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Bill Reid
| Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC (deceased) 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. |
Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC (deceased) |
| Bill Reid VC by Graeme Lothian. (P) Price : £500.00 | Lancaster LM360, piloted by Bill Reid, is raked by fire from stem to stern by a Luftwaffe Fw190 fighter. Bill Reid had already sustained injuries to his head, torso and hands from a previous attack by an Me110, but, with this rest of his crew unsca...... | |
| Incident over Mannheim by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £325.00 | On the night of 12th September 1944, Lancaster NF958 (LS-M) of No.15 Sqn was lost in the skies above Mannheim when it was attacked by the Messerschmitt Bf.110G-2 of Ofw Ludwig Schmidt of II/NGJ 6, the bomber receiving hits to the bomb bay which igni...... | |
| Clipped Signature - Bill Reid VC. Price : £70.00 | Became a pilot on Wellingtons then Lancasters in 1943, earning his Victoria Cross when his Lancaster was attacked by night-fighters. His navigator and radio operator were killed and Reid himself badly injured, but he flew on 200 miles to accurately...... | |
| Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith. (C) Price : £300.00 | DHM0290C. Under Cover of the Night by Simon Smith. ...... | |
| Lancaster Dawn by Anthony Saunders. (C) Price : £300.00 | Depicts a 103 squadron Lancaster returning from a night-time bombing mission. > ...... |
| Distant Dispersal by Graeme Lothian. (APC) Price : £300.00 | On an RAF airfield in the early evening, a squadron of Lancaster bombers of Bomber Command prepare for another bombing sortie against targets of the German war machine. A fitting tribute to all Bomber Command aircrew who flew in the Avro Lancatser....... | |
| The Shining Sword by Simon Smith. Price : £140.00 | RAF Avro Lancaster flies low over occupied Europe. ...... | |
| The Shining Sword by Simon Smith (AP) Price : £170.00 | RAF Avro Lancaster flies low over occupied Europe. ...... | |
| The Shining Sword by Simon Smith. (B) Price : £380.00 | RAF Avro Lancaster flies low over occupied Europe. ...... | |
| The Shining Sword by Simon Smith. (Y) Price : £100.00 | RAF Avro Lancaster flies low over occupied Europe. This print has some light handling damage to outer edge of border. If we sold framed prints, we would frame these up and sell them as new, the damage is so light. Instead we have reduce...... |
| Cloud Companions by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | A Lancaster has been damaged and is left far behind the main force to make its own perilous way home as best it can. Seeing the vulnerability of their friends, a Mosquito crew expose themselves to the same dangers, and throttle back to stay alongsid...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Cloud Companions by Robert Taylor (AP) SOLD OUT | A Lancaster has been damaged and is left far behind the main force to make its own perilous way home as best it can. Seeing the vulnerability of their friends, a Mosquito crew expose themselves to the same dangers, and throttle back to stay alongside...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Price : £265.00 | On the evening of 17th August 1943, a total of 596 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, spearheaded by the Pathfinder Force, set out on what called for, and what became, the most precise bombing raid of the war. Success was vital. The target was a secl...... | |
| Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | On the evening of 17th August 1943, a total of 596 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, spearheaded by the Pathfinder Force, set out on what called for, and what became, the most precise bombing raid of the war. Success was vital. The target was a secl...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | On the evening of 17th August 1943, a total of 596 aircraft of RAF Bomber Command, spearheaded by the Pathfinder Force, set out on what called for, and what became, the most precise bombing raid of the war. Success was vital. The target was a secl...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Lancaster VC by Robert Taylor SOLD OUT | A superb study of a pair of Lancaster heavy bombers as they set out on a mission over occupied Europe, painted against a powerful cloudscape. Both Bill Reid and Norman Jackson won Britains supreme award, the Victoria Cross, flying in Lancasters....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (C) SOLD OUT | Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous, even by todays electronically sophisticated standards. Throughout RAF Bomber Commands arduous six ye...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (D) SOLD OUT | Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous, even by todays electronically sophisticated standards. Throughout RAF Bomber Commands arduous six ye...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Lancaster by Frank Wootton. Price : £400.00 | Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the maiden flight of the Avro Lancaster on 9th January 1941. ...... | |
| Day Duties for the Night Workers by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | With its mission completed, the mighty Lancaster slowly rolls to a halt on the lonely dispersal point, the roar of its four pulsating Merlin engines steadily slackens, replaced by an eerie silence, broken only by the snapping cracks of cooling metal...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Towards Night's Darkness by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Sometimes it was five, every so often it might be six, occasionally it was three, but usually it was seven men who flew together as a crew with RAF Bomber Command. They formed the closest of bonds, forged through an anvil of freezing temperatures, ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Home Again England by Robert Taylor. Price : £155.00 | By April 1945 everyone, except a few die-hard fanatical Nazis, knew the war in Europe was over; the end was only a matter of time. So when Bomber Command dispatched a force of over 300 Lancaster bombers to destroy Hitler's infamous Obersalzberg ...... | |
| Home Again England by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £295.00 | By April 1945 everyone, except a few die-hard fanatical Nazis, knew the war in Europe was over; the end was only a matter of time. So when Bomber Command dispatched a force of over 300 Lancaster bombers to destroy Hitler's infamous Obersalzberg ...... | |
| Home Again England by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £225.00 | By April 1945 everyone, except a few die-hard fanatical Nazis, knew the war in Europe was over; the end was only a matter of time. So when Bomber Command dispatched a force of over 300 Lancaster bombers to destroy Hitler's infamous Obersalzberg ...... | |
