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Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased) - Art prints and originals signed by Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)

Roy Crane

Roy Crane
The signature of Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)

Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)

Joining the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1940, Roy Crane was the deferred for nine months before call-up and flying training in the UK and Canada, receiving his Wings and Commission in December 1942. After operational training on Hurricanes, he joined 182 Typhoon Squadron in August 1943. Sorties included dive bombing and fighter escort duties. Transferred to 181 Squadron in April 1944 where worties with cannon and rockets included V1 and V2 sites as well as gun positions, petrol dumps, trains and marshalling yards, etc, in preparation for the invasion. In May this intensified with attacks on heavily defended radar sites along the French coast and shipping strikes. With the invasion a success, 181 Squadron was in the forefront of the Typhoons squadrons attacks on the German ground forces in Normandy, operating from forward airfields in France. On 2nd August 1944 his aircraft was hit by flak at low level and he became a POW. He had completed 71 operational sorties -- Whilst attacking tanks and motorised transport with rockets and cannon in the area of Falaise on 2nd August 1944, my aircraft was twice hit by 40mm flak at low level. I baled out and landed in a very hostile Waffen SS camp, lucky to be quickly rescued by two of the nearby German Air Force gun crew that had shot me down. Later that evening I was taken in an open German staff car by the Oberfeldwebel from the gun crew, a driver and an armed motorcycle escort in the direction of Falaise. We had only travelled a short distance, when about to pass a column of German tanks, they were attacked by six Typhoons firing rockets and cannon. They came round again and again, leaving terrible carnage. This was an ordeal that has to be experienced to be truly appreciated. They finally got me out of the Falaise pocket to Alencon, after which I was eventually taken after intensive interrogation at Oberursal, to Stalag Luft III at Sagan.


Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)

 Roy Crane trained on Hurricanes before joining No.182 then No.181 Sqn flying the Typhoon on ground attack missions.  After more than 70 sorties, his aircraft was shot down and he was captured in August 1944, remaining captive until the end of the wa......
Clipped Signature - Roy Crane.
Price : £40.00
Roy Crane trained on Hurricanes before joining No.182 then No.181 Sqn flying the Typhoon on ground attack missions. After more than 70 sorties, his aircraft was shot down and he was captured in August 1944, remaining captive until the end of the wa......

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 Pip Phillips was a Typhoon pilot of No.182 Squadron. <br><br><i>Clipped alongside the signature of Roy Crane as shown - Roy Crane trained on Hurricanes before joining No.182 then No.181 Sqn flying the Typhoon on ground attack missions.  After more t......
Clipped Signature - Pip Phillips.
Price : £40.00
Pip Phillips was a Typhoon pilot of No.182 Squadron.

Clipped alongside the signature of Roy Crane as shown - Roy Crane trained on Hurricanes before joining No.182 then No.181 Sqn flying the Typhoon on ground attack missions. After more t......

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A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944.  Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the b......
Typhoon Country by Nicolas Trudgian.
Price : £70.00
A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944. Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the b......

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 A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944.  Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the ......
Typhoon Country by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Price : £90.00
A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944. Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the ......

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 A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944.  Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the ......
Typhoon Country by Nicolas Trudgian. (C)
Price : £100.00
A Typhoon of 181 Squadron flown by Flt Lt Roy Crane is shown attacking a German armoured column in th Falaise Gap in August 1944. Typhoons played a major role in destroying a large number of German armour and disrupting German movements during the ......

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Here, in the brightening morning sky, Typhoons are prepared for the first sortie of the day. One has already fired up its big, powerful engine, blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust, ground crew hover, ready to remove chocks prior to taxi and take-o......
Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (AP)
Price : £240.00
Here, in the brightening morning sky, Typhoons are prepared for the first sortie of the day. One has already fired up its big, powerful engine, blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust, ground crew hover, ready to remove chocks prior to taxi and take-o......

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Here, in the brightening morning sky, Typhoons are prepared for the first sortie of the day. One has already fired up its big, powerful engine, blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust, ground crew hover, ready to remove chocks prior to taxi and take-o......
Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (B)
Price : £250.00
Here, in the brightening morning sky, Typhoons are prepared for the first sortie of the day. One has already fired up its big, powerful engine, blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust, ground crew hover, ready to remove chocks prior to taxi and take-o......

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Here, in the brightening morning sky, Typhoons are prepared for the first sortie of the day. One has already fired up its big, powerful engine, blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust, ground crew hover, ready to remove chocks prior to taxi and take-o......
Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (C)
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Here, in the brightening morning sky, Typhoons are prepared for the first sortie of the day. One has already fired up its big, powerful engine, blowing up whirlwinds of Normandy dust, ground crew hover, ready to remove chocks prior to taxi and take-o......NOT
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 It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais......
Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian.
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It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais......NOT
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 It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais......
Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian (AP)
Price : £300.00
It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais......

