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Cranston Military Prints By Subject Aviation Art World War Two Spitfire

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Second World War aviation art prints of the Spitfire aircraft. Our collection of prints and original paintings of the Spitfire aircraft of World War Two.
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 MKs 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.

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Normandy Beach Head Patrol by Geoff Lea.


Normandy Beach Head Patrol by Geoff Lea.
6 editions.
2 of the 6 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures.
£50.00 - £2600.00

Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia X4277 XT-M. by M A Kinnear.


Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia X4277 XT-M. by M A Kinnear.
One edition.
£10.00

Duxford 1940 by Simon Atack.


Duxford 1940 by Simon Atack.
2 editions.
One edition features 2 additional signatures.
£40.00 - £120.00


Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown - No.41 Sqn by Ivan Berryman.


Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown - No.41 Sqn by Ivan Berryman.
4 editions.
All 4 editions feature up to 2 additional signature(s).
£75.00 - £400.00

Spitfire Over Tower Bridge by John Young. (AP)


Spitfire Over Tower Bridge by John Young. (AP)
2 editions.
Both editions feature up to 2 additional signatures.
£90.00 - £90.00

Into History - Spitfire Prototype by Ivan Berryman.


Into History - Spitfire Prototype by Ivan Berryman.
7 editions.
£2.70 - £1200.00


Last of the Luck by Ivan Berryman.


Last of the Luck by Ivan Berryman.
2 of 3 editions available.
All 3 editions feature an additional signature.
£100.00 - £100.00

Job Well Done by Ivan Berryman.


Job Well Done by Ivan Berryman.
8 editions.
4 of the 8 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures.
£2.70 - £500.00

Eagle Squadron Scramble by Robert Taylor


Eagle Squadron Scramble by Robert Taylor
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£110.00


Duel by Ivan Berryman.


Duel by Ivan Berryman.
5 of 6 editions available.
The one edition featuring an additional signature is sold out.
£2.70 - £300.00

Head on Attack by Robert Taylor


Head on Attack by Robert Taylor
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£135.00

Wing Commander Bob Doe during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)


Wing Commander Bob Doe during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£360.00


Eagles Prey by Robert Taylor.


Eagles Prey by Robert Taylor.
One of 2 editions available.
Both editions feature 5 additional signatures.
£550.00

Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman.


Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman.
2 of 4 editions available.
All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signatures.
£60.00 - £310.00

Low Level Encounter by Gerald Coulson.


Low Level Encounter by Gerald Coulson.
One edition.
The edition features 4 additional signature(s).
£250.00


Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman.


Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman.
7 editions.
5 of the 7 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures.
£2.70 - £400.00

Spitfire by Barrie Clark.


Spitfire by Barrie Clark.
3 editions.
£20.00 - £500.00

Combat Over Normandy by Graeme Lothian.


Combat Over Normandy by Graeme Lothian.
One edition.
The edition features 3 additional signature(s).
£160.00


Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian.


Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian.
5 of 6 editions available.
4 of 5 editions featuring up to 4 additional signatures are available.
£2.00 - £270.00

Defence of the Realm by Adrian Rigby.


Defence of the Realm by Adrian Rigby.
One edition.
The edition features an additional signature.
£190.00

Escort by Keith Woodcock.


Escort by Keith Woodcock.
2 editions.
One edition features an additional signature.
£24.00 - £55.00



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Normandy Beach Head Patrol by Geoff Lea.

Spitfire Mk9. of 56 squadron patrol the D-Day landings.


Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk Ia X4277 XT-M. by M A Kinnear.

Aircraft History: First flight 27th August 1940. X4277 was delivered to No.6 Maintenance Unit 28th August, and then delivered to 603 Squadron, 30th August. The aircraft was shot down in flames off the North Foreland (between Margate and Broadstairs) and crashed in to the sea 3rd September, 1940.

Flight Lieutenant Richard Hope Hillary: Born on the 20th April, 1919 in Australia. Richard Hillary came to England aged three, when his father took up a post as a government official at Australia House in London. He later attended Oxford, was a member of the University Air Squadron and was called up in October 1939. He completed his training and was initially posted to No.1 School Army Co-operation, followed by a posting to No.5 OTU - to convert to Spitfires- and then on to 603 Squadron at Montrose. He shot down his first enemy aircraft on 29th August 1940, but his aircraft was badly damaged forcing him to crash land, Hillary surviving unhurt. He obtained his fifth victory on 3rd September 1940, but was then shot down by Hptmn. Bode of II/JG26. He had to abandon his blazing Spitfire (X4277) by parachute, landing in the sea with severe burns to his face and hands. After some time in the water he was rescued by the Margate lifeboat. He spent the next three months in the Royal Masonic Hospital, and was then transferred to the Queen Victoria Cottage Hospital at East Grinstead, where he began a long period in hospital as one of the first guinea pig patients under the care of plastic surgeon Archibald McIndoe (later Sir Archibald McIndoe) It was during his recovery that he wrote his famous book The Last Enemy which has since become a wartime classic. Following great personal effort, he was posted on a nightfighter training course to No.54 OTU, flying the Bristol Blenheim. During the early hours of 8th January 1943 whilst on a night flying exercise, his Blenheim crashed in poor weather, both he and his navigator were killed.


Duxford 1940 by Simon Atack.

A lone Spitfire Mk.1a of 19 Squadron at Duxford awaits its ground crew after a hard day of combat during the intense fighting of September 1940.


Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown - No.41 Sqn by Ivan Berryman.

Spitfire EB-J of Sqn Ldr Maurice Brown at the height of the Battle of Britain.


