home Run by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
<b>SOLD OUT. ......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
 Damaged by flak and enemy fighters, and almost out of fuel, after a gruelling eight hour mission the pilot of this B-17 Fortress makes a forced landing in the safety of an English cornfield. A pair of P-51 Mustangs have escorted the damaged aircraft......Out of Fuel and Safely Home by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
Damaged by flak and enemy fighters, and almost out of fuel, after a gruelling eight hour mission the pilot of this B-17 Fortress makes a forced landing in the safety of an English cornfield. A pair of P-51 Mustangs have escorted the damaged aircraft......2 print editions available from £200.00
 It began in pitch darkness. June 6, 1944 was only a few minutes old when the Airborne Pathfinders drifted silently down from the sky above the fields of Normandy. At first their seemed nothing untoward about the drone of aircraft in the night sky. T......D-Day The Airborne Assault by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
It began in pitch darkness. June 6, 1944 was only a few minutes old when the Airborne Pathfinders drifted silently down from the sky above the fields of Normandy. At first their seemed nothing untoward about the drone of aircraft in the night sky. T......All 1 print edition sold out.
 The mass flyover, Toyko Bay,  1945, heralding the surrender on board USS Missouri. ......Victory Flyover by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
The mass flyover, Toyko Bay, 1945, heralding the surrender on board USS Missouri. ......All 1 print edition sold out.
 B-17 Fortresses of the American 8th Air Forces 1st Wing, fighting their way back from Schweinfurt on 17th August 1945. ......Return from Schweinfurt by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
B-17 Fortresses of the American 8th Air Forces 1st Wing, fighting their way back from Schweinfurt on 17th August 1945. ......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
By any military standards, it is difficult to imagine the Supreme Commander of the largest air force of the day, piloting himself over the battlefront during the early moments of one of historys greatest military operations.  But General Jimmy Doolli......Doolittles D-Day, 6th June 1944 by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
By any military standards, it is difficult to imagine the Supreme Commander of the largest air force of the day, piloting himself over the battlefront during the early moments of one of historys greatest military operations. But General Jimmy Doolli......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
 Commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea, Robert Taylor has chosen to portray the sinking of the Shoho in this dramatic painting.  When Commander Weldon Hamilton, leading one of the Lexington's Dauntless squadrons, spotted the Shoho at 1040 on ......
Battle of the Coral Sea by Robert Taylor.

5 editions with signatures!
Commemorating the Battle of the Coral Sea, Robert Taylor has chosen to portray the sinking of the Shoho in this dramatic painting. When Commander Weldon Hamilton, leading one of the Lexington's Dauntless squadrons, spotted the Shoho at 1040 on ......5 print editions available from £295.00
 The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces.  Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai......
The Wolfpack by Robert Taylor.

4 editions with signatures!
The 56th Fighter Group was led by some of Americas greatest fighter leaders of World War II and was home to many of its leading fighter Aces. Under successive commanders Hub Zemke, Robert Landry and David Schilling, the 56th destroyed more enemy ai......4 print editions available from £200.00
<b>SOLD OUT. ......Fourth Fighter Patrol by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
<b>SOLD OUT. ......All 1 print edition sold out.
 A B-24 has been hit and is losing touch with the main bomber formation, as Luftwaffe pilots concentrated their attentions on the unfortunate aircraft. Two Fw190s, are zooming up for the kill on the damaged B-24. Seeing the desperate situation, a P-3......
Hostile Sky by Robert Taylor

