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High Cost by Robert Taylor. - Aviation Art Prints

High Cost by Robert Taylor.


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High Cost by Robert Taylor.

The crews of Bomber Command faced one of the most daunting tasks, calling for courage sustained night after night, in conditions of desperate danger and discomfort. They did not fail us and 55,573 paid the supreme sacrifice. In his new tribute to The Many, Robert Taylors evocative painting recreates a typical scene encountered by many Royal Air Force bomber squadrons on raids over enemy occupied territory: Having already survived 30 successful operational sorties, on 9 February 1945 Lancaster PG-G of 619 Squadron has been intercepted by Luftwaffe night-fighters during a raid over Stettin Bay.


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Item Code : DHM2606High Cost by Robert Taylor. - This Edition
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PRINT RAAF limited edition of 100 prints, with 3 signatures.

Print paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm). Gampe, Norman A
Grant, John M
Hucks, Bernard T
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


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Other editions of this item : High Cost by Robert Taylor. DHM2606
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RAF limited edition of 25 artist proofs, with 5 signatures. Print paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) Austin, Tom
Britton, George
Cox, John
Hearne, Richard Basher
England, Mac
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £160
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PRINT RAF limited edition of 500 prints, with 5 signatures.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Print paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) Austin, Tom
Britton, George
Cox, John
Hearne, Richard Basher
England, Mac
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £160
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PRESENTATION Limited edition of 50 Victoria Cross proofs, with 7 signatures.

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Print paper size 27 inches x 18 inches (69cm x 46cm) Jackson, Norman (matted)
Learoyd, Roderick (matted)
Austin, Tom
Britton, George
Cox, John
Hearne, Richard Basher
England, Mac
+ Artist : Robert Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £300
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Signatures on this item
*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Flight Lieutenant John M. Grant RAAF
*Signature Value : £15

John Grant joined the RAAF in October 1942. He trained as a pilot in Australia, and then attended OUT and HCU in the UK. In October 1944 John was posted to 619 Squadron equipped with Lancasters, and based at Strubby. Grant went on to complete his tour of 30 sorties with the squadron. After this, flight Lieutenant Grant was assigned to Tiger Force, where he was to lead 619 Squadron in the planned RAF component of MacArthur's proposed invasion of Japan.
Flying Officer Bernard T. Hucks DFC RAAF
*Signature Value : £20

Bernie Hucks joined the RAAF in October 1941. He trained as a Wireless Operator in Australia, and then attended 14 OUT in the UK. In June 1943, Hucks was posted to 619 Squadron equipped with Lancasters, and based at Woodhall Spa. After completing his tour of 27 sorties, Warrant Officer Hucks was awarded the DFC for skill and fortitude against the enemy. After instructing Bernie flew one last sortie with 463 Squadron RAAF on ANZAC Day – 25th April 1945.
Flying Officer Norman A. Gampe RAAF
*Signature Value : £20

Norman Gampe joined the RAAF in September 1942. After training as a pilot in Australia, he sailed to the UK, and in the later half of 1944 attended 19 OUT, then converted to Lancasters. In January 1945, Norman was posted to 619 Squadron equipped with Lancasters, based at Strubby. On ANZAC Day-25th April 1945, Flying Officer Gampe completed his 13th and final Operational Sortie of the war with 619 Sqn when he bombed Hitler's Eagles Nest at Berchesgarden.
The Aircraft :
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LancasterThe Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992.

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