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The classic Supermarine Spitfire of the Royal Air Force shown in aviation art prints by Gerald Coulson available from the aviation art prints company. Spitfires during the battle of Britain including Scramble, The Magic of Flight, Troubleshooters and Johnny Comes Home.

Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson.

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Signed limited edition of 350 prints.  Free £125.00
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.  Free £195.00

Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson.

With its sleek, graceful design, instantly recognisable by its thin, aerodynamically advanced elliptical wings, the Supermarine Spitfire was the creation of R. J. Mitchell, an aeronautical creative genius. His fighter was to become not only the most important Allied aircraft of World War II, but the most famous British fighter in history. Mitchells design for the Spitfire was so fine that everyone who ever saw it, flew it, or fought in it was captivated for eternity. When American Eagle Squadron ace Jim Goodson transferred from Spitfires to fly his 4th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt, he said it was like moving from a sports car to a truck. I fell in love with her the moment I was introduced. I was captivated by her sheer beauty; she was slimly built with a beautifully proportioned body and graceful curves just where they sohuld be; so said Lord Balfour, Britains under Secreatry of State for War in 1938, not of his wife but of the Spitfire. A sentiment echoed by generations of aviators and enthusiasts ever since. In the hands of an experienced pilot it was nearly invincible, and even legendary Luftwaffe leader Adolf Galland, when asked by Goering what he needed to overcome the RAF, replied: Give me a squadron of Spitfires!. Gerald Coulsons majestic painting captures a pair of Spitfire Mk1s at dawn high above the clouds over southern England in late 1940. An iconic tribute from the artist to the greatest fighter aircraft of all time.

Signed limited edition of 350 prints. Paper size 32.5 inches x 15 inches (83cm x 38cm). Price £125.00

Signed by Flight Lieutenant Alan Davis, Squadron Leader Gordon Henderson DFC and Flying Officer Kurt Taussig.


Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 32.5 inches x 15 inches (83cm x 38cm). Price £195.00

Signed by Flight Lieutenant Alan Davis, Squadron Leader Gordon Henderson DFC, Flying Officer Kurt Taussig, Flight Lieutenant Ken Evans DFC and Flight Lieutenant Darek Nowosielski.

ITEM CODE DHM1624

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SPQR (For the People of Rome) by Chris Collingwood. (PC)

SPQR (For the People of Rome) by Chris Collingwood. (PC)

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Troubleshooters by Gerald Coulson.

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Troubleshooters by Gerald Coulson.

Open edition print. Image size 24 inches x 12 inches (61cm x 31cm). Price £34.00

ITEM CODE GC0772

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Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (PC)

Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (PC)

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Flight Lieutenant Rutland and Assistant Paymaster Trewin Locate the German Fleet at Jutland, 31st May, 1916 by Ivan Berryman.

Flight Lieutenant Rutland and Assistant Paymaster Trewin Locate the German Fleet at Jutland, 31st May, 1916 by Ivan Berryman.

Item Price : £75

Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson.

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Signed limited edition of 850 prints. £180.00

Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson.

During the early part of World War II the coastline of Britain was constantly under threat, particularly the busy shipping lanes of the North Sea. As well as carrying out bombing raids on strategic coastal targets and ports such as Luftflotte 5s attack on the north-east in August 1940, allied shipping was regularly attacked at sea as the Luftwaffe tried to disrupt supplies. The RAF played a vital part in protecting these supplies, escorting fishing fleets and shipping convoys, as well as long range patrols over the sea, seeking enemy activity and intercepting high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. These patrols were often long and arduous with pilots running the gauntlet of, if shot down, ditching into the sea. Often pilots would survive being hit and baling out, only to succumb to the freezing and hostile waters of the North Sea. Often fighter squadrons being rested during the Battle of Britain, would be moved to northern locations such as Acklington and Leconfield, and carry out coastal and sea patrols before returning to the more intense fighting in the south. Flying over the Humber Estuary as the sun is setting, pilots of 610 Sqn return their MKII Spitfires to Leconfield after a convoy patrol late in 1940.

Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £180.00

Signed by Group Captain Desmond Sheen DFC*, Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp DFC AFC, Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC, Group Captain Tom Dalton Morgan DSO, DFC*, OBE, Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC, Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM and Wing Commander Harbourne Stephen CBE, DSO, DFC.

ITEM CODE GC0101

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The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. (AP)

The Biff Boys by Robert Taylor. (AP)

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Faster Boys - Give Them Hell! Loos, September 25th 1915 by Jason Askew.

Faster Boys - Give Them Hell! Loos, September 25th 1915 by Jason Askew.

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High Spirits 1940 by Gerald Coulson.

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High Spirits 1940 by Gerald Coulson.

Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 22 inches x 15 inches (56cm x 38cm). Price £50.00


Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £50.00

ITEM CODE LE0253

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Donald MacLaren by Ivan Berryman.

Donald MacLaren by Ivan Berryman.

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Chariots of Fire by Gerald Coulson (P)

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Chariots of Fire by Gerald Coulson (P)

Chariots of Fire depicts Spitfires of 610 squadron (County of Chester) engaging Messerschmitts 190E of the Luftwaffe over the South Coast of England, August 1940.

Original painting by Gerald Coulson. . Price £

ITEM CODE GC0474

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Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (PC)

Thermopylae 480BC, Spartan and Thespaian Hoplites. By Chris Collingwood. (PC)

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Rhapsody in Blue by Gerald Coulson

Supplied with companion print Mitchells Masterpiece.

Signed limited edition of 70 Anniversary Edition prints. Paper size 27 inches x 24 inches (69cm x 61cm). Price £295.00

Signed by Chief Test Pilot Alex Henshaw.


Limited edition of 10 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 24 inches (69cm x 61cm). Price £395.00

Signed by Chief Test Pilot Alex Henshaw, Flight Lieutenant Richard L Jones, Wing Commander Jack Rose CMG MBE DFC and Wing Commander George W Swanwick.

ITEM CODE DHM2617

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Donald MacLaren by Ivan Berryman.

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Scramble by Gerald Coulson.

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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 over fifty years ago.

Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 27 inches x 20 inches (69cm x 51cm). Price £150.00

ITEM CODE GC0189

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Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)

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First Light by Gerald Coulson.

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Signed limited edition of 300 prints.  Free £135.00

First Light by Gerald Coulson.

In Gerald Coulsons fine study First Light, Mk Vb Spitfires of 92 Squadron climb out of Biggin Hill at the outset of an early morning patrol on a cold winters morning in February 1941. Leaving the mist behind as the first beams of light streak across the heavens, they will turn to the east and steel themselves to meet the enemy, high in the dawn sky.

Signed limited edition of 300 prints. Print paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £135.00

Signatories: Sqn Ldr Geoffrey Wellum DFC; Sqn Ldr Neville Duke DSO OBE DFC.

ITEM CODE DHM2588

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From Dawn to Dusk by Philip West.

From Dawn to Dusk by Philip West.

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Channel Dash Heroes by Philip West.

Channel Dash Heroes by Philip West.

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In the Sunlit Silence by Gerald Coulson.

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In the Sunlit Silence by Gerald Coulson.

Spitfire Mk1As of 92 Squadron.

Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £14.00

ITEM CODE GC0235

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Cameron Highlanders Capture a German Force on the Yser by Jason Askew.

Cameron Highlanders Capture a German Force on the Yser by Jason Askew.

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SPQR (For the People of Rome) by Chris Collingwood. (PC)

SPQR (For the People of Rome) by Chris Collingwood. (PC)

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Battle of Britain by Gerald Coulson.

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Battle of Britain by Gerald Coulson.

A surprise dive bombing attack at 12.45pm as Spitfires of 65 squadron were taking off. 148 bombs were dropped on the airfield and hangars. The entire squadron got airborne with one exception, its engine was stopped by the blast from one of the bombs.

Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) . Price £200.00

Signed by E D Glaser.

ITEM CODE GC0544

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Arctic Hunters by Richard Taylor.

