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Atlantic Patrol by Keith Woodcock.


Atlantic Patrol by Keith Woodcock.
2 editions.
Both editions feature an additional signature.
£60.00 - £85.00

North Atlantic Companions by Ivan Berryman.


North Atlantic Companions by Ivan Berryman.
8 editions.
£2.70 - £2500.00

Yangtse Incident by Timothy OBrien.


Yangtse Incident by Timothy OBrien.
3 editions.
2 of the 3 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures.
£18.00 - £110.00


Short Sunderland Mk.5 ML778 NS-Z by G Henderson.


Short Sunderland Mk.5 ML778 NS-Z by G Henderson.
One edition.
£20.00

U-107 by Ivan Berryman.


U-107 by Ivan Berryman.
8 editions.
£2.70 - £1100.00

First Sighting by Robert Taylor.


First Sighting by Robert Taylor.
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£95.00


Short Sunderland Mk.V RN273 of 201 Sqn RAF by Keith Woodcock.


Short Sunderland Mk.V RN273 of 201 Sqn RAF by Keith Woodcock.
One edition.
£10.00

Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea.


Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea.
4 editions.
£40.00 - £1800.00

Touchdown by Ivan Berryman.


Touchdown by Ivan Berryman.
9 editions.
One edition features 4 additional signatures.
£2.70 - £600.00


War in the Atlantic by Stan Stokes.


War in the Atlantic by Stan Stokes.
3 of 6 editions available.
The one edition featuring 4 additional signatures is available.
£35.00 - £294.00

Tribute to the Crews of Coastal Command - the Sinking of U-426 by Jason Askew. (P)


Tribute to the Crews of Coastal Command - the Sinking of U-426 by Jason Askew. (P)
One edition.
The edition features 2 additional signature(s).
£580.00

Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor


Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor
One of 2 editions available.
The edition featuring 8 additional signatures is sold out.
£495.00


Guardian of the Convoy by Nicolas Trudgian.


Guardian of the Convoy by Nicolas Trudgian.
2 editions.
One edition features 4 additional signatures.
£45.00 - £170.00

The Last Sunderland by Michael Rondot.


The Last Sunderland by Michael Rondot.
One of 2 editions available.
The available edition features 2 additional signatures.
£180.00

Fat Alberts Day Off by Ivan Berryman.


Fat Alberts Day Off by Ivan Berryman.
8 of 9 editions available.
The one edition featuring 4 additional signatures is available.
£2.70 - £500.00


Constant Endeavour by Michael Rondot.


Constant Endeavour by Michael Rondot.
One of 2 editions available.
Both editions feature 3 additional signatures.
£300.00

Tireless Vigilance by Stephen Brown.

Tireless Vigilance by Stephen Brown.
3 of 4 editions available.
All 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures.
£50.00 - £150.00

Tropical Duties by Richard Taylor.

Tropical Duties by Richard Taylor.
4 of 5 editions available.
3 of 4 editions featuring up to 3 additional signatures are available.
£2.00 - £395.00


Signing Off by Keith Hill.

Signing Off by Keith Hill.
One edition.
£105.00

Sunderlands 1944 by Barry Price.


Sunderlands 1944 by Barry Price.
One edition.
£10.00

Short Sunderland - The Legendary Flying Boat.

Short Sunderland - The Legendary Flying Boat.
One edition.
£7.50


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Atlantic Patrol by Keith Woodcock.

A Short Sunderland Mark III of 201 sqn. Coastal Command above an allied convoy in the North Atlantic as it continues to search for marauding German U-Boats.


North Atlantic Companions by Ivan Berryman.

Short Sunderland Mk.1 L5798 (DA-A) of 210 Sqn, based at Pembroke, dips her wings in salute to HMS Hood as she punches through the North Atlantic swell early in 1941. By May of that year, this mighty ship would be gone, lost with all but three of her crew, a victim of the might of the German Navy at the savage hands of the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen.


Yangtse Incident by Timothy OBrien.

HMS Amethyst about to return fire while a Sunderland of 88 Squadron makes a hurried departure, 23rd of April 1949.