| Lancasters by Keith Woodcock. (B) Price : £80.00 | Royal Air Force ground crew engineers work on the engine of a Lancaster at its squadron's airfield. A fitting tribute to the Avro Lancaster bomber of Bomber Command and all the crews that flew in and also worked on this magnificent aircraft. ...... |
| Enemy Coast Ahead by M A Kinnear. (AP) Price : £190.00 | ...... | |
| Enemy Coast Ahead by M A Kinnear (B) SOLD OUT | Avro Lancaster W4118 (ZN-Y) piloted by Wing Commander G.P. Gibson CO of 106 squadron en-route to attack Schneider Armament works at Le Creusot in 1942. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Escort for the Straggler by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | On April 25th 1945, the RAF despatched over 300 Lancasters to attack The Eagles Nest, Hitlers private mountain top castle at Berchstegaden. It was a symbolic raid, for the war was almost over, but it seemed appropriate that, after almost six years o...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dambusters by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Early Morning Arrival by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | V-RA is seen on final approach to RAF Colerne early on the morning of 6 June 1944....... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Lancaster Under Attack by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | A Lancaster of 626 Squadron takes evasive action during a raid over Osterfeld in December 1944, as a Messerschmitt Me110 G.4 night-fighter makes a pass beneath the bomber. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Last Flight Home by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | SOLD OUT. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| No Turning Back by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | A Lancaster of No. 61 Squadron, RAF, piloted by Flt. Lt. Bill Reid, under attack from a German Fw190 en route to Dusseldorf on the night of November 3rd, 1943. Already injured in a previous attack, Bill Reid was again wounded but pressed on for anot...... | |
| No Turning Back by Robert Taylor (AP) Price : £325.00 | A Lancaster of No. 61 Squadron, RAF, piloted by Flt. Lt. Bill Reid, under attack from a German Fw190 en route to Dusseldorf on the night of November 3rd, 1943. Already injured in a previous attack, Bill Reid was again wounded but pressed on for anot...... | |
| No Turning Back by Robert Taylor (B) Price : £295.00 | A Lancaster of No. 61 Squadron, RAF, piloted by Flt. Lt. Bill Reid, under attack from a German Fw190 en route to Dusseldorf on the night of November 3rd, 1943. Already injured in a previous attack, Bill Reid was again wounded but pressed on for anot...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC (deceased) |
| German Night Fighter Aviation Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £280.00 Saving : £170 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : No Turning Back by Robert Taylor. Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5/U8 by Ivan Berryman. Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman. Gunner's Moon by Ivan Berryman. | |
| RAF Lancaster Bomber Print Pack. Pack Price : £340.00 Saving : £315 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. One Hundred Up! by Simon Atack. Operation Manna by Ivan Berryman. | |
Pack 517. Pack of two RAF Lancaster aviation art prints by Robert Taylor and Graeme Lothian. Pack Price : £260.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : No Turning Back by Robert Taylor. Distant Dispersal by Graeme Lothian (B) | ||
Robert Taylor Lancaster Print Pack. Pack Price : £400.00 Saving : £235 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Duel in the Dark by Robert Taylor. | ||
Avro Lancaster Print Pack by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £330.00 Saving : £165 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Avro Lancaster B.1 by Ivan Berryman. (D) |
Lancaster Aircraft Aviation Print Pack by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £135 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Chadwick's Masterpiece by Ivan Berryman. | ||
WW2 Lancaster Bomber Prints by Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £350.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Outbound Lancaster by Gerald Coulson. (C) | ||
Pilot and Aircrew Signed Lancaster Prints by Robert Taylor and Simon Smith. Pack Price : £325.00 Saving : £250 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. The Shining Sword by Simon Smith. | ||
Aircrew Signed Avro Lancaster Prints by Robert Taylor and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £325 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Summer Harvest by Gerald Coulson. (B) | ||
WW2 Avro Lancaster Prints by Graeme Lothian and Simon Smith. Pack Price : £215.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Distant Dispersal by Graeme Lothian. (C) The Shining Sword by Simon Smith. |
Signed Lancaster Bomber Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Gunner's Moon by Ivan Berryman. (C) | ||
Crew Signed Avro Lancaster Aviation Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £170 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Nursing Her Home by Ivan Berryman. (B) | ||
Signed Avro Lancaster Bomber Aviation Art Prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £400.00 Saving : £175 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
Classic Lancaster Bomber Prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £370.00 Saving : £295 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Bomber Force by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
Crew Signed Avro Lancaster WW2 Bomber Prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £300.00 Saving : £160 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Mynarskis Lanc by Nicolas Trudgian. |
WW2 Lancaster Bomber Prints by Nicolas Trudgian and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £320.00 Saving : £225 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Target Peenemunde by Robert Taylor. Moonlight Hunter by Nicolas Trudgian. | ||
WW2 Luftwaffe Night Fighter Aviation Prints by Ivan Berryman and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £230.00 Saving : £125 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : No Turning Back by Robert Taylor. Gunner's Moon by Ivan Berryman. (C) | ||
WW2 German Night Fighter Aviation Art by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £100 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : No Turning Back by Robert Taylor. Messerschmitt Me262B-1a/U1 by Ivan Berryman. | ||
WW2 Night Aviation Combat Prints by Ivan Berryman and Robert Taylor. Pack Price : £230.00 Saving : £120 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : No Turning Back by Robert Taylor. Incident over Mannheim by Ivan Berryman. | ||
Fw190 Night Fighter Aviation Art by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £215.00 Saving : £105 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : No Turning Back by Robert Taylor. Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5/U8 by Ivan Berryman. |
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