It was tough, dependable and, for a German U-boat,
deadly. But for the crews who
manned the ships of the North Atlantic convoys the
Sunderland flying boat was
to become a legend; for them it was the sentinel of
the seas. Winston Churchill
wrote that the only thing that really worried him
during the war was the submarine
menace, he knew that if the vital North Atlantic lifeline
was severed, there could be
no ultimate victory. The task facing the Allies was
immense, and the Battle of the
Atlantic raged for nearly three years before, in May
1943, heavy losses forced
Admiral Doenitz to pull his U-boats out of the North
Atlantic. That same month
five submarines were sunk by Sunderlands. It was the
turning point of the Battle
of the Atlantic, and for the the next year the Allies
were able to build up supplies
and troops for the D-Day invasion.
Produced and printed onto fine canvas to match the
original painting, and then m
ounted on to high quality stretchers, each of these
carefully crafted Giclées is fully
authorised and personally hand signed by artist Gerald
Coulson. Each superb canvas
is released pre-stretched from the Military Gallery
studio ready to simply drop
into a frame of your choice.
250 Giclee on Canvas ~ $415
Canvas Size: 40” x 20”
A Bolt for the Blue
Gerald Coulson’s dramatic painting Bolt for the Blue,
published to commemorate
the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning,
captures the very essence
of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing out of RAF
Wattisham, a Lightning F.3
of Treble One Squadron scrambles to intercept an unidentified
intruder plotted
on the RAF’s early warning radar. Almost certainly
it will be Russian, probably
he will be escorted out of harms way, but the interceptor
is armed with a pair of
air-to-air missiles just in case. A superb collector
print for all who remember
one of the greatest British fighters ever built.
350 Limited Edition ~ $245
Signed by:
Air Vice Marshal George Black CB OBE AFC*
Flight Lieutenant Ian Black
Air Vice Marshal Peter Collins
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Molland
Air Commodore John Mitchell CB OBE AFC*
125 Anniversary Edition ~ $335
Air Vice Marshal George Black CB OBE AFC*
Flight Lieutenant Ian Black
Air Vice Marshal Peter Collins
Flight Lieutenant Hedley Molland
Air Commodore John Mitchell CB OBE AFC*
Wing Commander Jimmy Dell OBE
Group Captain Ian Thomson
Flight Lieutenant Paul Field
Flight Lieutenant Alan Page
Flight Lieutenant Iain Small
Print Size: 32" x 25"
Guardian Angel
The Wonder Of Giclee Edition: With their ultra high
resolution and no
visible dot pattern, these high quality Giclée
prints have digitally replicated
Gerald Coulson’s original painting with astonishing
quality, faithfully
laying down all the hues and tones of the original
in minute detail using
fade-resitant archival inks. They are the closest
reproduction you are ever
likely to see, a fitting tribute to this respected
artist, his new memorable
painting, and to the venerable signatures of the veterans
who have signed them.
50 Giclee Artist Proofs ~ $265
Signed by:
Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC*
Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC
Wing Commander Tim Elkington
10 Remarque Proofs ~ $675
Signed by:
Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC*
Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC
Wing Commander Tim Elkington
Print Size: 29½” x 22¾”
Dawn Sortie
With its sleek, graceful design, instantly recognizable
by its thin, aerodynamically
advanced elliptical wings, the Supermarine Spitfire
was the creation of R. J. Mitchell,
an aeronautical creative genius. His fighter was to
become not only the most important
Allied aircraft of World War II, but the most famous
British fighter in history.
Gerald Coulson's majestic new painting captures a
pair of Spitfire Mk1s at dawn
high above the clouds over southern England in late
1940. An iconic tribute from
the artist to the greatest fighter aircraft of all
time.
Each print in Gerald Coulson's majestic tribute to
the Supermarine Spitfire has
been signed by three RAF fighter pilots who flew this
brilliant aircraft in combat
during World War II. All of the editions are also
signed by the artist, and hand
numbered.
350 Signed and Numbered ~ $195
Signed by:
Flight Lieutenant Alan Davis
Squadron Leader Gordon Henderson DFC
Flight Lieutenant Kurt Taussig
Print Size: 32½" x 14¾"
Dambusters - The Morning After
Of the many thousands of heroic night raids accomplished
during RAF Bomber
Command?s long six year campaign, one, above all,
captured the imagination of
an admiring public. Gerald Coulson's new painting
shows a single Lancaster of
617 Squadron, one of the lucky ones having made it
safely back to base, proudly
standing alone as if in tribute to those that didn?t
return.
In tribute to the brave men who undertook the historic
Dams mission, each print
is authenticated by three veterans of 617 Squadron
from the night of 16/17 May 1943.
The 50 Artist Proofs are additionally signed by leading
international movie star
RICHARD TODD, who played the part of Wing Commander
Guy Gibson in the
classic 1955 film 'The Dam Busters'.
450 Signed and Numbered Prints ~ $195
50 Artist Proofs ~ $295
Signed by:
Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston
Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM
Corporal Kenneth Lucas
Artist Proofs additionally signed by Richard Todd,
(W/C Guy Gibson in the 1955 film 'The Dam Busters')
Print Size: 27" x 20 1/2"
Mission by Moonlight
To commemorate this much-loved and incomparable aircraft,
Gerald Coulson’s
evocative painting depicts a Mosquito B Mk. XVI, a
high altitude bomber version,
on operations deep over occupied Europe. In this guise
the Mosquito was by far the
fastest piston-engine bomber of World War II, and
also the only light bomber
capable of delivering the devastating 4,000lb ‘block-buster’
bomb.
350 Signed and Numbered Prints ~ $145
25 Artist Proofs ~ $245
Signed by:
Wing Commander Robert Bray
Flight Lieutenant Frank Diamond DFC AE
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Perks DFC
Print Size: 221/4” x 19”
First Light
In Gerald Coulson’s fine study
First Light, Mk Vb Spitfires of 92 Squadron climb
out of Biggin Hill at the outset
of an early morning patrol on a cold winter’s morning
in February 1941. Leaving the
mist behind as the first beams of light streak across
the heavens, they will turn
to the east and steel themselves to meet the enemy, high
in the dawn sky.
Each print is issued with a matching
numbered copy of Geoffrey Wellum’s top
selling and highly acclaimed
book ‘First Light’, which is presented in a unique
gold embossed slipcase.
300 Signed and Numbered with Book ~ $195
Signed by:
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum
DFC
Squadron Leader Neville Duke
DSO OBE DFC
Print Size: 27” x
20 3/4"
