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Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. (C)- Battleships - Cruisers .co.uk

Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. (C)


Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. (C)

The Hawker Hurricane powered by the powerful Rolls Royce Merlin engine is shown in combat with Luftwaffe aircraft during the Battle of Britain. The Hurricane played a major role in the aerial victory along with its companion the Spitfire.
Item Code : DHM0423CMerlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. (C) - This Edition
TYPEEDITION DETAILSSIZESIGNATURESOFFERSYOUR PRICEPURCHASING
PRESENTATIONPage Presentation Edition of 5 Artist Proofs.

Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Page, Geoffrey (clipped)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £85
£170.00

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Other editions of this item : Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders.DHM0423
TYPEEDITION DETAILSSIZESIGNATURESOFFERSYOUR PRICEPURCHASING
PRINT Signed limited edition of 2500 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)Artist : Anthony SaundersAdd any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!£37.00VIEW EDITION...
ARTIST
PROOF
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.

Last remaining prints in this edition have the added signature of Byron Duckenfield.
Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Duckenfield, Byron
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £50
£20 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £75.00VIEW EDITION...
PRESENTATIONStanford-Tuck Presentation Edition of 10 Artist Proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Stanford-Tuck, Bob
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £85
Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!£170.00VIEW EDITION...
PRESENTATIONDavid Presentation Edition of 2 Artist Proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) David, Dennis
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £75
Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!£220.00VIEW EDITION...
PRESENTATIONBattle of Britain Presentation edition of 3 prints from the edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Stanford-Tuck, Bob
David, Dennis
Hartmann, Erich
Steinhoff, Johannes
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £335
Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!£350.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINT Signature edition of 350 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Duckenfield, Byron
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £50
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Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!
Now : £50.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINTDonnet signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Donnet, Mike
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £45
£20 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £65.00VIEW EDITION...
GICLEE
CANVAS
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image szie 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm)Artist : Anthony Saunders
on separate certificate
£100 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £300.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINTDrake Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Drake, Billy
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £50
£15 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £75.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINTWilkinson / Duckenfield signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item!
Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Duckenfield, Byron
Wilkinson, Ken
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £90
£20 Off!Add any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!Now : £75.00VIEW EDITION...
PRINTWilkinson Signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) Wilkinson, Ken
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders


Signature(s) value alone : £40
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The signature of Wing Commander Geoffrey Page DSO OBE DFC (deceased)

Wing Commander Geoffrey Page DSO OBE DFC (deceased)
*Signature Value : £75 (clipped)