2 editions with signatures!
A B-24 has been hit and is losing touch with the main bomber formation, as Luftwaffe pilots concentrated their attentions on the unfortunate aircraft. Two Fw190s, are zooming up for the kill on the damaged B-24. Seeing the desperate situation, a P-3......2 print editions available from £490.00
A flight of P47 thunderbolts of the 404 Fighter group, 9th Air force, clear the target area after a low-level attack on the airfield inland from Le Havre, Normandy, 1944. Tracer winds up towards them from ground defences and almost all the aircraft h......
Thunderbolt Strike by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
A flight of P47 thunderbolts of the 404 Fighter group, 9th Air force, clear the target area after a low-level attack on the airfield inland from Le Havre, Normandy, 1944. Tracer winds up towards them from ground defences and almost all the aircraft h......2 print editions available from £165.00
 Flying down Thud Ridge at just below the speed of sound, Jack Broughton leads an F-105 Thunderbolt raid on the power plant at Viet Tri, North Vietnam, March12, 1967. The target was destroyed.......
Rolling Thunder by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
Flying down Thud Ridge at just below the speed of sound, Jack Broughton leads an F-105 Thunderbolt raid on the power plant at Viet Tri, North Vietnam, March12, 1967. The target was destroyed.......2 print editions available from £200.00
 Doug Canning breaks radio silence to call the sighting of Admiral Yamamotos flight over the pacific island of Bourganville, 18 April 1943. After a two and a half hour, four hundred mile flight just above the waves, mission leader John Mitchell and h......
Bogeys Eleven O Clock High by Robert Taylor

2 editions with signatures!
Doug Canning breaks radio silence to call the sighting of Admiral Yamamotos flight over the pacific island of Bourganville, 18 April 1943. After a two and a half hour, four hundred mile flight just above the waves, mission leader John Mitchell and h......2 print editions available from £200.00
In the early days of the USAAF daylight bombing campaign, before the arrival of long-range fighter escorts, rarely was a mission flown without Luftwaffe interception and the ever-present barrage of anti-aircraft fire. The Eighth Air Force crews liter......
Thunderheads Over Ridgewell by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
In the early days of the USAAF daylight bombing campaign, before the arrival of long-range fighter escorts, rarely was a mission flown without Luftwaffe interception and the ever-present barrage of anti-aircraft fire. The Eighth Air Force crews liter......3 print editions available from £200.00
On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force.  But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring the......Jet Hunters by Robert Taylor.

6 editions with signatures!
On 10th April 1945, thirteen hundred bombers of the Mighty Eighth set out to destroy the last of the Luftwaffe's jet force. But, unknown to the bomber crews and their fighter escort, the enemy jets were already airborne and waiting to spring the......6 print editions available from £200.00
 Briefing at 0500 hours on the morning of 14 October 1943 brought the crews of the 92nd Bomb Group news they did not want to hear: Its Schweinfurt again! The same message was being repeated in USAAF bomb group briefing rooms all over eastern England ......
Schweinfurt - The Second Mission by Robert Taylor.

4 editions with signatures!
Briefing at 0500 hours on the morning of 14 October 1943 brought the crews of the 92nd Bomb Group news they did not want to hear: Its Schweinfurt again! The same message was being repeated in USAAF bomb group briefing rooms all over eastern England ......4 print editions available from £200.00
It had taken almost six years of continual air fighting for the Allied forces to attain complete and total air superiority over the Luftwaffe.  At the outbreak of World War II the mighty German Air Force had appeared invincible but the ensuing Battle......
Air Superiority by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
It had taken almost six years of continual air fighting for the Allied forces to attain complete and total air superiority over the Luftwaffe. At the outbreak of World War II the mighty German Air Force had appeared invincible but the ensuing Battle......3 print editions available from £200.00
 One secondary market print available, numbered 689 / 1000. ......
Lightning Strike by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
One secondary market print available, numbered 689 / 1000. ......1 print edition available from £450.00
 December 10th 1941, Just three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, captain Colin Kellys 19th BG B-17C is heavily outnumbered by Zeros as it returns to Clark Field after completing a successful bombing attack. With his aircraft on fire. K......Legend of Colin Kelly by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
December 10th 1941, Just three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, captain Colin Kellys 19th BG B-17C is heavily outnumbered by Zeros as it returns to Clark Field after completing a successful bombing attack. With his aircraft on fire. K......2 print editions available from £200.00
Doolittle Raiders take their B-25 bombers down to very low level and head for China after delivering their surprise attack on the industrial and military targets in and around Tokyo on April 18, 1942. The sixteen-ship mission, led by volunteer crews,......Doolittle Raiders by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
Doolittle Raiders take their B-25 bombers down to very low level and head for China after delivering their surprise attack on the industrial and military targets in and around Tokyo on April 18, 1942. The sixteen-ship mission, led by volunteer crews,......All 2 ex-display prints sold out.
 Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck of the carrier USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942. Leading a sixteen-bomber force on their long distance one - way mission, the Doolittle R......Into the Teeth of the Wind by Robert Taylor.

