Eagle Force
Robert Taylor's new tribute to the young American volunteer
pilots
who joined the RAF to fight for freedom at the time
when Britain
stood alone against the Nazi domination in Europe.
Robert Taylor's
magnificent new painting features Spitfire Vbs of
71 Squadron RAF
as they return to their base at North Weald, September
1941, the
young American pilots perhaps taking a brief moment
to marvel at
the myriad colours of the late evening sun –welcome
relief from the
perils of recent air combat with the Luftwaffe high
above the English
Channel. Each print is signed by many of the most
highly regarded
Eagle Squadron pilots to have flown with the RAF.
A wonderful
tribute to the legendary American Eagles
400 Limited Edition ~ $320
Signed by:
Colonel Bill Edwards
Flight Lieutenant James Gray
Colonel Steve Pisanos
350 Eagle Edition ~ $450
Issued with a matching-numbered companion pencil print
by
Robert Taylor and signed by an additional seven pilots,
making
a total of TEN signatures in this edition.
Additionally signed by:
Colonel DonBlakeslee (Main print)
Flight Lieutenant John Cambell (Companion print)
Colonel James Goodson (Companion print)
Colonel George Maxwell (Companion print)
Major Michael Miluck (Main print)
Lieutenant Colonel Don Nee (Main print)
Major General Don Ross (Main print)
Print Size: 32½” x 23½”
Closing the Gap
As Typhoon Mk1b fighter-bombers of 247 Squadron exit
the target
area near Falaise at full throttle, the havoc wreaked
in their wake
bears witness to the devastation of their powerful
rockets. Fuel
and ammunition from the retreating German column explode
with
shattering detonations, the savagery of the attack
demoralising
the enemy into stunned oblivion. The Typhoons will
hurtle back
to base to re-arm and hastily re-fuel, ready for yet
another withering
strike on the encircled Wehrmacht columns. This stunning
new
rendition from the the worlds premier aviation artist
pays tribute
to the brave young RAF fighter pilots of the twenty
squadrons of
rocket-firing Hawker Typhoons who flew those perilous
ground
attacks during the Battle of Normandy.
350 - THE LIMITED EDITION ~ $320
Every print in this edition has been signed by three
hugely respected
RAF Typhoon pilots who flew and fought in the skies
over Normandy.
Each print is also signed by the artist Robert Taylor,
and hand-numbered.
Squadron Leader Percival Beake DFC
Warrant Officer Jack Hodges DFC
Warrant Officer John 'Abe' Lincoln
300 - THE TYPHOON EDITION ~ $425
In addition to the pilots signing the limited edition,
each print in this
remarkable TEN signature Typhoon Edition is also signed
by the following
distinguished Typhoon fighter pilots.
Flight Lieutenant Sir John Atkinson KCB DFC
Flying Officer Kenneth 'Junion' Kneen
Air Commodore C. D. ‘Kit’ North-Lewis DSO DFC
Warrant Officer Dour Oram
Squadron Leader Basil 'Stapme' Stapleton DFC
Flying Officer Frank Wheeler DFC
Pilot Officer ‘Rusty’ Townsend
Print Size: 35” x 25 1/4”
Rabul - Fly for your Life
For their outstanding contribution to the war in the
South Pacific,
the 'Black Sheep' were awarded one of only two Presidential
Unit
Citations accorded to Marine Corps squadrons during
the war in
the Pacific. With typical mastery, Robert Taylor has
brought to life
an encounter over Rabaul in late December 1943, paying
tribute to
one of the US Marine Corps most famous fighter squadrons,
and its
outstanding leader. With the Japanese airbase at Rabaul
visible in
the distance, 'Pappy' Boyington and his fellow pilots
of VMF-214
tear into a large formation of Japanese Zekes and
a series of deadly
dogfights have started, one Zeke already fallen victim
to their guns.
400 Limited Edition ~ $320
This edition is signed by TWO of the leading 'Black Sheep' F4U Corsair pilots.
