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RAF Coastal Command Catalina Aviation Art Print Pack. - Naval Art
DHM2483.  Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown. <p>RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944.  The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the Atlantic. <b><p>Signed by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC (deceased), <br>Flt. Lt. John A Cruickshank VC, <br>Flt. Lt. John Tattersall <br>and <br>Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC. <p>Signed limited edition of 275 prints. <p> Image size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm)
DHM426. Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher. <p> Flt. Lt. John Alexander Cruickshank in his consolidated Catalina. Winning his Victoria Cross for sinking U-347. <b><p> Signed limited edition of 1000 prints.  <p>Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
DP20. Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland. <p> A Catalina flying boat of the Royal Air Force shown at anchor in the Indian Ocean at night. <b><p>Limited edition of 500 giclee prints. <p>Image size 20 inches x 10 inches (51cm x 25cm)
DHM849.  Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins. <p> D for Donald of 270 squadron, Royal Air Force, out of Freetown, West Africa operating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was during routine operation search that D for Donald surprised U515 on the surface and immediately attacked the submarine. U515 in putting up stiff resistance blew a large hole in the hull of D for Donald and the magazine of the starboard side 0.5 twin Browning was hit and the subsequent shrapnel wounded both blister gunners. U515 escaped but was sunk by an American naval hunter group a year later. D for Donald limped back to base and managed to make the beach before it would sink completely. <b><p> Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. <p> Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm)

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RAF Coastal Command Catalina Aviation Art Print Pack.

DPK0367. RAF Coastal Command Catalina Aviation Art Print Pack.

Aviation Print Pack.

Items in this pack :

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DHM2483. Heading for the Convoys by Stephen Brown.

RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron over the West Coast of Scotland in 1944. The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend the vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Signed by Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC (deceased),
Flt. Lt. John A Cruickshank VC,
Flt. Lt. John Tattersall
and
Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC.

Signed limited edition of 275 prints.

Image size 28 inches x 20 inches (71cm x 51cm)


Item #2 - Click to view individual item

DHM426. Sinking of U-Boat 347 by Tim Fisher.

Flt. Lt. John Alexander Cruickshank in his consolidated Catalina. Winning his Victoria Cross for sinking U-347.

Signed limited edition of 1000 prints.

Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)


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DP20. Black Cat, Indian Ocean, 1944 by David Pentland.

A Catalina flying boat of the Royal Air Force shown at anchor in the Indian Ocean at night.

Limited edition of 500 giclee prints.

Image size 20 inches x 10 inches (51cm x 25cm)


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DHM849. Catalina Attack by John Wynne Hopkins.

D for Donald of 270 squadron, Royal Air Force, out of Freetown, West Africa operating in the Atlantic Ocean. It was during routine operation search that D for Donald surprised U515 on the surface and immediately attacked the submarine. U515 in putting up stiff resistance blew a large hole in the hull of D for Donald and the magazine of the starboard side 0.5 twin Browning was hit and the subsequent shrapnel wounded both blister gunners. U515 escaped but was sunk by an American naval hunter group a year later. D for Donald limped back to base and managed to make the beach before it would sink completely.

Signed limited edition of 1150 prints.

Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm)


Website Price: £ 250.00  

To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £394.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £144




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The signature of Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC (deceased)

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Barraclough KCB, CBE, DFC, AFC (deceased)
*Signature Value : £40 (matted)

Joined the RAF in 1938 and flew continuously on maritime-air duties before and during the war in Coastal and overseas Commands on flying boats and landplanes with Nos. 209, 240 and 269 squadrons. During the war he operated initially from a Flying Boat depot ship in the Shetlands on reconnaissance over the North Sea and to Norway. He moved later to the West Coast for anti-submarine and onvoy escort duties before going overseas for the Madagascar campaign in the Indian Ocean where his squadron operated from bare island bases to secure the Cape route for our shipping after control of the Mediterranean had been lost. For a while he commanded the captured Italian airfield at Mogadishu before returning to the UK as Chief Instructor at the Flying Boat Operational Training Unit in Northern Ireland. In his career Sir John served in five operational Commands at home and overseas and spent time in Training Command as a wing commander at the world famous Central Flying School. Above squadron level he commanded two jet fighter stations and a maritime patrol group; interspersed with various staff appointments including that of Vice Chief of Defence Staff. Sir John has flown over 70 different aircraft types and in the early fifties made the first single-engined jet flight to South Africa from the UK. He died on 10th May 2008.


