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Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (C) - Aviation Art Prints

Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (C)


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Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (C)

Here, in the brightening morning sky, Typhoons are prepared for the first sortie of the day. One has already fired up its big, powerful engine, blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust, ground crew hover, ready to remove chocks prior to taxi and take-off. A second is readied, while the remainder of the squadron, widely dispersed around the temporary field, are about to set about their deadly missions of the day.


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AMAZING VALUE! - The value of the signatures on this item is in excess of the price of the print itself!
Item Code : DHM2276CNormandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (C) - This Edition
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PRINT Limited edition of 25 remarques.

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Image size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm) Hodges, Jack
Wheeler, Frank
Oram, Douglas
Kyle, James
Crane, Roy
Atkinson, John
Stark, L F W
+ Artist : Gerald Coulson


Signature(s) value alone : £305
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Other editions of this item : Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson.DHM2276
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PRINTLimited edition of 300 prints, with three signatures. Image size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm) Wheeler, Frank
Oram, Douglas
Kyle, James
+ Artist : Gerald Coulson


Signature(s) value alone : £130
£40 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £160.00VIEW EDITION...
ARTIST
PROOF
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with seven signatures.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Image size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm) Hodges, Jack
Wheeler, Frank
Oram, Douglas
Kyle, James
Crane, Roy
Atkinson, John
Stark, L F W
+ Artist : Gerald Coulson


Signature(s) value alone : £305
£60 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £240.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINTBattle of Normandy edition of 200 prints, with seven signatures.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Image size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm) Hodges, Jack
Wheeler, Frank
Oram, Douglas
Kyle, James
Crane, Roy
Atkinson, John
Stark, L F W
+ Artist : Gerald Coulson


Signature(s) value alone : £305
£30 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £250.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINT
(BORDER
DAMAGE)
Limited edition of 300 prints, with three signatures. Image size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm) Wheeler, Frank
Oram, Douglas
Kyle, James
+ Artist : Gerald Coulson


Signature(s) value alone : £130
£90 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £130.00VIEW EDITION...
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Extra Details : Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (C)
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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 James Kyle DFM

Flight Lieutenant James Kyle DFM
*Signature Value : £45

James Kyle joined the RAF in 1941 and trained as a pilot in Dallas, Texas, before returning home to become a member of 197 Typhoon Fighter Squadron at Drem upon its formation. In March 1943 the Squadron moved to Tangmere, and he became one of a precious few survivors of a full tour of operations, being awarded the DFM in 1944. He was demobilised in 1947 as a flight commander with 80 Tempest Fighter Squadron in Germany. He spent some years away from the service but the urge to fly never left and he rejoined the RAF in 1951 and became a Qualified Flying Instructor. He retired in 1974 after 30 years service.


The signature of Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)

Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)
*Signature Value : £45

Joining the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1940, Roy Crane was the deferred for nine months before call-up and flying training in the UK and Canada, receiving his Wings and Commission in December 1942. After operational training on Hurricanes, he joined 182 Typhoon Squadron in August 1943. Sorties included dive bombing and fighter escort duties. Transferred to 181 Squadron in April 1944 where worties with cannon and rockets included V1 and V2 sites as well as gun positions, petrol dumps, trains and marshalling yards, etc, in preparation for the invasion. In May this intensified with attacks on heavily defended radar sites along the French coast and shipping strikes. With the invasion a success, 181 Squadron was in the forefront of the Typhoons squadrons attacks on the German ground forces in Normandy, operating from forward airfields in France. On 2nd August 1944 his aircraft was hit by flak at low level and he became a POW. He had completed 71 operational sorties -- Whilst attacking tanks and motorised transport with rockets and cannon in the area of Falaise on 2nd August 1944, my aircraft was twice hit by 40mm flak at low level. I baled out and landed in a very hostile Waffen SS camp, lucky to be quickly rescued by two of the nearby German Air Force gun crew that had shot me down. Later that evening I was taken in an open German staff car by the Oberfeldwebel from the gun crew, a driver and an armed motorcycle escort in the direction of Falaise. We had only travelled a short distance, when about to pass a column of German tanks, they were attacked by six Typhoons firing rockets and cannon. They came round again and again, leaving terrible carnage. This was an ordeal that has to be experienced to be truly appreciated. They finally got me out of the Falaise pocket to Alencon, after which I was eventually taken after intensive interrogation at Oberursal, to Stalag Luft III at Sagan.
Flight Lieutenant Sir John Atkinson KCB DFC
*Signature Value : £35

John Atkinson joined the RAF from Oxford University in 1938 and completed his pilot training in England. His first operational posting was in 1940 to 234 Squadron at St Eval, Cornwall, flying Spitfires, before moving on to 609 Squadron at Warwell, Dorchester. In 1942 he converted to Typhoons with 609 Squadron at Duxford, and from there to Biggin Hill and Manston, launching fighter operations over France. When his tour of operations ended in 1943 he was awarded the DFC and went on to become a Flying Instructor until the war was over. Released from the RAF in 1945, he went on to have a successful career in the civil service, and was knighted in 1979.
The signature of Flying Officer Frank Wheeler DFC (deceased)

