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Strike and Return by Robert Taylor

Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (Lancaster)
Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (Lancaster)
Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (Lancaster)
Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (Lancaster)
Strike and Return by Robert Taylor (Lancaster)
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"I stood on the end of the runway at RAF Binbrook during the filming of the Memphis Belle and gazed over the ageless, beautiful Lincolnshire landscape. It was easy to visualize the Lancasters of 460 S...  >Read More
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Prints are signed by the artist and numbered

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  • 400 Aircrew Editions....$320
  • 250 RAAF Editions....$395
  • 250 Collectors Edition....$450
  • 25 Aircrew Edition Artist's Proofs....$520
  • 50 Victoria Cross Editions...Sold out

  • 30 3/4" x 24 1/8"
  • "I stood on the end of the runway at RAF Binbrook during the filming of the Memphis Belle and gazed over the ageless, beautiful Lincolnshire landscape. It was easy to visualize the Lancasters of 460 Squadron returning home, battle-worn and tired as they would have done some fifty years earlier, and to imagine the emotions of the crews as they brought their mighty Lancasters back to this famous wartime base." - Robert Taylor

    Four very highly collectable editions with the top edition having 17 signatures

    Signatures:

    The Aircrew Edition:
  • Squadron Leader PAT CARDON DFC AE
  • Flight Lieutenant BOB KNIGHTS DSO DFC
  • Squadron Leader TONY IVESON DFC AE
  • Flying Officer BILL NORTH

    The RAAF Edition:
  • Flight Lieutenant W E ‘JERRY’ BATEMAN DFC - Pilot
  • Flying Officer HILARY M BAYLISS DFC - Pilot
  • Flight Lieutenant PHILLIP J COFFEY DFC DFM - Navigator
  • Flight Lieutenant JOHN R GARDNER DFC - Pilot
  • Flight Lieutenant R GORDON GOODWIN DSO DFM - Navigator
  • Flying Officer LAWRENCE W WOODS DFC - Bomb Aimer

    The Collectors Edition:
    Just 250 copies of this edition are issued with all the components of the Aircrew Edition but, in addition, the main print is signed by extra signatures. It is issued with a matching numbered print from Robert Taylor’s drawing ‘Night Attack’, signed by Bill Reid VC. A total of NINE signatures.

  • Group Captain DUDLEY BURNSIDE DSO OBE DFC*
  • Squadron Leader LAWRENCE CURTIS DFC AE
  • Flight Lieutenant BILL REID VC (Companion Drawing)
  • Wing Commander ERNEST RODLEY DSO DFC* AFC AE
  • Flight Lieutenant FRED WATTS DFC*

    The Victoria Cross Edition:
    A highly exclusive edition of just 50 copies issued with extra signatures, and with the matching-numbered pencil proof ‘Last Lancaster Home’, beautifully matted to include the signatures of four recipients of the Victoria Cross Britain’s highest award for valour.

  • Warrant Officer M ‘BEN’ BRENNAN DFM AFM
  • Group Captain LEONARD CHESHIRE VC OM DSO** DFC* (Companion Drawing - matted)
  • Flight Lieutenant JAMES CASTGNOLA DSO DFC
  • Wing Commander ROD LEAROYD VC (Companion Drawing - matted)
  • Warrant Officer NORMAN JACKSON VC (Companion Drawing - matted)
  • Group Captain J B TAIT DSO*** DFC* ADC
  • Group Captain LEONARD TRENT VC DFC ADC
  • Warrant Officer BILL WILCOX DFM
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