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Royal Australian Air Force Mirage III
of 75 Squadron and 77 Squadron and P40 Warhawks of 3 Squadron also Bomber
Command Australian Air Crew on The Avro Lancaster in aviation
art prints by Michael Rondot and Robert Taylor. Available from the
aviation art print company, subsidiary of Cranston Fine Arts.
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| Mirage III First and Last by Michael Rondot. In this classic study of 2 v 2 air combat, two Mirage II fighters of the Royal Australian Air Force turn at the merge to engage a pair of evading A4 skyhawks over the Pacific. The painting features the first and last Australian built Mirages in the colours of nos. 75 and 77 squadrons. Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm). Price £150.00 ITEM CODE MR0034 |
| Major Arthur Coningham by Ivan Berryman. Australian by birth and serving with the New Zealand army in the middle east at the outbreak of World War 1, Arthur Coningham joined the RFC in 1917 and was posted to 32 Squadron, flying DH.2s, as depicted here. It was in such a machine that Coningham scored the first of his 14 victories, sending down a German two seater over Ervillers. He survived the war and was made AOC Desert Air Force in 1941 before taking command of 2nd Tactical Air Force until the Second World War’s end whereupon he became Air Marshal and was awarded a knighthood. He died in January 1948. Signed limited edition of 20 giclee paper prints. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm). Price £135.00
Limited edition of 10 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm). Price £180.00
Small limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £75.00
Small limited edition of 50 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £45.00
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £590.00
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £460.00
Original painting, oil on canvas by Ivan Berryman. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £
Remarque edition - limited edition of 10 giclee prints featuring an original pencil remarque. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm) plus border with text and remarque drawing.. Price £350.00 ITEM CODE DHM1756 |
| Desert Hawks by Robert Taylor A flight of Kittyhawks of No. 3 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force on a strike mission over the North African Desert in January 1942, in the build-p to the Battle of Alamein. No. 3 Squadron RAAF was the first in the Desert to achieve 100 confirmed victories, and continuing in combat throughout the fighting in North Africa, became the Squadron with the highest number of air victories of the Desert Air Force Squadrons. Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signed by RAAF and RAF Pilots Nicky Barr (deceased), Bobby Gibbes (deceased), Peter Jeffrey (deceased) and Alan Rawlinson.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper sized 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by RAAF and RAF Pilots Nicky Barr (deceased), Bobby Gibbes (deceased), Peter Jeffrey (deceased) and Alan Rawlinson. ITEM CODE DHM2086 |
| Spitfires Over Darwin by Robert Taylor. One copy available of this sold out edition. Flight Commnders edition of 400 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm). Price £250.00 Signed by Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC, Flight Lieutenant Ted Hall, Chief Test Pilot Alex Henshaw (deceased) and Flight Lieutenant Don MacLean.
Commanding Officers Edition of 150 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm). Price £ Signed by Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC, Flight Lieutenant Ted Hall, Chief Test Pilot Alex Henshaw (deceased), Flight Lieutenant Don MacLean, Flight Lieutenant John Bisley, Flight Lieutenant W R Cundy DFC DFM MID, Air Commodore Ken James and Squadron Leader Ron MacDonald.
Guardian Top End Edition of 75 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm). Price £ Signed by Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC, Flight Lieutenant Ted Hall, Chief Test Pilot Alex Henshaw (deceased), Flight Lieutenant Don MacLean, Flight Lieutenant John Bisley, Flight Lieutenant W R Cundy DFC DFM MID, Air Commodore Ken James, Squadron Leader Ron MacDonald and Rt Hon Sir John Gorton. ITEM CODE DHM2683 |
| Milne Bay - The Turning Point by Robert Taylor. The Battle for Milne Bay in New Guinea was a story of true grit, determination, and valour; it was the moment when the Imperial Japanese Army tasted defeat on land for the first time in nearly three centuries. In the space of two weeks, the Japanese attempt to capture Milne Bay was halted, and any ambitions they might have held to invade Australia thwarted. And that victory was due in no small part to the Kittyhawks of 75 and 76 Squadrons RAAF. After the Japanese had invaded the north of New Guinea, their main objective was to take Port Moresby in the south. But defeat at the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942 put an end to any invasion of Port Moresby by sea: instead they must strike across the Owen Stanley Ranges via the Kokoda Trail. Protecting Port Moresbys eastern flank was the key strategic natural harbour at Milne Bay, and in June 1942 American engineers, protected by Australian troops, began construction of the first of three proposed airstrips to be hacked out of the steaming jungle. Within a few weeks they had laid the first runway, formed by laying steel matting in almost impossible conditions. With heavy rain falling almost continuously, it was an extraordinary feat. Four days later the Kittyhawks of 75 and 76 Squadrons, RAAF, took up residence, together with a few Hudsons of 6 and 32 Squadrons to provide long-range reconnaissance. On the night of 25th August 1942, in torrential rain, a Japanese invasion force began their landin in the bay. With the Australian troops bitterly contesting every yard, the fighting was savage and bloody; conditions in the jungle battleground were wet, nuddy, and atrocious. At first light the next morning the Kittyhawks and Hudsons immediately joined the battle, flying continuous raids against the Japanese forces. Sortie after sortie, strafing and bombing the enemy troops, their landing barges and stores. For the next eleven days the bitter battle raged, the Australian troops fighting in savage hand to hand combat as the Japanese were halted at No.3 airstrips permieter. But eventually the Japanese were spent as a fighting force. With no hope of reinforcement, they were forced to withdraw. A quarter of their invasion force had been lost. Robert Taylors powerful painting depicts Kittyhawks from 75 and & 76 Squadrons RAAF, returning to No 1 Strip after attacking Japanese positions during the Battle for Milne Bay. Under the starboard wing of the lead aircraft, Polly, the smoke of action is clearly visible as the Japanese press from their landing site, along the coast towards the airstrip. Polly, now beautifully restored, resides in the Australian War Memorial Museum in Canberra, a tribute to the men and machines who stopped the Japanese in New Guinea. Signed limited edition of 400 prints, numbered 151 - 550. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm) Image size 20 inches x 15 inches (51cm x 38cm). Price £165.00 Signed by
Flight Lieutnenant H A Harry Kerr MID and
Flight Lieutenant Arthur D Tucker.