4 editions with signatures!
Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle launches his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck of the carrier USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942. Leading a sixteen-bomber force on their long distance one - way mission, the Doolittle R......3 print editions available from £200.00
1 canvas print edition available from £995.00
Pilots from the 31st and the 52nd Fighter Wings climb their heavily armed F-16 Vipers out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, on a strike mission over Bosnia, June 1999.......Viper Venom by Robert Taylor.

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Pilots from the 31st and the 52nd Fighter Wings climb their heavily armed F-16 Vipers out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, on a strike mission over Bosnia, June 1999.......2 print editions available from £200.00
A superb study of the legendary P-38 Lightning, this print commemorates the American Air Forces that operated in the European Theater.......Wide Horizons by Robert Taylor.A superb study of the legendary P-38 Lightning, this print commemorates the American Air Forces that operated in the European Theater.......2 print editions available from £80.00
<b>SOLD OUT. ......Coming Home by Robert Taylor.

1 edition with signatures!
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<b>SOLD OUT. ......Home at Dusk by Robert Taylor.

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Helping Hand by Robert Taylor.

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<b>SOLD OUT. ......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
 In Robert Taylors panoramic painting, P-38J Lightnings of the 364th Fighter Group return from a strafing mission over France in the summer of 1944. Making their land-fall at just 100 feet, they skim across an estuary on Englands south coast, near th......
Coming In Over the Estuary by Robert Taylor.

3 editions with signatures!
In Robert Taylors panoramic painting, P-38J Lightnings of the 364th Fighter Group return from a strafing mission over France in the summer of 1944. Making their land-fall at just 100 feet, they skim across an estuary on Englands south coast, near th......3 print editions available from £200.00
 With their distinctive red tails, P-51 Mustangs of the 332nd Fighter Group – the famed Tuskegee Airmen, climb to operational height as B17 Fortresses from the 483rd Bomb Group manoeuvre into formation at the start of another long and dangerous missi......
Fighting Red Tails by Robert Taylor.

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With their distinctive red tails, P-51 Mustangs of the 332nd Fighter Group – the famed Tuskegee Airmen, climb to operational height as B17 Fortresses from the 483rd Bomb Group manoeuvre into formation at the start of another long and dangerous missi......2 print editions available from £200.00
 On August 5, 1944, following a successful attack on Japanese forces just north of Changsha, P-40 Warhawks of the75th and 16th Fighter Squadrons, 23rd F.G., are attacked by enemy Nakajima fighters and a massive dog-fight has developed over the Hsiang......
Fighting Tigers by Robert Taylor.

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On August 5, 1944, following a successful attack on Japanese forces just north of Changsha, P-40 Warhawks of the75th and 16th Fighter Squadrons, 23rd F.G., are attacked by enemy Nakajima fighters and a massive dog-fight has developed over the Hsiang......1 print edition available from £240.00
 The very first air combat fought by American pilots following the surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor. In less than one hour America struck back in a war that was to end in total victory. As the assault mounted on the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, si......America Strikes Back by Robert Taylor

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The very first air combat fought by American pilots following the surprise attack upon Pearl Harbor. In less than one hour America struck back in a war that was to end in total victory. As the assault mounted on the Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, si......2 print editions available from £200.00
 F4U Corsairs search and destroy enemy positions during landings in the Marshall Islands, 1944. ......
Beach Head Strike Force by Robert Taylor.