Brigadier General Bruce J. Matheson USMC
Major Harry Johnson USMC
Print Size: 36" x 23 1/2"
Vital Support
Crucial to every squadron in the RAF were the unsung
heroes of
World War II - the ground crew. Without the vital
support of these
dedicated men who refuelled the aircraft, rearmed
them, maintained
them and kept them flying, the pilots and aircrew
would, quite simply,
never have got into the air. Robert Taylor's drawing
VITAL SUPPORT,
the latest in his new Graphite Portfolio Series, shows
ground crew
bombing up a Mosquito of RAF Bomber Command.
200 Limited Edition with 10 signatures ~ $320
Joining artist Robert Taylor, every print has been
signed by TEN Mosquito
pilots and crew as their personal tribute to the men
who supported them
so faithfully:
Flight Lieutenant Ray Harrington
Wing Commander Branse Burbridge DSO* DFC*
Wing Commander Eric Barwell
Flight Lieutenant Ken Tempest
Warrant Officer Bert Winwood
Squadron Leader Tommy Broom DFC
Flight Lieutenant Aubrey 'Hilli' Hilliard
Flight Lieutenant Geoffrey Perks
Flying Officer Maurice Webb DFM
Flying Officer Jalk Youens
Print Size: 14 1/2” x 11 1/4”
Fury of Assault
When Luftwaffe bombers first appeared in force in the
night skies over London
in September 1940 they heralded the beginning of The
Blitz - the most sustained
period of concentrated bombing aimed at British cities
during World War II.
Robert Taylor’s evocative painting brings to life
the frightening scenario
of the Luftwaffe’s night bombing campaign. It is December
1941, and London is
once again under concentrated attack. With fires raging
below, the armada of
German bombers is clearly visible in the night sky
as they sweep across the city.
Shimmering in the glow of destruction, a lone Hurricane
night-fighter from
85 Squadron, based at nearby Gravesend, engages Heinkel
111s of KG55 in a
desperate attempt to break up the formations.
700 Limited Edition Signed and Numbered ~ $320
50 Artist Proofs ~ $520
Signed by:
Flight Lieutenant Roy Daines DFM*
Oberleutnant Joachim Berking
Unteroffizier Fahnenjunker Walter Bogdan
Oberleutnant Heinrich Sudel
Oberleutnant Karl-Horst Meyer zumFelde
Print Size: 29” x 23 .5/8”
Graphite Portfolio Series - Desert Sharks
The First Release in the Grpahite Portfolio, a new
series of Limited Edition Pencil Prints.
With his outstanding and world-renowned talent for
pencil drawing, Robert captures
precisely the arid heat, dust and smoke of desert
warfare, conveying an air of impending
conflict. With each print signed by Squadron Leader
Neville Duke, 112 fighter Ace and
the Allies top-scoring pilot in the Mediterranean
theatre, this is an outstanding aviation
print in every sense, and with only 90 prints this
highly restricted edition is a must for
all aviation art collectors.
90 Limited Edition Signed & Numbered ~ $75
Signed by: Squadron Leader Neville Duke
Print Size: 21 1/4" x 15 1/2"
Schweinfurt - The Second Mission
Briefing at 0500 hours on the morning of 14 October
1943 brought the crews
of the 92nd Bomb Group news they didn’t want to hear:
“It’s Schweinfurt again!”
The same message was being repeated in USAAF bomb
group briefing rooms all
over eastern England in the early hours of what was
to become forever known as
“Black Thursday”. Robert Taylor’s majestic new painting
shows Colonel Budd
Peaslee’s B-17 Equipose, piloted by Kemp McLaughlin,
leading the Fortresses
of the 92nd Bomb Group en-route to the vital ball-bearing
factories at Schweinfurt.
