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Superb aviation art prints of the Royal Air Force Supermarine Spitfire during the Normandy operations on D-Day and after. Spitfire art prints by aviation artist Graeme Lothian and Geoff Lea published by Cranston Fine Arts. 

These prints are available at these great website order special prices which are 20% below our gallery prices.

before the D-Day landings the royal Air Force and the unite states Air force, with 12,000 aircraft removed the German Luftwaffe aircraft from the skies over France, with other tasks done, including photographing German defences and dropping supplies tot he French resistance.. The following Aviation art prints show Aircraft during the D-Day Normandy landings and the days leading up to the invasion of France, opening up the long awaited second front in Europe. These Aviation art prints are available direct from Cranston Fine arts .

RANGER BY  GRAEME LOTHIAN Before D-Day allied fighters ranged far and wide across the North of Europe.  Signed Limited edition of 1,000 prints.  Signed by the artist and Commander Johnnie Johnson.  

BEWARE OF THE LION BY GEOFF LEA  602 City of Glasgow Squadron patrol the Normandy beaches.

 
The Longest Day by Adrian Rigby  Published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 6th June, depicting Spitfires of 44 Squadron led by Johnnie Johnson.  Counter signed by Wing Commander Paddy Barthropp and Flying Officer Ken Wilkinson.

NORMANDY BEACH HEAD PATROL BY GEOFF LEA  Spitfire Mk9. of 56 squadron patrol the D-Day landings.

COMBAT OVER NORMANDY BY GRAEME LOTHIAN  Spitfires of R.C.A.F 144 Wing led by Wing Commander Johnson in combat with ME109's of JG3 over Arromanches, France June 1944. 

with three signatures of British RAF fighter Pilots  Air Vice Marshal J E Johnnie JOhnson C.B, C.B.E D.S.O , D.F.C D.L  Air Commodore Pete BrothersC.B.E. D.S.O  D.F.C (Wing Commander Flying Culmhead Wing) 

Muscateer by Robert Tomlin Squadron Leader John Plagis, Commanding Officer of 126 Squadron, in his Spitfire LFIX, returns from France on 24th July 1944 after shooting down an Me109. Plagis went on to score 15 aerial victories before the end of World War II.

Summer of 44 by Stuart Brown MkIX Supermarine Spitfires take off for evening patrol of the Normandy coast, June 1944.  Signed by Raymond Baxter, WWII Spitfire pilot and well known broadcasting voice of British Aviation.

D-Day, A New Dawn for Europe by John Young The ever-popular and ubiquitous Spitfire is shown landing somewhere in Europe, bearing its invasion strips on the fuselage and wings.  D-Day most certainly did mark a new day for Europe, the sacrifices and suffering well documented as Allied troops fought to give Europe back to its rightful Governments. This print is signed by both the late and highly decorated Johnnie Johnson and the production test pilot, Alex Henshaw MBE and is a limited edition

Victory Over Gold by Nicholas Trudgian Spitfires of 401 Squadron over the Normandy beaches, June 1944.

Battle Line by Philip West  On the 6th June 1944 the invasion of Normandy commenced.  The RAF was, of course, a major combatant and formed part of a dedicated Allied force tasked with freeing Europe.  VE Day finally signalled the end of hostilities on the 8th MAY 1945.  During those bitter months many great air battles were fought in the unforgiving skies and individual combats ensued.  One such combat is depicted here, displaying the eerie feeling of the victor and vanquished between two of the greatest aircraft ever built. 
Never before in the history of war had such an impressive and awesome gathering of aircraft come together.  The Allies' quest was for freedom, with the Luftwaffe fighting for its very existence - the battle lines were drawn.
Signed and numbered by the artist and countersigned by the late Air Vice-Marshall J. E. 'Johnnie' Johnson.

Normandy Breakout by Nicolas Trudgian Wing Commander Geoffrey Page had no business risking life and limb at low level in a Spitfire in the maelstrom of D-Day and the heavy fighting that followed.  On 12th August 1940, during the height of the Battle of Britain, he had been shot down in his Hurricane in flames.  Page scrambled out of the inferno, baling out into the sea, but his burns were so severe he spent most of the next two years in hospital undergoing skin grafts.  Most would have called it a day, but not the young Page.  Showing the hallmark determination common among fighter pilots, he was back in the air by the spring of 1943.  Immediately successful, on 29th June he and another pilot shot down 6 enemy aircraft in one ten minute encounter and by the following summer he was given command of 125 Wing.  By D-Day Geoffrey Page commanded 132 Squadron's Spitfires, taking an active role in the invasion, and the heavy fighting in the weeks that followed. 

Over the Beaches by Philip West 

 

 

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