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Band of Brothers by Gerald Coulson. One edition. £48.00

Market Garden. Arnhem by Graeme Lothian. 7 editions. £2.50 - £2900.00

The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes. 3 editions. £35.00 - £550.00

Battle of Britain by Michael Turner One edition. £32.00

Raining Fire by Ivan Berryman. 10 of 11 editions available. The one edition featuring 3 additional signatures is available. £2.90 - £500.00

Friendly Smoke by Michael Turner. One edition. The edition features 2 additional signature(s). £83.00

Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman. 2 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 5 additional signatures. £60.00 - £310.00

Desperate Measures by Ivan Berryman. 5 editions. All 5 editions feature up to 4 additional signature(s). £45.00 - £490.00

Tribute to Wing Commander Adrian Warburton by Ivan Berryman. 8 editions. £2.90 - £2000.00

Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea. 4 editions. £40.00 - £1800.00

The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. 2 of 4 editions available. All 4 editions feature up to 11 additional signatures. £200.00 - £250.00

Operation Chastise by John Young. One edition. £70.00

Enemy Approaching by David Pentland. (P) One edition. The edition features 11 additional signature(s). £720.00

The Battle for the Skies Over Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Graeme Lothian. 13 editions. 7 of the 13 editions feature up to 3 additional signatures. £2.90 - £3000.00

The Sea Shall Not Have Them by Marii Chernev. One edition. £20.00

A Westland Lysander by Stanley Gleed. One edition. £38.00

Tribute to the 617 Sqn Dambusters Crew of Lancaster AJ-M by David Pentland. 4 editions. One edition features an additional signature. £40.00 - £480.00

Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. 6 editions. 3 of the 6 editions feature an additional signature. £55.00 - £2200.00

Sunday Afternoon by Geoffrey R Herickx. 2 editions. £35.00 - £35.00

Bombers by Keith Aspinall. 5 editions. 3 of the 5 editions feature up to 2 additional signatures. £11.00 - £45.00

Low Level Encounter by Gerald Coulson. One edition. The edition features 4 additional signature(s). £250.00

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Band of Brothers by Gerald Coulson. Depicting an Avro Lancaster, Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire, the backbone of the Royal Air Force during World War Two.

Market Garden. Arnhem by Graeme Lothian. Paratroopers of the 1st Battalion sort their kit out and get ready to enplane the waiting American Dakota C-47s of the 14 and 59 Squadrons/61st Troop Carrier Group. The paratroops took off simultaneously from Saltby and Barkston, commencing at 1121. All planes were in the air by 1155. A relatively uneventful trip over the northern route to the Netherlands resulted in not a plane being shot down; only five were slightly damaged. The 1st Battalion were dropped at 1403, 2nd Battalion at 1353 and the 3rd Battalion at 1356, all at DZ-X, west of Wolfhezen some eight miles west of Arnhem. The Battalion orders were for three different routes to the Arnhem Bridge. 1st Battalion took the Leopard route, 2nd Battalion Tiger route and the 3rd Battalion Lion route. Only the 2nd Battalion, commanded by Lt colonel John Frost managed to fight their way to the bridge.

