Nicolas
Trudgian. Aviation art print by
Nicolas Trudgian of Hawker
Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft during the Battle of Britain
and the Normandy Landings. Nicolas Trudgian's aviation art prints available from
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Having
graduated from art college, Nicolas Trudgian spent many years as a
professional illustrator before turning to a career in fine art painting.
His crisp style of realism, attention to detail, compositional skills and
bright use of colours, immediately found favour with collectors and demand
for his original work soared on both sides of the Atlantic. Today, more
than a decade after becoming a fine art painter, Nicolas Trudgian is
firmly established within a tiny, elite group of aviation artists whose
works are genuinely collected world-wide. When
he paints an aircraft you can be sure he has researched it in every detail
and when he puts it over a particular airfield, the chances are he has
paid it a recent visit. Even when he paints a sunset over a tropical
island, or mist hanging over a valley in China, most probably he has seen
it with his own eyes.
Nick was born and raised in the
seafaring city of Plymouth, the port from which the Pilgrim Fathers set
sail in 1620, and where Sir Francis Drake played bowls while awaiting the
Spanish Armada. Growing up in a house close to the railway station within
a busy military city, the harbour always teeming with naval vessels and
the skies above resonating with the sounds of naval aircraft, it was not
at all surprising the young Nick became fascinated with trains, boats and
aircraft. It was from his father, himself a talented
artist, that Nick acquired his love of drawing and surrounded by so much
that was inspiring, there was never a shortage of ideas for pictures. His
talent began to show at an early age and although he did well enough at
school, he always spent a disproportionate amount of time drawing. People
talked about him becoming a Naval officer or an architect but in 1975
Nick's mind was made up. When he told his careers teacher he wanted to go
to art school the man said, 'Now come on, what do you really want to
do?"
After leaving school Nick began a
one-year foundation course at the Plymouth College of Art. Now armed with
an impressive portfolio containing paintings of jet aircraft, trains, even
wildlife, he was immediately accepted at every college he applied to join.
He chose a course at the Falmouth College of Art in Cornwall specialising
in technical illustration and paintings of machines and vehicles for
industry. It was perfect for Nick, and he was to become one of the star
pupils. One of the lecturers commented at the time: "Every college
needs someone with a talent like Nick to raise the standards sky high; he
carried all the other students along with him, and created an effect which
will last for years to come." Two weeks after leaving art college
Nick blew every penny he had on a trip to South Africa to ride the great
steam trains across the desert, sketching them at every opportunity.
Returning to England, in best traditions of all young
artists, he struggled to make a living. Paintings by an unknown artist
didn't fetch much despite the painstaking effort and time Nick put into
each work, so when the college he had recently left offered him a job as a
lecturer, he jumped at the chance. The money was good and he discovered
that he really enjoyed teaching.
Throughout the 1970s Nick was much
involved with a railway preservation society near Plymouth and it was
through the railway society that he had his first pictures reproduced as
prints. But Nick felt he needed to advance his career and in summer 1985
Nick moved away from Cornwall to join an energetic new design studio in
Wiltshire. Here he painted detailed artwork for many major companies
including Rolls Royce, General Motors, Volvo Trucks, Alfa Romeo and, to
his delight, the aviation and defence industries. He remembers the job as
exciting though stressful, often requiring him to work right through the
night to meet a client's deadline. Here he learned to be disciplined and
fast.Towards the end of the 1980's Nick had the chance to work for the
Military Gallery. This was the break that for years he had been striving
towards and with typical enthusiasm, flung himself into his new role.
After completing a series of aviation posters, including a gigantic
painting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Royal Air
Force, Nick's first aviation scene to be published as a limited edition
was launched by the Military Gallery in 1991. Despite the fact he was
unknown in the field, it was an immediate success.
