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85 Mosquito Squadron, Aviation art prints of 85 squadron by leading aviation artists.  The Mosquito Squadron used as a night Fighter . 85 Squadron was based at Swannington.  This superb aviation art print by Phillip west is available from aviationartprints as division of Cranston Fine arts.

Used as a night fighter, fighter bomber, bomber and Photo-reconnaissance, with a crew of two, Maximum speed was 425 mph, at 30,300 feet, 380mph at 17,000ft. and a ceiling of 36,000feet, maximum range 3,500 miles. the Mosquito was armed  with four 20mm Hospano cannon in belly and four .303 inch browning machine guns in nose.  Coastal strike aircraft had eight 3-inch Rockets under the wings, and one 57mm shell gun in belly.

The Mossie at it was known made its first flight on 25th November 1940, and the mosquito made its first operational flight for the Royal Air Force as a reconnaissance unit based at Benson.  In early 1942, a modified version  (mark II) operated as a night fighter with 157 and 23 squadron's. In April 1943 the first De Haviland Mosquito saw service in the Far east and in 1944 The Mosquito was used at Coastal Command in its strike wings.  Bomber Commands offensive against Germany saw many Mosquitos, used as photo Reconnaissance aircraft, Fighter Escorts, and Path Finders.  The Mosquito stayed in service with the Royal Air Force until 1955. and a total of 7781 mosquito's were built.

Safely Home by Philip E West.  The dawn of a new day illuminates a Lancaster of 57 Squadron returning to East Kirkby from night ops over occupied Europe, escorted by a Swannington based Mosquito night-fighter of 85 Squadron  Every print is signed by 57 Sqn Lancaster pilot Flt Lt Phil Ainley DFC and the RAF's top (21 victories) night-fighter pilot Sqn Ldr Branse Burbridge DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar.

 

 

 

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EDITIONS

Special Offer Pack of All Four Prints Price : £360

Leading the Way by Gerald Coulson Price : £180

Action This Day by Richard Taylor Price : £110

Halifax Mk.III NA337 by Ivan Berryman Price : £135

Halifax Tugs Towing Hamilcar Gliders by Ivan Berryman. Price : £105

ARTIST
Featured Artist - Gerald Coulson



Gerald Coulson has been painting professionally for over 30 years and has a reputation that is second to none. Entirely self taught, he developed his technique to such a high standard that his work was published as fine art prints, enabling him to begin a full time painting career in 1969. Since that time his work, covering many different subjects, has been published and marketed worldwide as both open and limited edition prints. Gerald has had many one-man shows both in the UK and the USA and his work has been extensively exhibited throughout the world. A recent one man show of his in the UK attracted more than 3000 people in two days. The Fine Art Trade Guild have placed him in the top ten best selling artists no less than fifteen times - three times at number one. Coulson's passion for aircraft stems from childhood. This passion led to an apprenticeship as an aircraft engineer after which he served in the RAF as a technician and with British Airways as an engineer at Heathrow. His knowledge of aircraft engineering, combined with his drawing ability, led to him becoming a Technical Illustrator of service manuals for Civil and Military aircraft. These experiences and technical background have allowed him an insight and intimate knowledge of the aircraft he paints. Along with a unique ability to capture these aircraft on canvas this naturally led to a painting career which he has developed to successfully cover a wide variety of subjects. Following a trip to the 1991 British Grand Prix his interest in Motor racing was fuelled. His ability to capture the technical detail and a talent for painting subjects at speed meant that this was a perfect natural progression alongside his aviation work and he is now also firmly established as one of the worlds leading motor racing artists. A Vice President and founder member of the Guild of Aviation Artists he is a four times winner of the Flight International Trophy for outstanding aviation painting. He qualified for his pilots licence in 1960 and is still actively flying today - mostly vintage aircraft, and can often be seen buzzing over the Fens of Cambridgeshire in a Tiger Moth. Whatever the subject he paints, whether aviation, landscape or portrait, his unique ability to capture the realism and 'mood'of the scene is unsurpassed, making him one of the most widely collected and highly regarded artists in the world today.

Pilot and Aircrew Signed Halifax Prints



Save £170 on this specially selected pack of Halifax bomber aviation art prints. All four prints for £360, giving collectors these prints at trade discounted prices!

This pack of aviation art prints includes 4 separate prints, at a highly discounted price when purchased in this special pack. The prints included in the pack are :

Leading the Way by Gerald Coulson,
Action This Day by Richard Taylor,
Halifax Mk.III NA337 by Ivan Berryman
and
Halifax Tugs Towing Hamilcar Gliders by Ivan Berryman.

In all, the prints have 9 different signatures of pilots and aircrew related to the Halifax aircraft.

Click the 'Special Offer Pack' Edition to order.

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