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F4U Corsairs search and destroy enemy positions during landings in the Marshall Islands, 1944. ......All 1 ex-display print sold out.
Depicted are B-29s of the 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing of the 20th Air Force. After a daylight raid on Tokyo, showing all the telltale signs of combat over the target, a Wing of the worlds largest and fastest-ever piston-engined bombers make their lon......
Valor in the Pacific by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
Depicted are B-29s of the 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing of the 20th Air Force. After a daylight raid on Tokyo, showing all the telltale signs of combat over the target, a Wing of the worlds largest and fastest-ever piston-engined bombers make their lon......2 print editions available from £200.00
 The 357th Fighter Group was thrown into action soon after arriving in England in February 1944.  Being the first fighter group equipped with P-51 Mustangs, great things were expected of them, and they did not disappoint; in the final year of the war......American Eagles by Robert Taylor.

2 editions with signatures!
The 357th Fighter Group was thrown into action soon after arriving in England in February 1944. Being the first fighter group equipped with P-51 Mustangs, great things were expected of them, and they did not disappoint; in the final year of the war......2 print editions available from £200.00
 Truk, the small atoll in the South Pacific, was the major anchorage for the Japanese Fleet. Comprising a magnificent harbor and four heavily defended airfields, it was thought impregnable by the US forces as they fought their way up through the Paci......
Hellcat Fury by Robert Taylor.

4 editions with signatures!
Truk, the small atoll in the South Pacific, was the major anchorage for the Japanese Fleet. Comprising a magnificent harbor and four heavily defended airfields, it was thought impregnable by the US forces as they fought their way up through the Paci......4 print editions available from £200.00

 
Company of Heroes by Robert Taylor Generals signed limited edition of 400 prints with pencil print of Bader's Bus Company. Signed by the above and Adolf Galland.   Returning to base following the ordeal of a gruelling daylight raid, when barrages of flak and the persistent attendance of enemy fighters were an accepted feature of the mission were, for the weary aircrews, moments of pure exhilaration.  The entire airfield suddenly transformed into a cacophony of noise and activity as, one after another, the mighty bombers landed and came to rest.  Jeeps scurried about collecting crews, whisking them away for debriefing and well-earned nourishment while groundcrews, after their anxious wait, milled around their charges.  

The 34th Bomb Group's Queenie, first home to Mendlesham today, has come to a standstill, the co-pilot already briefing the crew chief on the state of the aircraft.  Another B-17 taxies while a jeep scurries across the tarmac to collect the crew of a third aircraft.  Other B-17s are already parked as the last man home makes his final approach, streaming vapour from a badly overheating engine.  It is April 1945.  The fickle English weather greets the returning airmen with a mixture of brilliant spring sunshine and passing  April showers. 

America Strikes Back by Robert Taylor  Signed by William Dickman, Tex Hill, Joe Moore, Ken Taylor, James Van den Hey and Earl Williams.  P-40 and Aichi D-3A1 in close combat.

Doolittle Raiders by Robert Taylor   Signed by 14 B-25 Mitchell crew members: Richard Cole, Jacob DeSchazer, Thomas Griffin, Nolan Herndon, Everett Holstrom, David Jones, Frank Kappelar, James Macia, Harry McCool, Chase Nielson, Henry Potter, Howard Sessler, Roydon Stork, David Thatcher.

Attack on the Hei by Robert Taylor  Signatories: Joe Foss, William Freeman, Boot Furlow, Roger Haberman.

Bringing the Peacemaker Home by Robert Taylor By 1944 the USAAF were despatching bombers deep into Germany on a grand scale. In June alone no fewer than 28,800 aircraft were despatched into hostile air space, the scale of operations such that enabled hitting a dozen or more different targets on a single day.

Even with the benefit of long-range fighter escort, the bomber formations had to run the gauntlet of the Luftwaffe's fighter defenses as they approached and departed the target area. With plenty of practice during the previous 12 months, the German fighter pilots had developed highly successful techniques of attack against the American four-engined bombers, and whenever they engaged in numbers, USAAF losses were heavy - 37 bombers failed to return from raids against synthetic oil plants and aircraft factories at Leipzig on June 29.