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| Summer of 44 by Nicolas Trudgian. As the Allied invasion of northern France drew nearer, the entire length of southern England had seemingly become one huge army camp. While the local population went about its daily business as best it could, British and American troops massed at every point near the coast in readiness for the imminent crossing of the Channel. Though the RAF fighters of 10 Group were tasked in the Air Defense role, like all RAF squadrons that could be spared, they became involved with the softening up process, a pre-requisite of any large scale landing on enemy occupied territory. Under the leadership of Wing Commander Peter Brothers, 10 Groups Spitfire Wing based at Culmhead was heavily involved flying shipping patrols over the beachhead and Rhubarbs - low-level strikes of opportunity - disrupting enemy movements and communications.Nicolas Trudgians comprehensive painting Summer of 44 recreates with such realism a scene in southwest England just a few days before the Normandy landings in June 1944. Mark IX Spitfires of No. 126 Squadron, returning from combat over France, sweeps low over the local branch line railway station on their way back to Culmhead. Below, as the GWR Prairie tank engine pulls out of the station, American troops are assembling their equipment in readiness for the impending invasion. Adding great atmosphere to his composition, Nick has painted a classically peaceful English landscape, highlighting the unique contrast between war and peace that pervaded Britain during that summer of 44. Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased) and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson (deceased), in addition to the artist.  Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 80 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £220.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased) and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson, in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £185.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson, in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £350.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased) and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2034 |
| Winter of 41 by Nicolas Trudgian. With the Battle of Britain won, and the first chinks in Goerings armour exposed, RAF Fighter Command is at last able to carry the war to the enemy. It is the bittersweet winter of 41. Mk Vb Spitfires, having taken off as the first streaks of dawn spread across the morning sky, return to a snow-covered airfield after a dawn patrol over the Channel. Inhabitants of the sleepy English village begin to stir with the familiar sound of Merlin engines, counting each and every one of their fighter boys home. Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 26 inches (69cm x 66cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC (deceased),
Warrant Officer Norman Samuels,
Lt Col Ervin Miller
and
Raymond Baxter (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 40 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 26 inches (69cm x 66cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC (deceased),
Warrant Officer Norman Samuels,
Lt Col Ervin Miller
and
Raymond Baxter (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM1880 |
| 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 £220.00 Signed by Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen (deceased) and Wing Commander John Freeborn, in addition to the artist.
Special additional signatures of Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC and Squadron Leader Maurice P Brown Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £215.00 Signed by Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen (deceased) and Wing Commander John Freeborn, in addition to the artist.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £125.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £210.00 Signed by Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen and Wing Commander John Freeborn, in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Signed limited edition of 500 prints. (Nos 1 - 250) Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen (deceased) and Wing Commander John Freeborn, in addition to the artist.
Special additional signatures of Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC and Squadron Leader Maurice P Brown Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Battle of Britain Signature edition of 50 prints (No.s 301 - 350) from the signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Wing Commander John Freeborn,
Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC
and
Squadron Leader Maurice P Brown Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Rudorffer signature edition of 30 prints from the artist signed edition of 250 prints. Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm). Price £150.00 Signed by Paper size 26 inches x 21 inches (66cm x 53cm).
