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Pilot Signed Prints : Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO,
DFC*
Learnt to fly at the age of 16 and joined the RAF two years later in 1936. He first saw action in 1940 when as a Flight Commander in 32 Squadron, based at Biggin Hill, he flew his Hurricane against the fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe. He recalls this as an intensely busy period, during which he shot down an Me109 - his first enemy aircraft; by the end of August that same year his tally of enemy aircraft shot down increased to eight. Awarded the DFC, he was transferred to 257 Squadron where he joined Bob-Stanford Tuck as a Flight Commander. Promoted in 1941 to Squadron Leader, Pete Brothers then took command of 457 Squadron RAAF, equipped with Spitfires. A year later when 457 Squadron returned to Australia, Pete took command of 602 Squadron. In the early autumn of 1942 he went on to become Wing Leader of the Tangmere Wing, succeeding his old friend, Douglas Bader. By the end of the war Pete Brothers had amassed 875 operational hours over a 44-month period. He was credited with having personally shot down 16 enemy aircraft and damaged many more. He later went on to command 57 Squadron during the Malaya campaign. Upon return to the UK Pete Brothers joined the V-Force, flying Valiant-4 jet bombers. He retired in 1973.
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| Combat Over Normandy by Graeme Lothian. Spitfires of R.C.A.F 144 Wing led by Wing Commander Johnson in combat with ME109s of JG3 over Arromanches, France June 1944. Limited edition of 850 prints. Image size 28 inches x 17 inches (71cm x 43cm). Price £105.00 Signed by Johnnie Johnson, Pete Brothers and Geoffrey Page. ITEM CODE DHM0869 |
| Summer of 44 by Nicolas Trudgian. As the Allied invasion of northern France drew nearer, the entire length of southern England had seemingly become one huge army camp. While the local population went about its daily business as best it could, British and American troops massed at every point near the coast in readiness for the imminent crossing of the Channel. Though the RAF fighters of 10 Group were tasked in the Air Defense role, like all RAF squadrons that could be spared, they became involved with the softening up process, a pre-requisite of any large scale landing on enemy occupied territory. Under the leadership of Wing Commander Peter Brothers, 10 Groups Spitfire Wing based at Culmhead was heavily involved flying shipping patrols over the beachhead and Rhubarbs - low-level strikes of opportunity - disrupting enemy movements and communications.Nicolas Trudgians comprehensive painting Summer of 44 recreates with such realism a scene in southwest England just a few days before the Normandy landings in June 1944. Mark IX Spitfires of No. 126 Squadron, returning from combat over France, sweeps low over the local branch line railway station on their way back to Culmhead. Below, as the GWR Prairie tank engine pulls out of the station, American troops are assembling their equipment in readiness for the impending invasion. Adding great atmosphere to his composition, Nick has painted a classically peaceful English landscape, highlighting the unique contrast between war and peace that pervaded Britain during that summer of 44. Signed limited edition of 450 prints. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 80 artist proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £190.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson, in addition to the artist.
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 27 inches x 21 inches (69cm x 53cm). Price £185.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers and Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson, in addition to the artist. ITEM CODE DHM2034 |
| Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian. Frustrated by the absence of Luftwaffe aircraft over the Normandy beaches on D-Day, Allied fighter pilots were spoiling for a fight. When a dozen Ju88s appeared over Gold Beach on the following morning, June 7, 1944, the patrolling Spitfires of 401 Squadron wasted no time in getting into the fray. At just after 0800 hours twelve Junkers Ju88s appeared out of the 2000ft. cloud base, intent on making a diving attack on the heavily populated beachhead. Wheeling their Spitfires into the on-coming attack, Squadron Leader Cameron, C.O. of 401 Squadron, called his pilots to pick their own targets, and all hell broke loose. In the ensuing dogfight 401 Squadrons Canadian pilots destroyed no fewer than six of the Ju88s, and the attack on the beach was averted. Nicolas Trudgian recreates the scene as Flying Officer Arthur Bishop, son of WWI Ace Billy Bishop, brings down one of the Ju88s that day. With its starboard engine on fire, and its hydraulics shot away, the doomed Luftwaffe fighter-bomber begins its ultimate uncontrollable roll. F/O Arthur Bishop hurtles past the stricken bomber, Nicks superb study showing every detail of his Mk IX Spitfire. Below the pockmarked landscape and beachhead is packed with detail and activity: No fewer than fifty vehicles of all description can be counted, with as many ships and landing craft offshore. Some thirty aircraft are visible in the sky. A massively comprehensive image that will keep collectors endlessly absorbed in a wholly realistic atmosphere, created by a hugely talented and highly respected aviation artist.
Limited edition of 400 prints. Print size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £140.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £260.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist.
Limited edition of 250 prints. Supplied with companion print Prints size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £290.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
Limited edition of 25 portfolio edition artist proofs, supplied with companion print. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £350.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant and Wing Commander Tom Neil, in addition ot the artist. Companion print Patrolling the Beach signed by Flying Officer Arthur Bishop RCAF.
Signed limited edition of 60 artists special reserve prints, signed by the artist only. Paper size 34 inches x 24 inches (86cm x 64cm). Price £105.00 ITEM CODE DHM2037 |
| Front Line Hurricanes by Robert Taylor. Based at a temporary formed airfield at Lille Marc, Hurricanes of No. 87 Squadron - showing the strains of battle - taxi in from a skirmish during heavy fighting in the Battle of France, May 1940. Signed limited edition of 800 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Wing Commander Roland Bee Beamont CBE DSO DFC DL, Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Group Captain Frank Carey, Group Captain Dennis David CBE DFC AFC, Squadron Leader John Gibson and Squadron Leader Kenneth Lee.
