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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Typhoons Outward Bound by Richard Taylor. (C) In the months following D-Day, Hawkers hard-hitting, snub-nosed Typhoon struck terror into the German formations in Normandy, crack Panzer units wilted under the constant hail of rockets and bombs. Several times a day the Typhoon pilots would cross the Channel to run the gauntlet of flak and ground fire, and deliver their lethal cargo. The disaster befell the German Army during the third week in August 1944. For over two months, sixteen divisions of the Germany Army had battled to contain the huge tide of the Allied armies as they swept ashore in the weeks following D-Day. Overwhelmed by the size and determination of the invasion force, the Germans fell back amidst bitter fighting, contesting every town, every village, and every hedgerow. But there was one thing they could not fight against - devastating Allied air superiority - and leading the assault were the deadly ground-attack Typhoons of the RAF. Equipped with cannons and eight lethal rockets, the Typhoons simply cut the German Panzer Divisions to shreds, the burning, blasted, and obliterated hulks of tanks and vehicles lay srewn across an ever decreasing battlefield as the Allies fought to snare their enemy within the Falaise Pocket. And ensnare them they did. The only option for the Germans was to surrender or perish. Most choose to surrender, thousands and thousands of crack troops crushed by one of the deadliest air to ground attacks in history. The Typhoons lethal weaponry is clearly visible in Richard Taylors beautiful painting Typhoons Outward Bound. As another fine summer day begins, Typhoon Mk1bs of 247 Squadron are en-route to the Normandy battlefront, the first of several missions that day. Skimming at mast-top height, the Typhoons pass over two ancient steam drifters, conscripted into the wartime role of patrolling the Channel and, should the need arise, rescuing any downed aircrew in need of help. Item Code : DHM1765C Typhoons Outward Bound by Richard Taylor. (C) - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Limited edition of 10 double remarques. Paper size 27.5 inches x 23 inches (70cm x 58cm) Byrne, John Lincoln, John Abe Elkington, John Townsend, Rusty + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £170 £45 Off! Now : £625.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Typhoons Outward Bound by Richard Taylor. DHM1765 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Paper size 27.5 inches x 23 inches (70cm x 58cm) Lincoln, John Abe Elkington, John Townsend, Rusty + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £130 £45 Off! Now : £95.00 VIEW EDITION... ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. SOLD OUT. Paper size 27.5 inches x 23 inches (70cm x 58cm) Byrne, John Lincoln, John Abe Elkington, John Townsend, Rusty + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £170 SOLD OUT VIEW EDITION... PRINT Limited edition of 25 remarques. Paper size 27.5 inches x 23 inches (70cm x 58cm) Byrne, John Lincoln, John Abe Elkington, John Townsend, Rusty + Artist : Richard Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £170 £45 Off! Now : £395.00 VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Flying Officer John Byrne *Signature Value : £40	With the RAF since 1938, Byrne flew Hurricanes, Spitfires, P-47s, Tempests and Typhoons during WWII. Upon joining 197 Sqn in March 1944 he flew Typhoons during one the squadrons most hectic periods in the run up to D-Day and throughout the subsequent Allied invasion, mostly on low-level bombing missions. In total Byrne completed over 150 combat operations and finally left the RAF in 1946.
Pilot Officer Rusty Townsend *Signature Value : £45	Australian Rusty Townsend joined the RAF in 1941, trained in the USA, before returning to join 175 Squadron on rocket firing Typhoons at Warmwell. Being in the thick of the action over France against retreating German Forces, he was shot down and taken prisoner of war.
Warrant Officer John Abe Lincoln *Signature Value : £45	Born in 1923, Abe Lincoln joined the RAF in August 1942, spending two years training in India and Rhodesia. After training he was posted back to the UK, flying first Spitfires and then on Typhoons with 175 Squadron. The squadron was by then heavily involved with softening up targets with rockets ahead of the armies advance and close support duties at the front as the allies advanced through France into Germany. He remained with the squadron until the end of the war.
Wing Commander John Elkington (deceased) *Signature Value : £40	John (Tim) Elkington was born in 1920 and joined the RAF in September 1939. Commissioned as a Pilot Officer in July 1940 he was immediately posted to join 1 Squadron flying Hurricanes atTangmere. On 15 August he shot down an Me109 over the Channel, but the following day he was himself shot down over Thorney Island. He baled out injured and was admitted to hospital, his Hurricane crashing at Chidham. He died on 1st February 2019.

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