On July 20 it was the turn of the 91st Bomb Group to attack an airfield near Leipzig, suspected of harboring the new menace - the Luftwaffe's revolutionary Messerschmitt Me262 jet. As the formation spread out for the bomb run, the 401st squadron took the low position - the most vulnerable to fighter attack.

Just as the crew of The Peacemaker steadied the ship to sight the target, the squadron was set upon by Focke-Wulf 190s. The formation leader was set on fire wingtip to wingtip, almost colliding with Peacemaker as the stricken aircraft slid into the void below. At that moment, cannon shells ripped into Peacemaker as a Fw190 flashed past within 200 feet, its guns blazing. Hit in the wing and tail, the bucking B-17 began to slip below the rest of the formation. She was a long way from home.

Robert Taylor's dramatic portrayal of events picks up the story as the injured bird limps towards the sanctuary of the English coast. That she has got this far is a miracle, due in no small part to the close attentions of escorting P-51B Mustangs of the 361st Fighter Group.

To keep her flying, the crew are jettisoning everything that can be safely bundled out of the aircraft. The front hatch is open and bombardier Marion Havelaar has reluctantly despatched his 20lb bomb sight to the ocean below - for him, an act of total sacrilege. The Peacemaker made it back to Bassingbourne that day; eight others did not.

Mission Beyond Darkness by Robert Taylor After a three day sea search for Admiral Ozawa's carrier fleet it was 3.30pm on June 20, 1944, when a spotter plane reported the enemy position to Admiral Mitscher's Task Force 58. Mitscher knew the risks of despatching a large force on such a long-range mission so late in the day, but he also knew his task was to get the carriers. By 4.30pm over 200 fighters, dive-bombers, and torpedo strike planes were in the air and heading for the target.

In the short but intense battle that followed late in that day, the Japanese carrier Hiyo was sunk, four more Japanese carriers were damaged, two oilers sunk, the battleship Haruna hit, and some 40 enemy aircraft reported destroyed. Fierce, and seemingly successful though the encounter was, for most of the American aircrews the worst part of the mission was yet to come. As 209 aircraft turned and headed east into the growing dark, most of the pilots knew they had barely enough fuel to get back on board their carriers, some 270 miles distant. Many of the aircraft had received battle damage, and some of the crews were wounded.

It was 8pm and pitch dark as the first of the returning aircraft neared the carriers. Admiral Mitscher knew that without some form of guidance it was going to be all but impossible to recover his aircraft and, ignoring the submarine threat, boldly ordered the fleet to turn on lights. But the arriving Helldiver and Avenger pilots were all but out of fuel, and in the confusion of trying to pick out a carrier, find a landing slot, compounded by a number of deck crashes, some 70 planes went into the water that night. For Mitscher's aircrews, the long return to TF-58 went into history as the 'mission beyond darkness'

In recreating the awesome scene, Robert Taylor has painted a masterpiece of naval aviation warfare in the Pacific. In the foreground the SB2C Helldiver of Lieutenant Ralph Yaussi, its tanks dry, has ditched near the carrier USS Lexington. As Yaussi and his gunner James Curry clamber out of the sinking aircraft, the Fletcher class destroyer USS Anthony, her 24 inch searchlight ablaze, is moving in to make the pick-up. The chaos and confusion of that infamous night during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, springs back to life in this stunning painting. With prints signed by four aircrew who survived Admiral Mitscher's historic operation, including Yaussi and Curry, Robert Taylor's Mission Beyond Darkness will become one of the great collector's prints from the era.

Mustang Recce by Robert Taylor   Berg's 10th Recce Group P-51 Mustang's dodge enemy flak and fighters to get vital photos for General Patten's forces.  Signatories: Russell Berg.

Marauder Mission by Robert Taylor  Tribute to B-26 Marauder and the Ninth Air force. B-26's return from an attack on enemy positions in Northern France. Features "Yankee Guerrilla" of the 386th Bomb Group.

Bogeys Eleven O Clock High by Robert Taylor  Commemorates the Yamamoto Mission, April 18, 1943. Lightning's approaching Bougainville.

