Glorious Summer
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Outnumbered more than five to one at the outset, the odds were so heavily stacked against the RAF, the task looked almost hopeless. But as the ferocious aerial battles continued through the long summer months, the tactical skills, devotion and raw courage of the RAF's young flyers, gradually turned the tide. By September end, the battle was won and the defeated Luftwaffe retired to its plundered territories to lick its wounds.
The print depicts a young pilot Officer Geoffrey Page, later to become one of the RAF's most highly decorated fighter aces, powers his Mk 1 Hurricane over the country lane at the edge of the airfield, as he and his fellow No 56 Squadron pilots make their third scramble of the day.

The Aces Edition	The Millennium Proofs
Signed by SIX Aces who flew Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain 500 signed and numbered prints and 50 Artist's Proofs	Signed by Six Aces who flew Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain and Thirteen additional Battle of Britain Hurricane pilots and Two Beaufighter Pilots, making a total of Twenty One Signatures. 250 Individually numbered prints with matching numbered companion drawing "Hunters of the Night"

In the wake of the Munich crisis of 1938 the RAF was desperately short of modern fighters. It needed a long range heavy fighter in the shortest possible time and so within just 8 months from conception to first flight the Beaufighter was born. It entered service in July 1940, and reinforced Britain's desperately needed defense during the Battle of Britain.

Hunters of the Night

Print Size: 33" x 24 1/4"
Image Size: 26 1/2" x 16"
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