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Spitfire

Battle of Britain Spitfire Aviation Art


Aviation Art Prints Articles and Reports Battle of Britain Aircraft Index Spitfire

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Spitfire Battle of Britain Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings

Adversaries by Ivan Berryman.


Adversaries by Ivan Berryman.
10 of 12 editions available.
5 of 6 editions featuring up to 4 additional signatures are available.
£2.70 - £500.00

Valiant Response by Robert Taylor.


Valiant Response by Robert Taylor.
2 of 4 editions available.
All 4 editions feature up to 20 additional signatures.
£215.00 - £295.00

Scramble by Gerald Coulson.


Scramble by Gerald Coulson.
4 editions.
2 of the 4 editions feature an additional signature.
£100.00 - £230.00


Return From the Fray by Richard Taylor.


Return From the Fray by Richard Taylor.
2 editions.
Both editions feature up to 4 additional signatures.
£110.00 - £175.00

A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor


A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor
3 of 4 editions available.
All 4 editions feature up to 14 additional signatures.
£210.00 - £395.00

First Light - Battle of Britain, July 1940 by Philip West.


First Light - Battle of Britain, July 1940 by Philip West.
One of 2 editions available.
Both editions feature 2 additional signatures.
£135.00


Spitfires Over Kent by Graeme Lothian. (GL)


Spitfires Over Kent by Graeme Lothian. (GL)
3 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£400.00 - £3800.00

Spitfires Over London by John Young.


Spitfires Over London by John Young.
One edition.
£10.00

Tribute to George Kemp 'Sheep' Gilroy by Ivan Berryman.


Tribute to George Kemp 'Sheep' Gilroy by Ivan Berryman.
8 editions.
£2.70 - £1100.00


Spitfires by Graeme Lothian. (P)


Spitfires by Graeme Lothian. (P)
One edition.
£230.00

Spitfires of No.54 squadron during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)


Spitfires of No.54 squadron during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)
One edition.
The edition features 2 additional signature(s).
£400.00

Return of the Heroes by Ivan Berryman.


Return of the Heroes by Ivan Berryman.
4 of 5 editions available.
The one edition featuring 2 additional signatures is available.
£2.70 - £115.00


Wing Commander Bob Doe during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)


Wing Commander Bob Doe during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£360.00

Teamwork by Geoff Lea.


Teamwork by Geoff Lea.
2 editions.
£36.00 - £50.00

Spitfire Country by Ivan Berryman.


Spitfire Country by Ivan Berryman.
9 editions.
4 of the 9 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures.
£2.70 - £3300.00


Peaceful Interlude (Spitfires) by Ivan Berryman.


Peaceful Interlude (Spitfires) by Ivan Berryman.
5 editions.
4 of the 5 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures.
£70.00 - £400.00

The Battle for Britain by Robert Taylor.


The Battle for Britain by Robert Taylor.
4 of 5 editions available.
All 5 editions feature up to 13 additional signatures.
£210.00 - £395.00

Fields of Glory by Richard Taylor.


Fields of Glory by Richard Taylor.
One of 2 editions available.
Both editions feature 3 additional signatures.
£85.00


August Victory by Simon Atack.


August Victory by Simon Atack.
2 of 3 editions available.
All 3 editions feature an additional signature.
£120.00 - £150.00

Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman.


Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman.
9 editions.
4 of the 9 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures.
£2.70 - £3200.00

Guardian of Freedom by Timothy OBrien.


Guardian of Freedom by Timothy OBrien.
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£75.00


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Adversaries by Ivan Berryman.

No one knows for certain whether the two great fighter aces Douglas Bader and Adolf Galland actually fought each other in a one-on-one combat, but it is thought highly likely that they did as the famous Tangmere Wing led by Bader regularly found itself dueling with the Bf.109s of JG.26 led by Galland. Their great rivalry came to an end in August 1941 when Bader was shot down over St Omer, but these two heroes were to become close friends after the war, each having the utmost respect for the other.


Valiant Response by Robert Taylor.

The Spitfires of 54 Squadron, quickly scrambled from nearby Hornchurch, clash with the Me109s from 1./JG51 over Kent. Below, Me110s from KPRG210 are about to receive unwelcome attention as the rest of the Spitfires hurtle down upon them and in the distance, a group of Hurricanes rip through a dense formation of Do17s from KG76 as they struggle back to France. What clouds there are will be unlikely to give much sanctuary and, for the onlookers on the ground far below, the skies will soon be filled with weaving trails of smoke and debris. For nearly a week the Luftwaffe had thrown everything they had into the attack on southern England in order to annihilate RAF Fighter Command, in preparation for Operation Sealion, the invasion of Britain. And, heavily outnumbered, the young RAF Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of Fighter Command had so far repelled them, at a cost. But on Sunday 18 August 1940, the Germans launched the heaviest formations of aircraft seen in the battle so far. This was to be a grinding day of relentless assaults on the airfields of southern England, the hardest day of the Battle of Britain.