 Hostile Sky by Robert Taylor  Damaged B24 in danger from Fw190, is rescued by P-38 Lightnings, who thwart the German attack.  Signatories: Alfred Grislawski, John Lowell, Gunther Schack.

Viper Venom by Robert Taylor  
  Rolling Thunder by Robert Taylor  Signatures: Harold Bingaman, Max Brestel, Jackson Broughton, Leo Thorsness.

The date : March 12, 1967.  The target: The large thermal power plant at Viet Tri, on the Red River, a short distance to the northwest of Hanoi.  Heavily defended by 100 and 85 mm gun positions, missile sites and the usual barrage of ground fire encountered on any mission "downtown", the task of the leading flight was to hammer the guns and clear the way for the closely following strike force to lay their bombs squarely on the power plant.  They would all have to contend with the ever present likelihood of MiG interception on the way out.

Leading the 355th TFW F-105 Thunderchiefs out of Takhli Royal Thai Air Base, Colonel Jack Broughton took the familiar route, approaching the target area flying down Thud Ridge.  As the high ground fell away he pushed his flight of four ships down to the deck and, "going like hell", Broughton swung the leading Thuds southwest, just enough to give those on the ground the impression they were headed south of Viet Tri.

Not quite abreast of the target, Broughton called the 'pop' and as the Thuds passed vertical they rolled to inverted going over the top, completing a giant wifferdill, attacking the guns from the opposite direction.  Beneath them the big gun pits were lined up, their gunners confused by the maneuver, and before they could work out what was happening the F-105 pilots emptied their loads of CBUs into the middle of them.

Behind the Thuds came the strike force and, with the air cleared of the usual flak barrage, unloaded their bombs right into the thermal power plant.  The facility was destroyed in one of the best planned and executed raids of the war.

Legend of Colin Kelly by Robert Taylor

December 10th 1941, Just three days after the Japanese attack on Pearl harbor, captain Colin Kelly's 19th BG B-17C is heavily outnumbered by Zeros as it returns to Clark Field after completing a successful bombing attack. With his aircraft on fire. Kelly remained at the controls whilst his crew bailed out. Seconds later the B-17 exploded. Colin Kelly gave his life and was posthumously awarded the DFC. A legend was born.

Fighting Tigers by Robert Taylor  A reconstruction of action fought over the Hsiang Chiang river on August 5, 1944. Following a successful attack on Japanese forces just north of Changsha, P-40 Warhawks of the 75th and 16th Fighter Squadrons, 23rd FG, are attacked by enemy Nakajima fighters and a massive dogfight has developed with aircraft wheeling and turning in all directions set against the landscape of Southern China. 

"Greetings you American bandits of the Flying Tigers, and especially you young American kids of the USAAF who have come to take their place. The invincible Japanese Air Force will utterly destroy you on your first day of activation - the fourth of July - your Independence Day!"

Tokyo Rose was screeching her propoganda over the shortwave radio out of Shanghai as the 23rd Fighter Group prepared to assume the mantle of Chennault's American Volunteer Group - the Flying Tigers. Her rantings served only to fill the new pilots with greater determination, and to provoke Chennault into immediate action: "We will not wait until the 4th. We'll hit them on the 3rd!" vowed General Chennault on hearing the broadcast, and that is precisely what the young American kids did. Flying their P-40 Warhawks, 29 rookie fighter pilots ripped into a force of 48 Zeros over Kweilin, chopping down 34 enemy aircraft without loss on their first day in combat - a full day before the 23rd FG officially came into being. Tokyo Rose fell silent the following day.

 

 


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 Germanys U-boat fleet had almost brought Britain to its knees in the First World war, twenty years later the story was very similar. the German U-boat arm came perilously close to cutting the lifeline that crossed the Atlantic between North America and Britain. in the early years of the war Donitz realised that keeping his U-boats at sea for as long as possible would greatly increase their chances of success. here U-93 (left) and U-94 take fuel from the auxiliary cruiser Kormoran whilst in the mid-Atlantic during 1941

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