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After
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Against
All Odds |
A
type VIIc U-Boat fight off attack by a PBY Catalina |
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Air Apaches on the Warpath |
B-25's
of the 345th 'Air Apaches' Bomb Group attack and sink a Japanese subchaser |
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Airstrike |
Last
seconds of a Mirage V at the hands of 801 Naval Air C.O., Commander 'Sharkey'
Ward, flying a Sea Harrier from HMS Invincible on May 21, 1982 |
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America
Strikes Back |
Ken
Taylor in his P-40 Tomahawk, bringing down his second enemy aircraft on
December 7, 1941 |
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Angels
Three Zero |
Spitfire
flown by Bobby Oxspring of 66 Squadron duels with an Me109 at 30,000 feet,
during the Battle of Britain |
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Assault
on the Capital |
Me109s
of II/LG2 and Hurricanes of 242 Squadron in combat during the attacks on
London in the afternoon of September 7, 1940. |
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Attack
on the Hiei |
Joe
Foss leads F4F Wildcats of VMF121, based on Guadalcanal, against the Japanese
battlecruiser Hiei north of Savo Island, Friday November 13, 1942. |
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Bader
Legend |
The
legendary Wing Leader Douglas Bader high above the south coast of England,
flying his beloved Mark Va Spitfire. |
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Baders Bus Company x |
Spitfires
of Bader's Tangmere Wing in 1941, high over the south coast of Sussex, England,
fly towards the Pas de Calais to engage Galland's 'Abbeville Boys'. |
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Balloon
Buster x |
RFC
208 Squadron Sopwith Camel flown by Flt Lt Henry Botterell brings down a
German observation balloon near Arras, northern France, August 29, 1918.
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Band
of Brothers |
Lancaster
S for Sugar on the morning of 27th April, 1944 after her 95th sortie - a
raid on the ball-bearing factory at Schweinfurt. |
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Barque
Glenogil |
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Battle
of the Coral Sea |
The
attack on the Japanese carrier Shoho by Lexingtons SBD Dauntless dive bombers,
May 4th 1942 |
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Battle
of the Nile |
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Battleship
Bismark |
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Battleship
Row |
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Bekaa
Valley |
Combat
between an Israeli F-16 Falcon and a Mig23 fought over the Bekaa Valley
in June 1981. |
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Bogeys
11 O'Clock High |
Commemorates
the Yamamoto Mission, April 18th 1943. P-38 Lightnings, led by John Mitchell,
approach Bougainville on their famously succesful attack on Admiral Yamamoto's
aircraft Carrier |
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Bringing
the Peacemaker Home |
The
return of the 8th Air Force B-17 'The Peacemaker' over the English coast
July 20th 1944. Damaged by Focke-Wulf 190’s the B-17 "Peacemaker" of the
91st BG limps towards the English coast escorted by P-51B Mustangs of the
361st Fighter Group |
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Canadian
Wing |
Johnnie
Johnson leads his Canadian Wing in a fighter sweep over the Normandy beaches
on D-Day, June 6, 1944. |
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Canberras
over Cambridgeshire x |
Undeterred
by 'Friday 13th', Wing Commander Beamont took off that day in May 1949,
in the Canberra prototype. |
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Caught
on the Surface |
A
Sunderland of 461 Sqn RAAF destroys U-461, a type XIV German submarine caught
on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay on July 30, 1943
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Chance
Encounter |
Dornier
24 flying boat of the Royal Netherlands Navy sights the Japanese invasion
fleet off Kuching, British Borneo, 23 December, 1941. |
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Clipper
Morning Star |
Developed
by the Boeing Company during World War II from its successful B-29 Super-Fortress
to meet the needs fro long range air transport. Clipper Morning Star N1042V
flying serenly over the distinctive Manhattan skyline in 1952. |
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Cloud
Companions |
A
Lancaster has been damaged and is left far behind the main force to make
its own perilous way home as best it can. Seeing the vulnerability of their
friends, a Mosquito crew expose themselves to the same dangers, and throttle
back to stay alongside the injured warbird. |
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Combat
over London |
During
the legendary Battle of Britain Spitfires of 92 Squadron are engaged with
Messerschmitt Me109s of JG-2 in a high-altitude dog-fight directly over
London in September 1940. |
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Combat
over the Reich x |
Approaching
their target at he oil refinery at Zwickau, 60 miles south west of Dresden,
the 452nd Bomb Group's B-17 Fortresses were bounced by 28 Me262 jets from
JG 7. |
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Coming
Home (The Mighty Eighth) |
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Coming
in over the Estuary |
P-38
Lightnings of the 364th Fighter Group flying low over Bosham, on England's
South coast. |
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Company
of Heroes |
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Contact
Bearing 190 |
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Cutty
Sark |
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Dawn
Operations A |
As
dawn breaks over the naval base on the island of Shortland, off the southern
tip of Bourgainville, a Mitsubishi F1M2 float plane is readied for its first
reconnaissance flight of the day. Overhead a pair of A6M Zero fighters from
a nearby carrier head out on patrol. |
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Dawn
Patrol |
Billy