Flying Officer Frank Wheeler DFC (deceased)
*Signature Value : £40

Frank Wheeler joined the RAF in 1941, training in England as a pilot after which he completed a period of instructing. In January 1944 he was posted to join 174 Typhoon Fighter Squadron at Westhampnett, his first operation being as an escort to the Mosquitos taking part in Operation Jericho, the Amiens Jailbreak. He stayed with 174 Squadron for the remainder of the War, serving throughout occupied Europe, and in 1945, at the end of his tour of operations, he was awarded the DFC. We have learned that Frank Wheeler sadly passed away in early 2013.


The signature of Squadron Leader L F W Stark DFC* AFC C de G (Belg) (deceased)

Squadron Leader L F W Stark DFC* AFC C de G (Belg) (deceased)
*Signature Value : £55

Lawrence W F Stark was born on 16th November 1920 in Bolton, Lancashire and was educated at Bolton School and then The Lancashire and Manchester Technical College. Pinkie Stark joined the RAF in 1941 and trained to be a pilot in Canada. On his return to England he spent some time flying Avro Ansons and Boulton Paul Defiants before being sent to a Typhoon OTU and and to 182 Squadron, then posted on operations the 10th January 1943 to 609 Typhoon Fighter Squadron, based at Manston. The squadron had been tasked to counter the hit and run attacks over South-East England by Fw190s. On 12 March 1943 Lawrence W F Stark had his first victory when he downed a Fw190 over Dunkirk. He shot down two Ju88 bombers over France, one in October and the other on 2 November 1943. He flew so low when claiming the first of these Ju88s that he clipped the top of some trees, returning to base with branches in the now misshapen nose of his Typhoon. On 4th January 1944 he shared in the destruction of a Dornier Do217, he also shot down a Caudron Goeland transport and another Fw 190, with 5½ victories and another aircraft destroyed on the ground he qualified as an Ace. He served on with 609 Squadron throughout occupied Europe, eventually taking over as the Squadron Commander and, awarded the DFC, became an Ace as one of the most successful Typhoon pilots in aerial combat. In February 1944 he moved to 263 Typhoon Fighter Squadron as a flight commander, to carry out ground-attack operations, still with the Typhoon. He flew sorties in support of the D-Day landing attacking ground targets in Northern France but in July 1944 he was shot down in Brittany. With the help of the French resistance he evaded capture and returned to England in a motor boat. Stark later returned to 609 Squadron as commanding officer to continue the ground-attack work. Stark continued flying in the RAF and gained a Bar to his DFC. In 1947 he completed the Empire Test Course and was posted to Boscombe Down as a test pilot, in particular with the Blind Landing Experimental Unit performing automatic landing trials. He was awarded the AFC and C de G (Belg). He retired from the RAF in 1963 and later became manager of Rochester Airport.. Sadly Squadron Leader Stark passed away on the 1st of August 2004.
The signature of Warrant Officer Douglas Oram

Warrant Officer Douglas Oram
*Signature Value : £45

Doug Oram joined the RAF in 1942 and went out to America to train as a pilot. In 1944 he joined 174 Typhoon Fighter Squadron at Westhampnett, and spent a year on operations serving throughout occupied Europe. In 1945 he became a Flying Instructor and left the RAF in 1946. However he rejoined in 1947 and stayed in the service until retirement in 1967.
The signature of Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC

Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC
*Signature Value : £40

Jack Hodges joined the RAF in late 1940, and after completing his pilot training in Canada he returned to England and was then briefly sent to a Photo Reconnaissance Unit flying Spitfires. He moved to a OTU in Annan, Scotland on Hurricanes before finally moving to a holding unit in Redhill, flying Typhoons. In 1944 he was posted to join 175 Squadron. Shortly after this he moved to 174 Squadron at Westhampnett. He served on operations throughout occupied Europe until the end of the war, being awarded the DFC in 1945 for successfully leading a group of Typhoons against a German Armoured Division.
The Aircraft :
NameInfo
TyphoonSingle engine fighter with a maximum speed of 412 mph at 19,000 feet and a ceiling of 35,200 feet. range 510 miles. The Typhoon was armed with twelve browning .303inch machine guns in the wings (MK1A) Four 20mm Hispano cannon in wings (MK!B) Two 1000ilb bombs or eight 3-inch rockets under wings. The first proto type flew in February 1940, but due to production problems the first production model flew in May 1941. with The Royal Air Force receiving their first aircraft in September 1941. Due to accidents due to engine problems (Sabre engine) The Hawker Typhoon started front line service in December 1941.The Hawker Typhoon started life in the role of interceptor around the cost of England but soon found its real role as a ground attack aircraft. especially with its 20mm cannon and rockets. This role was proved during the Normandy landings and the period after. The total number of Hawker typhoons built was 3,330.

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Gerald Coulson



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