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm) Image size 20 inches x 15 inches (51cm x 38cm). Price £295.00 Signed by
Flight Lieutnenant H A Harry Kerr MID,
Flight Lieutenant Arthur D Tucker and Squadron Leader Peter Booth-Jones DFC.
Collectors edition of 150 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm) Image size 20 inches x 15 inches (51cm x 38cm). Price £225.00 Signed by
Flight Lieutnenant H A Harry Kerr MID,
Flight Lieutenant Arthur D Tucker, Squadron Leader Peter Booth-Jones DFC, Flight Lieutenant Raife J Cowan, Group Captain Ross H Glassop DFC* MID, Flight Lieutenant A J Nat Gould, Flight Lieutenant Noel C Todd and Squadron Leader Bruce D Watson DFC.
Publishers Proof edition of 75 prints. Paper size 25 inches x 19 inches (64cm x 48cm) Image size 20 inches x 15 inches (51cm x 38cm). Price £395.00 Signed by
Flight Lieutnenant H A Harry Kerr MID,
Flight Lieutenant Arthur D Tucker, Squadron Leader Peter Booth-Jones DFC, Flight Lieutenant Raife J Cowan, Group Captain Ross H Glassop DFC* MID, Flight Lieutenant A J Nat Gould, Flight Lieutenant Noel C Todd , Squadron Leader Bruce D Watson DFC and Hon Gough Whitlam AC QC. ITEM CODE DHM1769 |
| Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian. Australian Ace Dick Cresswell tangles with a Japanese Zero in the humid air of the tropics over New Guinea during an encounter in 1942. Flying a P-40E Kittyhawk with the insignia of 77 Squadron, RAAF blazoned on his aircraft, Cresswell makes a head-on pass leaving the enemy aircraft streaming smoke. Immortalised by the Flying Tigers, the P-40 was a fine combat aircraft that operated in the Pacific, European and Middle East theaters. Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Paper size 16 inches x 13 inches (41cm x 33cm). Price £70.00 Signed by Wing Commander R C Dick Cresswell, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 80 artist proofs. Paper size 16 inches x 13 inches (41cm x 33cm). Price £80.00 Signed by Wing Commander R C Dick Cresswell, in addition to the artist. ITEM CODE DHM2111 |
| Captain Arthur Henry Cobby by Ivan Berryman. Arriving in France in 1917 with little or no air gunnery training behind him, Captain Arthur Harry Cobby went on to become the Australian Flying Corps highest scoring ace with 29 victories to his credit, five of them observation balloons. He is shown here in Sopwith Camel E1416 of 4 Sqn AFC (formerly 71 Sqn AFC) having downed one of his final victims, a Fokker D.VII on 4th September 1918. Cobby survived the Great War and served in the RAAF during the inter war period and World War Two, eventually leaving the service as Air Commodore CBE. He died in 1955. Signed limited edition of 20 giclee paper prints. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm). Price £135.00
Limited edition of 10 artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm). Price £180.00
Small limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £75.00
Small limited edition of 50 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm). Price £56.00
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £590.00
Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £460.00
Original painting, oil on canvas by Ivan Berryman. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £
Remarque edition - limited edition of 10 giclee prints featuring an original pencil remarque. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm) plus border with text and remarque drawing.. Price £350.00 ITEM CODE DHM1783 |
| Magpies Over Baghdad by Michael Rondot (AP) During February 2003, fourteen RAAF F/A-18 Hornets flew to Al Udeid airbase in Qatar for air operations over Iraq as part of Operation Falconer. This was the first overseas deployment of Australian fighter aircraft for combat operations since July 1953 when RAAF Meteor F8s flew their last ground attack missions of the Korean War. The Australians were airborne from the start of the airstrikes on 20th March and continued in the thick of the action of the air campaign until the end of combat operations on 27th April, by which time they had flown 350 combat missions and dropped 122 laser guided bombs. Their missions ranged from air defence to interdiction and close air support and included operations with Australian SAS and Commando forces, as well as numerous missions flown in support of US Marines involved in fierce street fighting around Baghdad and Tikrit. The Hornets returned to Australia in May after one of the most successful combat deployments in the history of the RAAF. Limited edition of 40 artist proofs. Image size 27 inches x 20 inches (69cm x 51cm). Price £120.00
Limited edition of 25 remarques. Image size 27 inches x 20 inches (69cm x 51cm). Price £
Limited edition of 10 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £400.00 ITEM CODE MR0062 |
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