The Brits Get Burned by Stan Stokes. Twenty-four hours prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Japanese fighters near the Gulf of Siam shot down a RAF Catalina flying boat. The RAF aircraft had stumbled across the Japanese Southern Expeditionary Fleet proceeding to Malaya with a powerful invasion force. With many of its carriers approaching Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invasion force was dependent on land-based air cover. The Japanese Navys 22nd Air Flotilla had relocated to bases in French Indochina. Also within range were Army aircraft flying out of the Saigon area. The Japanese had several hundred aircraft at their disposal. On the British side there was a collection of approximately 150 mostly obsolete and poorly maintained aircraft including Brewster Buffalos, Vildebeast torpedo bombers, Blenheim light bombers, and Hudson patrol aircraft. The British had reinforced their naval forces in the area in November with the arrival of Force Z. Force Z included the old battle cruiser Repulse and the new state-of-the-art battleship Prince of Wales. It had also included the aircraft carrier Indomitable, but that ship had unhappily run aground in the West Indies. Force Z was sent north, under radio silence, to seek out the Japanese invasion force. Guided by some reports from a submarine, a force of 53 Japanese aircraft from the 22nd Air Flotilla took off on a mission to intercept the British force. Flying twin-engine G3M Nell and G4M1 Betty bombers, mostly armed with torpedoes, the Japanese pilots flew southwards through darkness and heavy clouds. Finally spotting something, the aircraft proceeded to attack position, but realized at the last minute that they were preparing to attack Admiral Ozawas flagship. About the same time, Force Z made contact with two scout planes launched from Ozawas cruisers. Disappointed that they had lost any element of surprise, the British force turned back. The next day the force was spotted by Japanese reconnaissance aircraft and their position was established for another attack force of nearly 100 aircraft. The Repulse was attacked first by a low level bombing run by Nells. Two waves of torpedo bomber attacks then followed. Captain Tennant, the ships commander twisted and swerved his ship, managing to dodge all the torpedoes. A third wave resulted in a single torpedo hit; exposing the old ship to nine more torpedo bombers. Four more torpedoes struck home, and the Repulse rolled over and sunk. The Prince of Wales was attacked by an initial wave of nine torpedo bombers, and suffered two hits. Mortally wounded she was attacked by a second wave of torpedo bombers. This time 4 more torpedoes struck home. She capsized and sank a few hours after the Repulse had preceded her. The demise of the Repulse and the Prince of Wales marked the end of the Battleship Era. Never again could powerful ships feel any security as long as unopposed enemy airpower was in range.

Battle of Britain by Michael Turner Spitfires return to their burning airfield at Kenley to re-arm and refuel.

Raining Fire by Ivan Berryman. Flying impossibly low en route to the Sorpe Dam on the night of 16th/17th May 1943 as part of Operation Chastise, Flight Sergeant Ken Brown's Lancaster ED918(G) encountered a number of German trains. On three occasions, AJ-F's nose and tail gunners (Sgt D Allaston, front and F/Sgt G S MacDonald, rear) opened fire, pouring shells and hot tracer rounds into the lumbering locomotive and its rolling stock, wreaking havoc along the way. ED918(G) eventually arrived at the Sorpe Dam at 3.00am where it successfully released its Upkeep bomb, but without breaching the dam. Brown and his crew returned safely, their aircraft riddled with holes, perhaps partially due to their route home taking them over the breached Mohne Dam, where they briefly exchanged gunfire with the German batteries there.

Friendly Smoke by Michael Turner. As dawn breaks over Normandy on the 6th June 1944, a low flying RAF Douglas Boston of 88 Squadron defies hostile fire to lay a protective smoke screen over the first wave of British troops approaching the invasion beaches. The Boston E for Easy is Piloted by Flight Officer Leslie Valentine C de G. ad his Navigator Pat McVeigh.

Time to Leave by Ivan Berryman. Spitfire L1062 (DW-L) of 610 Sqn was hit by flak over Dunkirk on 29th May 1940 and this picture depicts Sergeant Peter Jenkins struggling to get out of the cramped cockpit as his stricken aircraft plunges toward the sea.

Desperate Measures by Ivan Berryman. Having already registered two victories since his arrival at 501 Sqn in the Autumn of 1940, Plt Off K W Mackenzie found himself again in action against some Messerschmitt Bf.109s on 7th October, sharing in the destruction of one before vigorously pursuing another as it turned to head out across the Channel. With his ammunition exhausted, Mackenzie was determined not to let the interloper escape and placed his Hurricane's starboard wing over the tail of the Bf.109, bringing it violently down and severing the tail of the German fighter which plunged uncontrollably into the sea. With his own wingtip missing from the impact and his engine now damaged by rounds from other pursuing German aircraft, Mackenzie limped his crippled Hurricane over the cliffs near Folkestone, where he crash-landed. He survived the incident, albeit with some facial injuries sustained when he was thrown against the gunsight, and was awarded the DFC for his gallantry.