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 It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais......
Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)
Price : £200.00
It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falais......

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  It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falai......
Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX)
Price : £170.00
It is August 1944, barely two months since the Allies landed their first troops on the beaches of Normandy. Already the German Panzer Divisions are in full retreat, and it is critical to halt them before they can regroup. Caught in the Gap at Falai......

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 RAF Hawker Typhoon Mk IBs of 609 Squadron embark on a ground attack mission, head for targets in Northern France. Once initial problems with the tail section were resolved the Typhoon proved to be extremely rugged and reliable and was ideally suited......
Typhoon Scramble by Stephen Brown. (AP)
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RAF Hawker Typhoon Mk IBs of 609 Squadron embark on a ground attack mission, head for targets in Northern France. Once initial problems with the tail section were resolved the Typhoon proved to be extremely rugged and reliable and was ideally suited......NOT
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Perhaps the most historically significant painting by Frank Wootton, painted onthe site of the battle just a few days after it took place.......
Rocket Firing Typhoons at the Falaise Gap - Normandy 1944 by Frank Wootton.
Price : £250.00
Perhaps the most historically significant painting by Frank Wootton, painted onthe site of the battle just a few days after it took place.......

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Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)


Typhoon Aviation Print Pack.
Pack Price : £500.00
Saving : £385
Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Typhoon Scramble by Stephen Brown.
Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (B)
Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)

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Pack 669. Pack of two Falaise Typhoon prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian.
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

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HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (SM)
Bismarck Replies to HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman. (SM)
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Pack 673. Pack of two Hawker Typhoon prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian.
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

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HMS Hood Opens Fire Upon the Bismarck by Ivan Berryman. (SM)
Bismarck Replies to HMS Hood by Ivan Berryman. (SM)
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Pack 1252. Hawker Typhoon Prints by Gerald Coulson and Nicolas Trudgian.
Pack Price : £300.00
Saving : £250
Aviation Print Pack. ......

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Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (B)
Typhoons at Falaise by Nicolas Trudgian. (B)

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Typhoon Aircraft Prints by Nicolas Trudgian.
Pack Price : £190.00
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Aviation Print Pack. ......

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Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian.
Typhoon Country by Nicolas Trudgian.

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Sqn Ldr Stark DFC Signed Typhoon Aviation Art by Gerald Coulson.
Pack Price : £320.00
Saving : £180
Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (B)
Striking Back by Gerald Coulson.

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Sqn Ldr Stark DFC Signed Normandy Typhoon Prints by Gerald Coulson.
Pack Price : £380.00
Saving : £190
Aviation Print Pack. ......

Titles in this pack :

Normandy Sunrise by Gerald Coulson (AP)
Striking Back by Gerald Coulson. (B)

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Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane (deceased)

Squadrons for : Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
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No.181 Sqn RAF


Country : UK
Founded : 25th August 1942
Fate : Disbanded 30th September 1945

Irruimus vastatum - We rush in and destroy

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No.181 Sqn RAF

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No.182 Sqn RAF


Country : UK
Founded : 25th August 1942
Fate : Disbanded 30th September 1945

Fearless I direct my flight

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No.182 Sqn RAF

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Aircraft for : Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane
A list of all aircraft associated with Flight Lieutenant Roy Crane. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
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Hurricane




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Manufacturer : Hawker
Production Began : 1936
Number Built : 14533

Hurricane

Royal 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.

Typhoon




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Manufacturer : Hawker
Production Began : 1941
Number Built : 3330

Typhoon

Single engine fighter with a maximum speed of 412 mph at 19,000 feet and a ceiling of 35,200 feet. range 510 miles. The Typhoon was armed with twelve browning .303inch machine guns in the wings (MK1A) Four 20mm Hispano cannon in wings (MK!B) Two 1000ilb bombs or eight 3-inch rockets under wings. The first proto type flew in February 1940, but due to production problems the first production model flew in May 1941. with The Royal Air Force receiving their first aircraft in September 1941. Due to accidents due to engine problems (Sabre engine) The Hawker Typhoon started front line service in December 1941.The Hawker Typhoon started life in the role of interceptor around the cost of England but soon found its real role as a ground attack aircraft. especially with its 20mm cannon and rockets. This role was proved during the Normandy landings and the period after. The total number of Hawker typhoons built was 3,330.

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