| Spitfire Alley by Ivan Berryman. (D)
A pair of Spitfire Mk.IXs of 402 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Kenley, practise combat manoeuvres in the skies above Kent in May, 1943. |
| Item Code : DHM1709D | Spitfire Alley by Ivan Berryman. (D) - This Edition | Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Duckenfield signature edition of 200 prints from the edition of 950 prints.
| Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Duckenfield, Byron + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £50 | £45 Off! | Now : £85.00 |
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Other editions of this item : | Spitfire Alley by Ivan Berryman. | DHM1709 |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 950 prints. | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | Half Price! | Now : £55.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ARTIST PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | £120.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ARTIST PROOF | Fighter Pilots edition of 100 artist proofs. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Foster, Bob Jones, Richard L Taussig, Kurt + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £135 | £50 Off! | Now : £110.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Limited edition of 20 publishers proofs. | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | Half Price! | Now : £70.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Fighter Pilots edition of 200 prints. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Foster, Bob Jones, Richard L Elkington, John Taussig, Kurt + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £175 | £40 Off! | Now : £120.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Signature edition of 300 prints from the limited edition of 950 prints. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Freeborn, John Duckenfield, Byron + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £120 | £100 Off! | Now : £95.00 Better Than Half Price! | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Signature edition of 50 prints from the signed limited edition of 950 prints. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Duckenfield, Byron Kings, Robert Freeborn, John + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £165 | £70 Off! | Now : £130.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 36 inches x 28 inches (91cm x 71cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £500.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 30 inches x 24 inches (76cm x 61cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £400.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Mencel / Donnet Signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 950 prints. | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Donnet, Mike Mencel, Jurek + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £85 | £40 Off! | Now : £105.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ORIGINAL PAINTING | Original painting, oil on canvas by Ivan Berryman.
SOLD. | | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | SOLD OUT | VIEW EDITION... | POSTCARD | Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 40 cards. | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.70 | VIEW EDITION... | REMARQUE | Remarque edition - limited edition of 10 giclee prints featuring an original pencil remarque. | Image size 26 inches x 20 inches (66cm x 51cm) plus border with text and remarque drawing. | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | £360.00 | VIEW EDITION... | EX-DISPLAY PRINT | **(E Display) Signed limited edition of 950 prints. (Two copies reduced to clear)
Ex display prints in near perfect condtion | Image size 19 inches x 14 inches (48cm x 36cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | £45.00 | VIEW EDITION... |
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Signatures on this item | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | Name | Info |
Group Captain Byron Duckenfield AFC (deceased) *Signature Value : £50
| Byron Duckenfield started at Flying Training School on 25th November 1935 in a Blackburn B2 at Brough. As a Sergeant, he joined No.32 Sqn at Biggin Hill on 8th August 1936 and flew Gauntlets and Hurricanes. He joined 74 Squadron at Hornchurch on 11th April 1940, flying Spitfires, and on 5th May was posted to 501 Squadron flying Hurricanes at Tangmere. On the 11th of May at Betheniville, he survived a crash in a passenger transport Bombay aircraft in an aircraft in which he was a passenger, While comin ginto land the aircraft at 200 feet the aircraft stalled and the aircrfat fell backwards just levelly out as it histhe ground. 5 of th epassengers were killed when the centre section collapsed and crushed them. Duckenfield was fortunate as he had moved position during the flight. as the two passengers sitting each side of where he was sitting had died in the crash. (it was found later that the Bombay had beeb loaded with to much weight in the aft sectiion. ) recovering in hospital in Roehampton. On 23rd July 1940, he rejoined No.501 Sqn at Middle Wallop, then moved to to Gravesend two days later, scoring his first victory, a Ju87, on the 29th of July 1940. During August and September he scored three more victories. After a spell as a test pilot from 14th September 1940, he was posted to command 66 Squadron on 20th December 1941, flying Spitfires. On 26th February 1942 he took command of 615 Squadron flying Hurricanes from Fairwood Common, taking the squadron to the Far East. In late December 1942 he was shot down in Burma and captured by the Japanese. He remained a POW until release in May 1945. After a refresher course at the Flying Training School in November 1949, he took command of No.19 Squadron flying Hornets and Meteors from Chruch Fenton. After a series of staff positions, he retired from the RAF as a Group Captain on 28th May 1969. Duckenfield would write later his details :
Burma
At first light, 12 Hurricanes IIC aircraft of 615 Squadron, myself in the lead, took off from Chittagong for central Burma to attack the Japanese air base at Magwe, 300 miles away on the banks of the River Irrawaddy. Arriving at Yenangyaung, we turned downstream at minimum height for Magwe, 30 miles to the South and jettisoned drop tanks. Just before sighting the enemy base, the squadron climbed to 1200 feet and positioned to attack from up sun. On the ramp at the base, in front of the hangers, were 10 or 12 Nakajima KI - 43 Oscars in a rough line up (not dispersed) perhaps readying for take. These aircraft and the hangars behind them were attacked in a single pass, before withdrawing westward at low level and maximum speed. A few minutes later perhaps 20 miles away form Magwe, I was following the line of a cheung (small creek), height about 250 feet, speed aboput 280 mph, when the aircraft gave a violent shudder, accompanied by a very lound, unusual noise. The cause was instantly apparent: the airscrew has disappeared completely, leaving only the spinning hub. My immediate reaction was to throttle back fully and switch off to stop the violently overspeeding engine. Further action was obvious: I was committed to staying with the aircraft because, with a high initial speed, not enough height to eject could be gained without the help of an airscrew. So I jettisoned the canopy and acknowledged gratefully the fact that I was following a creek; the banks of either side were hillocky ground, hostile to a forced landing aircraft. Flying the course of the creek, I soon found the aircraft to be near the stall (luckily, a lower than normal figure without an airscrew) extended the flaps and touched down wheels-up with minimum impact ( I have done worse landings on a smooth runway!) My luck was holding, if one can talk of luck in such a situation. December is the height of the dry season in that area and the creek had little water, it was shallow and narrow at the point where I came down: shallow enough to support the fusalage and narrow enough to support wing tips. So I released the harness, pushed the IFF Destruct switch, climed out and walked the wing ashore, dryshod. The question may occur -Why did not others in the squadron see their leader go down? - the answer is simple, the usual tatctic of withdrawal from an enemy target was to fly single at high speed and low level on parallel courses until a safe distance from target was attained. Then, the formation would climb to re-assemble. Having left the aircraft, I now faced a formidable escape problem? I was 300 miles from friendly territory: my desired route would be westward but 80% of that 300 miles was covered by steep north-south ridges impenetrably clothed in virgin jungle; these were natural impediments, there was also the enemy to consider. Having thought over my predicament, I decided the best I could do - having heard reports of mean herted plainspeope - was to get as far into the hills as possible and then find a (hopefully sympathetic) village. I suppose I may have covered about 15 miles by nightfall when I came upon this small hill village and walked into the village square. Nobody seemed surprised to see me (I suspect I had been followed for some time) I wa given a quiet welcome, seated at a table in the open and given food. Then exhaustion took over, I fell asleep in the chair and woke later to find myself tied up in it. Next day I was handed over to a Japanese sergeant and escort who took me back to Magwe and, soon after that, 2.5 years captivity in Rangoon jail.
Sadly we have learned that Byron Duckenfield passed away on 19th November 2010. |
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