ITEM CODE DHM2115 |
| 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 |
| Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Of the many famous combat aircraft to serve their respective countries in the Second World War, two perhaps more than any others, created huge impact and consternation upon seasoned opposing pilots when they first appeared on the battlefront - the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Me262. Both in their day represented enormous advances in aircraft design and power, and both have continued to capture the imagination of aviation enthusiasts ever since. As the war progressed the Spitfire continually upgraded its performance and by the time the Luftwaffes new Me262 turbo-jet arrived on the scene the sleek new Mk XIV, powered by the awesome Griffon engine, was among the fastest piston-engine fighters of the war. The stage was set for a clash between the most powerful piston-engine fighter and the worlds first turbojet, and it was not long before the pilots of these two most advanced combat aircraft met in the hostile skies over western Europe. Ill-advisedly employed by Hitler as the wonder-bomber, the Me262 was initially issued to Bomber Units, one of which being KG51. Tasked with undertaking lightning fast raids upon advancing Allied ground forces, the shark-like jets employed their spectacular speed advantage to surprise, strike and escape. Not to be outdone, the RAF responded with their supremely fast Spitfire XIVs which had already proven themselves highly effective against Germanys V1 flying bombs. In his painting, Nick Trudgian recreates a typical moment: Spitfire Mk XIVs of 41 Squadron have intercepted and damaged a Me262 of KG51 and, with smoke and debris pouring from its damaged Jumo 004 Turbojet, the stricken Luftwaffe jet will be lucky to make it home. A dramatic painting and a fine tribute to the RAFs contribution to the Victory in Europe. Anniverssary Edition : Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £160.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Signed limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £245.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC; Sqn Ldr Bam Bamberger (deceased); Flt Lt Peter Graham. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Commemorative Proof Edition : Signed limited edition of 150 prints. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £200.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC; Sqn Ldr Bam Bamberger (deceased); Flt Lt Peter Graham. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Commemorative Proof Edition : Limited edition of artist proofs. Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £260.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC; Sqn Ldr Bam Bamberger (deceased); Flt Lt Peter Graham. Save £10 on selected prints - Was £270
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Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (30m x 21cm) . Price £1.50 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
** (Ex Display) Anniversary Edition : Signed limited edition of 350 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Print paper size 35.5 inches x 27 inches (90cm x 69cm). Price £120.00 Signatories: Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry; Wg Cdr J Elkington; Sqn Ldr Norman Scrivener (deceased); Flt Lt James Kyle DFM; Flt Lt Bertie Boulter DFC.
ITEM CODE DHM2585 |
| Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian. Frustrated by the absence of Luftwaffe aircraft over the Normandy beaches on D-Day, Allied fighter pilots were spoiling for a fight. When a dozen Ju88s appeared over Gold Beach on the following morning, June 7, 1944, the patrolling Spitfires of 401 Squadron wasted no time in getting into the fray. At just after 0800 hours twelve Junkers Ju88s appeared out of the 2000ft. cloud base, intent on making a diving attack on the heavily populated beachhead. Wheeling their Spitfires into the on-coming attack, Squadron Leader Cameron, C.O. of 401 Squadron, called his pilots to pick their own targets, and all hell broke loose. In the ensuing dogfight 401 Squadrons Canadian pilots destroyed no fewer than six of the Ju88s, and the attack on the beach was averted. Nicolas Trudgian recreates the scene as Flying Officer Arthur Bishop, son of WWI Ace Billy Bishop, brings down one of the Ju88s that day. With its starboard engine on fire, and its hydraulics shot away, the doomed Luftwaffe fighter-bomber begins its ultimate uncontrollable roll. F/O Arthur Bishop hurtles past the stricken bomber, Nicks superb study showing every detail of his Mk IX Spitfire. Below the pockmarked landscape and beachhead is packed with detail and activity: No fewer than fifty vehicles of all description can be counted, with as many ships and landing craft offshore. Some thirty aircraft are visible in the sky. A massively comprehensive image that will keep collectors endlessly absorbed in a wholly realistic atmosphere, created by a hugely talented and highly respected aviation artist.
