ROBERT TAYLOR Summer Victory RAF Spitfire Battle of Britain Messerschmitt RARE

  
"SUMMER VICTORY" by aviation artist extraordinaire Robert Taylor is a magnificent signed and numbered limited edition print from an edition limited to only 1250 prints. At first just specks on the horizon, but quickly they become larger as they approach at high speed. Closing fast, they skim low above the harvest fields and now the sound of Merlin engines at full throttle is unmistakable.

With gun ports whistling the little fighters swoop past in a headlong rush to refuel, rearm, and climb back into battle. Just time as they rush by to glimpse the Me109 down in the wheat field below - one of the many victories for the squadron on that brilliant summer morning. In moments they are gone. Peace and quiet again descends upon this idyllic English countryside scene leaving one Luftwaffe pilot, his battle run, to contemplate his misfortune and his fate as farm workers hurry towards him.

High above the battle rages and the telltale contrails of war weave the summer sky. The moment is captured from history by the genius of Robert Taylor.

"SUMMER VICTORY" portrays the Spitfire, the little thoroughbred fighter which in the hands of Churchill's famous FEW became a legend, in a scene which portrays the very essence of the Battle of Britain. The Battle of Britain commenced at the beginning of July, 1940. During the next two and a half months, at the height of a glorious English summer, the Royal Air Force fought with the Luftwaffe what was to become the greatest aerial conflict in history.

Never before, nor since, has air fighting been so sustained in its intensity over such a period. And no fighter in history has captured the imagination more so than the Spitfire. This beautiful little aircraft has become the symbol of that era "SUMMER VICTORY" brings back to life a fleeting moment in that high summer of 1940. In addition to the artist this print was individually signed by FOUR of the great Battle of Britain SPITFIRE Aces.

Group Captain Sir HUGH (COCKY) DUNDAS. This mint condition print has never been framed and, like all of our prints, has been stored flat. It measures approximately 36" x 26" and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. GOOD LUCK AND THANKS FOR LOOKING!