Bishop and the pilots of 85 Squadron as they climb their SE5A fighters into
the cool morning sunlight above the fields of Northern France on June 16,
1918. |
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Dawn
Scramble x |
During
the height of the Battle of Britain. Mark Vb Spitfires at Biggin Hill are
seen retracting their undercarriage almost as soon as they leave the ground
in order to gain height as quickly as possible. |
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D-Day
the Airbourne Assault |
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D-Day
Normany Landings |
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Defence
of the Realm x |
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Desert
Hawks |
Flight
of P-40 Kittyhawks of No 3 Squadron RAAF on a strike mission over the North
African desert. Print |
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Doolittle
Raiders |
Doolittle
Raiders take their B-25 bombers down to very low level and head for China
after delivering their surprise attack on the industrial and military targets
in and around Tokyo on April 18, 1942. The sixteen-ship mission, led by
volunteer crews, successfully completed one of the most audacious air raids
of World War II. |
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Doolittle
- Moment Of Destiny |
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Eagles
on the Channel Front A |
Remembering
the most famous of all Luftwaffe Fighter Wings that fought on the Western
Front during the early years of World War Two. |
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Eagle
Squadron Scramble |
commemorating
the intrepid 240 American air men who volunteered to fly with the R.A.F.
in their early struggle against the Luftwaffe before the U.S.A. joined the
war. |
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Eagles
Prey |
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Farewell
America |
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Fastest
Victory |
Taking
his Hurricane off from Speke, a raiding JU88 crossed the airfield in front
of Denys Gillam, who promptly shot it down. It was the fastest air victory
of the war, and probably of all time. |
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Fight
for the Sky x |
A
Heinkel III has been brought down, one of many never to make it home on
this bright and sunny day. As the Luftwaffe bomber's crew emerge from their
broken aircraft, relieved to have survived the crash-landing, a Mk I Spitfire
from No 66 Squadron roars low overhead to verify another victory. |
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Fighter
General |
ME262s
led by Adolf Galland, are returning towards Munich-Riem at full throttle,
hugging the deck to avoid the attentions of USAAF escort fighters. Below
the crew of a B-24, brought down in the air-fighting, has survived a dramatic
crash-landing amid spectacular surroundings. |
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Fighting
Tigers |
P-47
Warhawks of the Flying Tigers, engaging the enemy Nakajima fighters over
the Hsiang Chiang river, Southern China, August 5th 1944. |
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First
Combat |
Don
Kingaby is the only pilot in the RAF to have been awarded 3 DFMs. During
his first combat on August 12, 1940, he severely damaged an JU88 over the
Isle of Wight |
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First
of Many |
Highly
restricted, special edition of Robert Taylor’s famous painting First of
Many, depicting the legendary fighter Ace’s first air victory in World War
II Each print in this special Tribute Edition is signed by four famous RAF
Fighter Aces that flew Hurricanes and Spitfires with Douglas Bader in the
Battle of Britain in 1940. |
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First
Sighting |
Downed
aircrew often drifted for days in their small inflatable dingies hoping
rescue would come. Robert Taylor's painting depicts that first sighting
by an Air Sea Rescue Sunderland and the moment of joy of the aircrew. |
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Flying
Cloud Clipper |
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Front
Line Hurricanes |
Based
at a temporary formed airfield at Lille Marc, Hurricanes of No. 87 Squadron
- showing the strains of battle - taxi in from a skirmish during heavy fighting
in the Battle of France, May 1940. |
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Gallant
Ohio |
Spitfires
of 126 and 185 Squadrons successfully fend off a last desperate attempt
by enemy aircraft to sink the crippled American tanker Ohio, still some
80 miles short of the beleaguered island of Malta. |
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Gathering
Storm x |
Focke-Wulf
190 Fighters climb out over Theville to intercept B-17 Fortresses en-route
to bomb submarine pens at Lorient. |
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Glorious
Summer |
Young
Pilot Officer Geoffrey Page, later to become one of the RAF's most highly
decorated fighter Aces, powers his Mk I Hurricane over the country lane
at the edge of the airfield, as he and his fellow No 56 Squadron pilots
make their third scramble of the day. |
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Greycap
Leader |
Leading
443 (Canadian) Squadron's Spitfires, Johnnie Johnson brings down an Fw190
over the Rhine, September 1944. |
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Halifax
Legend |
The
Halifax flew no less than 75,000 operational sorties in World War II and
together with the Lancaster formed the main strength of Bomber Command. |
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Head
On Attack |
On
October 12, 1940, No. 603 Squadron, reduced to only eight aircraft, took
on a large formation of Me109s attacking head on. Robert Taylor's vivid
portrayal shows Scott-Malden's Spitfire moments after knocking down an Me109
in the encounter, both he and his wingman coming through unscathed. |
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Height
of the Battle |
By
mid-afternoon on Wednesday 11th September, 1940 German bomber formations
were plotted flying up the Thames Estuary towards London. To deal with the
imminent raid Fighter Command scrambled nine squadrons to make the intercept.
