Don't Miss Any Special Deals - Sign Up To Our Newsletter! Product Search

Cranston Fine Arts Aviation Art and Artists Clipped Aviation Signatures

Navigation
Page 2 of 21	Previous .. Page 2 .. Next

Clipped Signature - Sir Peter Le Cheminant. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Robert McIntosh. Clipped Signature. One edition : £80.00

Clipped Signature - Raymond A Lallemant. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - John Minech. Clipped Signature. One edition : £35.00

Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. Clipped Signature. One edition : £45.00

Clipped Signature - Sir Neil Wheeler. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Ralph F Conte. Clipped Signature. One edition : £100.00

Clipped Signature - Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Edgar Percival. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - T J L Gauvain. Clipped Signature. One edition : £10.00

Clipped Signature - Harbourne Stephen. Clipped Signature. One edition : £60.00

Clipped Signature - Sir Richard Janvrin. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - Gunther Rall. Clipped Signature. One edition : £65.00

Clipped Signature - Cyril Bamberger. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - D T Andrews. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Joe Keenan. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - John F Bolt. Clipped Signature. One edition : £50.00

Clipped Signature - John Haskins. Clipped Signature. One edition : £30.00

Clipped Signature - Hans-Wilhelm Bender. Clipped Signature. One edition : £65.00

Clipped Signature - James Sheppard. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Clipped Signature - Willi Wust. Clipped Signature. One edition : £40.00

Navigation
Page 2 of 21	Previous .. Page 2 .. Next

Text for the above items :

Clipped Signature - Sir Peter Le Cheminant. Commissioned in the RAF in 1939, by 1943 he was in command of No.223 Sqn flying the Baltimore in Tunisia. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross at this time, and a Bar to it in Korea in 1951. He retired as Air Chief Marshal in 1979, and served as Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 1980-85. He died in 2018. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Robert McIntosh. Known as 'All-Weather Mac', he was a famed pilot - even the subject of BBC's 'This Is Your Life' in 1962. He flew Handley Page 0/400 Bombers in World War One and continued flying the civilian version after the war. He flew several records and record attempts - from London to Cape Town and back in 1932 - and in a career of 56 years flew more than 23,000 hours on 143 different aircraft types. He died in 1983. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Raymond A Lallemant. A Belgian Ace credited with 6 victories, he commanded No.609 Sqn flying Typhoons then No.349 Sqn flying Spitfires. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar. He died in 2008. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - John Minech. Flew the A-20 Havoc with 647th Squadron, 410th Light Bomb Group from May 1944. He flew 65 missions in total, two of which were on D-day itself - one a low level attack at 300ft. Please note that this partcular signature has been sourced from a print where there were small images of aircraft for the relevant pilots to sign underneath - this image will be cropped along with the signature for this item, as shown in our images.

Clipped Signature - Roland Beamont. An Ace pilot who flew Hurricanes during the Battle of Britain and later the Tempest, noted for destroying V-1 flying bombs. He died in 2001.

Clipped Signature - Sir Neil Wheeler. An ex-Cranwell entrant who had graduated in 1937, Wheeler had served in Bomber Command before the war. In 1940 he joined the Photographic Development Unit at Heston pioneering photographic reconnaissance, flying unarmed Spitfires deep into enemy territory. In November 1942 he was just completing his OTU on Beaufighters when the posting arrived to 236 Squadron and the North Coates Wing shortly after its first disastrous strike attack on 28th November 1942. Wheelers review and revision of the tactics involved in Strike Wing attacks, and the intensive training program he introduced, were to prove critical to the success of the whole concept. On 18th April 1943, Wheeler led the North Coates Wing in its first successful attack, on a German convoy off Ijmuiden. Leading the Wing until September 1944, Neil Wheeler went on to hold high command in the post-war RAF. Sadly, Neil Wheeler died on 9th January 2009.

Clipped Signature - Ralph F Conte. Ralph F Conte - A bombardier / navigator with the 416th Bomb Group, he flew his first mission on 4th March 1944. Flying a total of 65 combat missions in the A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader, he was awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded by flak on 18th July 1944. He died in 2016. Arthur R Milow - Commanding Officer of the 643rd Bomb Squadron, 409th Bomb Group, he flew 66 combat missions in the A-20 Havoc and A-26 Invader, including on D-Day itself and in the Battle of the Bulge. He died in 2012. Wayne E Downing - A pilot on the A-20 Havoc with the 416th Bomb Group, he flew missions D-Day. He later converted to the A-26 Invader, completing a total of 86 combat missons. Post-war he stayed with the Air Force flying the B-47 and B-52 until 1962, becoming a maths teacher after leaving the service. He died in 2018.