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £325.00 Signed by Wing Commander Roland Bee Beamont CBE DSO DFC DL, Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Group Captain Frank Carey, Group Captain Dennis David CBE DFC AFC, Squadron Leader John Gibson and Squadron Leader Kenneth Lee. ITEM CODE DHM2149 |
| Glorious Summer by Robert Taylor Image shows nearest, young Pilot Officer Geoffrey Page, later to become one of the RAFs most highly decorated fighter aces, powers his Mk I Hurricane over the country lane at the edge of the airfield, as he and his fellow No 56 Squadron pilots make their third scramble of the day. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant DSO DFC, Group Captain Dennis David CBE DFC AFC, Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC, Wing Commander Paul Farnes DFM and Wing Commander Gordon Sinclair OBE DFC
Limited edition of artist proofs. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £ Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant DSO DFC, Group Captain Dennis David CBE DFC AFC, Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC, Wing Commander Paul Farnes DFM and Wing Commander Gordon Sinclair OBE DFC
Limited edition of 250 Millennium Proof Edition Prints. Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm). Price £495.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Wing Commander Christopher Bunny Currant DSO DFC, Group Captain Dennis David CBE DFC AFC, Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC, Wing Commander Paul Farnes DFM, Wing Commander Gordon Sinclair OBE DFC, Air Commodore Cyril Brown CBE AFC AE, Air Vice Marshal Edward Crew CB DSO DFC, Group Captain John Cunningham CBE DSO DFC AE DL FRAeS, Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC*, Wing Commander Bob Foster DFC, Warrant Officer Peter Fox, Flight Lieutenant Peter Hairs MBE, Squadron Leader Percy Morfill DFM, Group Captian Alan Murray DFC, Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC* AFC, Wing Commander Peter Parrott DFC AFC, Group Captain John Peel DFC DSO, Squadron Leader Arthur Bill Pond AFC, Squadron Leader Christopher Riddle and Captain Tommy Thompson DFC JP BOAC/BA. ITEM CODE DHM2464 |
| Back from Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. Like the Messerschmitt 109, its great adversary throughout almost six years of aerial combat, the Spitfire was a fighter par excellence. Good as many other types may have been, these two aircraft became symbols of the two opposing air forces they represented. Their confrontation, which began in 1940 during the Battle of Britain, continued without interruption until the last days of World War Two. From an air force teetering on extinction in the dark days of 1940, by the summer of 1944 the pilots of RAF Fighter Command had fought their way back to become top dogs. And when the invasion of northern France came, they swept over the beaches in force, cutting deep into enemy occupied territory, hammering the enemy in the air and on the ground. Key to this air superiority was the supreme performance of the Spitfire, its ability to out-fly the Luftwaffes best, and the wily leadership of the pilots who had survived the early air battles of the war. Among the best was 26 year old Pete Brothers, by 1944 a highly successful and experienced fighter pilot commanding his own Wing. Having fought through the battles of France and Britain, now with a clutch of air victories to his credit, in 1944 he took command of first the Exeter Wing, and then the Culinhead Wing, ideally placed to support the coming invasion of Normandy. Nick Trudgians striking painting recreates a typical scene as Mk IX Spitfires of 126 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Pete Brothers flying his Mk V11 Spitfire wearing high altitude paint scheme, race back to base at RAF Culinhead after a low-level attack on enemy transport in Normandy. The Culinhead Spitfire Wing flew constant armed Rhubarb attacks in support of the invasion from D-Day - June 6 1944 - till the first improvised strips were established in France a few weeks following the invasion. This beautiful aviation print, contrasting the frenetic pace of war with a restful English coastal landscape, evokes the memory of a legendary fighter aircraft that, flown by gallant pilots, helped change the course of history. Prints are signed by Pete Brothers and two other pilots who flew Spitfires in combat during World War II. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £160.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS and Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM.
Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £200.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS and Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM.
Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. Paper size 30 inches x 23 inches (76cm x 58cm). Price £195.00 Signed by Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS and Squadron Leader Arthur Leigh DFC, DFM. ITEM CODE DHM2659 |
| Normandy Veterans Association 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Print by Michael Turner. Official limited edition print of the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy Veterans Association. The Eastern Flank of the D-Day battlefield, 1300 hours, June 6th 1944. No single picture could possibly encompass the actions of all British forces on D-Day, let alone the Allies overall, whise front stretched 60 miles along the Normandy coastline. The eastern flank of the D-Day battlefield has been chosen to symbolise the achievements of British forces on June 6th 1944 because no other part of the invasion front illustrates better the combined efforts of all three services. Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Paper size 29 inches x 23 inches (74cm x 58cm). Price £176.00 Signed by Group Captain J B Tait DSO*** DFC* ADC, Colonel Pierre Clostermann CDLL L&H MM CdeG DFC*, Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC*, Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS, Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC, Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC*, Wing Commander Jack Rose CMG MBE DFC, Flying Officer Leslie Valentine CdeG, Colonel Terence Otway DSO LdH, Colonel David J Wood MBE, Staff Sergeant Peter B Boyle, Captain Richard Todd OBE, Madame Arlette Gondree-Pritchett, Rear-Admiral E Gueritz CB OBE DSC*, Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi GCB, Commander Mike Crosley DSC* Royal Navy, Able Seaman LC/SIG Robert Gale DSM, The Rt Hon Lord Carrington KG GCMG CH MC PC, The Rt Hon Lord Deedes KBE MC PC DL, Major-General P L de C Martin CBE, Major Sir Hereward Wake Bart MC DL, Field Marshal Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC, Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs GCB CBE DSO MC and 1er Maitre Leon Gautier LdH MM CdeG MDLR. ITEM CODE LI0030 |
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