Robert Taylor The Greatest Day Collectors Special Edition 5 signatures

  
(Robert Passed away in 2024). THE WORLD'S FOREMOST AVIATION ARTIST COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - 15 SEPTEMBER 1940. Sunday 15 September 1940 and Luftwaffe supremo Hermann Goering believed victory over the RAF was at hand. Today, he decreed, would be the day that his'glorious' Luftwaffe would finally break the back of Fighter Command's stubborn resistance. In response to a massed formation of enemy aircraft detected heading for London, Air Vice Marshal Keith Park commanding 11 Group scrambled his squadrons. He also requested that 12 Group bring Douglas Bader's'Big Wing' down from Duxford. Every available pilot and machine was committed. Prime Minister Winston Churchill turned to Park and asked.

What other reserves have we. Bader now had five squadrons racing south, meeting what remained of the enemy on the outskirts of London. With a successful morning behind them the RAF fighters raced back to re-fuel and re-arm. Just after 14.00 hrs another enemy battle group was observed and this time the formations were even larger. Bader's Wing was scrambled once more.

In his painting Robert Taylor takes us to the heart of the action with breathtaking clarity as he portrays Bader leading his wing into the fray on that afternoon of 15 September 1940. As their Bf109 escorts begin to run out of fuel, the enemy bombers were left to fend for themselves. The RAF had lost less than half that number of aircraft and only 13 pilots.

The tide of the Battle of Britain had turned in the RAF's favour, and German High Command knew it. Comes With The Certificate of Authenticity. This is a beautiful Collectible.

Personally Hand Signed by Robert Taylor. This FIVE signature Edition by famous Battle of Britain fighter pilots. KC WITH OAK LEAVES AND SWORDS.

Image Size Is About --- 26 1/2" x 17 1/2". Print Number Is ----- 62 / 175.

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