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No.61 Squadron

Formed: 25th July 1917.    Disbanded: 31st March 1958.    Motto:  'Per purum tonantes' (Thundering through the clear skies).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
No Turning Back by Robert Taylor

Depicting the moment when an Fw190 flashes past the port side of Bill Reid's Lancaster. His aircraft now crippled and almost defenceless, illuminated by search lights and fires from below, it thunders on through the night sky over Germany.

The Aircrew Edition: 600 signed prints with four signatures, price £195 ($305). 25 Artists proofs, price £320 ($510).

Signatories: Bill Reid VC, Wilf Burnett DSO OBE DFC AFC, Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC and Tony Iveson DFC AE.

Also available Bomber Command Edition with Companion print "Crossing the Coast" : 200 signed prints with eight signatures, price £295 ($460).

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No.62 Squadron

Formed: 28th July 1916.    Disbanded: 30th September 1964.    Motto:  'Inseperato' (Unexpectedly).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces

No.63 Squadron

Formed: 5th July 1916.    Disbanded: September 1992.    Motto:  'Pone nos ad hostem' (Follow us to find the enemy).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces

No.64 Squadron

Formed: 1st August 1916.    Disbanded: 16th June 1967.    Motto:  'Tenax propositi' (Firmness of purpose).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
1940 Battle of Britain Spitfire
Kenley
Church Fenton
Coltishall
Sqn Ldr N C Odbert
Sqn Ldr A R D MacDonell

No.65 Squadron (East India)

Formed: 1st August 1916.    Disbanded: 30th June 1992.    Motto:  'Vi et armis' (By force of arms).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
1940 Battle of Britain Spitfire
Hornchurch
Turnhouse
Sqn Ldr H C Sawyer
Sqn Ldr A L Holland
Sqn Ldr G A W Saunders
Battle of Britain by Gerald Coulson

60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition, Manston, 12th August 1940

A surprise dive bombing attack at 12.45pm as spitfires of 65 squadron were taking off. 148 bombs were dropped on the airfield and hangars. The entire squadron got airborne with one exception, its engine was stopped by the blast from one of the bombs.

Signed by artist and Sqn Ldr E D Glaser.

Signed limited edition of 500 copies. Print serial number GC544. Image size 27" x 18". Print price £168

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No.66 Squadron Click to View

Formed: 24th June 1916.    Disbanded: 20th March 1969.    Motto:  'Cavete Praemonui' (Beware, I have given warning).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
1940 Battle of Britain Spitfire
Coltishall
Kenley
Biggin Hill
Sqn Ldr R H A Leight
Sqn Ldr A S Forbes, DFC
Angels Three Zero by Robert Taylor

Flying his 66 Squadron Spitfire at 30,000ft, Oxspring brings down an Me109 over the South Coast, 1940.

Signatories: Bobby Oxspring.

Signed limited edition of 990 prints. Print serial number DHM2084. Overall paper size 34" x 20". Print price £80.

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No.67 Squadron

Formed: 12th September 1916.    Disbanded: 31st May 1957.    Motto:  No odds too great.

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No.68 Squadron

Formed: 30th January 1917.    Disbanded: 20th January 1959.    Motto:  'Vzdy privpraven' (Always ready).

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No.69 Squadron

Formed: 28th December 1916.    Disbanded: 1st July 1958.    Motto:  With vigilance we serve.

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No.70 Squadron

Formed: 22nd April 1916 and currently active.    Motto:  'Usquam' (Anywhere).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
Para Wedge by Scott Kirkwood

Commissioned by 70 Squadron RAF in 1996. Jump by 1st Parachute Battalion with wedged cargo exit and double static line exit by Low Level Parachute onto Copehill Down Drop Zone at last light.

Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Image size 590mm x 495mm. Price £34 ($60). Print serial number DHM1150.

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Squadron Training by Scott Kirkwood

Commissioned by 70 Squadron RAF in 1996. Four ton Manual Extraction onto Kievel Airfield.

Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Image size 415mm x 295mm. Price £34 ($60). Print serial number DHM1151.

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No.71 Squadron (Eagle)

Formed: 27th March 1917.    Disbanded: 31st May 1957.    Motto:  From the first eyries.

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
Spitfire Over Buckingham Palace by John Young

Spitfire from No. 71 (eagle) squadron flys over Buckingham Palace.

The print is a full circle and has been cropped to show the image opposite. The artists signature and number is next to image. Title is 2" below image.

Signed limited edition of 495 prints plus 20 artists proofs. Please note the edition is sold out except for eleven artists proofs.

Image size 10" diameter. Paper size 14" x 16". Artists proof price £80 ($140). Print serial number DHM1215.

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Eagle Squadron by Robert Taylor

MkVb Spitfires of No. 71 Squadron, the first Eagle squadron formed.

An outstanding painting 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. Taylor's painting vibrated with the roar of the Spitfires' Merlin engines as they 'Scramble' into action. Goodson later became a 4th Fighter Group Ace

 

Signed limited edition of 1,500 prints. Print serial number DHM2091. Overall paper size 25" x 20". Print price £100.

 

 

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No.72 Squadron (Basutoland)

Formed: 28th June 1917.    Disbanded: 12th November 1981.    Motto: Swift.

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
Battle of Britain 1940 Spitfire
Usworth
Biggin Hill
Church Fenton
Coltishall
Sqn Ldr R B Lees
Sqn Ldr A R Collins
Sqn Ldr E Graham

No.73 Squadron

Formed: 1st July 1917.    Disbanded: 17th March 1969.    Motto:  'Tutor et ultor' (Protector and avenger).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
1940 Battle of Britain Hurricane
Church Fenton
Debden
Sqn Ldr J W C More
Sqn Ldr M W S Robinson
Sqn Ldr A D Murray

No.74 Squadron (Trinidad)

Formed: 1st July 1917 and currently active.    Motto:  I fear no man.

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
1940 Battle of Britain Spitfire
Hornchurch
Wittering
Kirton- in- Lindsey
Coltishall
Biggin Hill
Sqn Ldr F L White
Sqn Ldr A G Malan, DFC
The Right of the Line by Graeme Lothian

"Sailor" Malam leading 74 squadron engaging ME109's of 1/JG52 Battle of Britain, September 1940.

Signed with six pilot signature three luftwaffe and three RAF: Rudi Miese, Ulrich Steinhilfer, Gunther Rall, Archie Winskill, Stephen Hardbourne and Paddy Barthropp.

Signed limited edition with 125 artist proofs. ONLY 72 ARTISTS PROOFS REMAIN. Print serial number DHM1115. Image size 28" x 17". Print price £115 ($190). 

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No.75 Squadron (New Zealand)

Formed: 1st October 1916.    Disbanded: 15th October 1945.    Motto: Ake ake kia kaha' (For ever and ever be strong).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces

No.76 Squadron

Formed: 15th September 1916.    Disbanded: 31st December 1960.    Motto: Resolute.

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No.77 Squadron

Formed: 1st October 1916.    Disbanded: 10th July 1963.    Motto: 'Ease potius quam videri' (To be rather than seem).

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No.78 Squadron

Formed: 1st November 1916 and currently active.    Motto: 'Nemo non paratus' (Nobody unprepared).

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No.79 Squadron (Madras Presidency)

Formed: 1st August 1917 and currently active.    Motto: 'Nil nobis pbstare potest' (Nothing can stop us).

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
1940 Battle of Britain Hurricane
Usworth
Biggin Hill
Pembrey
Sqn Ldr J H Hayworth

No.80 Squadron

Formed: 1st August 1917.    Disbanded: 28th September 1960.    Motto: Strike true.

Date Aircraft Flown Air Field Commanding Officer(s) Aces
Gladiators

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