500 Limited Edition Signed & Numbered ~ $320
Signed by:
General J. Kemp McLaughlin
First Lieutenant Wilbur 'Bud' Klint
First Lieutenant John P. Noak
Print Size: 36" x 24"
Into the Teeth of the Wind
Bound for Tokyo, Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle
launches
his B-25 Mitchell from the heaving deck of the carrier
USS Hornet on the morning of 18 April, 1942. Leading
a
sixteen-bomber force on their long distance one -
way mission,
the Doolittle Raiders completed the first strike at
the heart of
Imperial Japan since the infamous attack on Pearl
Harbour
four months earlier. Together, they completed one
of the most
audacious air raids in aviation history.
550 Signed and Numbered prints ~ $320
Signed by:
Lt. Col. Richard Cole
Maj. Gen. David Jones
Staff Sgt. David Thatcher
Maj. Thomas Griffin
Staff Sgt. Edwin Horton
Print size: 23½" x 29¾"
Close Call
A Spitfire of 610 Squadron narrowly misses colliding
with an
Me109 while in close combat, low over the South of
England,
during the late summer of 1940.
Exclusively limited to just 360 copies worldwide, this
superb
print has been faithfully reproduced from an original
pencil
drawing by Robert Taylor and each print has been personally
signed by two Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilots:
350 Signed and Numbered prints ~ $110
Signed by:
Flight Lieutenant Richard Jones
Squadron Leader Tony Iveson
High Cost
A tribute to the men who flew the Lancaster. The crews
of
Bomber Command faced one of the most daunting tasks,
calling
for courage sustained night after night, in conditions
of
desperate danger and discomfort. They did not fail
us and
55,573 paid the supreme sacrifice”. In his tribute
to
“The Many”, Robert Taylor’s evocative painting HIGH
COST
recreates a typical scene encountered by many Royal
Air Force
bomber squadrons on raids over enemy occupied territory:
Having already survived 30 successful operational
sorties,
on 9 February 1945 Lancaster PG-G of 619 Squadron
has
been intercepted by Luftwaffe night-fighters during
a raid
over Stettin Bay.
500 - RAF Limited Edition ~ $185
This FIVE signature edition is signed by:
Flight Lieutenant George Britton
Flight Lieutenant John Cox DFC
Warrant Officer Richard ‘Basher’ Hearne
Flight Lieutenant Tom Austin DFC AE
Wing Commander ‘Mac’ Eengland DFC*
100 - RAAF Limited Edition ~ $185
This edition is signed by THREE RAAF Airmen
who flew Lancasters with 619 Squadron.
Flying Officer Norman A. Gampe RAAF
Flight Lieutenant John M. Grant RAAF
Flying Officer Bernard T. Hucks DFC RAAF
Print Size: 27 1/8" x 17 3/4"
Top Dog
A tribute to the men who flew the Mosquito. Completing
a record 213
operational sorties with Bomber Command’s Pathfinder
Force, Mosquito
LR503 became one of the most successful aircraft in
the Royal Air Force
during World War II. It flew first with 109 Pathfinder
Squadron, and
then 105 Pathfinder Squadron, completing more combat
missions than
any other Allied aircraft.
500 - RAF Limited Edition ~ $150
This FIVE signature edition is signed by:
Wing Commander Robert Bray DFC*
Squadron Leader T. J. ‘Tommy’ Broom DFC
Squadron Leader Ron Curtis DSO DFC
Flight Lieutenant Ray Harrington
Warrant Officer A.E. ‘Bert’Winwood
Print Size: 22 1/4" x 21"
Dambusters - The Impossible Mission
Robert Taylor has painted an aviation masterpiece which
captures the
very essence of the Dams raids carried out more than
60 years ago:
“Dinghy” Young, flying Lancaster AJ-A, heading through
flak and
machine gun fire towards the Möhne Dam at precisely
60ft, has just
released his cylindrical, hydrostatically-triggered
bouncing bomb –
clearly visible against the huge splash created as
it hits the water.
The mighty Möhne Dam has but moments to live.
400 Limited Edition with 2 signatures~ $320
Sergeant Raymond E. Grayston
Squadron Leader George L. Johnson DFM
Print Size: 36 1/2" x 21 3/4"
Fighting Red Tails