Limited edition of 400 prints. Print size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £145.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased), Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant (deceased) and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £270.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Save £10 on selected prints - Was £280
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Limited edition of 250 prints. Supplied with companion print Prints size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £300.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers (deceased), Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant (deceased) and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
Limited edition of 25 portfolio edition artist proofs, supplied with companion print. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £330.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF. Massive saving on Nicolas Trudgian prints
£50 Off Selected Prints - Was £380
Signed limited edition of 60 artists special reserve prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £120.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM2037 |
| Heroes Return by Nicolas Trudgian. In a classic image of wartime England, Mk V Spitfires, symbol of the RAF, defiant against the threat of the Luftwaffe return to their base in the heart of the beautiful rolling English countryside. Signed limited edition of 300 prints. Paper size 17 inches x 16 inches (43cm x 41cm). Price £42.00
ITEM CODE DHM2437 |
| Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian. When No 49 Squadron Lancasters bombed the S.S. barracks at Berchtesgaden on 25th April 1945, its aircrews completed a campaign that had begun 5 and a half years earlier in September, 1939. From the very beginning, 49 Squadron were in the thick of the action with one of their pilots, Roderick Learoyd, winning Bomber Commands first Victoria Cross. In 1942 it was Lancasters of 49 Squadron that led the epic raid on Schneider armament and locomotive works at Le Creusot. In 1943 they flew the shuttle-bombing raids to Friedrichshafen and Spezia, attacked the heavily defended rocket sites at Peenemunde, and in preparation for D-Day, bombarded the coastal batteries in Normandy and the V-1 sites in the caves by the river Loire, north of Paris. Later in 1944 the squadron notably took part in the raid on German Baltic Fleet, continuing to fly important bombing missions against the Nazi war machine until the final collapse of the Third Reich. So it was fitting that an RAF squadron whose history went right back to 1916, should make the coupe de grace at Berchtesgarden. Northern Europes short summer nights, with darkness lasting but a few hours, often saw the RAF bomber crews returning to England at dawn, and it is one such scene which is caught up over the river Orwell at Pin Mill, Lancasters of No. 49 Squadron descend low over Suffolk, heading towards their base at Fiskerton. The night raid on Hamburg is almost completed. Spitfires from No. 129 Squadron, based at Hornchurch, having made an early morning attack on German installations in Holland, have picked up the bombers and escorted them home. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Eric Jones, Flight Lieutenant Leslie Hay, Flight Lieutenant Robert Souter and Flight Lieutenant Ernest Webb , in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm). Price £265.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Eric Jones, Flight Lieutenant Leslie Hay, Flight Lieutenant Robert Souter and Flight Lieutenant Ernest Webb , in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of publishers proofs. Paper size 31 inches x 24 inches (79cm x 61cm). Price £255.00 Signed by Flight Lieutenant Eric Jones, Flight Lieutenant Leslie Hay, Flight Lieutenant Robert Souter and Flight Lieutenant Ernest Webb , in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE NT0318 |
| High Summer High Battle by Nicolas Trudgian. Nicolas Trudgians epic new release depicts Bf109Es of LG2 engaging No.19 Squadron Spitfires in an epic duel atop the white cliffs. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £120.00 Signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM* (deceased), Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM* (deceased), Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer.
Limited edition of 30 remarques. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £265.00 Signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM* (deceased), Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer.
Limited edition of 25 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 22 inches (91cm x 56cm). Price £695.00 Certificate signed by Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM*, Major Erich Rudorffer and Hauptmann Hugo Dahmer.
ITEM CODE DHM2646 |
| 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 Country by Nicolas Trudgian. A typical scene from a bright August morning in that momentous summer of 1940. Having climbed into the dawn sky at daybreak, the Spitfires of No 603 Squadron have already been in action, and with more heavy raids on the plotters table, they scurry back to Biggin Hill to re-arm and refuel. A Messerschmitt Me109, shot down during the previous days fighting, lies discarded in a hay field, its lucky pilot having escaped with his life. Meanwhile, the beautiful Kent countryside comes awake as it prepares for the toils of another glorious summers day. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 39 inches x 24 inches (99cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by :
Wing Commander Peter Olver DFC,
Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC (deceased),
Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill KCVO CBE DFC AE
and
Flight Lieutenant Ludvik Martel (deceased).
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 39 inches x 24 inches (99cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by :
Wing Commander Peter Olver DFC,
Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC (deceased),
Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill KCVO CBE DFC AE
and
Flight Lieutenant Ludvik Martel (deceased).
