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Action This Day by Richard Taylor

Halifax Mk3 LV907 'F-Freddy'
As dawn breaks over RAF Lissett, revealing that last night's biting wind has once again brought a covering of snow to the airfield. But, with conditions forecast to improve, tonight's operation to bomb industrial targets in Germany is set to proceed, and ground crew start to prepare Halifax Mk3 LV907 'F-Freddy', simply known as 'Friday 13th', for action.

Signed by up to 13 veterans

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Arctic Hunters By Richard Taylor

Me109s JG5

Occupied by the Germans, by 1942 Norway had become vital to Hitler’s war in the East. With the Russians threatening to overrun Finland and attack Norway, the pilots of JG5 were tasked to support German ground forces, and to escort the incessant Luftwaffe attacks on Arctic Convoys from Britain to the vital Russian ports of Murmansk and Archangel. With such unpredictably harsh weather it was a life-or-death battle fought under extreme conditions.

Signed by up to 4 eminent Luftwaffe veterans: Unteroffizier GUNTHER KOLB , Major ERICH RUDORFFER, Oberleutnant WALTER SCHUCK, Hauptmann KARL-FRITZ SCHLOSSSTEIN

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Coastal Patrol by Richard Taylor

Spitfire
Coastal Patrol, a new painting by the remarkably gifted young artist Richard Taylor, depicts Mk I Spitfires of 610 Squadron flying a defensive patrol low over the White Cliffs during the height of the Battle of Britain in August 1940. A superb painting that symbolises a crucial period in history.

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Remarques by Richard Taylor

This is to show the exceptional quality of Richard's remarques - individual drawings hand crafted by the artist on the bottom border of the print. Shown is an actual example of a Double Remarque. To see further examples please click below the thumbnail.

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Days of Thunder by Richard Taylor

P-47D Thunderbolt
Duxford became home to the 78th Fighter Group when they arrived in England with their P-47B Thunderbolts in 1943. The objective of the American fighter units was to gain air superiority over the Luftwaffe in support of their daylight bombing campaign. By 1944 they achieved their objective. Signed by Colonel ROBERT J. ‘SHORTY’ RANKIN. Fighter Aces Edition also signed by Colonel WALKER BUD’MAHURIN, Colonel STEVE ‘THE GREEK’ PISANOS, Brigadier General LES C. SMITH

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Dawn Till Dusk by Richard Taylor

D Day - Spitfire

This superb new edition is personally signed by outstanding Aces who flew with the Canadian Wing during the Normandy Invasions, under the leadership of the highest scoring RAF Ace of WWII – Johnnie Johnson.

Signed by up to 13 veterans: Wing Commander J.F ‘STOCKY’ EDWARDS DFC DFM, Wing Commander JAMES LINDSAY DFC, Lieutenant General DON LAUBMAN DFC , Squadron Leader ROY WOZNIAK DFC, Air Vice Marshal J.E 'JOHNNIE' JOHNSON CB CBE DSO** DFC* DL, Flight Lieutenant WILFRED BANKS DFC , Wing Commander LORNE CAMERON DFC , Group Captain ALBERT HOULE DFC , Squadron Leader IRVING KENNEDY DFC MD , Wing Commander ANDREW MACKENZIE DFC CD , Flight Lieutenant LARRY ROBILLARD DFM CD

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Dual Victory by Richard Taylor

P51, Me109
24 March 1945. Clyde East, returning from a recce over Schweinfurt and with photos already in the can, takes on a group of six Me109’s single-handed. Flying his legendary ‘Lil Margaret, having already dispatched one, he peels round to line up his second Me109 to add two more victories to his remarkable tally. Signed by up to 4 Aces Lieutenant Colonel CLYDE B. EAST, Lieutenant Colonel ERNEST BANKEY, Colonel ART FIEDLER, First Lieutenant CLINT WHITE

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Evening Reflection by Richard Taylor

Battle of Britain
With soft evening sunlight radiant behind them, Hauptmann Wolfgang Ewald, Gruppenkommandeur of 1./JG52, leads a schwarm of Bf109s back to their base near Calais after another hectic encounter with pilots of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, September 1940.