Scramble by Gerald Coulson.

A telephone rings at a typical flight dispersal: a call from Operations sends pilots and ground crew running for aircraft ready fuelled and armed. A mechanic starts the engine of the spitfire in the foreground and it explodes into life, blasting out blue exhaust gases, the slipstream flattening the grass and kicking up dust. A young sergeant pilot with feelings a mixture of fear and excitement, runs for his machine. The painting captures the tense atmosphere of a much repeated action from these crucial events of the Battle of Britain, as Spitfires of No.66 Squadron scramble.


Return From the Fray by Richard Taylor.

They came from every corner of Britain. And mostly they were young. These fresh faced fighter pilots, joined by an ever-growing band of volunteer airmen from the British Commonwealth and those who had managed to escape from the occupied countries of Europe would, over the summer of 1940, not only hold the world's most powerful air force at bay, they would defeat it. Richard Taylor's stunning piece graphically conveys the conflicting realities of those deadly aerial encounters over southern England during 1940. As the sound of Merlin engines briefly interrupts the tranquility of a sleepy English village, its residents are determined to carry on with everyday life. In the skies overhead the bitter battle will shortly be reaching its crescendo but, for today at least, the fighting is over as Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy' Unwin, one of the Battle of Britain's top Aces, and the Spitfire pilots of 19 Squadron return from yet another encounter with Goering's much-vaunted Luftwaffe.


A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor

Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fighter aircrews flew combat throughout the six long years of World War Two. At the outbreak of war in 1939 four RAF Hurricane squadrons and two equipped with Gladiators went immediately to France where in short time New Zealander Cobber Kain became the first Allied Ace of the war. In April 1940 Hurricanes and Gladiators saw in action in Norway, when Rhodesian Caesar Hull of 263 Squadron became the second air Ace. By the fall of France the new Spitfire joined in the great air battles over the Channel as the British Expeditionary Force evacuated Dunkirk. Bob Stanford -Tuck, Douglas Bader, Peter Townsend, Sailor Malan, and many other great Aces gained their first victories, but with German forces massing on the French coast, the invasion of Britain looked imminent. Only RAF Fighter Command stood in Hitlers way. By July, the most famous of all air battles had begun. The next three months, under glorious summer skies, saw the most decisive and continual aerial fighting in history. The British victory in the Battle of Britain was to fundamentally change the course of the war and, ultimately, the course of history. But there were four and a half more years of air battles still to be fought and won -from the English Channel Front to the North African desert, from the Mediterranean to Far East Asia. It fell to Fleet Air Arm pilots to see the last air fighting for British and Commonwealth pilots, by then equipped with Seafires and American Corsairs and Hellcats, as they took part in the final assaults on the Japanese mainland. As the last embers of hostilities faded into history the centuries old doctrine of maritime supremacy had gone. Now the aircraft ruled. In his masterful painting A Time For Heroes Robert Taylor pays tribute to the World War II fighter aircrews of the RAF and Fleet Air Arm. A panoramic scene from the era of the Battle of Britain shows Mk I Spitfires of 234 Squadron, 10 Groups top scoring squadron, returning to St. Eval after intercepting heavy raids on south coast ports during the heaviest fighting, in September 1940. St. Michaels Mount, the castle built on the site of a 14th Century monastery to defend Britains shores from earlier enemies, provides a symbolic backdrop as once again a band of brothers is called upon to defend their Sceptred Isle.

Sadly, since the passing of Mahinder Pujji in September 2010, all of the great pilots who signed any of the editions of this print have now passed away.


First Light - Battle of Britain, July 1940 by Philip West.

Another busy start to the day at Biggin Hill in the summer of 1940. The Battle of Britain is at its height and 92 Squadron Spitfires with Geoffrey Wellum in G for George, depart under early morning sunlight to engage a mass of incoming enemy aircraft over the southeast coast. By the end of 1940 the Squadron was credited with having destroyed 127 German aircraft.


Spitfires Over Kent by Graeme Lothian. (GL)

Spitfires of No.92 Sqn in action over Kent during the Battle of Britain.


Spitfires Over London by John Young.

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Tribute to George Kemp 'Sheep' Gilroy by Ivan Berryman.

George Gilroy was a highly decorated World War Two pilot who acquired the nickname Sheep from his pre-war work as a shepherd. Flying with No.603 Sqn, he shared in 8 aircraft destroyed and claimed 3 victories of his own with the squadron. With No.609 Sqn he claimed another 4 victories before moving to command 324 Wing. Here, his score continued to climb and he was finally credited with 14 victories and another 14 shared with another dozen or so claimed damaged or probably destroyed. He is seen here in his No.603 Sqn Spitfire XT-N X4271 in which he claimed Me109s on the 28th and 31st August 1940. This Spitfire crashed in Wanstead after he baled out on 31st August - he was hospitalised by a crowd who mistook him for a German pilot in this incident.


