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Reg Davie Signed Naval Art
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Reg Davie
Navigator on Stirlings, Lancasters and Mosquitos. In 1942 Reg Davey was with 218 Squadron flying Stirlings and was one of the decoys for Guy Gibson's dams raid. After leaving the RAF in 1946, Mr Davey joined the civil service, working for the labour exchange. Reg remembered a night where his plane was caught in searchlights and hit by ground fire. 'We got blasted to pieces. The windscreen bashed in. I lent the pilot my goggles from my navigation bag but all my maps and charts were blown away. I never got the goggles back.<\i>' The stricken plane was headed west. 'We landed with a burst tyre and crashed it in a heap.<\i>' He adopted a protective mindset regarding those who did not return from missions. 'You thought: 'That's OK, they're prisoners of war.' They weren't. They were blown to pieces.'
Reg Davie - Signed Naval Art
Naval Crew Signatures
Nursing Her Home by Ivan Berryman.
6 editions.
2 of the 6 editions feature an additional signature.
£2.90 - £400.00
Night Raiders by Ivan Berryman.
8 editions.
3 of the 8 editions feature up to 4 additional signatures.
£2.90 - £400.00
Avro Lancaster B.1 by Ivan Berryman.
14 of 15 editions available.
All 8 editions featuring up to 2 additional signatures are available.
£2.90 - £500.00
Return From Leipzig by Anthony Saunders.
8 editions.
4 of the 8 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures.
£20.00 - £300.00
Bombers by Keith Aspinall.
5 editions.
3 of the 5 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures.
£11.00 - £45.00
Devastating Strike by Robert Taylor.
3 editions.
All 3 editions feature up to 8 additional signature(s).
£165.00 - £345.00
Lincolnshire Winter 1943 by Keith Aspinall.
All 3 editions sold out.
2 editions feature up to 2 additional signature(s).Text for the above items :
Nursing Her Home by Ivan Berryman.
Lancaster of 50 Squadron being escorted home by Spitfires. 50 Squadron were based at Swinderby
Night Raiders by Ivan Berryman.
A pair of de Havilland Mosquito NF. MkII night fighters of 23 Squadron, based at Bradwell Bay, Essex in 1942.
Avro Lancaster B.1 by Ivan Berryman.
R5689 (VN-N) - a Lancaster B.1 of 50 Squadron based at Swinderby. This aircraft crash-landed in Lincolnshire while returning from a mission on 19th September 1942, after both port engines failed as the aircraft was preparing to land. The aircraft never flew again. The crew on the final mission were :
Sgt E J Morley RAAF,
P/O G W M Harrison,
Sgt H Male,
Sgt S C Garrett,
Sgt J W Dalby,
Sgt J Fraser
and
Sgt J R Gibbons RCAF, the sole member of the crew killed in the crash.
Return From Leipzig by Anthony Saunders.
Mosquitos of 105 Squadron, Marham. No. 105 Squadron, stationed at Marham, Norfolk, became the first Royal Air Force unit to become operational flying the Mosquito B. Mk. IV bomber on 11th April 1942. The painting shows 105 Squadron on the raid of 10th April 1945, to the Wahren railway marshalling yards at Leipzig, Germany.
Bombers by Keith Aspinall.
Lancaster, Halifax, Stirling and Mosquito of Bomber Command.
Devastating Strike by Robert Taylor.
It was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world, one of the most envied - and one of the most feared. Built almost entirely of wood and assembled by carpenters, the beautifully streamlined de Havilland Mosquito, or Wooden Wonder was a triumph of ingenuity at a time when resources of light alloys were in short supply. Its greatest attribute was speed. Powered by two phenomenal Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, the Mosquito became the finest multi-role combat aircraft of World War II. No other Allied military aircraft was built in so many versions for so many roles - a fast bomber which could carry a huge 4,000lb payload; a day or night fighter; a fighter-bomber; trainer; torpedo bomber; photo reconnaissance aircraft; maritime strike aircraft and U-boat hunter were just some of the 43 different variants produced during a long and distinguished career. Mosquitos had pioneered the role of daring precision attacks with the September 1942 raid on the Gestapo Headquarters in Oslo and were involved in the first unescorted high-speed bombing raids on Germany. It was the Mosquito strike wings of Coastal Command, however, that endured some of the fiercest battles of the war. Flying over the unforgiving icy waters of the North Sea to attack enemy shipping along the coasts of Norway, Denmark and Hollad meant that precision flying was essential for survival; especially in the deep, sheer fjords where even the slightest lapse in concentration could result in instant destruction. In this painting, Mosquito Mk.VIs from No.143 Sqn, part of the famous Banff Strike Wing, come under intense defensive fire whilst delivering a blistering strike on enemy shipping off the Norwegian coast in early 1945. Their salvo of rockets, however, will likely be enough to penetrate the hulls of the ships.
Lincolnshire Winter 1943 by Keith Aspinall.
Avro Lancaster of Bomber Command take off on their next bombing misison over occupied Europe during the winter of 1943.
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