ITEM CODE NT0325 |
| Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG-3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes, while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack. On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering. Limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased). Save £20 on selected prints - Was £220
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Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann, Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg, General Walter Krupinski. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
** (Ex Display) Limited edition of 800 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (89cm x 58cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Leutnant Helmut Ballewski, Oberstleutnant Helmut Bennemann (deceased), Oberfeldwebel Werner Hohenberg (deceased), General Walter Krupinski (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2028 |
| Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. Situated on the south eastern tip of Kent, RAF Hawkinge was the most forward airfield in Fighter Command. It was not surprising therefore that when Reichmarshal Goering began his fierce attacks on airfields - part of his softening up campaign in preparation for Hitlers Adler Tag (Eagle Day) - Hawkinge would be among the first in his sights. The Luftwaffe were putting up massive raids - over 1700 aircraft crossed the coast on August 16th - and RAF bases in the south-east were taking a pounding. Hawkinge, a satellite of Biggin Hill sector station, and vital to front line defences, lay right in the path of the raiding Luftwaffe hordes. When on August 12th it was bombed for the first time, its effect was only to harden the resolve of its pilots and groundstaff. MkI Spitfires of No.610 County of Chester Squadron are seen scrambling out of RAF Hawkinge in late August 1940. refuelled and re-armed, with scarlet patches covering the gunports, all serviceable aircraft roar off the grass strip and head back to the fray. With aerial battles raging all the way from 2000 to 20,000 feet, within minutes they will be back in the action. Ground crews in the foreground work frantically to get more Spitfires airworthy. In the background Hurricanes from No.32 Squadron are at readiness, and will be called into action as the primitive radar picks up the next incoming raid. Signed limited edition of 650 prints. Paper size 31 inches x 23 inches (78cm x 58cm). Price £ Signed by Squadron Leader Cyril Bam Bamberger (deceased), Squadron Leader Ben Bennions DFC (deceased), Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM* (deceased) and Air Commodore Paul Webb CBE DFC AE (deceased).
Limited edition of 65 artist proofs. Paper size 31 inches x 23 inches (78cm x 58cm). Price £ Signed by Squadron Leader Cyril Bam Bamberger (deceased), Squadron Leader Ben Bennions DFC (deceased), Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM* (deceased) and Air Commodore Paul Webb CBE DFC AE (deceased).
Limited edition of 50 publisher proofs. Paper size 31 inches x 23 inches (78cm x 58cm). Price £385.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Cyril Bam Bamberger (deceased), Squadron Leader Ben Bennions DFC (deceased), Wing Commander George Grumpy Unwin, DSO, DFM* (deceased), Tony Pickering AFC, Flight Lieutenant Richard L Jones, Vivian Snell (deceased), Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC, Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC (deceased), Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO, DFC*, OBE (deceased), Wing Commander Ken W MacKenzie (deceased), Wing Commander Wilfred M Sizer DFC* (deceased), Wing Commander George W Swanwick, Squadron Leader Jocelyn G P Millard (deceased) and Air Commodore Paul Webb CBE DFC AE (deceased). Save £20 on selected prints - Was £405
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Limited edition of artist signed publisher proofs. Paper size 31 inches x 23 inches (78cm x 58cm). Price £
Nicolas Trudgian Promotional Flyer. Half A4 Size Double Sheet 11.5 inches x 8 inches (31m x 21cm). Price £1.50 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM2682 |
| September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Spitfires pass above a downed Me110 as they return to base at Biggin Hill in September 1940, the most intense and crucial phase of the Battle of Britain. Signed limited edition of 40 publishers proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (85cm x 61cm). Price £450.00 Signed by Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC, Tony Pickering AFC, Group Captain Brian Kingcome DSO DFC (deceased), Wing Commander Ken W MacKenzie (deceased), Air Commodore James Leathart (deceased), Air Commodore Sir Archie Winskill KCVO CBE DFC AE (deceased), Squadron Leader Jocelyn G P Millard (deceased), Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO, DFC*, OBE (deceased), Wing Commander Wilfred M Sizer DFC* (deceased), Vivian Snell (deceased), Flight Lieutenant William Walker, Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC (deceased) and Air Commodore Alan Deere DSO DFC* (deceased). Save £20 on selected prints - Was £470
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ITEM CODE DHM1628 |