Signed by up to 6 Luftwaffe Aces: Generalleutnant GÜNTHER RALL KC - JG 52,
Major GERHARD BARKHORN - JG 52, General JOHANNES STEINHOFF - JG 52, Major HEINZ LANGE - JG 54, Major HANS-EKKEHARD BOB KC - JG 54, Major ERICH RUDORFFER KC - JG 2

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First Strike by Richard Taylor

Mosquitos of 27 Squadron - the Flying Elephants

Fought in often atrocious conditions, the war against the Japanese in Burma was cruel, savage and brutal. Flushed with thoughts of invincibility after their quick victories in Malaya and Singapore, by 1943 the Imperial Japanese Army had pushed the Allies all the way back to the borders of India, the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. Richard Taylor’s incredible new painting, First Strike, features the Mosquitos of 27 Squadron - the Flying Elephants - newly arrived at Agartala in north-east India.

Signed by up to 9 veterans: Flight Sergeant STANLEY ‘PADDY’ HOPE, Warrant Officer RICHARD ‘DICK’ MAYWOOD, Squadron Leader JOHN BROWN DFC, Flight Lieutenant DENNIS GOSLING , Flying Officer LES HADLEY , Squadron Leader ZBYSEK ‘NICKY’ NECAS Czech War Cross *, Warrant Officer ‘BERT’ WINWOOD , Flight Lieutenant DES CURTIS DFC, Flight Lieutenant ROGER CALVERT

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Holding the Line by Richard Taylor

Tiger Tank

Skillfully led by their mercurial commander, SS-Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann, the Tiger Tanks of s.SS-Pz. Abt. 101 blaze through a shattered French village in the days following D-Day, June, 1944. Their destination Normandy!

Signed by Obergefreiter HENRY METELMANN, Feldwebel HEINZ FELLBRICH, Sturmann KARL-HEINZ DECKER
Tribute Proofs (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY) also signed by
OTTO CARIUS , GERHARD FISCHER, WALTHER GIRG , ALBERT KERSCHER, NORBERT KUJACINSKI, RICHARD RUDOLF

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Holding The Tide by Richard Taylor

F4F Wildcats

Richard Taylor’s new masterpiece portrays Captain Joe Foss as he leads the F4F Wildcats of VMF-121 back to Henderson Field after a day of desperate fighting against the Japanese in the skies over the steaming jungles of Guadalcanal in November 1942 - it would be another three months before the island was finally secured.

Signed by up to 8 veterans
Main Print - Commander LESLIE FORTNER USN, Captain STANLEY ‘SWEDE’ VEJTASA USN, Commander DEAN LAIRD USN, Lieutenant Colonel JIM SWETT USMC Medal of Honor
Tribute Companion Print - Colonel JEFFERSON J. DE BLANC USMC Medal of Honor, Brigadier General JOSEPH J. FOSS USMC Medal of Honor, Brigadier General ROBERT E.GALER USMC Medal of Honor, Lieutenant KENNETH A. WALSH USMC Medal of Honor

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Into the Fray by Richard Taylor

Battle of Britain
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader leads the Hurricanes of 242 Squadron in an aggressive diving attack upon a large force of Heinkel 111s approaching the Kent coast, whilst Spitfires from 66 Squadron tangle with the escorting Bf109s of JG52. It is September 1940, and the climax of the Battle of Britain.

Signed by up to 19 veterans:Gp Capt Sir DOUGLAS BADER CBE DSO* DFC*, Sqn Ldr JOCELYN MILLARD AE, Wg Cdr TOM NEIL DFC AFC AE, Sqn Ldr ROY MCGOWAN, Sqn Ldr LAWRENCE THOROGOOD , Wg Cdr KEN MACKENZIE DFC AFC AE, W.O DAVID DENCHFIELD, Wg Cdr PADDY BARTHROPP DFC AFC, Wg Cdr ERIC BARWELL DFC* AE, Sqn Ldr BASIL ‘STAPME’ STAPLETON DFC, Sqn Ldr A.C LEIGH DFC DFM , Gp Capt GEORGE UNWIN DSO DFM* , Gp Capt FRANK CAREY CBE DFC** AFC DFM,Wg Cdr TIM ELKINGTON, Sqn Ldr ‘BOB’ FOSTER DFC, A/Cdre JOHN ELLACOMBE CB DFC*,Sqn Ldr TONY PICKERING AFC

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Liberation - Sainte Mere Église - June 1944 by Richard Taylor

Normandy 1944
For nearly four years, the swastika had flown belligerently over the small town of Sainte Mere Eglise in Normandy. Suddenly, shortly after midnight on the night of 5/6th June 1944, parachutists from the 82nd Airborne Division began landing in and around the town.

