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On Monday 15 June 1936, just three months after Vickers’ Chief Test pilot Mutt Summers had flown the Spitfire on its maiden flight, he once again climbed into the cockpit of another of the company’s new aircraft. This time, however, the prototype that he was about to take into the air for its first flight was not a sleek little fighter like the Spitfire but a big medium bomber...
Battle-hardened B-17 the 'Memphis Belle' returns to Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire, following another arduous daylight mission over occupied Europe, Autumn 1942.
The ‘Belle’ was the first B-17 in the 91st Bomb Group to complete 25 missions. During that time her Captain, Bob Morgan, never lost a single crew member and his gunners were credited with...
Commemorating the U.S. Eighth Air Force in Britain during WWII
America formally declared war on Japan on 8 December 1941 following the Japanese strike on Pearl Harbor, and three days later Germany, bound by treaty to Japan, declared war on the United States. The conflict that had been waging in Europe, now became global and it...
A CLASSIC ROBERT TAYLOR MASTERWORK COMMEMORATING THE INDOMITABLE AIRCREWS OF BOMBER COMMAND
Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous. Add snowstorms, gale force winds, freezing temperatures and rudimental navigation aids, it seems a miracle the brave young men...
On Monday 15 June 1936, just three months after Vickers’ Chief Test pilot Mutt Summers had flown the Spitfire on its maiden flight, he once again climbed into the cockpit of another of the company’s new aircraft. This time, however, the prototype that he was about to take into the air for its first flight was not a sleek little fighter like the Spitfire but a big medium bomber...
The Memphis Belle returns to Bassingbourne, Cambridgeshire, following a daylight mission, Autumn 1942.
Individually wrapped with matching envelope.
Winter in Northern Europe brings short days, long nights and, for the most part, appalling weather making navigation difficult and flying hazardous. Add snowstorms, gale force winds, freezing temperatures and rudimental navigation aids, it seems a miracle the brave young men of RAF Bomber Command were able to continue at all. But continue they did.
Robert’s superb piece depicts...
As dawn breaks on a crisp, icy morning, Pathfinder Mosquitos follow the course of the River Great Ouse on their return to RAF Upwood after a long overnight trip to Germany in early 1944. During a period that began on the night of 20 / 21st February 1944 this particular squadron undertook a series of 36 consecutive night attacks on Berlin.
Anthony...
A perfect afternoon was ending as the summer of 1944 drew to a close and, as a gentle breeze blew over the banks of the small river close to the Suffolk coast, the war seemed a million miles away.
But suddenly the spell is broken: the thunderous roar of racing Merlin engines shatters the peace as, just feet above the ground P-51 Mustangs with fuselages glinting in the sun, power...
PART OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN PORTFOLIO
One of Robert Taylor’s most iconic and best-loved images of the Battle of Britain, RETURN OF THE FEW portrays a loose formation of Spitfires from 92 Squadron heading back to their base after a successful sortie over northern France. As the fighters approach the indomitable white cliffs near Dover, the pilots have decided to make...