| Back from Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. Like the Messerschmitt 109, its great adversary throughout almost six years of aerial combat, the Spitfire was a fighter par excellence. Good as many other types may have been, these two aircraft became symbols of the two opposing air forces they represented. Their confrontation, which began in 1940 during the Battle of Britain, continued without interruption until the last days of World War Two. From an air force teetering on extinction in the dark days of 1940, by the summer of 1944 the pilots of RAF Fighter Command had fought their way back to become top dogs. And when the invasion of northern France came, they swept over the beaches in force, cutting deep into enemy occupied territory, hammering the enemy in the air and on the ground. Key to this air superiority was the supreme performance of the Spitfire, its ability to out-fly the Luftwaffes best, and the wily leadership of the pilots who had survived the early air battles of the war. Among the best was 26 year old Pete Brothers, by 1944 a highly successful and experienced fighter pilot commanding his own Wing. Having fought through the battles of France and Britain, now with a clutch of air victories to his credit, in 1944 he took command of first the Exeter Wing, and then the Culinhead Wing, ideally placed to support the coming invasion of Normandy. Nick Trudgians striking painting recreates a typical scene as Mk IX Spitfires of 126 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Pete Brothers flying his Mk V11 Spitfire wearing high altitude paint scheme, race back to base at RAF Culinhead after a low-level attack on enemy transport in Normandy. The Culinhead Spitfire Wing flew constant armed Rhubarb attacks in support of the invasion from D-Day - June 6 1944 - till the first improvised strips were established in France a few weeks following the invasion. This beautiful aviation print, contrasting the frenetic pace of war with a restful English coastal landscape, evokes the memory of a legendary fighter aircraft that, flown by gallant pilots, helped change the course of history. Prints are signed by Pete Brothers and two other pilots who flew Spitfires in combat during World War II. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC* (deceased), Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS and Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £225.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC* (deceased), Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS and Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM (deceased). Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £215.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS and Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
** (Ex Display) Signed limited edition of 500 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £115.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC* (deceased), Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS and Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM (deceased).
ITEM CODE DHM2659 |
| Normandy Breakout by Nicolas Trudgian. Spitfires of No. 132 Squadron rush towards the Front to give ground support to the advancing Allied forces following breakout from the Normandy beaches, June 1944. Aces Edition. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £170.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
D-Day Anniversary Edition. Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 53cm). Price £305.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil, Flight Lieutenant Sir Archie Lamb, Flying Officer Frank Wheeler, Squadron Leader Pat Carden, Commander Mike Crossley, Wing Commander Jack Rose and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Save £20 on selected prints - Was £325
D-Day Anniversary Edition. Signed limited edition of 150 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 53cm). Price £245.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil, Flight Lieutenant Sir Archie Lamb, Flying Officer Frank Wheeler, Squadron Leader Pat Carden, Commander Mike Crossley, Wing Commander Jack Rose and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist. Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
D-Day Anniversary Edition. Limited edition of 50 remarques. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 53cm). Price £ Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil, Flight Lieutenant Sir Archie Lamb, Flying Officer Frank Wheeler, Squadron Leader Pat Carden, Commander Mike Crossley, Wing Commander Jack Rose and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist.
Publishers Proof edition of 50 prints. Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £180.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist.
** (Ex Display) Aces Edition. Signed limited edition of 350 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear) Paper size 36 inches x 23 inches (91cm x 58cm). Price £125.00 Signed by Air Commodore John Ellacombe, Wing Commander Tom Neil and Wing Commander George Unwin (deceased), in addition to the artist.
ITEM CODE DHM2277 |
| Safely Home by Nicolas Trudgian. An Avro Lancaster bomber of Bomber Command is escorted back over the English coast by two Spitfires after a night bombing mission. Signed limited edition of 300 prints. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Image size 13 inches x 13 inches (33cm x 33cm). Price £46.20 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
ITEM CODE DHM2704 |
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