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Aviation art prints of the spitfire
fighter aircraft Spitfire MKIV by aviation artist Ivan Berryman and Barry
Price. Aviation art prints available from Cranston Fine Arts.
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Spitfire Sunset by Barry Price.
Spitfires of No.611 Sqn RAAF fly low as the sun sets. No.611 Sqn formed 10th February 1936, at RAF Hendon. Initially flew Hawker Hart aircraft then Hawker Hinds, before converting to a number of variants of Spitfires throughout the war. During the war, they were present at Dunkirk and fought in the Battle of Britain. The squadron converted to Mustangs in 1945, but disbanded in August 1945. The squadron reformed in May 1946, again with Spitfires, beforing converting to Meteor jets in May 1951. The squadron finally disbanded on 10th March 1957.
Signed limited edition of 850 prints. Image szie 16 inches x 24 inches (41cm x 61cm). Price £80.00
ITEM CODE LE0010
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The Thoroughbred by Ivan Berryman.
Allied fighters encountering Focke-Wulfs potent Fw190 were to find themselves alarmingly outclassed when first the Luftwaffes new fighter appeared in the skies above France in 1941. Even the Spitfire MkV struggled to match the Butcher Birds outstanding performance. However, the inception of the Spitfire MkIX was to rapidly redress the balance and represented, in many ways, the coming of age for this classic British fighter, final production of this mark alone totalling 5665 machines.
Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Image size 16 inches x 10 inches (41cm x 25cm). Price £70.00
Dundas Presentation Edition of 3 prints from the signed limited edition of 250 prints, supplied double mounted. Image size 16 inches x 10 inches (41cm x 25cm). Price £180.00 Features the mounted original signature of Group Captain Sir Hugh Dundas CBE DSO DFC DI (deceased).
Page Presentation Edition of 3 prints from the signed limited edition of 250 prints, supplied double matted. Image size 16 inches x 10 inches (41cm x 25cm). Price £190.00 Features the mounted original signature of Wing Commander Geoffrey Page DSO OBE DFC (deceased).
Brothers Presentation Edition of 3 prints from the signed limited edition of 250 prints, supplied double matted. Image size 16 inches x 10 inches (41cm x 25cm). Price £180.00 Features the mounted original signature of Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC* (deceased).
ITEM CODE B0023
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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.
The Thoroughbred (Spitfire) by Ivan Berryman The Spitfire IV was the final mark of this British classic fighter,
a total of 5,665 machines were built.
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