Aviation Artist Nicolas Trudgian range of Typhoon
aircraft aviation signed art prints. These pages are dedicated to the artwork of aviation
artist Nicolas Trudgian, including the full range of aviation prints
published by the Military Gallery of which Cranston Fine Arts have purchased the
last remaining prints. These include many rare items. Many of Nicolas
Trudgian prints have been signed by many of the top fighter and bomber pilots
of World War Two over the past decade and many of these great pilots are no
longer with us. This could be the last chance to own a piece of history which
will soon be no longer available except on the more expensive secondary
market.
Single 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 rocke
Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in the Allied advance through occupied Europe. Leading up to, and following the Normandy landings through to the end of hostilities, the Typhoon, flown by determined hard hitting pilots, became the scourge of the German Panzer Divisions, and wrought havoc with enemy road and rail communications. Targets along the Rhine, over one of Germanys arteries of supply and communication and last line of defence, were given special attention by the Typhoon squadrons. Barges carrying vital supplies, munition trains on railroads hugging the river bank, and the ever present movement of troops and armour toward the battlefront were constantly attacked from the air. Led by Squadron Leader B. G. Stapme Stapleton, Mk1B Typhoons of 247 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air .........
The success of Operation Bodenplatte, on January 1, 1945, was to be achieved by mass surprise attacks on British and American bases in France, Belgium and Holland. It was a battle fought at great cost to the Luftwaffe. During the battles some 300 Luftwaffe aircraft were lost. Though 200 Allied aircraft were destroyed, most on the ground, pilot losses were light. Nicolas Trudgians brilliant painting takes us right into the action above the Allied air base at Eindhoven. Me262 jets join a concentration of Me109s and Fw190s of JG-3 fighter wing, as they hurtle across the airfield in an assault that lasted 23 minutes, while Spitfires from 414 Sqn RCAF do their best to repel the attack. On the ground Typhoon fighters of 439 Sqn take a hammering.
Signed by four top Luftwaffe pilots who flew in Operation Bodenplatte. Published in 1998, this great art print sold steadily through the following 12 years and now very few are available. Due to the outstanding signatures sadly most of .........
A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944. Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the battle of Falaise Gap.
Item Code : DHM2199
Typhoon Country by Nicolas Trudgian. - Editions Available
It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falaise, the battle was to be decisive. Flying throughout a continuous onslaught, rocket-firing Typhoons kept up their attacks on the trapped armoured divisions from dawn to dusk. The effect was devastating: at the end of the ten day battle the 100,000 strong German force was decimated. Typhoons of 198 Squadron RAF, deliver their deadly rocket and cannon fire, a tank column has been brought to a standstill, their reign of terror now almost at its end.
Item Code : DHM2454
Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. - Editions Available