Signed by 3 veterans: Lieutenant Colonel JAMES ‘MAGGIE’ MEGELLAS, Sergeant BOB BEARDEN, Sergeant MILTON SCHLESENER

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Masters of the Sky by Richard Taylor

Blue nosed P-51 Mustang, Me109
This outstanding new limited edition, together with the masterful companion drawing Preparing for Action, further enhances Richard Taylor's growing reputation as one of the world's greatest aviation art talents. And with prints signed by some of the 352nd's most respected pilots and by a number of their vital ground crew, this is an edition for all collectors of aviation art to treasure and admire.

Signed by up to 12 veterans: Captain GEORGE MIDDLETON, Staff Sergeant ART SNYDER (Companion print), First Lieutenant WALTER G. 'JACK' DIAMOND, Lieutenant Colonel DONALD S. BRYAN, Captain ROBERT H. 'PUNCHY' POWELL, Lieutenant Colonel RAYMOND R. MITCHELL, Lieutenant CHARLES M. PRICE, Staff Sergeant JAMES BLEIDNER, Master Sergeant RALPH McLAIN, Staff Sergeant BILL STRAUB, Corporal HOWARD POLIN, Captain DONALD W. 'MAC' McKlBBEN

All editions supplied with companion print Preparing for Action

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Blue Nose P-51 Mustang
Richard Taylor’s beautiful painting Blue Nose! portrays the P-51s of the 328th Fighter Squadron high above towering cumulus clouds over East Anglia in November 1944. Led by Major George Preddy, the P-51 pilots prepare to escort a large formation of B-17s on yet another arduous long range mission to Germany

Signed by uo 3 veterans: Major ALDEN P. RIGBY , First Lieutenant ROY WANDA , Major General CUTHBERT A. ‘BILL’ PATTILLO

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Ramraiders by Richard Taylor

Fw 190A-8
As the Allied Air Forces began their massed attack on Germany's oil refineries, the Luftwaffe was about to hit back with a new battle tactic - the Sturmgruppe!
Closing at high speed with all cannons blazing. Unteroffizier Willi Maximowitz is seen flying his distinctive Black 8 with IV Sturm/JG3. as he dives in to attack a formation of USAAF B-24s from the 93rd Bomb Group. The American gunners have a frightening task on their hands to fend off the attack until help arrives. Signed by Leutnant HELMUT BALLEWSKI, Leutnant KURT WUPPERMANN, Oberfeldwebel WILLI RESCHKE

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Red Tail Escort by Richard Taylor

P-51 Mustangs, B17
The Tuskegee Red Tail pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group are a more than welcome sight as they close in to escort home a damaged B17 Fortress of the 483rd Bomb Group. Seen high over the Italian Alps during the summer of 1944.
Signed by Colonel CHARLES McGEE, Lieutenant Colonel LEO R. GRAY, Lieutenant Colonel GEORGE E. HARDY, Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM H. HOLLOMAN III, Lieutenant Colonel ALEXANDER JEFFERSON, Second Lieutenant LOWELL STEWARD

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Rover Patrol by Richard Taylor

Mosquito
Occupied by the Germans since 1940, the Norwegian fjords, with their narrow inlets and steep mountainous backdrops, offered unique protection; however submarines departing and returning to Norway from their oceanic operations immediately attracted the attention of RAF Coastal Command. Signed by 3 Mosquito crew Flight Lieutenant FRANK HAWTHORNE, Flight Lieutenant AUBREY ‘HLLLI’ HLLLIARD, Flying Officer MAURICE WEBB DFM

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Tactical Support by Richard Taylor

P38 Lightning

With bright yellow spinners and distinctive twin-booms glinting in the June sunshine, two P-38 Lockheed Lightnings of the USAAF's 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group hurtle low over Pegasus Bridge as they race across the Normandy landscape shortly after the D-Day landings, June 1944. Flying from their base at Kings Cliffe in Cambridgeshire they have today been tasked to support the advancing allied forces; they will strafe and bomb the enemy lines, destroying enemy communications, armour and ground targets, causing as much chaos and disruption as they can. Dangerous work, these low-level missions, but tasks that the tough P-38 pilots relish

Signed by up to Six Veterans Captain JAMES KUNKLE, Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM WILLIS, Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM POPE, Staff Sergeant PETER BOYLE, Sergeant TITCH RAYNER, Sergeant BILL TRUE

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Threatening Skies by Richard Taylor

B29, Nagajima Ki44s
As dawn breaks over the Pacific, a determined force of Japanese Ki-44's launch a surprise attack on a large formation of USAAF B-29 Superfortresses as they approach the Japanese mainland. B-29 gunners let rip as one fighter flashes past, with a second fighter closing at high speed.

