The
Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force in aviation art prints of the
First World War and the Second World War by leading aviation artist
David Pentland. Including Bristol fighter F2B, Sopwith Camel, Hawker
Hurricane, Hawker Tempest, Gloster Gladiator and Fairey Swordfish.
Night Reaper 4th May 1942 by David Pentland
Hawker Hurricane IIc of top Czech ace Flt. Lt. K.M.
Kuttlewascher,
No.1 (Fighter) Squadron on a night intruder sortie from RAF Tangmere. On
this mission he destroyed three Heinkel III's over their own airfield,
St. Andre, in occupied France.
Target Y "The Eder Dam Raid",
The Rhur Valley, 17th May 1942 by David Pentland At 0154am, Pilot officer Les Knight in Avro Lancaster
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transmitted the codeword "Dinghy", the signal that the Eder
Dam had been successfully breached. Although the target was undefended
by flak, its location made it extremely difficult to hit. In fact, four
of the five aircraft involved in the attack failed in their attempts and
Knights' was the last available aircraft carrying the last available
bomb!
Overture to Overlord By David Pentland RAF De Havilland Mosquito FbIVs of
107 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Airforce on a night bombing mission of the
French Railways, as part of the allied preparations for D-Day.
A Buzz for Beaumont by David Pentland Wing Commander Roland Beaumont in his personal Tempest V, intercepted
and downed his first V1 "Buzzbomb" on the night of June 22nd,
1944, over south east England. As Commander of 150 wing and others he
went on to shoot down a total of 30 V1 flying bombs, 8 enemy aircraft
and 35 locomotives destroyed (plus one minesweeper sunk).