The signature of Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank VC

Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank VC
*Signature Value : £65 (matted)

Joined the Territorial Army in April 1939 and was mobilized for active service at the outbreak of World War II. He served mostly in south east England. In July 1941 he transferred to the RAF for aircrew duties, undergoing pilot training with the US Navy at Pensacola, Florida and gaining his pilot's wings in June 1942. Following a short period with the RAF Ferry Command in Canada and further operational training in the UK he joined 210 Sqdn based at Pembroke Dock, South Wales and later Poole Bay, Dorset. As captain of a Catalina flying boat, he carried out Anti-U-boat patrols in the Bay of Biscay and the Eastern Atlantic Ocean until December 1943. During this period, he carried out a detachment to Gibraltar for similar duties. In early 1944 elements of his Sqdn were moved to Sullom Voe in the Shetland Islands for Anti U-boat duties and General Maritime Reconnaissance in northern waters. In mid July 1944, while on an Anti U-boat patrol west of the Lofoten Islands, they sighted and attacked a surfaced German U-boat. During the attack, the aircraft received extensive damage from the U-boat's armaments also suffering crew casualties. The aircraft remained airborne and returned to base. For this action three members of the crew were decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Distinguished Flying Medal, and the Victoria Cross. Following this episode, Cruickshank became tour expired and moved to staff duties at Headquarters, Coastal Command, Northwood, near London. He was released from active service in early 1946 and returned to a civilian occupation.
The signature of Flt. Lt. John Tattersall (deceased)

Flt. Lt. John Tattersall (deceased)
*Signature Value : £35 (matted)

Made his first attempt at becoming a pilot by joining the waiting list for Pilots of Manchester Auxiliary Squadron. He joined the RAF as a clerk in 1940 and remustered Aircrew in May 1941 and by June was on his way to the US Naval Air Service Station, Pensacola, Florida as a member of the first group of students under the TOWER scheme. On his first day solo in October 1941 he crashed and woke up in hospital with a headache and scratched eyebrows. Eleven days later he was flying again and finally gained his wings in May 1942 on Catalinas. Returning to the UK he spent some time flying 'Oxfords' before being posted to 131 OTU, Loch erne, N. Ireland. In January 1943 he passed out as an aircraft Commander and joined 210 Sqdn at Pembroke Dock in February. He spent the next ten months (some 700 flying hours) flying over the Bay of Biscay on Anti-Sub operations including Leigh Leight operations, some convoy and naval co-operation. In January 1944, 210 Sqd. disbanded and he returned for a short spell to 131 OTU before being seconded to BOAC in April 1944. With BOAC he flew on the civil version of the Sunderland and 'c' class flying boats thence landplanes - Arginaut, Comet, Britannias (102 and 312) and VC10s retiring in 1973 to a ground job as Flight Crew Executive until May 1976. He died on 10th November 2006.
The signature of Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC

Flt. Lt. Ron Vaughan, DFC
*Signature Value : £35 (matted)

Joined the RAFVR in December 1940 and trained as a pilot-cadet with the US Navy at Pensacola, Florida. After further Coastal Command training in the UK, he joined 10 OTU (detachment) at St Eval, Cornwall. The tour was completed, as a Whitley co-pilot, on U-boat patrols over the Bay of Biscay, between December 1942 and March 1943. After training for command on the Catalina, he joined 210 Sqdn at Sullom Voe, Shetland from June 1943 to October 1944. In October 1943, with all landing areas closed with fog, his Catalina, out of fuel, ditched in the Atlantic, west of the Shetlands. It had remained airborne for 22 hours and then survived, on the water, for a further 18 hours before the crew were rescued. The pigeon which had carried the SOS message to base, later received the 'Dicken Medal' (Animal VC) for flying over 60 miles, in fog, in nine hours! In May 1944, U-boat 394 was attacked in northern waters, without success. On 18th July 1944, U-boat 742 was sunk 180 miles west of the Lofoten Islands, off Norway. The Catalina was badly holed but managed to return to base, 500 miles in six and a quarter hours, on the port engine. F/Lt John Cruickshank had sunk U-361 on the previous day, from the same Arctic U-boat Flotilla. F/Lt Vaughan instructed on Catalinas in Northern Ireland and was then posted to India, yo join Catalina 240 Sqdn in Madras, and then until VJ Day with Liberator Sqdn 357 in Ceylon. He left the RAF in 1946 having flown Halifax 7, at Linton and Cranwell. He joined BOAC and captained many types of aircraft for 29 years before retiring in 1975.

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