Aviation artist Michael turner's superb
range of Aviation art prints of Fighter Command of the Royal Air Force and
their Ground crews. these aviation art prints of Spitfire and Hurricane
art print including the Battle of Britain art prints are available from
The Military art print company. a division of Cranston Fine arts
Hurricane Scramble by Michael Turner.
Hurricanes of 85 Sqn. scramble from Merville, France, in May 1940.
Item Code : GT0076
Hurricane Scramble by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
Unt. Horst Perez, the pilot of this Messerschmitt Bf 109 from JG26, surrenders to P.C. Walter Hyde and the local Home Guard after a forced landing near East Dean, Sussex, on 30th September 1940.
Item Code : GT0079
Hande Hoch! by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
Flt. Lt. Raymond Baxters Spitfire Mk. XVI narrowly avoids a church spire as 602 Sqn. make a precision low level attack on the V1/V2 headquarters in The Hague on March 18th 1945.
Item Code : GT0071
Spitfire Special Delivery by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
Final Encounter (Spitfire v Messerchmitt) by Michael Turner.
Wing Commander J E Johnnie Johnson, Spitfire XIV, and Major Gunther Rall, Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, over the Western Front in May 1945. A tribute to the fighter pilots of the RAF and Luftwaffe on the 50th anniversary of Peace in Europe, 1945 - 95.
Item Code : LI0039
Final Encounter (Spitfire v Messerchmitt) by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
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.
Item Code : LI0030
Normandy Veterans Association 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Print by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
In the calm of a fine summer evening a group of Spitfires returns from the last sortie of the day. Two small boys and a passing cyclist watch as the leading Spitfire sweeps over the boundary of the temporary airfield.
Item Code : LI0034
Piece of Cake by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
At the height of the Battle of Britain in August 1940, Spitfires of 610 Squadron from Biggin Hill are seen dogfighting with Messerschmitt 109s in the summer sky high above Kent, whilst Hurricanes of 501 Squadron from Gravesend engage an incoming formation of Dornier 17s as they cross the coastline below.
Item Code : GT0152
Against the Odds by Michael Turner. - Editions Available
Tiffy Break by Michael Turner
RAF ground crews take a well earned tea break amongst
the wreckage of an abandoned German airfield.
Hurricanes from Kenley by
Michael Turner A flight of 253 Squadron Hurricanes taking off from
Kenley in August 1940, led by Sqn.Ldr. Tom Gleave.
Spitfires in the Sunshine by
Michael Turner Spitfires peeling off to intercept an enemy formation
over the Thames estuary in 1940. Limited edition of 850 prints, signed by
Wg. Cdr.
Paddy Barthropp, Gp.Capt. C.B.F. Kingcombe and A. Cdr. J. W. Leathart.
Hurricane Scramble by Michael
Turner. Hurricanes of 85 Sqn. scramble from Merville, France, in
May 1940. Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker
Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500,
ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with
eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and
twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four
20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in
1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600
for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion
the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the
first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the
Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the
Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more
than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and
almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain
went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all
theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533
Hurricanes were built.
Battle of Britain by Michael
Turner Spitfires return to their burning airfield at Kenley to
re-arm and refuel.
Piece of Cake by Michael
Turner In the calm of a fine summer evening a group of Spitfires returns
from the last sortie of the day. Two small boys and a passing
cyclist watch as the leading Spitfire sweeps over the boundary of the
temporary airfield. View
Signature Information here
Spitfire Special Delivery by
Michael Turner Flt. Lt. Raymond Baxters Spitfire
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.
Mk. XVI narrowly
avoids a church spire as 602 Sqn. make a precision low level attack on the
V1/V2 headquarters in The Hague on March 18th 1945.
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