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Gerald Coulson’s dramatic painting
Bolt for the Blue, published to commemorate the 50th
anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning, captures
the very essence of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing
out of RAF Wattisham, a Lightning F.3 of Treble One Squadron
scrambles to intercept an unidentified intruder plotted on
the RAF’s early warning radar. Almost certainly it will be
Russian, probably he will be escorted out of harms way, but
the interceptor is armed with a pair of air-to-air missiles
just in case. A superb collector print for all who remember
one of the greatest British fighters ever built.
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