Handley Page Halifax Print Pack.
DPK0306. Handley Page Halifax Print Pack. Aviation Print Pack.
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM2250. Leading the Way by Gerald Coulson. On August 15th 1942, under the leadership of Don Bennet, a new group was formed from Bomber Command to develop specialised target finding and target marking. Made up purely from experienced volunteers, this elite and highly trained group of men were known as the Pathfinders. Up until this point the means available to Bomber Command of accurately finding their targets were totally lacking and the task of the Pathfinders was to develop techniques to precisely define these targets ahead of the main force. Initially made up of four Squadrons Nos. 7 (Stirlings) 35 (Halifax) 83 (Lancaster) and 156 (Wellingtons) they were based at a clutch of airfields between Cambridge and Huntingdon. Originally part of No.3 Group Bomber Command the Pathfinder Force was directly answerable to C-in-C Air Marshal Arthur Harris until January 1943 when it became a separate group, No.8 (PFF) . Personally selected for the task by Arthur Harris, the Australian born Don Bennet, just 32 years of age proved to be and inspired choice to form the Pathfinders. A navigation expert without peers he was widely experienced in flying all types of aircraft including fighters, flying boats and bombers and already an experienced operational bomber captain. Along with many of his colleagues, such as Hamish Mahaddie and John Searby he was responsible for instilling in his men the Pathfinder Spirit - an intangible quality of dedication which bonded them together. Pathfinder crews used a combination of personal skill and technical equipment to locate their targets. Often flying against overwhelming odds and in appalling conditions they transformed the performance of a bomber force that in 1941 was dropping almost half its bombs on open countryside. The first Pathfinder unit to fly the Halifax was 35 Squadron based at Graveley. With some of the greatest Bomber Aircrew amongst their number the unit quickly gained a reputation for excellence that was second to none. This superb painting from one of the worlds most highly regarded Aviation Artists, Gerald Coulson, depicts a Halifax B.MkII series 1A of 35 (PFF) Squadron on an operation over occupied Europe. Flying at around 20,000 feet and completely alone and unprotected, the crew navigate their bomber well ahead of the main force, leading the way to their target. Less than 20 now available. Signed by Flight Lieutenant John Rollins DFC AFC (deceased), Warrant Officer Ernest Kenwright DFC DFM and Squadron Leader Pat Carden DFC AE (deceased). Signed limited edition of 500 prints. Image size 31 inches x 26 inches (79cm x 66cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item DHM2094. Halifax Legend by Robert Tayor. RAF Pathfinder founder and Commander signs print featuring the four engined Halifax bomber. Signed by Air Vice Marshall Donald Bennett (deceased). Signed limited edition of 1500 prints. Paper size 24 inches x 20 inches (61cm x 51cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item B0012B. Friday the 13th by Ivan Berryman. Sadly, but two examples of the Handly Page Halifax exist today - the unrestored W1048 at the RAF Museum at Hendon, and the Yorkshire Air Museum's pristine LV907 Friday the 13th, a rebuild from the remains of HR792. In this portrait of one of Bomber Command's oft-forgotten workhorses, the original Friday the 13th is set against a stunning evening cloudscape. Signed by Flt Lt Eric Kemp DFC (deceased). Eric Kemp RAF signature series edition of 60 prints from the signed limited edition of 200 prnts. Image size 23 inches x 14 inches (58cm x 36cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item DHM1712D. Halifax Mk.III NA337 by Ivan Berryman. One of 6,176 Halifaxes built during World War II, NA337(2P-X) was shot down over Norway on 23rd April 1945. In 1995 it was recovered from the lake that had been its watery home for fifty years and has now been restored by the Halifax Aircraft Association in Ontario, Canada. Signed by Pilot Officer Bill Leckie, AEM, KW. Leckie signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 19 inches x 13 inches (48cm x 33cm)
Website Price: £ 330.00
To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £635.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £305
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