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Aviation artist Geoff Lea's range of
aviation art prints of Royal Air force aircraft of world war two. Aviation
paintings also available. Aviation art prints published by Cranston Fine
Arts.
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 | Jaguar Flight Test On by Geoff Lea. | 2 editions available from £37.00 |  | Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea. | 3 editions available from £95.00 |  | Shackletons by Geoff Lea. | £43.00 |  | Dakota Over Burma by Geoff Lea. | 3 editions available from £28.00 |  | Pink Tornados by Geoff Lea. | 2 editions available from £63.00 |  | Arnhem Op Market Garden by Geoff Lea. | £51.00 |  | McRoberts Reply by Geoff Lea. | £36.00 |  | Gulf Buddies by Geoff Lea. | £95.00 |  | Taming the Tiger by Geoff Lea. | 9 editions available from £95.00 |  | Vulcan Sunset by Geoff Lea. | 2 editions available from £95.00 |  | Normandy Beach Head Patrol by Geoff Lea. | 6 editions available from £95.00 |  | Spitfire Tally-Ho by Geoff Lea. | 3 editions available from £23.52 |  | Desert Prang by Geoff Lea. | 3 editions available from £23.52 |  | Harrier in a Hyde by Geoff Lea. | 3 editions available from £37.00 |  | Mustang by Geoff Lea. | 2 editions available from £16.80 |  | Depart in Peace by Geoff Lea. | £105.00 |  | Mosquito Bite by Geoff Lea. (P) | £2200.00 |  | Beware of the Lion by Geoff Lea. | 7 editions available from £51.00 |  | Sink the Bismarck by Geoff Lea. | 5 editions available from £79.80 |  | Action Over San Carlos by Geoff Lea. | 3 editions available from £95.00 |  | Phantom FGR 2 of III Squadron by Geoff Lea. | £79.80 |  | The Longest Day Begins - Pegasus Bridge by Geoff Lea | 4 editions available from £95.00 |  | Teamwork by Geoff Lea. | 2 editions available from £50.00 |
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ARNHEM OP MARKET GARDEN BY GEOFF LEA Douglas C47 Dakotas fly into the landing and drop zone at Renkum Heath,
September 17th 1944.
Pink Tornados by Geoff Lea A pair of RAF Tornado GRIs at low level during the Gulf War
operation Desert Storm, in their distinctive desert pink camouflage
colour scheme.
McRoberts Reply by Geoff Lea
A Short Stirling takes off for a night time bombing raid.
Dakota Over Burma by Geoff Lea
SINK THE BISMARCK BY GEOFF LEA
Shows the action on 26th May 1941 by Swordfish from HMS Ark Royal on the
German battleship Bismarck. Fresh from her triumphant encounter with HMS Hood,
Bismarck was struck by Swordfishs torpedo which jammed her rudder and was
finished off by the home fleet on 27th May 1941.
The Longest Day Begins - Pegasus Bridge by Geoff Lea
Features the successful Horsa glider borne assault on the Caen Canal
bridge at Benouville in Normandy at approx. 00.15hrs on D-Day, the 6th
June 1944. Troops from the second battalion of the Oxfordshire and
Buckinghamshire Light Infantry led by Major John Howard took the bridge
which later became known as "Pegasus Bridge". Painting was signed by Major John Howard.
Teamwork by Geoff Lea Open edition print showing spitfire flying past the early warning radio masts
on the South coast after shooting down a German Heinkel.
BEWARE OF THE LION BY GEOFF LEA
602 City of Glasgow Squadron patrol the Normandy beaches.
NORMANDY BEACH HEAD PATROL BY GEOFF LEA
Spitfire Mk9. of 56 squadron patrol the D-Day landings.
Action Over San Carlos by Geoff Lea
A Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm Sea Harrier turns to release its Sidewinder missiles at an
Argentinean Airforce Dagger as it beats a hasty retreat after a near
miss on Sir Bedivere and HMS Fearless in San Carlos Sound during the
1982 Falklands Islands conflict.
Depart in Peace by Geoff Lea
On 15th September 1965, the late Jeffrey Quill flew the
old Spitfire VB AB910 into RAF Station Coltishall to be handed over to the
Royal Air Force Memorial Flight and preserved in perpetuity.