As the Luftwaffe bombers approached the docklands east of London, sixty
Spitfires and Hurricanes fell upon them and a pitched battle ensued. |
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HMS
Belfast |
HMS
Belfast with the British Fleet in Scapa Flow early in the war. |
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HMS
Hood - Pencil Print x |
Limited
to a single edition of 250 copies signed and numbered by the artist. |
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HMS
Kelly (small) |
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Hornblower
and the Indifatigable |
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Hostile
Sky A |
A
B-24 has been hit and is losing touch with the main bomber formation, as
Luftwaffe pilots concentrated their attentions on the unfortunate aircraft.
Two Fw190s, are zooming up for the kill on the damaged B-24. Seeing the
desperate situation, a P-38 escort pilot has made a head-on attack, splitting
the pair of Fw190s, and thwarting their attempt to finish off the B-24.
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Hunters
in the Desert |
Robert
Taylor's painting records Hans-Joachim Marseille's jubliant low pass as
he returns to his Desert airstrip having just achieved his 100th victory.
In the foreground his fellow pilots are seen clambering out of their Me109's
having just completed another successful mission. |
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In
Gallant Company |
Marine
Corps F-4F Wildcats and F-4U Corsairs in the Solomans. Signed by ALL 5 living
Marine Corps Pilot recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honour |
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Lancaster
VC |
A
superb study of a pair of Lancaster heavy bombers as they set out on a mission
over occupied Europe, painted against a powerful cloudscape. |
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Last
Phantom |
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Legend
of Colin Kelly |
Captain
Colin Kelly's 19th Bomb Group B-17C is outnumbered by Japanese Zero's as
it returns to Clark Field in the Philippines, December 10, 1941.
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Limitless
Horizons |
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Loch
Etive |
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Malta - George Cross |
Pilot
Officer John Bisley of 126 Squadron in combat with Me 109s from JG-53 during
one of the intense aerial air battles over Valetta in April 1942. |
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Marauder
Mission |
B26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group
9th Air Force, returning from a strike against VI, rocket sites in the Pas
de Calais, January 1944. |
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Midway
- Strike against the Akagi |
Decimation
of Japanese carrier fleet off Midway Island, June 1942 |
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Midway
- Turning of the Tide |
SPD
Dauntless just prior to the attack on Admiral Nagumo's carrier fleet, Midway
June 4th 1942 |
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Mission
Beyond Darkness |
Following
the attack against Admiral Ozawa’s Japanese carrier fleet on June 20, 1944,
Admiral Mitscher defies all rules of naval engagement: In total darkness,
with the ever-present danger of enemy submarines, he orders every ship in
his Task Force 58 to switch on lights to guide over 100 returning carrier-borne
aircraft, all desperately low on fuel. |
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Morning
Thunder |
Desperate
Moments: USS West Virginia is ablaze with navy crews picking up survivors.
Overhead Japanese aircraft execute second wave attack on Pearl Harbor. |
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Misquito
into Attack |
Leonard
Cheshire VC is one of the most outstanding of all RAF Bomber Pilots. He
devised the 'master bomber' technique - flying low over the target marking
with flares, allowing the main force to pinpoint the target in the darkness.
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Most
Memorable Day |
Adolf
Galland and his wingman Bruno Hegenauer break through the fighter escort
of No. 303 Squadron's Spitfires to attack Blenheim bombers of No. 21 Squadron
over northern France, 21 June 1941. |
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Mount
Stewart (not illustrated) |
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Mustang
Recce |
Russ
Berg flies his 10th Recce Group P51s in low and fast, dodging flak and enemy
fighters, to get vital photographs for General Paton's advancing forces.
