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Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith. (C) - Aviation Art Prints

Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith. (C)


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Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith. (C)



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Item Code : DHM0290CUnder Cover of the Night by Simon Smith. (C) - This Edition
TYPEEDITION DETAILSSIZESIGNATURESOFFERSYOUR PRICEPURCHASING
PRINT Reid Presentation Edition of 5 Artist Proofs. Image size 22 inches x 15 inches (56cm x 38cm) Reid, Bill (clipped)
+ Artist : Simon Smith


Signature(s) value alone : £80
£300.00

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Other editions of this item : Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith.DHM0290
TYPEEDITION DETAILSSIZESIGNATURESOFFERSYOUR PRICEPURCHASING
PRINTSigned limited edition of 1000 prints. Image size 22 inches x 15 inches (56cm x 38cm)Artist : Simon Smith£25 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £95.00VIEW EDITION...
ARTIST
PROOF
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Image size 22 inches x 15 inches (56cm x 38cm) Goodman, L S Benny
Calton, Ken
Cole, Colin
Thomson, George
Lamb, Alistair
+ Artist : Simon Smith


Signature(s) value alone : £175
£60 Off!Now : £120.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINT From the signed limited edition of 1000 prints, less than 100 are available co-signed. Image size 22 inches x 15 inches (56cm x 38cm) Higgins, William Bill
+ Artist : Simon Smith


Signature(s) value alone : £20
£10 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £105.00VIEW EDITION...
GICLEE
CANVAS
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm)Artist : Simon Smith
on separate certificate
£100 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £500.00VIEW EDITION...
GICLEE
CANVAS
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 22 inches (76cm x 56cm)Artist : Simon Smith
on separate certificate
£100 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £400.00VIEW EDITION...
ORIGINAL
PAINTING
Original painting by Simon Smith. Image size 46 inches x 36 inches (117cm x 91cm)Artist : Simon SmithSOLD
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Signatures on this item
*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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The signature of Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC (deceased)

Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC (deceased)
*Signature Value : £70 (clipped)

Volunteering for RAF aircrew in 1940, Bill Reid learned to fly in California, training on the Stearman, Vultee and Harvard. After gaining his pilots wings back in England he flew Wellingtons before moving on to Lancasters in 1943. On the night of Nov 3rd 1943, his Lancaster suffered two severe attacks from Luftwaffe night fighters, badly wounding Reid, killing his navigator and radio operator, and severely damaging the aircraft. Bill flew on 200 miles to accurately bomb the target and get his aircraft home. For this act of outstanding courage and determination he was awarded the Victoria Cross. Died 28th November 2001.
The Aircraft :
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LancasterThe Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992.

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