Spitfires by Graeme Lothian. (P)

Three Spitfires return to their airfield after a sortie during the Battle of Britain.


Spitfires of No.54 squadron during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)

Air Commodore Alan Deere DSO DFC* and other Spitfires of No.54 squadron during the Battle of Britain, attacking He111 bombers which are being escorted across the Channel by Me109 fighters


Return of the Heroes by Ivan Berryman.

Spitfire of 610 Squadron which has been damaged during combat during the height of the Battle of Britain is shown over the white cliffs of Dover. No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force's first major combat with the Luftwaffe was on 27th May when a Heinkel bomber protected by about 40 Me110s, was engaged. The combat which followed saw the Heinkel and three Me110 fighters being shot down. Throughout August 610 Squadron was involved in bitter fighting over the Channel and Home Counties of England. During the Battle of Britain No.610 Squadron operated from Biggin Hill, Hawkinge, and, on one occasion, from Croydon. The Squadron put up a terrific show and 40 enemy aircraft were confirmed as having been destroyed by 610 Squadron during August. The loss to the Squadron was eleven pilots killed during the battle.


Wing Commander Bob Doe during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)

Wing Commander Bob Doe in his Spitfire is shown attacking Heinkel He-111s during the Battle of Britain.


Teamwork by Geoff Lea.

A solo Hurricane flies over the remains of a downed German bomber during the Battle of Britain. Also shown in the painting are the early warning radar towers which played a significant part in the detection of German aircraft and their number, helping the RAF win the Battle of Britain.


Spitfire Country by Ivan Berryman.

Spitfire of 19 Squadron shown over southern England in 1940.


Peaceful Interlude (Spitfires) by Ivan Berryman.

A pair of Spitfires on patrol over the southern counties during the Battle of Britain.


The Battle for Britain by Robert Taylor.

A Battle of Britain Spitfire from 610 Squadron takes on a Me109 from I./JG3 in a head-on attack high over the south coast port of Dover, in the late morning of 10 July 1940.


Fields of Glory by Richard Taylor.

September 1940 and they came in their hundreds, the black crosses under their wings clearly visible to those on the ground who listened in silence as the menacing drone of a thousand engines filled the clear blue summer sky. As Goering's Luftwaffe attempted to deal the killer blow to British defences, huge formations of Heinkel, Dornier and Junker bombers lumbered over sleepy English fields towards London. Surrounding them were their escorts, the formidable Messerschmitt Bf109 fighters. Diving our of the sun, 11 Group's fighter squadrons pounced, with the Spitfires going for the Bf109s while the Hurricanes fell on the slower moving bombers. Looking up on the swirling melee above, onlookers below could only watch in awe as the sky was filled with criss-cross patterns of creamy white vapour and spiralling trails of ominous, darker smoke. A parachute here and there caught the eye as the white silk drifted slowly down to the fields below. Hugely outnumbered, the men of RAF Fighter Command were supported by volunteer airmen from fifteen nations, and as more squadrons joined the fray the battle raged towards the capital until the Bf109s turned for home. The Few were finally turning the tide of the Battle of Britain.


August Victory by Simon Atack.

Simon Atack has recreated an action flown by Pilot Officer Bob Doe during a fierce battle over the south coast, near the Isle of Wight on 18th August, 1940. Flying a Mk I Spitfire of No 234 Squadron, Boe Doe is seen bringing down an Me109 High over Southampton, one of 14 Victories he achieved during the Battle of Britain. The third highest scoring fighter pilot of the battle, 20 year old Bob Doe was one of the few Aces to fly both Spitfires and Hurricanes during the battle. Simon captures the very essence of the most tumultous of all aerial conflicts in his dramatic painting, August Victory, with Bob flying his trusted Spitfire, D for Doe.


Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman.

On the afternoon of 5th September 1940, Spitfires of 41 Sqn intercepted a large formation of Heinkel 111 bombers and their escorts over the Thames estuary, en route for London. Flying N3162 as Red 2, Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock attacked the bombers head on as they began to turn north. In a fraught combat, Lock was to destroy two He.111s and a Bf.109 on that single mission, setting him on course to become the highest scoring ace in the RAF during the Battle of Britain with sixteen confirmed victories and one shared. His final total at the end of the war was twenty six kills confirmed and eight probables.


Guardian of Freedom by Timothy OBrien.

A lone Spitfire of 266 Squadron is shown above the sunlit haze of London and the Thames, during the Battle of Britian. 266 Squadron was reformed on 30th October 1939 at RAF Sutton Bridge as a fighter squadron. The squadron was one of the Rhodesian gift squadrons and was named 266 (Rhodesia) Squadron in honour of the gift. Originally it was equipped with the Fairey Battle light bomber, but soon after in January 1940 it received the Supermarine Spitfire and became a fighter squadron. It was in action over Dunkirk in early June and fought in the Battle of Britain.



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