Short Sunderland Mk.5 ML778 NS-Z by G Henderson.

A Short Sunderland of No.201 Sqn.


U-107 by Ivan Berryman.

The German Type IXB U-Boat U-107 completed 13 active patrols between 1941 and 1944, well above the average lifespan for a U-boat during this period. U-107 sunk 39 ships with a total tonnage in excess of 200,000 tons. Shown here under attack from a Sunderland, this would be her ultimate demise. On 18th August 1944, Sunderland EJ150 of No.201 Sqn sunk the U-Boat with depth charges in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of the entire crew.


First Sighting by Robert Taylor.

Downed aircrew often drifted for days in their small inflatable dingies hoping rescue would come. Robert Taylors painting depicts that first sighting by an Air Sea Rescue Sunderland and the moment of joy of the aircrew.


Short Sunderland Mk.V RN273 of 201 Sqn RAF by Keith Woodcock.

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Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea.

After take off a Sunderland of Coastal Command flies low over its base at Rosneath on the Gareloch, as Royal Navy battleships lay at anchor around the naval base of Faslane, near Helensburgh, Scotland during 1945.


Touchdown by Ivan Berryman.

A Short Sunderland Mk111 of 422 Squadron alights on to a moderate sea at Castle Archdale in 1944.


War in the Atlantic by Stan Stokes.

During WW I Germany made very effective use of its U-boat fleet in a campaign which almost resulted in Englands defeat. As a result, the Versailles Treaty prohibited Germany from possessing submarines. By the late 1920s Germany had circumvented these restrictions and by the time WW II began, they had several dozen U-boats in service. The period between July of 1940 and December of 1941 was known as the fat years for the U-boat fleet. During this period, aided by the use of French Atlantic ports, and the effective use of wolfpack hunting techniques, German U-boats wreaked havoc on convoys in the Atlantic. By the spring of 1941 the Nazi U-boat fleet numbered 120, and later in the war would exceed 350 in number. The tide began to turn in favor of the Allies in late 1941 when the Royal Navy acquired fifty old destroyers from the U.S., and began an effective campaign against German weather and supply surface ships which supported the undersea hunters. The RAF was also involved, and the Short Sunderland flying boat played an important role in stemming the tide. The Short Brothers acquired one of the first licenses to built Wright biplanes, and eventually began building their own designs, including a number of dirigibles and torpedo planes during WW I. After the war they developed the first British all metal aircraft, the Silver Streak. The company is probably best known for a series of commercial flying boats, the pinnacle of which was their Empire Series of 4-engine, high wing monoplanes which were capable of cruising speeds of 200-MPH. The Short Sunderland was developed in the 1930s for the British Air Ministry as a long-range, all purpose flying boat. It was a large aircraft for its time with a wingspan of 112 feet. More than 700 of these aircraft were produced. During WW II the Sunderland was utilized in the anti-U-Boat role. With its armament upgraded the aircraft earned the nick-name the Flying Porcupine from U-boat crews. When America entered the war, the U-boat command expanded its hunting zone all the way to the East Coast of the United States. For a period the submariners experienced another period of happy times, and in November of 1942 almost 750,000 gross tons of shipping was lost. With production of averaging five new U-boats per week, for a time it appeared that victory in the Atlantic might be obtainable for the Germans. Eventually, the U-boat war was won by the Allies through the use of effective radar technology, the use of the Leigh Light (a powerful airborne searchlight), development of forward firing depth charges, and the use of special techniques to counter the U-boat threat. The U-boats also suffered from a general lack of coordination between its command and that of the Luftwaffe. In May of 1943 a total of 41 U-boats were lost, and by early 1944 more U-boats were being destroyed than Allied merchant ships were being sunk. The men who served in the U-boat command during WW II had the most hazardous of all positions in the War with close to a 75% casualty rate by wars end.


Tribute to the Crews of Coastal Command - the Sinking of U-426 by Jason Askew. (P)

U-426 was sunk on 8th January 1944 west of Nantes, France, in position 46.47N, 10.42W, by depth charges from an Australian Sunderland aircraft (RAAF Sqdn. 10/U). All 51 crew aboard the u-boat were lost.


Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor

In a strange quirk of fate, a Sunderland of 461 Sqn RAAF identification letter U, destroys submarine U-461, a type XIV tanker, one of three German submarines caught on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay on July 30, 1943. At extreme low level, Sunderland U braves a barrage of gunfire from all three encircling German submarines to deliver a successful depth charge attack, sinking U-461 in a single pass. In an act of grace, the Sunderland pilot returned to the scene to drop a dingy to the U-boat survivors.


Guardian of the Convoy by Nicolas Trudgian.

A limited edition print issued in part to raise funds for The Maritime Air Trust project 'Constant Endeavour'. A commemorative tribute to be erected in Westminster Abbey to all who served in RAF Coastal Command and their successors, together with the overseas squadrons and those from the Commonwealth and Allied Air Forces.


The Last Sunderland by Michael Rondot.

Short Sunderland ML814 served with 01, 422 (Canadian) and 330 (Norwegian) Squadrons during World War II and is now the worlds last airworthy Sunderland. Battered and weatherbeaten by the North Atlantic, ML814 flies over the Antrim coast.


Fat Alberts Day Off by Ivan Berryman.

Ground crew performing routine maintenance on a Sunderland on the slipway at Pembroke.


Constant Endeavour by Michael Rondot.

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Tireless Vigilance by Stephen Brown.

With grace and majesty of mighty battleships, a pair of Short Sutherlands sweep out towards the dangers of the North Atlantic. With a 12-hour mission ahead of them the skill and dedication of the crews would once again play a crucial role in protecting vital supply lines from the menace of German U-boats.


Tropical Duties by Richard Taylor.

On Wednesday 22nd June 1938 a new sound was heard over the humid streets of Singapore as four Bristol Pegasus radial engines heralded the arrival of the RAF's newest flying-boat. For the men of 230 Squadron gathering on the slipway at Seletar, the approaching aircraft looked formidable and even from a distance, they could spot the powerful array of .303 machine guns it possessed. 230 Squadron had been chosen as one of the first units to be re-equipped with the world's most advanced flying boat - the Short Sunderland. Richard Taylor's painting is a tribute to the outstanding Sunderland and the men who flew it in the Far East. As the sun beats down on tropical island anchorage a Mk III Sunderland from 230 Squadron unloads essential supplies at a forward base on an archipelago deep in the Indian Ocean. A second aircraft, breaking a patrol, prepares to land.


Signing Off by Keith Hill.

On 3rd June Sunderland Z-Zebra of 201 escorts an inbound convoy, signing off with the last operational sortie of WW2 in Europe.


Sunderlands 1944 by Barry Price.

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Short Sunderland - The Legendary Flying Boat.

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Sunderland

The Short Sunderland, Patrol and Reconnaissance Flying Boat. normal crew level 10. maximum speed of 210mph for Mark I, 205mph Mark II and Mark III, and 213mph Mark V. ceiling 17,900 feet and range of 2110 miles (mk I) 2880 miles for Mark V. endurance in the air 13.5 hours. The Sunderland carries 1 .303 machine gun in the nose, (mark I) and four .303 browning machine guns in the Tail Turret. Also in the Mark II four Vickers .303 inch machine guns were used in the body positions. and four browning machineguns in the nose flanks in the Mark III. Maximum bomb load of 4960 lbs. Based on the design of the Civil Empire class flying boat. The Short Sunderland entered service with the Royal Air Force in June 1938 with 230 squadron. and by the end of the war, 20 squadrons of the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force were equipped with Sunderland's. By the end of the production in 1946 a total of 749 were built, The roles the Short Sunderland played, mainly were in Maritime and anti Submarine duties, especially in the battle of the Atlantic, The Sunderland accounted for 58 U-Boats sunk or badly damaged. The Sunderland was also used in other theatres of the war and in the Mediterranean helped in the evacuation of troops from Crete and Greece, as well as helping in the evacuation of troops in Burma. The Short Sunderland remained in service with the Royal Air Force until 1959. used during the Korean War, The Berlin Air Lift, and during Operation Firedog, , The Malayan Emergency.


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