Twelve Aviation Art Greeting Cards - Mixed.
DPK1095. Twelve Aviation Art Greeting Cards - Mixed. Greetings card pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item KA0007PC. Breaking the Silence by Keith Aspinall. Returning from a night mission, a sole Lancaster returns over the snow covered fields of England. A fitting tribute to the air crews of the Lancaster squadrons of World War Two. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item KA0024PC. The Forgotten V Bomber by Keith Aspinall. The Vickers-Armstrongs Valiant was a British four-jet high-altitude bomber, once part of the Royal Air Force's V bomber nuclear force in the 1950s and 1960s. The Valiant was the first of the V bombers to become operational, and was followed by the Handley Page Victor and the Avro Vulcan; it was noticeably less advanced than its counterparts. The Valiant has the distinction of being the only V bomber to drop live nuclear weapons. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item KA0017PC. Victor by Keith Aspinall. The Handley Page Victor was developed and produced by the Handley Page Aircraft Company, which served during the Cold War. It was the third and final of the V-bombers operated by the Royal Air Force , the other two V-bombers being the Avro Vulcan and the Vickers Valiant. The Victor had been developed to perform as part of the United Kingdom's airborne nuclear deterrent. The Victor was the last of the V-bombers to be retired, the final aircraft being removed from service on 15th October 1993. In its refuelling role, the type had been replaced by the Vickers VC10 and the Lockheed Tristar. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item KA0016PC. Trouble Brewing by Keith Aspinall. Beaufighter and Torbeau of Coastal Command. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #5 - Click to view individual item KA0010PC. Falklands Bomber by Keith Aspinall. The Vulcan B2 takes off from Ascension Island to play a major role in Operation Corporate, the name given to the British military operation to retake the Falkland Islands. The Vulcan would take part in the seven planned bombing missions during the Falklands campaign codenamed Operation Black Buck. Each mission would require a solo Vulcan Bomber (plus an airborne reserve Vulcan in case of problems with the first) to fly and bomb the Argentinean airfield at Port Stanley, requiring the support of 12 Handley Page Victor K2 tankers of 55 and 57 squadron on the outward journey and 2 Victors and a Nimrod on the return journey. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #6 - Click to view individual item KA0011PC. Climbing Out by Keith Aspinall. A flight of Lancaster bombers from a Bomber Command squadron climb away from the British coastline on yet another bombing raid on Nazi held Europe. A superb painting and a great tribute to the crews of the Lancaster bomber squadrons. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #7 - Click to view individual item KA0013PC. Wimpey Wonderland by Keith Aspinall. Returning from a night mission, two Wellington bombers return over the snow covered fields of England. A fitting tribute to the air crews of the Wellington squadrons of World War Two. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #8 - Click to view individual item KA0014PC. Lull Before the Storm by Keith Aspinall. The Tempest of Wing Commander Roland Beamont DSO and Bar DFC and Bar, June 1944. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #9 - Click to view individual item KW0018PC. A Friday in Winter by Keith Woodcock. Sadly, but two examples of the Handly page Halifax exist today - the unrestored W1048 at the RAF Museum at Hendon, and the Yorkshire Air Museums pristine LV907 Friday the 13th, a rebuild from the remains of HR792. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #10 - Click to view individual item KW0010PC. B-17 Memphis Belle by Keith Woodcock. The Memphis Belle, a Boeing-built B-17F-10-BO, manufacturer's serial number 3470, USAAC Serial No.41-24485, was added to the USAAF inventory on 15th July 1942 and delivered in September 1942 to the 91st Bombardment Group at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. She deployed to Prestwick, Scotland, on 30th September 1942, moving to a temporary base at RAF Kimbolton on 1st October, and then finally to her permanent base at Bassingbourn, England, on 14th October. Each side of the fuselage bore the unit and aircraft identification markings of a B-17 of the 324th Bomb Squadron (Heavy); the squadron code 'DF' and individual aircraft letter 'A'. Captain Robert K. Morgan's crew flew 29 combat missions with the 324th Bomb Squadron, all but four in the Memphis Belle. The aircraft's 25 missions were: 7 November 1942 - Brest, France 9 November 1942 - St. Nazaire, France 17 November 1942 - St. Nazaire, France 6 December 1942 - Lille, France 20 December 1942 - Romilly-sur-Seine, France 30 December 1942 - Lorient, France (flown by Lt. James A. Verinis) 3 January 1943 - St. Nazaire, France 13 January 1943 - Lille, France 23 January 1943 - Lorient, France[ 14 February 1943 - Hamm, Germany 16 February 1943 - St. Nazaire, France 27 February 1943 - Brest, France 6 March 1943 = Lorient France 12 March 1943 - Rouen, France 13 March 1943 - Abbeville, France 22 March 1943 - Wilhelmshaven, Germany 28 March 1943 - Rouen, France] 31 March 1943 - Rotterdam, Netherlands 16 April 1943 - Lorient, France 17 April 1943 - Bremen, Germany] 1 May 1943 - St. Nazaire, France 13 May 1943 - Meaulte, France (flown by Lt. C.L. Anderson) 14 May 1943 - Kiel, Germany (flown by Lt. John H. Miller) 15 May 1943 - Wilhelmshaven, Germany 17 May 1943 - Lorient, France 19 May 1943 - Kiel, Germany (flown by Lt. Anderson) Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #11 - Click to view individual item KW0019PC. Winter Departure by Keith Woodcock. A total of ten Lancasters carrying the code KM-X were lost between 17th January 1942 and 28th June 1945, with the loss of a total of 55 crew. Interior message reads Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Item #12 - Click to view individual item WC0004PC. Blackburn Beverley C.Mk.1 XM108 of 84 Sqn RAF by Keith Woodcock. Interior message reads Warmest Season's Greetings Collectable Greetings Card (No envelope supplied) Front image and overall size 8.75 inches x 6 inches (22cm x 15cm)
Website Price: £ 25.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £35.40 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £10.4
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