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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Shining the Way (Mosquito) by Ivan Berryman. (B) One of the artists most haunting paintings, a Mosquito B.IX of the Light Night Striking Force, PFF, banks away from the target zone having released a cluster of green Christmas tree marker flares to light the way for the second wave of approaching bombers. Frought with enormous difficulties and dangers, perhaps the most surprising aspect of the PFF is that it was made up almost entirely of volunteers and was widely regarded as the elite within Bomber Command. A fact made even more staggering by the slim chances of any aircrew completing the sixty sorties tour of operations that was asked of them. Nevertheless, the PFF was never short of volunteers and their dedication and courage is celebrated in this stunning print. Item Code : B0022B Shining the Way (Mosquito) by Ivan Berryman. (B) - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Beattie signature edition of 25 prints from the limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 23 inches x 13 inches (58cm x 33cm) Beattie, Brian + Artist : Ivan Berryman Signature(s) value alone : £40 £50 Off! Now : £110.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Shining the Way (Mosquito) by Ivan Berryman. B0022 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 600 prints. Image size 23 inches x 13 inches (58cm x 33cm) Artist : Ivan Berryman £40 Off! Now : £80.00 VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

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Flight Lieutenant Brian Beattie (deceased) *Signature Value : £40	Born in 1921, Beattie joined the Royal Air Force on July 8th 1940. From the moment of signing up in the Recruitment Centre, Beattie was in no doubt that he wanted to join the RAF to be a pilot. Fortunately, amidst thousands of volunteers, things seemed to be panning out his way. 'I was next sent to No.1 Initial Training Wing for seven weeks,' Beattie recalls, 'and from there we were posted off to Elementary Flying Training (EFT), scattered all over the shop. Four of us for some reason were sent to Rhodesia.' Elementary Flying Training would be the student pilot's first introduction to the complexities of aviation and, for most, would be the first time of even setting foot inside an aircraft. 'After EFT we then moved on to RAF Kumalo, Bulawayo, to fly Oxfords,' Beattie goes on, 'we were now carrying out ITS and ATS which were our Intermediate and Advanced Training Squadrons. ITS was a conversion onto a more complex aircraft type whereas ATS now taught us navigation, bombing and air photography.' bHaving served at 489 Coastal Command flying torpedo carrying Hampdens, he later joined Des Curtis at 248 Sqn where he also flew the Tse-Tse firing Mosquito.

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