Tribute to Wing Commander Adrian Warburton by Ivan Berryman. One of the most unorthodox and daring pilots of World War II, 'Warby' Warburton was the only bomber pilot to become an ace, shooting down a Savoia Marchetti SM.79, a Macchi MC.200 and three Cant Z.506Bs, one of which is depicted here being attacked by Warburton's Martin Maryland AR705.

Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea. After take off a Sunderland of Coastal Command flies low over its base at Rosneath on the Gareloch, as Royal Navy battleships lay at anchor around the naval base of Faslane, near Helensburgh, Scotland during 1945.

The Dambusters by Gerald Coulson. Mick Martin's Lancaster pulls away from the Möhne Dam, his Upkeep bomb exploding behind him sending a huge plume of water into the air. Guy Gibson flies to his right drawing flak from the anti-aircraft guns on the towers.

Operation Chastise by John Young. On the night of 16th May 1943, 18 specially modified Avro Lancasters of No.617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, breached the Möhne and Eder dams on the Ruhr, in the famous Dambusters raid.

Enemy Approaching by David Pentland. (P) Hurricanes of No.605 Squadron, October 1940. Aircraft pictured are P3308 UP-A of A A McKellar and N2471 of P Parrott.

The Battle for the Skies Over Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Graeme Lothian. A large umbrella of Spitfire Wings covered most of the sky over Dieppe during the Allied attack Operation Jubilee on 19th August 1942. Squadron leader Johnnie Johnson leads 610 (County of Chester) Squadron down from top cover support to lend a hand to Spitfires of 485 Squadron (New Zealand) and 411 Squadron (Canadian) which made up the 12 Group Wing, led by W/C Pat Jameson. The enemy being made up of a huge mixed force of Fw190 and Me109 fighters from JG2 and JG26. 12 Group Wing flew four times that disastrous day and in the end the Royal Air Force lost 106 aircraft compared to the Luftwaffe losses of 48.

The Sea Shall Not Have Them by Marii Chernev. As his Squadron mates fly cover, USN Lt W.R Muncie (VF-54, USS Valley Forge) awaits rescue by a Royal navy Sea Otter flying boat. from HMS Triumph. The FAA crew, Lt peter Cane and CPO airman Gilbert O Nion, were awarded the US Air medal and a mention in despatches, respectively for the successful rescue, the last by a fixed-wing aircraft in the history of the Fleet air Arm.

A Westland Lysander by Stanley Gleed. No text for this item

Tribute to the 617 Sqn Dambusters Crew of Lancaster AJ-M by David Pentland. The image shows Lancaster AJ-M attacking the Mohne dam. Alongside is the portrait of AJ-M pilot Flt Lt J V Hopgood. The second aircraft to attack the target, the aircraft was hit by flak, and its bomb bounced over the dam. Caught in the blast from its own bomb, the aircraft crashed soon after passing over the dam, with just two of the crew surviving. Crew of M for Mother : Pilot : Flt Lt J V Hopgood Flight Engineer : Sgt C Brennan Navigator : Flg Off K Earnshaw Wireless Operator : Sgt J W Minchin Bomb Aimer : Sgt J W Fraser (survived) Front Gunner : Plt Off G H F G Gregory Rear Gunner : Plt Off A F Burcher (survived).

Lysander Pick Up by Graeme Lothian. A Lysander of 161 Squadron from RAF Tempsford banks to port as it circles a field somewhere in France 1943. These missions only took place on or around the full moon period to pick up or drop off SOE agents with the help of the Resistance. 161 Squadron, the most secret of all RAF squadrons, had in its flight, Lysanders, Hudsons, and Halifaxes which carried out parachute operations. Two of 161s top pilots Hugh Verity and Lewis Hodges both received the DSO & bar and DFC & bar, and from France the Legion dHonneur and the Croix de Guerre.

Sunday Afternoon by Geoffrey R Herickx. No text for this item

Bombers by Keith Aspinall. Lancaster, Halifax, Stirling and Mosquito of Bomber Command.

Low Level Encounter by Gerald Coulson. A Spitfire and an Me109 locked in battle pass a downed He111 low over the English countryside.