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Nine O Nine by Philip West.

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Johnny Comes Home by Gerald Coulson.

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Johnny Comes Home by Gerald Coulson.

Johnnie Johnson, the RAFs highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War II flies his Spitfire F MkIXE back to base in Kenley.

Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm) . Price £18.00

ITEM CODE GC0374

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Dambusters by Anthony Saunders.

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Evening Flight by Gerald Coulson.

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Evening Flight by Gerald Coulson.

Open edition print. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £14.00

ITEM CODE GC0408

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En-Route by Anthony Saunders.

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SPQR (For the People of Rome) by Chris Collingwood. (PC)

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Quartet by Gerald Coulson.

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Signed limited edition of 850 prints. £50.00

Quartet by Gerald Coulson.

Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £50.00

ITEM CODE LE0261

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Kapitanleutnant zur See Friedrich Christiansen by Ivan Berryman.

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Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)

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Spitfire Magic by Gerald Coulson.

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Spitfire Magic by Gerald Coulson.

Open edition print. Image size 28 inches x 14 inches (71cm x 36cm). Price £34.00

ITEM CODE GC0654

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Flight Lieutenant Rutland and Assistant Paymaster Trewin Locate the German Fleet at Jutland, 31st May, 1916 by Ivan Berryman.

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Gerald Coulson has been painting professionally for over 30 years.  the Fine Art Guild have placed him among the top ten best selling UK artists no less than 15 times in 12 years - 3 times at No. 1.  Coulson's first love was aircraft, studying them and drawing them at every opportunity, from an early age.  His apprenticeship as an aircraft engineer  then as an RAF Technician and later an engineer with British Airways, have allowed him an insight and intimate knowledge of the aircraft he paints.  Now a Vice President, he is a founder member of the Guild of Aviation Artists and four times winner of the Flight International Trophy for outstanding aviation painting.  He qualified for his pilots licence in 1960 and is still actively flying today - mostly vintage aircraft and can often be seen buzzing over the Fens of Cambridgeshire in a Tiger Moth.  Whatever the subject, whether aviation, landscape or portrait, his ability to capture the realism and mood of the scene is unsurpassed, making him one of the most collected and highly regarded artists in the world today

Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV.  Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to  1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MK's V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs.

Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI.  The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service.  To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine.  The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires.  By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires.  The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced.  The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954.

Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson  Flying over the Humber Estuary as the sun is setting, pilots of 610 Sqn return their MKII Spitfires to Leconfield after a convoy patrol late in 1940.   Print is signed by Group Captain Desmond Sheen, Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp, Squadron LEader Neville Duke, Group Captain Tom Dalton-Morgan, Squadron LEader B G Stapme Stapleton, Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Squadron Leader A C Leigh and Wing Commander H M Stephen.

During the early part of WWII the coastline of Britain was constantly under threat, particularly the busy shipping lanes of the North Sea. As well as carrying out bombing raids on strategic coastal targets and ports such as Luftflotte 5's attack on the north-east in August 1940, allied shipping was regularly attacked at sea as the Luftwaffe tried to disrupt supplies.  The RAF played a vital part in protecting these supplies, escorting fishing fleets and shipping convoys, as well as long range patrols over the sea, seeking enemy activity and intercepting high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. These patrols were often long and arduous with pilots running the gauntlet of, if shot down, ditching into the sea. Often pilots would survive being hit and baling out, only to succumb to the freezing and hostile waters of the North Sea.  Often fighter squadrons being rested during the Battle of Britain, would be moved to northern locations such as Acklington and Leconfield, and carry out coastal and sea patrols before returning to the more intense fighting in the south.

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 our 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 over fifty years ago.

Battle of Britain by Gerald Coulson   60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, Manston, 12th August 1940   A surprise dive bombing attack at 12.45pm as spitfires of 65 squadron were taking off. 148 bombs were dropped on the airfield and hangars. The entire squadron got airborne with one exception, its engine was stopped by the blast from one of the bombs.   Signed by artist and Sqn Ldr E D Glaser.

 

 

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