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Alone in a Winter Sky - Fokker Triplane DR1 by David Pentland. 4 of 5 editions available. £2.90 - £220.00

Deadly Pass by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signature(s). £95.00 - £400.00

African Expedition by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signature(s). £75.00 - £480.00

Eagle in the Snow, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland. 4 editions. One edition features 3 additional signatures. £50.00 - £600.00

Heinkel / Dornier 525b by David Pentland. 4 editions. £100.00 - £4500.00

Breaking the Ring by David Pentland. 3 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 6 additional signatures. £65.00 - £400.00

Cold War Warrior by David Pentland. 4 editions. £100.00 - £3000.00

First Combat by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 3 additional signature(s). £80.00 - £480.00

Night Reaper, 4th May 1942 by David Pentland. 12 editions. 7 of the 12 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures. £2.90 - £4000.00

Battle of the Bight by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £390.00

Lucky 13 by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 4 additional signature(s). £80.00 - £480.00

Head on Pass by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signature(s). £50.00 - £700.00

The Count by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £390.00

The Second Wave, Greece, 20th May 1941 by David Pentland. 9 editions. 2 of the 9 editions feature an additional signature. £2.50 - £3000.00

Opening Gambit, Poland, 2nd September 1939 by David Pentland. 5 editions. £2.90 - £3000.00

Spitfire! by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 6 additional signature(s). £70.00 - £460.00

The Last Eagle, Innsbruck, Austria, May 1945 by David Pentland. 7 editions. 3 of the 7 editions feature up to 5 additional signatures. £2.90 - £600.00

The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland. 5 editions. One edition features 3 additional signatures. £2.90 - £400.00

Victory Flypast by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features an additional signature. £450.00

Kannonenboot by David Pentland. 4 editions. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signature(s). £75.00 - £400.00

Shadow Over London, England, 28th January 1918 by David Pentland. 6 of 7 editions available. £2.90 - £400.00

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Alone in a Winter Sky - Fokker Triplane DR1 by David Pentland. Rittmeister Karl Bolle Commander Jasta 2 early 1918.

Deadly Pass by David Pentland. Magdeburg, Germany, 10th April 1945. Attacking from behind and above, ObLt.Walter Schuck, Staffelkapitain of 3./JG7, ripped through the massed boxes of 8th Airforce B17s, downing four in a single high speed pass.

African Expedition by David Pentland. Tunisia, North Africa, 4th January 1943. At 1600 hours, eight Fw190s from JG2 were scrambled from Kairouan airfield to intercept enemy aircraft flying recon over the Sbeitla and Fondouk areas. The Allied formation came from Thelepte airfield and consisted of 6 Spitfires from the US 4th Fighter Squadron, 52 Fighter Group, and 6 Spitfires from the US 5th Fighter Squadron, 52nd Fighter Group, escorting 5 P-39s. The Fw190s were south of Ousseltia when air combat with the escorting Spitfires began. It was during this engagement that Staffelkapitan Oberleutnant Rudorffer Yellow 1 of 6/JG2 claimed 2 of the American Spitfires.

Eagle in the Snow, Petsamo, Finland, January 1943 by David Pentland. Walter Schuck of JG5 Eismeer prepares to take off on patrol in his Me109F. Schuck served with this unit from December 1942 to April 1945, and in that time claimed 198 victories.

Heinkel / Dornier 525b by David Pentland. Projected nightfighter development of the Do 335 with DB603 LA Piston and He SO11A jet engines.

Breaking the Ring by David Pentland. Cape Malyj-Korabelnye, Russia, 18th August 1943. While escorting Fw190s to attack Soviet shipping, ObLt. Schuck's flight of Me109G2s from 8./JG5 attacked the four Soviet Hurricanes of 78 IAP/VVS which were on patrol over the boats. The Soviet formation leader, Mladshiy Leytenant Valeriy Kiritshenko, ordered his men to form a defensive Lufbery circle but this proved inadequate protection against Schucks determined attack. Breaking into the Ring he first downed Kitshenko, and then pursued and shot down a second Hurricane.

Cold War Warrior by David Pentland. Mig21MF, East German Airforce. Such aircraft were the mainstay of the Warsaw Pact forces from the 1960s through to the 1980s.

First Combat by David Pentland. Franco-German border, 22md November 1939. While flying a routine border Frei Jagd for some reconnaissance Dorniers, eight Me109s of 3./JG2 were engaged by fourteen French Curtiss Hawks of GC II/4. During the ensuing dogfight, the first combat for the Richthofen Geschwader since WW1, two of the French fighters were shot down. The first by Lt Helmut Wick, was flown by the French ace Adjutant Camille Plubeau (14 victories) the other by Ofw Erwin Kley. Wick was to go on to become one of the great aces of the Battle of Britain, achieving 56 victories before his death in November 1940.

