TRUDGIAN AVIATION ART Winter of '41 RAF Spitfire Dunkirk Plane & ROBERT TAYLOR

Description: "WINTER OF '41" by Nicolas Trudgian "WINTER OF '41" by aviation artist Nicolas Trudgian is a signed and numbered limited edition print from an extremely small edition limited to only 400 prints. This print is completely SOLD OUT at the publisher. The Spitfires in this print are same type of aircraft that is so beautifully portrayed in the hit movie "Dunkirk." The notion that after defeating the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain the RAF had secured supremacy of the skies is one of the great misconceptions of World War II. Though there was never more intense, nor desperate, air-to-air fighting, the great air battles between the opposing air forces had more than another four long years to run. Despite the fact that Hitler had cancelled his plans to invade Britain, and Goering switched his attentions to the Blitz of London by night, Spitfires and Hurricanes of Fighter Command continued to clash fiercely by day with Luftwaffe fighters over the Channel and south-east England throughout 1940, and on into 1941. Now that the great defensive battle was won there was no time to pause, and 11 Group's AOC, Leigh-Mallory, immediately deployed his big fighter wings on offensive operations across to channel into enemy occupied territory, teasing the weakened Luftwaffe to come up and fight. Short-range bomber escort missions known as "Ramrods," were combined with "Rhubarbs" (small-scale freelance fighter strikes against ground targets of opportunity, often flown is awful weather), "Roadsteads" (low-level attacks on enemy shipping), and fighter sweeps over the Channel – "Jim Crows" in pilots parlance. Those squadrons not taken up with defending the night skies over England flew dawn to dusk missions each day, weather permitting, throughout the winter of 1940-41. In the first six months of the new year Fighter Command's pilots completed almost 3,000 combat sorties. Nick Trudgian's evocative "WINTER of '41" portrays a scene so familiar to those living all along the south coast of Britain during the long hard winter of '41. Mk Vb Spitfires, having taken off as the first streaks of dawn spread across the morning sky, return to a Snow-covered airfield after a dawn patrol over the Channel. Inhabitants of the sleepy English village begin to stir with the familiar sound of Merlin engines, counting each and every one of their fighter boys home. In addition to the artist, each print in this edition was individually signed in pencil by FOUR distinguished pilots who flew the Spitfire during World War II: Squadron Leader NEVILLE DUKE Warrant Officer NORMAN SAMUELS Lieutenant Colonel ERVIN MILLER Flight Lieutenant RAYMOND BAXTER This print is in mint condition, has never been framed, and, like all of our prints, has been stored flat. It has an overall size of approximately 27½" x 26⅞" and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and a four-page, full-color sales brochure. "SALES BROCHURES" The lucky winner of this auction will also receive at no additional cost the following TWO four-page with two-sided flap, full-color aviation art print sales brochures featuring the artwork of artist Robert Taylor: "Air Superiority" "Eagles of the Reich" These are original flyers, not reproductions. Each contains a description of the print, details of the editions of the print, and the information on the veterans whose signatures appear on the print. These sales brochure ARE NOT SIGNED! They measures 11¾" x 8¼" and are in MINT CONDITION. The box provided on the backs of the brochures for dealer information is blank. (PLEASE NOTE: this bonus is for the sales brochures ONLY and DOES NOT INCLUDE the limited edition prints!!!) Buyer to pay $30.00 toward insured USPS Priority Mail DOMESTIC SHIPPING. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING as shown. (To our valued International Clients - we are not responsible for import taxes and duties applicable to the declared value of your purchase.) Save on shipping with multiple purchases - we can ship up to four prints to the same address for the same cost. Visit our eBay Store to see our current offerings including selections of fine aviation, naval, military, and Civil War art - mostly limited edition prints - by this and other outstanding artists. Contact us if you have any questions or if you are looking for something in particular. With arguably the largest secondary market inventory in the world, Classic Aviation & War Art might just have it!! GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR LOOKING!

Price: 195 USD

Location: Goldsboro, North Carolina

End Time: 2023-10-22T12:05:08.000Z

Shipping Cost: 30 USD