by Robert Taylor
Band of Brothers Part IV: Royal Air Force and Royal Navy Fighter Pilots of World War II
Overall Print Size 31" x 23"
MK I Spitfires of 234 squadron, top scoring squadron in Fighter Command’s 10 Group, return to St.
Eval after intercepting heavy raids on south coast ports during the heaviest fighting of the Battle of
Britain, September 1940. St. Michael’s Mount, the castle built on the site of a 14th Century monastery
to defend Britain’s shores from earlier enemies, provides a symbolic backdrop as once again a band of
brothers is called upon to defend their Sceptred Isle.
The Battle of Britain Edition
US $295.00
Edition Size - 500
see detailed information on The Battle Of Britain
Edition here
The Battle of Britain Edition individually numbered 1-500 and signed
by
Group Captain TOM DALTON MORGAN
Wing Commander BOB DOE
Wing Commander GEORGE 'Grumpy' UNWIN
The Fighter Pilots Edition
2 print set
US $375.00
Edition Size - 250
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The Fighter Pilots Edition individually numbered 1-250 with SIX additional signatures
Squadron Leader NEVILLE DUKE
Wing Commander JOHN FREEBORN
Commander MIKE CROSSLEY
Flight Lieutenant JOHN SQUIER
Lieutenant Commander PETER MEADWAY
Squadron Leader MAHINDER PUJJI
With four additional RAF fighter pilots signing the main print, and two Fleet Air Arm pilots
signing the exclusive ‘Preparing For Action’ companion print, a total of NINE signatures.
The Fighter Pilots Edition
Artist Proof
US $575.00
Edition Size - 25
The Fighter Pilots Edition
Remarque
US $825.00
Edition Size - 25
The Veterans Edition
3 print set
US $675.00
Edition Size - 75
The Veterans Proofs individually numbered 1- 75
with all the signatures and components of
the"Fighter Pilots Edition" is issued with the collector print
'LONE GLADIATOR', from an exquisite drawing by Robert Taylor.
see detailed information on the The Veterans Edition here
Each proof is matted and includes the original signatures of
Air Marshal SIR DENIS CROWLEY-MILLING
Air Commodore PETE BROTHERS
Air Vice-Marshal JOHNNIE JOHNSON (matted)
Wing Commander HARBOURNE STEPHENS (matted)
Group Captain PETER TOWNSEND (matted)
The Veterans Edition comprises of all the signatures and components of the ‘Fighter Pilots Edition’
and is issued with the superb collectors print ‘LONE GLADIATOR’, from an exquisite drawing by
Robert Taylor. Each print is signed by Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling and Air Commodore
Peter Brothers, the print specially matted and ready to frame including the additional signatures of
three great fighter leaders of World War II, a total FOURTEEN signatures!
Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fighter aircrews flew combat throughout
the six long years of World War Two. At the outbreak of war in 1939 four
RAF Hurricane squadrons and two equipped with Gladiators went immediately
to France where in short time New Zealander "Cobber" Kain became the first
Allied Ace of the war. In April 1940 Hurricanes and Gladiators saw in action
in Norway, when Rhodesian Caesar Hull of 263 Squadron became the second
air Ace. By the fall of France the new Spitfire joined in the great air
battles over the Channel as the British Expeditionary Force evacuated Dunkirk.
Bob Stanford -Tuck, Douglas Bader, Peter Townsend, Sailor Malan, and many
other great Aces gained their first victories, but with German forces massing
on the French coast, the invasion of Britain looked imminent. Only RAF
Fighter Command stood in Hitler's way. By July, the most famous of all
air battles had begun. The next three months, under glorious summer skies,
saw the most decisive and continual aerial fighting in history. The British
victory in the Battle of Britain was to fundamentally change the course
of the war and, ultimately, the course of history. But there were four
and a half more years of air battles still to be fought and won -from the
English Channel Front to the North African desert, from the Mediterranean
to Far East Asia. It fell to Fleet Air Arm pilots to see the last air fighting
for British and Commonwealth pilots, by then equipped with Seafires and
American Corsairs and Hellcats, as they took part in the final assaults
on the Japanese mainland. As the last embers of hostilities faded into
history the centuries old doctrine of maritime supremacy had gone. Now
the aircraft ruled. In his masterful painting A Time For Heroes Robert
Taylor pays tribute to the World War II fighter aircrews of the RAF and
Fleet Air Arm. A panoramic scene from the era of the Battle of Britain
shows Mk I Spitfires of 234 Squadron, 10 Group's top scoring squadron,
returning to St. Eval after intercepting heavy raids on south coast ports
during the heaviest fighting, in September 1940. St. Michael's Mount, the
castle built on the site of a 14th Century monastery to defend Britain's
shores from earlier enemies, provides a symbolic backdrop as once again
a band of brothers is called upon to defend their Sceptred Isle.