Night Reaper, 4th May 1942 by David Pentland. Hawker Hurricane IIc of top Czech ace Flt. Lt. K.M. Kuttlewascher, No.1 Fighter Squadron on a night intruder sortie from RAF Tangmere. On this mission he destroyed three Heinkel IIIs over their own airfield, St. Andre, in occupied France.

Battle of the Bight by David Pentland. (P) Heligoland, German coast, 18th December 1939. Johannes Macky Steinhoff attacking Vickers Wellington bombers of No.37 Sqn. A raiding force of 22 RAF Wellington Ia bombers from 9, 37 and 149 squadrons was intercepted by some 60 Me109 and Me110s. First to engage were 6 Me109Ds from Oberleutnant Johannes Macki Steinhoff 's NG26's experimental night fighter staffel. In the running battle that followed Steinhoff and Feldwebel Szuggar claimed 1 bomber each. It was a disasterous day for the RAF with a total of 12 aircraft being shot down and another 6 crash landing on their return to England.

Lucky 13 by David Pentland. St Nazaire, France, 3rd January 1943. The Fw190A4 of Georg-Peter Schorsch Eder, 7/JG2, streaks past Meat Hound, a B17F of th 423rd Bomb Squadron, 306th Bomb Group en route to attack the U-boat pens at St Nazaire. Along with his Gruppenkommandeur Egon Mayer, it was Eder who pioneered the head on pass tactic against the Flying Fortresses. On this day he to achieve his thirteenth victory, and second B17. By the end of the war he had accounted for some 36 heavy bombers.

Head on Pass by David Pentland. St Nazaire, France, 1st January 1943. Leading the Focke Wulf 190s of III Gruppe, Jagdgeswader 2, Gruppenkommandeur Egon Mayer, cut a swathe through the attacking waves of US Eigth Airforce B17s. The recently developed tactic of the head on pass was proving successful against the daylight heavy bombers, with Mayer claiming 2 for himself in this engagement.

The Count by David Pentland. (P) Leutnant Walter Count Punski Krupinski of 4 Staffel, JG52 downs a Soviet R5 biplane on 25th September 1942. By the end of the day, 4 enemy aircraft would fall prey to his guns. One month later he received the Ritterkreutz having claimed 56 victories.

The Second Wave, Greece, 20th May 1941 by David Pentland. Following the initial parachute drops at Maleme (West) and Canea (Middle) Group East, comprising of Fallschirmjager Regiment 1 and 2nd battalion FJR2, prepared for their descent on Crete. Charged with the capture of Heraklion and its aerodrome, their departure was postponed until late afternoon due to the repairs and refuelling needed for the returning Junker 52 transports.

Opening Gambit, Poland, 2nd September 1939 by David Pentland. Porucznik Stanislaw Skalski of 142nd Eskrada, flying a Polish airforce PZL P-11c, downs a Messerschmitt 110 during the first days of WWII. Although officially credited as a Dornier bomber, it is now believed that the aircraft was an Me110 from 1/ZG1. The discrepancy is attributed to the fact that the reported aircraft used nose mounted cannons unlike the Dornier, and up until then the 110 was a well kept secret.

Spitfire! by David Pentland. Sussex Coast, England, 16th August 1940. For Donald MacDonald, Squadron leader of 64 Squadron, this particular day was fairly eventful. Catching the JG54 fighters and III/KG55 bombers on the coast, he personally accounted for one Me109E destroyed, another damaged, and a third probable. Continuing his attack he shared in the destruction of a He111P-2, and heavily damaged a second.

The Last Eagle, Innsbruck, Austria, May 1945 by David Pentland. Abandoned Me 109G-10, 3rd Staffel JG4.

The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland. Lockheed Vega PV-1 VB32 Squadron in the Santaren Channel. From this point on the U-boat was hunted and harassed only to be sunk in the Bay of Biscay.

Victory Flypast by David Pentland. (P) Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over Warzyn airfield, Poland, 24th August 1944. Oberleutnant Erich Hartmann celebrates his 300th victory over JG52's 9th Staffel home field. Four days later he was awarded the Knights cross with diamonds as the first pilot to achieve this score.

Kannonenboot by David Pentland. Adriatic coast, Greece, 20th Dece,ber 1943. 20mm cannon armed Messerschmitt 109G-6/R6 trop, flown by Oberleutnant Josef-Emil Clade, Staffelkapitan 7/JG27 White 9 and his wingman White 7.

Shadow Over London, England, 28th January 1918 by David Pentland. A Bristol Fighter attempted to intercept a single giant Zeppelin Staaken R.IV bomber as it approached the heart of the capital. The Brisfit failed to stop the raider and R-39, with Hauptmann Richard Bentivegni, (commander of 501 Squadron) aboard, flew on unhindered to its target.