Clipped Signature - Sir Humphrey Edwardes-Jones. An original member of Cambridge University Air Squadron, he then flew Avros and Snipes with the RAF. He spent three years in Cairo before becoming a test pilot - he flew the prototype Spitfire in 1936. He commanded No.213 Sqn with Gladiators and Hurricanes before taking on senior roles in the RAF. He retired an Air Vice Marshal in 1961. He died in 1987. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Edgar Percival. An aviation engineer from Australia, he served with the Royal Flying Corps during World War One before designing and testing many aircraft and forming his own company - Percival Aircraft Ltd, best known for the Percival Proctor military plane. He died in 1984. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - T J L Gauvain. A pilot of No.5 Sqn RAF flying Lightnings in the 1970s, our sources state he flew Lightning XR726 in 1973. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Harbourne Stephen. Flew Spitfires with No.605 Sqn over France and Dunkirk before fighting in the Battle of Britain, and had scored 22.5 victories by the end of 1940. He took command of 166 Wing in the Far East until the end of the war, then had a career in newspapers, becoming managing director of the Daily Telegraph. He died in 2001.

Clipped Signature - Sir Richard Janvrin. Joined the Royal Navy in 1929 then flew as an observer in Swordfish with the Fleet Air Arm, and was in one of two of the Pathfinder aircraft at the Battle of Taranto. Post war he commanded ships includng HMS Broadsword and HMS Victorious. He died in 1993.

Clipped Signature - Gunther Rall. With 275 victories, he is the third-highest scoring combat Ace in history, despite significant hospitalisation in the war. Flying with JG52 in the Battle of Britain, his score grew rapidly after transferring to the Eastern Front. He flew Me109s, Fw190s and Me262s, and stayed in the Air Force post-war. He died in 2009.

Clipped Signature - Cyril Bamberger. Originally ground crew, he trained as a Spitfire pilot and joined No.610 Sqn in August 1940 during the Battle of Britain. He moved to No.41 Sqn where he claimed an Me109 before joining No.261 Sqn in Malta, claiming two Ju87s in two days. He then flew with No.185 Sqn, then No.93 Sqn claiming another Ju87, before claiming an Me109 with No.243 Sqn. Awarded the DFC and Bar, he stopped flying in July 1944, taking up other roles in the RAF until 1959. He died in 2008.

Clipped Signature - D T Andrews. A Firefly pilot with No.827 Sqn Fleet Air Arm, he served aboard HMS Triumph during the Korean War from 25th June 1950 to 29th September 1950. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Joe Keenan. Joe Keenan joined the 100th Bomb Group at Thorpe Abbotts as a ball turret gunner. He flew 35 combat missions in B-17 Andy's Dandy, including five missions to Berlin in May 1944, dropped arms and supplies to the French Resistance, and flew on D-Day, 6th June 1944.

Clipped Signature - John F Bolt. Flew the F4U Corsair with VMF-214, scoring 6 victories in 90 days to become an Ace. He later served a tour in the Korean War, shooting down 6 MiG-15s to become one of only 7 American Aces of both World War Two and Korea. He died in 2004.

Clipped Signature - John Haskins. A pilot on Hampdens with No.49 Sqn, he took part in shipping searches in November and December 1939. On 6th September 1940 his Hampden was forced to ditch in the English Channel off Calais and all four crew were taken prisoner. He died in 2011. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - Hans-Wilhelm Bender. Flew Ju88s with KG3 and was awarded the Knight's Cross on 8th September 1941. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.

Clipped Signature - James Sheppard. James Sheppard served in World War Two with the famed Tuskegee Airmen of the 301st Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group. An aviation engineer, he worked on the Mustangs flown by the squadron and in later life gave presentations and talks on aviation history and particularly his experiences with the Tuskegee Airmen. He died in 2018.

Clipped Signature - Willi Wust. A radio operator in Me110s, he flew throughout the Battle of Britain with ZG.26. He later flew missions in North Africa, scoring 8 victories with his pilot Alfred Wehmeyer, and was awarded the Knight's Cross.

Where do these clipped signatures come from?

Below is an example of a print that has been damaged and has had signatures clipped. This is where most of our clipped signatures come from. This example is Fighter General by Graeme Lothian and the signatures clipped include Peter Duttmann and Walter Krupinski.