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Night
Intruder |
A
colourful painting depicting a Mosquito, the fastest Allied aircraft and
perhaps the most versatile of all to fly in World War II, dodging between
the flak and searchlights on a low-level night attack. |
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Night
Attack on the Newcastle |
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No
Turning Back |
A
Lancaster of No. 61 Squadron, RAF, piloted by Flt. Lt. Bill Reid, under
attack from a German Fw190 en route to Dusseldorf on the night of November
3rd, 1943. Already injured in a previous attack, Bill Reid was again wounded
but pressed on for another 50 minutes to bomb the target, then fly his badly
damaged aircraft on the long journey home. |
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Offshore
Bombardment |
Prinz
Eugen in company with destroyers and torpedo boats shelling Russian shore
positions in Westren Samland with her 8 inch guns. |
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Operation
Cerberus |
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Out
of fuel and Safely Home |
Damaged
by flak and enemy fighters, and almost out of fuel, after a gruelling eight
hour mission the pilot of this B-17 Fortress makes a forced landing in the
safety of an English cornfield. A pair of P-51 Mustangs have escorted the
damaged aircraft back across the North Sea, and peel off as they see their
charge safely back on friendly soil. |
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Outward
Bound (Mighty Eighth) |
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Peaceful
Anchorage |
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Phantom
Showtime |
It
was January 19, 1972 aboard the USS Constellation in the Gulf of Tonkin.
As Cunningham shut down the engines of his 'Fighting Falcons' F-4J Phantom,
they had just got a MiG kill |
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Ploesti
- The Vital Mission x |
Signatures
from 5 B-24 Bomber Groups which flew to Ploesti on August 1 1943. |
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Queens
Flight |
A
specially commissioned study of her Majesty The Queen's Flight on the occasion
of its 50th Anniversary. Featured are all the main aircraft to have been
in service with the flight. |
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Ramrod
792 |
During
operation Ramrod 792 on April 25, 1944, leading his Spitfire wing, Johnnie
Johnson had a long-running combat with an FW190. Robert Taylor shows the
last moments of the duel which ended in victory for the Allied Air Forces
leading fighter Ace. |
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Rangers
on the Rampage |
Mosquito
attack on a German fighter station deep inside Germany. Arriving over the
target at little above hangar height, the two-ship mission announce their
arrival by raking the field with cannon and machine gun fire. Within seconds
both aircraft have scored direct hits with their 50lb bombs, and before
the defensive flak guns can get the range, the pair have departed for home.
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Red
Arrows |
The
R.A.F.'s Red Arrows - perhaps the finest close formation aerobatic team
in the world, flying their renowned Hawk jets over the Gloucestershire countryside.
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Remember
Pearl Harbour |
Aichi
D-3A1 dive bombers from the Japanese carrier Kaga concentrate their attack
on the battleship Nevada, already holed by torpedoes and beached at Hospital
Point. The destroyer Shaw is on fire, and behind her the battleship Pennsylvania,
the cruiser Helena, and the Base Force Flagship Argonne, can be seen in
the turmoil of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941 |
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Return
to Duxford |
Flying
low over the picturesque village of Thaxted, in the cold winter of 1944-45,
the P-51D Mustangs of the 78th Fighter Group return to Duxford after a tiring
eight hour escort mission. With dusk approaching, low on fuel, the fighters
have about 20 miles to run. |
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Rolling
Thunder |
Flying
down Thud Ridge at just below the speed of sound, Jack Broughton leads an
F-105 Thunderbolt raid on the power plant at Viet Tri, North Vietnam, March12,
1967. The target was destroyed. |
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Royal
Yacht Britannia |
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Russian
Roulette |
A
Soviet Yak 3 makes a typically daring head-on attack on a Bf109 while other
Yaks wheel and turn in search of the enemy high over the Russian Front.
