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Full Signature Directory : Currently 2016 Different Signatures!
 
 

Signatures of pilots and aircrews are very collectable items on artwork, often adding considerable additional value to a print.  We have worked extensively to bring our customers the most complete, accurate and up to date database of these signatures on artwork available anywhere on the internet.  On other sites selling aviation art, you will find that information on signatures is patchy, and seemingly added as an afterthought.  We listened to our customers, and they wanted more information on the pilots that were signing the artwork.  

We have provided a network of interconnected databases showing pilot signatures, aces, squadrons, aircraft and victories.  Each print displayed on our website gives you the exact information of who has signed that particular edition, and gives you a link to a profile page on that signature.  Each profile page gives as much historical information as we have available for a signature - photo, text, aircraft flown, medals, victories, squadrons served in - and also a complete list of all prints signed by that person in our database.

In addition, each squadron page, for example, shows similar information - historical text, aircraft flown and any of  the signatures who flew with the squadron - again all linked together in one massive chain of useful data.  We spent a great deal of effort making these pages available because it is what our customers wanted to see.  We think you'll agree with our assertion that it is the best source of information on aviation art signatures on the web. 

 

Some notable signatures from our database of over 1800

A wartime photo of John Freeborn in uniform.

John Freeborn

Ace with 13.5 victories

A smiling Bud Anderson, his aviator goggles tight around his flight cap.

Bud Anderson

Ace with 16.25 victories

A photo of Alex Thom in his Air Force uniform.

Alex Thom

Dieppe Hurricane pilot

A photo of Ace Gunther Rall in his distinctive German wartime uniform.

Gunther Rall

Ace with 275 victories

 

 

Focus on : German Aces

The German Aces of World War Two scored far more victories than pilots from other countries in the war.  Two pilots - Erich Hartmann and Gerhard Barkhorn - claimed over 300 victories each, the only pilots to ever do so.  We have been fortunate enough at AviationArtPrints.com to have some of the top-scoring German aces add their signature to some of our artwork.  We have featured some of these Aces below.

 

A wartime photo of General Adolf Galland in his German uniform.

Adolf Galland - 104 Victories

One of the most famous German pilots of the war, Adolf Galland flew in the Battle of Britain and later flew the Me262 jet.  Galland passed away in 1996.  More than 50 signed editions.


A photo of Erich Hartmann taken during the war.

Erich Hartmann - 352 Victories

The top scoring Ace of all time, Hartmann claimed most of his victories on the eastern front.  After the war, he was imprisoned by the Russians for many years.  He passed away in 1993.  More than 30 signed editions.


A photo of Erich Rudorffer taken in 2010 at a print signing meeting.

Erich Rudorffer - 222 Victories

Scoring 222 victories, we visited Erich Rudorffer in Germany several times in the decade before his death and had many prints signed by him.  More than 80 signed editions.


A photo of Walter Schuck in World War Two.

Walter Schuck - 106 Victories

An incredible Ace, especially noted for multiple victories in a day - scoring a record 12 victories in a 24 hour period.  More than 40 signed editions.


Focus on : Local Heroes

In the years that we have been publishing aviation art, we have always sought to tell the stories that are often rarely heard - those not considered to be historically important, but those which are tales shared through a generation of a family, or remembered by a local community.  Through this, we have met inspiring characters - pilots and airmen - whose story we have told through artwork.  Their signature adds great value to these very personal pieces of artwork.


A wartime photo of George Thomson in his uniform.

George Thomson

A Lancaster crewman whose aircraft was shot down by a night fighter - just the beginning of a story of evading capture in enemy territory.  Clicking the picture will take you to George's own account, plus the many prints he has signed.


A photo of Alex Thom in uniform at the time of World War Two.

Alex Thom

A Battle of Britain Hurricane pilot, Alex also took part in an amazing story of the raid on Dieppe - bringing his damaged Hurricane home before flying back out to Dieppe in another.


A photo taken in 2010 showing Alex Thom adding his signature some of our artwork.


 

 

 

AviationArtPrints.com has probably the largest range of aircraft art prints available anywhere in the world.  As part of the Cranston Fine Arts group we have full access to huge range of prints which are not available from any other dealer.  In addition to publishing hundreds of our own aviation art prints, in recent years we have bought over the entire back catalogue of aviation art prints of Nicolas Trudgian and Gerald Coulson from their publisher, as well as the prints of several other aviation artists.  Because of this, we can offer you these now very sought after aviation art prints with great discounts. 

What makes AviationArtPrints.com different to other online aviation art sellers?

We take pride in commissioning a number of aviation artists to produce new original paintings on a regular basis.  While other websites offer some of the same prints we stock, many do not commission any original artwork of their own, and are in effect drop-shipping the products as middlemen.  We have supported the production of original artwork for over 25 years.

At AviationArtPrints.com, a large percentage of our stock is not available anywhere else.  Not only is this due to us publishing our own prints from the art we commission, but also due to our buying power, which has allowed us to buy up thousands of prints from other publishers and artists.  Most notably of our recent acquisitions was the entire collection of Nicolas Trudgian prints, which now almost invariably can no longer be found anywhere else.  

We are also committed to exploring new areas of aviation art - we don't just do Spitfires and Lancasters!  While 'classic' images are of course part of our inventory of stock, in recent years we have commissioned artwork depicting wide and varied types of aircraft, from early WW1 aircraft like the Otto Pusher to post-war test planes like the TSR-2.  In fact, at the time of writing, there are over 370 different aircraft types in our art database, with 8500 products in our massive online shop. 

As you browse our site, we think you will agree we have the largest selection of aviation artwork online.  We have made our website extremely easy to browse, with easy to use menus to find any aircraft, squadron or aviation artist, and we have even integrated our signature database of over 2000 pilots and aircrew into our menus.  In our experience, you will rarely find anything other than a mention of who has signed a print on other websites.  We have collated all the information we can gather about the signatures on each print and provided this as part of our website - you can click a name and be taken to a list of all the artwork they have signed.  If you collect signatures on your artwork, or just want to know more about any of the signatures on aviation art, you will not find a better resource on the internet than this website.

 

 

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