Naval Art with the Signature of Group Captain George H Westlake DSO DFC

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Group Captain George H Westlake DSO DFC Signed Naval Art

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Group Captain George H Westlake DSO DFC

Westlake was a student at the DeHavilland Aeronautical Technical School when he joined the RAFVR in September 1937. , George Westlake joined 43 Squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. On 29th September he moved to 213 Squadron at Tangmere, and on 15th November shot down an Me109. In May of the following year the squadron flew their Hurricanes off HMS Furious to Malta bound for Egypt and was briefly attached to 80 Squadron during the Syrian campaign, where he had some further success. Returning to 213 Squadron he took temporary command in October 1942. In 1944 he led 239 Wing in Italy. when he was posted to 211 Group, later moving to 212 Group. He was involved with planning the invasion of Sicily and Italy and in early 1945 he was appointed Wing Leader of 239 Wing, awarded the DSO (22.6.45) .He finished the war with eleven victories. He died 18th January 2006.


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Group Captain George H Westlake DSO DFC - Signed Naval Art
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Defence of the Capital by Gerald Coulson.
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The Battle for Britain by Robert Taylor.
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A Hasty Exit by Ivan Berryman.
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Defence of the Capital by Gerald Coulson.

High over London, Hurricanes of 85 Squadron engage Me109s in an intense dogfight during the heavy fighting of August 1940.

The Battle for Britain by Robert Taylor.

A Battle of Britain Spitfire from 610 Squadron takes on a Me109 from I./JG3 in a head-on attack high over the south coast port of Dover, in the late morning of 10 July 1940.

A Hasty Exit by Ivan Berryman.

P/O J E Marshall baling out of his stricken 79 Sqn Hurricane on 30th August 1940.

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