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SE5A
at St. Omer - Pencil Print |
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Sea
Fury |
Flying
an 805 Squadron Sea Fury from H.M.S. Ocean in Korean waters, 1952, 'Hoagy'
Carmichael became the first piston engine pilot to destroy a jet aircraft
when he downed a North Korean MiG. |
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Sea
Harriers |
A
symbolic study of the very first two Sea Harriers to fly with the Royal
Navy Fleet Air Arm, 700 Alpha Squadron, commanded by Sharkey Ward. Seen
overflying Plymouth Harbour, both of these aircraft fought in the Falklands
War. |
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Sea
King Rescue #2 |
Piloting
a Sea King helicopter of 820 Naval Air Squadron, Prince Andrew was first
to lift off survivors after the Atlantic Conveyor was hit by an exorcet
missile. |
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Secret
Operation |
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Severn
Trail |
A
magnificent study of a pair of C130 Hercules seen in tactical trail over
the Severn Estuary, 25 miles west of R.A.F. Lyneham, headquarters base of
RAF Support Command |
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Sighting
the Bismark |
At
10.30 on the morning of 26th May, 1941, a lone Catalina of 209 Squadron
rediscovers the mighty German battleship Bismarck - pride of the Kriegsmarine
- which had eluded the Royal Navy for more than 32 hours. |
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Sky
Giant |
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South
Atlantic Task Force |
H.M.S.
Hermes prepares to launch her Sea Harriers whilst a Sea King stands off:
H.M.S. Arrow in the foreground ploughs into the swell, whilst H.M.S. Sheffield
keeps station off the port beam. Following are H.M.S. Glamorgan and the
auxiliary Fleet Tankers Olna and Resource. |
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Special
Duties |
A
Ju52 Luftflotte 2, escorted by Me109s of JG-53, transports important military
personnel over the Dolomites in the summer of 1942. With the setting sun
illuminating the mountain tops in a brilliant light, the panoramic vista
is both chilling and spectacular. |
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Spitfire
Clipper |
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St.
Croix Sur Mer |
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Steinhoff
Tribute |
Macky
Steinhoff in action over the White Cliffs of Dover. It is August, and the
height of the Battle of Britain: Heinkel 111 bombers have attacked airfields
and radar stations along the south coast, and a frantic dog-fight has developed
as Me109s of JG-52 clash with Hurricanes of the RAF's No. 32 Squadron |
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Stirlings
Outwardbound |
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Stuka |
A
formation of JU87s bombed up and fitted with long range tanks heading out
on a shipping strike over the Mediterranean in 1941. |
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Swordfish
Attack at Taranto |
On
November 11, 1940 a group of 21 slow, outdated Swordfish biplanes attacked
and crippled the Italian Fleet in the heavily defended port of Taranto. |
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Tally
Ho |
Brian
Kingcome is seen leading the Spitfires of 92 Squadron in a diving attack
into a force of HEIIIs over the city of London during the height of the
Battle of Britain. |
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Target
Peenemunde x |
Lancasters
of No. 83 Squadron Pathfinder Force as they climb out over the east coast
of England en-route for Peenemunde on the warm summer evening of 17th August,
1943. |
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The
Homecoming |
Returning
from an evening coastal sweep, Fw190 pilots of JG2 make a low pass to welcome
home the type VII U-boats of the 9th Submarine Flotilla as they sail into
the calm waters of the Brest Roads. |
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They
Landed by Moonlight |
A
typical rendezvous as a pilot from No. 161 Squadron based at Tangmere, readies
his Lysander aircraft for take-off in a remote field deep inside occupied
France. Clutching a Luger in one hand, he completes pre-take off checks
as three passengers are spirited away by an armed member of the French Resistance.
It is July 1943 |
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Thunderbolt
Strike |
A
flight of P47 thunderbolts of the 404 Fighter group, 9th Air force, clear
the target area after a low-level attack on the airfield inland from Le
Havre, Normandy, 1944. |
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Thunderheads
/ Ridgewell |
a
battle-damaged B17 making apparent the fearsome task tackled daily by those
who flew the hazardous missions to occupied Europe during the greatest air
war ever fought. The Mighty Eighth Edition is issued with matching numbered
pencil drawing companion print, 'Another Mission Completed.' |
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Titanic |
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Uneven
Odds |
In
August 1940, Frank Carey let No 43 Squadron's 'A' Flight into 'Schwarms
of JU87s', escorted by Me109s. Though hopelessly outnumbered, Carey accounted
for 4 JU87s before running out of ammunition. Robert Taylor's painting captures
the trauma of the battle |
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Valor
in the Pacific |
B-29s
of the 499th Bomb Group, 73rd Wing of the 20th Air Force. After a daylight
raid on Tokyo, showing all the telltale signs of combat over the target,
a Wing of the world's largest and fastest-ever piston-engined bombers make
their long over-water journey home |
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Victory
Salute x |
The
two greatest British fighter aircraft ever to fly, the Spitfire and Hurricane
in a gigantic vista over London and the River Thames. |
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Viper
Venom |
Pilots
from the 31st and the 52nd Fighter Wings climb their heavily armed F-16
Vipers out of Aviano Air Base, Italy, on a strike mission over Bosnia, June
1999. |
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