Geoffrey Page was born in Boxmoor on 16th May 1920. Geoffrey Page developed an early interest in aviation, which is not surprising as he had an uncle who flew during the Great War and another uncle was Sir Frederick Handley Page, the great aircraft manufacturer. Page went to Dean Close School in Cheltenham, Glouscestershire, and later went to the Imperial College to study engineering. It was at college he joined the University Air Squadron at Northolt. Two weeks after the outbreak of the Second World War, Geoffrey Page received his call-up papers and joined the RAF with the rank of Acting Pilot Officer and went to Cranwell for advanced training. In May 1940 after a short period of instructing, Page was posted to 66 Squadron, flying Supermarine Spitfires but was almost immediately re-assigned to 56 Squadron where he was to fly the Hawker Hurricane. Whilst as a pilot officer with 56 squadron he took part in the Battles of France and Britain, and had accounted for three kills by the time he was shot down on the 12th August 1940 during the Battle of Britain. Flying behind his commanding officer, who was attacking a large formation of Dornier Do17 bombers, his Hurricane was hit and caught fire. Burning high-octane fuel sprayed into the cockpit, covering Page, resulting in very bad burns to his face and hands. Page parachuted out and his Hurricane crashed into the sea. After being picked up from the sea he was taken to the burns unit at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, where he was treated by Sir Archibald MacIndoe, a pioneering plastic surgeon. He spent the next two years in hospital undergoing numerous plastic surgery operations. Both of his hands were burnt down to the bone, and his head had swollen to three times its normal size. Page had also received gunshot wounds to his legs. Page became a founding member of the Guinea Pig Club, where Sir Archibald MacIndoe was elected life time president and Geoffrey Page was its first chairman. In late 1942 he re-joined operations again as a Flight Lieutenant. He joined No.132 Squadron as a supernumerary Flight Lieutenant, before volunteering for service in North Africa, but returned to the UK as the desert heat caused problems on his skin grafts. In July 1943 he won his first DFC. Later in the year he joined 122 Squadron as a Flight Commander, before re-joining No.132 Squadron in January 1944 as Commanding Officer. On 29th April 1944 Page led his squadron to strafe Deelen airfield in Holland, and attacked a Bf110 night fighter that was landing. Despite the odds, the Bf110 shot down two Spitfires, before Page forced the aircraft down and destroyed it. The pilot of the Bf110 was the famous Major Hans-Joachim Jabs, who survived. Page was later promoted Wing Leader of 125 wing, and after another DFC he won the DSO at the end of 1944. Page had achieved his goal of 15 victories (10 solo, 5 shared, and 3 damaged). After the war on a tour of the United States met his wife to be, the daughter of a British Hollywood actor. He left the R.A.F. in 1948 joining Vickers Armstrong. In retirement, Page remained the driving force of the Guinea Pig Club, and also founded the Battle of Britain Trust. This raised more than one million pounds, with which the Battle of Britain memorial was erected overlooking the Straits of Dover. In 1995 he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Sadly Alan Geoffrey Page DSO, OBE, DFC and Bar died 3rd August 2000.
The Aircraft :
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HurricaneRoyal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built.
Me109Willy Messerschmitt designed the BF109 during the early 1930s. The Bf109 was one of the first all metal monocoque construction fighters with a closed canopy and retractable undercarriage. The engine of the Me109 was a V12 aero engine which was liquid-cooled. The Bf109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and flew to the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons. During the Battle of Britian the Bf109 was used in the role of an escort fighter, a role for which it was not designed for, and it was also used as a fighter bomber. During the last days of May 1940 Robert Stanford-Tuck, the RAF ace, got the chance to fly an Me109 which they had rebuilt after it had crash landed. Stanford-Tuck found out that the Me109 was a wonderful little plane, it was slightly faster than the Spitfire, but lacked the Spitfire manoeuvrability. By testing the Me109, Tuck could put himself inside the Me109 when fighting them, knowing its weak and strong points. With the introduction of the improved Bf109F in the spring of 1941, the type again proved to be an effective fighter during the invasion of Yugoslavia and during the Battle of Crete and the invasion of Russia and it was used during the Siege of the Mediteranean island of Malta. The Bf109 was the main fighter for the Luftwaffe until 1942 when the Fw190 entered service and shared this position, and was partially replaced in Western Europe, but the Me109 continued to serve on the Eastern Front and during the defence of the Reich against the allied bombers. It was also used to good effect in the Mediterranean and North Africa in support of The Africa Korps. The Me109 was also supplied to several German allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia. The Bf109 scored more kills than any other fighter of any country during the war and was built in greater numbers with a total of over 31,000 aircraft being built. The Bf109 was flown by the three top German aces of the war war. Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 victories and Gunther Rall with 275 kills. Bf109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen Luftwaffe Aces scored more than 200 kills. Altogether this group of pilots were credited with a total of nearly 15,000 kills, of which the Messerschmitt Bf109 was credited with over 10,000 of these victories. The Bf109 was the most produced warplane during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945. Bf109s remained in foreign service for many years after World War II. The Swiss used their Bf109Gs well into the 1950s. The Finnish Air Force did not retire their Bf109Gs until March 1954. Romania used its Bf109s until 1955. The Spanish Hispanos flew even longer. Some were still in service in the late 1960s.

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