Aviation art prints from
the Fleet Air Arm by aviation and naval artists Ivan Berryman and Randall
Wilson, published by Cranston Fine Arts.
HMS Revenge by Ivan Berryman Grand Harbour, Malta, April 1932. The R-Class
battleship HMS Revenge slips majestically past the carrier HMS Furious
as she lies at anchor as three of her Fairey IIIFs fly overhead on a
routine training sortie.
ARKS ANGELS BY RANDALL WILSON
Depicted late in her long service deployment, HMS Ark Royal's
Buccaneers make a pass as they return from a low level inderdiction
exercise.
HMS Anson at Sydney Harbour, July 1945 by Ivan Berryman.
The King George V class battleship HMS Anson is pictured in Sydney Harbour where she joined the Pacific Fleet in July 1945, viewed across the flight deck of HMS Vengeance, where ten of her Vought F4.U Corsairs are ranged in front of a single folded Fairey Barracuda.
Item Code : DHM1107
HMS Anson at Sydney Harbour, July 1945 by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
The print depicts the moment as the first Hurricane of 46 squadron of the Royal Air Force, piloted by Sqn Ldr Kenneth Cross, without arrestor hooks or wires approaches the ill-fated carrier HMS Glorious. during the evacuation of Norway in June 1940. Bing later said We showed them they were wrong. The Fleet Air Arm pilots were delighted saying Marvelous bloody marvelous, now we will get them too. All had landed safely by 4.30am on June 8th.
Item Code : DHM2404
Moment of Truth by Keith Woodcock. - Editions Available
On July 9th 1944 Fleet Air Arm Avenger II. of 854 squadron intercepted a German V-1 Flying bomb over the English channel, telegraphist/Air Gunner Fred Shirmer destroyed it at a range of 700 yards firing only 20 rounds. for his achievements he received mention in dispatches.
Item Code : MCH0001
Right Place at the Right Time by Marii Chernev. - Editions Available
Image size 14.5 inches x 10.5 inches (37cm x 27cm)
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The Sea Shall Not Have Them by Marii Chernev.
As his Squadron mates fly cover, USN Lt W.R Muncie (VF-54, USS Valley Forge) awaits rescue by a Royal navy Sea Otter flying boat. from HMS Triumph. The FAA crew, Lt peter Cane and CPO airman Gilbert O Nion, were awarded the US Air medal and a mention in despatches, respectively for the successful rescue, the last by a fixed-wing aircraft in the history of the Fleet air Arm.
Item Code : MCH0004
The Sea Shall Not Have Them by Marii Chernev. - Editions Available
Image size 14.5 inches x 10.5 inches (37cm x 27cm)
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Fast and Furious by Stan Stokes.
Thomas Sopwith was a distinguished British aviator who organized the Sopwith Aviation Company. Sopwith produced an aircraft which won the coveted Schneider Trophy race. With the start of WW I, Sopwith Aviation shifted its focus to military aircraft, and was to become one the major suppliers to both the Royal Air Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. In October of 1914 two Sopwith Tabloids flew a 200-mile round trip strike against the airship sheds at Dusseldorf and Cologne. The Sopwith Strutter firmly entrenched Sopwith as a producer of quality-built aircraft. The Strutter was a precursor of the Sopwith Pup, which would serve as the Royal Navys first carrier aircraft. The first production Pup was delivered to the Royal Navy in 1916. Most Pups were powered by a 80-HP Le Rhone radial engine, which gave the Pup a top speed of 115-MPH and an endurance of three hours. Many Navy Pups were modified to utilize a tripod mounted Lewis gun which could be fired forward or upwards through a cutou.........
Print size 16 inches x 11.5 inches (41cm x 30cm) Supplied with signed and numbered certificate of authenticity.
Artist : Stan Stokes
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Supreme Courage by Philip West.
Skuas flew from HMS Ark Royal through much of the 1940 campaign off Norway, and one is seen getting airborne in typically grey North Sea weather. The Blackburn Skua had many remarkable firsts to its credit; the first all-metal monoplane built for the Fleet Air Arm (FAA); the first dive bomber in British air services; the first enemy aircraft shot down in WW2 fell to a Skua; the first fighter ace in the FAA (Lt. Bill Lucy DSO) flew Skuas and the first warship (Konigsberg) destroyed by dive bombing was sunk by Skuas.
Item Code : DHM2620
Supreme Courage by Philip West. - Editions Available
Buccaneer
by David Pentland H.S. Buccaneer SB, of 809 Squadron
Fleet Air Arm, takes off from Belfast RAF
Sydenham in 1974's.
Ships Company (Walrus) by Ivan Berryman Developed from the Supermarine Seagull, the Walrus was
to prove itself a useful and capable workhorse in almost every theatre
of the Second World War. Here, HMS Rodney despatches her Shagbat from
the catapult atop C turret.
Fly Past by Randall Wilson Hawker Sea Furies buzz the stern of HMAS Sydney during fleet
exercises off Jervis Bay 1956. The Sea Fury was developed from the Hawker Tempest. With the Fleet
Air Arm receiving their first aircraft to 807 squadron in August
1947. It continued in service until 1953, The Hawker Sea Fury was a
carrier borne aircraft and most of its operational career was during the
Korean War, where it was used as a ground attack aircraft. It also saw
alot of aerial combat against the Mig-15 Jets. The total number of
Sea Furies built was 860 aircraft.
Testing Times by Michael Rondot Of all the big piston-engined navy fighters built after WWII, the
Hawker Sea Fury was the greatest. Rugged, powerful and fast, the
formidable Sea Fury achieved fame over Korea in both fighter and ground
attack roles and was the last of the line of piston-engined Fleet Air Arm
fighters.
UP AND OVER BY RANDALL WILSON Westland Wyverns go vertical over HMS Eagle during the Suez Crises of
1956.
Moment of Truth by Keith Woodcock The print depicts the moment as the first Hurricane approached the
carrier HMS Glorious. 'Bing' later said, "we showed them they were
wrong". The Fleet Air Arm pilots were delighted saying, "Marvellous
bloody marvellous, now we'll get them too." All had landed safely by
4.30am on June 8th.