All editions signed by Lieutenant Colonel RALPH NUTTER, Colonel JAMES PATTILLO, Captain BEN ROBERTSON and supplied with free companion print

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The Great Escape by Richard Taylor

"Everyone in this room is living on borrowed time. By rights we should all be dead! The only reason that God allowed us this extra ration of life is so we can make life hell for the Hun… three bloody deep, bloody long tunnels will be dug - Tom, Dick, and Harry. One will succeed!" Squadron Leader Roger Bushell

Signed by up to 5 PoWs who took part

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The Great Escape - The Folio Drawings by Richard Taylor

To further Commemorate this famous escape attempt, we are pleased to announce a highly restrictive Folio set by Richard Taylor featuring 76 pairs of limited edition Graphite proofs in memory of the 76 men that managed to escape the camp.

Sold as a pair - The Railway and Coming Up Short

Signatories Flight Lieutenant JACK LYON (railway), Wing Commander KEN REES (coming up short)

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The Royce Raid by Richard Taylor

B-25C Mitchell
Richard Taylor’s new painting shows one of Royce’s 5th Air Force B-25C Mitchells taking off from the Del Monte on the island of Mindanao on Sunday 12th April 1942, en-route to hit the harbour and shipping targets at Cebu. In the three days of Royce’s raids, the Mitchells flew over twenty sorties, sinking and seriously damaging three Japanese transport ships, and shooting down three enemy fighters. In a triumph of surprise aerial strikes, all seven B-25s and their crews returned safely to base.

Signed by Vernon Main,one of only two surviving veterans of the Royce mission.

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The Sleeping Giant Awakes by Richard Taylor

F4F - 3A Wildcats - Pearl Harbor

On Sunday December 7, 1941 the free world had been stunned into disbelief by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The devastating assault on the headquarters of the US Pacific Fleet had left over two thousand American servicemen dead, most of her battleships destroyed or damaged, and the remains of nearly 200 American aircraft lay in tatters. America reeled from the shock and sheer incredulity

Signed by 3 Veterans

Issued with companion Print 'Day of the Rising Sun'

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Thunder in the East by Richard Taylor

Burma 1944 - RAF P-47

The fighter pilots of the RAF had become masters of the sky over Burma and after weeks of bitter fighting air superiority was complete. The Japanese invasion had run out of steam and slowly, but inexorably, the Allies drove them back, fighting through the rains and floods in arduous conditions, strafing supply dumps and airfields, and divebombing enemy concentrations in unequalled precision strikes.

Signed by 3 Veterans, Flight Lieutenant FREDDIE BALL MC RAFVR, Flight Lieutenant RAY JACKSON MC, LAC1 BEN EVANS RAF

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Typhoons Outward Bound

Typhoon
In the months following D-Day, Hawker’s hard-hitting, snub-nosed Typhoon struck terror into the German formations in Normandy, crack Panzer units wilted under the constant hail of rockets and bombs. Several times a day the Typhoon pilots would cross the Channel to run the gauntlet of flak and ground fire, and deliver their lethal cargo.

Signed by up to 4 veterans Wing Commander J.F.D. ‘TIM’ ELKINGTON, Warrant Officer JOHN ‘ABE’ LINCOLN, Pilot Officer ‘RUSTY’ TOWNSEND, Flying Officer JOHN BYRNE

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Typhoon Scramble by Richard Taylor

Typhoon
Led by SquadronCommander Roland Bee Beamont, Typhoons of 609 Squadron are dramatically illustrated as they scramble from their base at Manston in April 1943, the brute force and raw aggression of this tough warbird leaving nothing to the imagination. A collector’s piece for the future, of this there’s no doubt. Signed by Flight Lieutenant Sir ALEC ATKINSON, Flight Lieutenant GEOFFREY STEVENS, Flying Officer ALLEN BILLAM

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Vital Force by Richard Taylor

Hurricane
Richard Taylor’s poignant new painting captures eloquently the urgency of a scramble an everyday occurrence during those frantic days in the summer of 1940. Battle of Britain ace Flight Lieutenant Ian Gleed leads a detachment of Hurricane Mk1s from 87 Squadron as they climb out of their Exeter airfield during the peak of the battle in the high summer of 1940.

Signed by up to 6 Battle of Britain pilots Flight Lieutenant PETER HAIRS MD, Flight Lieutenant BILL GREEN, Group Captain BYRON DUCKENFIELD AFC, Wing Commander BOB DOE DSO DFC*, Wing Commander JOHN TIM ELKINGTON, Wing Commander TONY PICKERING

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