Significantly, this was to be virtually the final moment of a thirty-year
association and devotion by Jeffrey Quill to his beloved Spitfire.
After Mutt Summers' initial flight, it was largely left to Jeffrey to help
turn Reginald Mitchell's inspired design into the most famous fighter
aircraft of all time. Jeffrey Quill writes in his book, 'Spitfire, A Test
Pilot's Story', "It had been my business to criticise it and identify
its faults; I had no illusions about it and knew its problems only too
well. Indeed, they had caused me sleepless nights all too often... As I
climbed out of the cockpit of AB910 I had that feeling of sadness, of
bidding farewell to an old an trusted friend." The title of the print comes most appropriately from the
words of Nunc Dimittis, - "Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart
in peace," as AB910 goes into the loving care of the Memorial Flight.
AB910 had a long, historic career since being built in
1942 at Castle Bromwich. It was delivered to 92 Squadron whose
letters QJ-J it bore at the time of presentation. Ninety-two Squadron flew
Spitfires throughout the entire war and was also one of the Royal Air
Force's top-scoring squadrons. AB910 was also the aircraft on which
a ground crew WAAF, now Miss Horton, made an unscheduled flight crouched
across the tail. After the war, it was bought by the late Air Cmdre
A. H. Wheeler, CBE, and later by Vickers-Armstrong Aircraft limited, who
completely restored it. This work was carried out almost as a solo
job by Arthur Luscombe at Chilbolton and later the aircraft was based at
South Marston. As shown in this painting, AB910 was fitted with a
Merlin 55M engine from a Seafire III to improve low-level performance, and
a four-bladed propeller, untypical of a Spitfire V, both of which have now
been changed by the Memorial Flight. After a life of more than forty years, AB910 continues
to give pleasure to thousands as it participates in displays during the
summer months. AB910 serves as a permanent reminder of those days of
the 1940s when the flashing, eliptical wings skimmed high and proudly to
bring freedom to the skies. Now, as then, to be a Spitfire pilot is the
dream of small boys of all ages. Indeed, even as one sees and hears
this remarkable machine, inevitably its magic draws us all into its heart
to become part of a legend.
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| ARTIST | Featured Artist - Ivan Berryman

Ivan Berryman - Battle of Britain Art
Artist Ivan Berryman has been producing many pencil drawings depicting scenes from the Battle of Britain. Each of these is signed by one of the pilots who was actually present at the battle, and is often inspired by the events they took part in themselves. Special signed print editions have also been created from existing full colour print editions, with some featuring multiple pilot signatures. You can find all of Ivan's Battle of Britain artwork on his website - www.ivanberryman.com, or see a full list of pencil drawings - updated regularly, in our dedicated section of pencil drawings.
When you go to a product page for an item in our shop, click on the names of the pilots where they are linked in the text for an item to see a profile page for that pilot. Often we include photos of signing sessions along with details of their flying career, and a full list of all items signed by the pilot. |
| | Pilot Signed Battle of Britain Prints and Original Pencil Drawings | Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain
We are busy building up a portfolio of many many original pencil drawings which depict events from the Battle of Britain, the famous air battle won by 'the Few' in the summer of 1940. The British and Commonwealth pilots defended the air above Britain and the surrounding seaways from the might of the German Luftwaffe. Greatly outnumbered, the bravery of these young pilots saved the country from invasion, and let Britain survive to go on to defeat Germany. Without that first crucial victory, the outcome of the war could have been so very different. We have been busy arranging signing sessions with the few pilots who fought in that great battle who remain with us to this day. Our newly commissioned pencil drawings are often based on the descriptions of the battle by these great men, and are authenticated by their signatures. We have also had several editions of existing prints signed in full, or have signatures added to parts of existing editions. We have also incoporated signatures of some of the German pilots who also took part in the battle, some of whom went on to become top scoring aces of the war. See our Original Pencil Drawings Section - particularly the section of artists David Pentland and Ivan Berryman. Also, see our New Signature Editions section to see all of our newly signed editions.
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