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A specially commissioned limited edition print in tribute to
the pilots who flew the Hurricane, the aircraft that won the
Battle of Britain.
In
the azure skies above London and the south-eastern Shires of
England during the long, hot summer of 1940, a small band of
RAF fighter pilots, substantially out-numbered, and against
all odds, flew and fought a savage aerial battle in defence
of the Realm. Their success in repelling the might of the
Luftwaffe has become legend. They were Churchill’s FEW.
Fresh from the heat of battle after a dog-fight over the
city, No. 85 Squadron’s C.O., Peter Townsend, levels off and
turns his Hurricane for home to re-fuel, re-arm, and rejoin
the fight. A symbolic portrayal paying tribute to the Hawker
Hurricane and its legendary pilots who, between them,
accounted for four of every five enemy aircraft destroyed
during the momentous Battle of Britain.
Each print is individually signed and
numbered by Robert Taylor and individually signed by Group
Captain Peter Townsend.
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