Spitfire Over Tower Bridge by John Young. (AP)

Spitfire from No. 54 squadron flies over London with Tower Bridge in the background.


Into History - Spitfire Prototype by Ivan Berryman.

Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 is seen taking to the air for a test flight in June 1936 from Eastleigh Airport in Southampton. Few, at the time, could have known what an iconic aircraft R J Mitchell had designed, yet the beautiful, classic lines were there to see in the very first example.


Last of the Luck by Ivan Berryman.

Following a violent collision with a Bf.109 over northern France on 9th August 1941, Douglas Bader found himself trapped in the cockpit of his Spitfire, now missing its entire tail, as it plunged toward the ground. Only by releasing one of his artificial legs was he finally able to make his escape, leaving the leg behind.


Job Well Done by Ivan Berryman.

A Photo Reconnaissance Spitfire returning from a mission over occupied France.


Eagle Squadron Scramble by Robert Taylor

An outstanding painting commemorating the intrepid 240 American air men who volunteered to fly with the R.A.F. in their early struggle against the Luftwaffe before the U.S.A. joined the war. Taylors painting vibrated with the roar of the Spitfires Merlin engines as they Scramble into action. Goodson later became a 4th Fighter Group Ace.


Duel by Ivan Berryman.

With the Battle of Britain at its height and the RAF stretched to breaking point, September of 1940 was a desperate time for the young pilots who fought gallantly to defend the UK against an imminent invasion. Among those brave few was the eighteen year old Geoffrey Wellum, shown here destroying a Heinkel He.111 on 11th September in Spitfire 1a K9998. The Heinkel fought back, peppering Wellum's Spitfire with holes, but the German bomber was mortally wounded and was seen to go down in flames.


Head on Attack by Robert Taylor

On October 12, 1940, No. 603 Squadron, reduced to only eight aircraft, took on a large formation of Me109s attacking head on. Robert Taylors vivid portrayal shows Scott-Maldens Spitfire moments after knocking down an Me109 in the encounter, both he and his wingman coming through unscathed.


Wing Commander Bob Doe during the Battle of Britain by Graeme Lothian. (P)

Wing Commander Bob Doe in his Spitfire is shown attacking Heinkel He-111s during the Battle of Britain.


Eagles Prey by Robert Taylor.

Spitfires of No.71 Squadron American Eagles fly over a downed Me109 after a dogfight above northern France, 1941.


Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman.

Spitfire L1062 (DW-L) of 610 Sqn was hit by flak over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 and this picture depicts Sergeant Peter Jenkins struggling to get out of the cramped cockpit as his stricken aircraft plunges toward the sea.


Low Level Encounter by Gerald Coulson.

A Spitfire and an Me109 locked in battle pass a downed He111 low over the English countryside.


Summer 1940 by Ivan Berryman.

Pilot Officer Allan Wright - later Group Captain, and awarded DFC and AFC - pilots Spitfire QJ-S of No.92 Squadron during the Battle of Britain, with his wingman in close support.


Spitfire by Barrie Clark.

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Combat Over Normandy by Graeme Lothian.

Spitfires of R.C.A.F 144 Wing led by Wing Commander Johnson in combat with ME109s of JG3 over Arromanches, France June 1944.


Home at Dawn by Nicolas Trudgian.

When No 49 Squadron Lancasters bombed the S.S. barracks at Berchtesgaden on 25th April 1945, its aircrews completed a campaign that had begun 5 and a half years earlier in September, 1939. From the very beginning, 49 Squadron were in the thick of the action with one of their pilots, Roderick Learoyd, winning Bomber Commands first Victoria Cross. In 1942 it was Lancasters of 49 Squadron that led the epic raid on Schneider armament and locomotive works at Le Creusot. In 1943 they flew the shuttle-bombing raids to Friedrichshafen and Spezia, attacked the heavily defended rocket sites at Peenemunde, and in preparation for D-Day, bombarded the coastal batteries in Normandy and the V-1 sites in the caves by the river Loire, north of Paris. Later in 1944 the squadron notably took part in the raid on German Baltic Fleet, continuing to fly important bombing missions against the Nazi war machine until the final collapse of the Third Reich. So it was fitting that an RAF squadron whose history went right back to 1916, should make the coupe de grace at Berchtesgarden. Northern Europes short summer nights, with darkness lasting but a few hours, often saw the RAF bomber crews returning to England at dawn, and it is one such scene which is caught up over the river Orwell at Pin Mill, Lancasters of No. 49 Squadron descend low over Suffolk, heading towards their base at Fiskerton. The night raid on Hamburg is almost completed. Spitfires from No. 129 Squadron, based at Hornchurch, having made an early morning attack on German installations in Holland, have picked up the bombers and escorted them home.


Defence of the Realm by Adrian Rigby.

Pilot Officer Alan Wright flew with No.92 Squadron based at Pembrey. His aircraft, a Spitfire Mk I, is often seen as the symbol of the Battle of Britain, though in fact, the Hurricane bore the brunt of the fighting. Nonetheless, the Spitfires beautiful shape endears it to everyone and it remains a potent national symbol. This painting depicts an action which took place on 11th September 1940. Having already downed a Heinkel III, Wright claimed his first Me109 the same day. His final tally would be 11. Aircraft were frequently pushed to their limits of endurance and this Spitfire bears all the marks of many missions.


Escort by Keith Woodcock.

Royal Air Force Spitfires of No.616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron escort returning Bristol Blenheims of No.21 Squadron from a bombing mission over France.

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