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Basil Stapleton
| Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC (deceased) Born in South Africa, Basil Gerald Stapleton joined the RAF in Jan 1939, being posted to 603 Sqn flying Spitfires. He first saw action off Scotland, sharing in the destruction of two bombers, before the Squadron was posted south to Hornchurch during the height of the Battle of Britain. By Nov 1940 his tally had risen to 6 and 2 shared victories and 8 probables. In March 1942 he was posted to 257 Sqn as flight commander. In August 1944 he commanded 247 Sqn flying Typhoons, taking part in the Arnhem operations. In December 1944, whilst attacking a train, debris hit his aircraft forcing him to land behind enemy lines where he was taken prisoner of war. Stapme Stapleton had scored 6 victories, plus 2 shared, 5 probable and 2 damaged. Sadly, we have learned that Basil Stapleton passed away on 13th April 2010. |
Items Signed by Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC (deceased) |
  | September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £490.00 | Spitfires pass above a downed Me110 as they return to base at Biggin Hill in September 1940, the most intense and crucial phase of the Battle of Britain. ...... | |
| | September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £450.00 | Spitfires pass above a downed Me110 as they return to base at Biggin Hill in September 1940, the most intense and crucial phase of the Battle of Britain. ...... | |
  | Into the Fray by Richard Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Squadron Leader Douglas Bader leads the Hurricanes of 242 Squadron in an aggressive diving attack upon a large force of Heinkel 111s approaching the Kent coast, whilst Spitfires from 66 Squadron tangle with the escorting Bf109s of JG52. It is Septe...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | On August 12th, 1940 the Luftwaffe turned their full attention to the RAF's forward fighter bases and radar stations with the intent to obliterate them once and for all. The outcome of the Battle of Britain hung in the balance. It was late in ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £170.00 | Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in t...... |
| | Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Price : £240.00 | Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in t...... | |
| | Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £180.00 | Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in t...... | |
| | Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) SOLD OUT | Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in t...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) SOLD OUT | Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £150.00 | Flying low level at high speed through intense ground fire was all part of the daily task of the pilots of the Typhoon ground attack squadrons. Armed with rockets, 1000lb bombs and four 20mm cannon, this formidable fighter played a leading role in t...... |
  | Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £500.00 | Situated on the south eastern tip of Kent, RAF Hawkinge was the most forward airfield in Fighter Command. It was not surprising therefore that when Reichmarshal Goering began his fierce attacks on airfields - part of his softening up campaign in pr...... | |
  | Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. (AP) SOLD OUT | As Typhoon Mk1b fighter-bombers of 247 Squadron exit the target area near Falaise at full throttle, the havoc wreaked in their wake bears witness to the devastation of their powerful rockets. Fuel and ammunition from the retreating German column exp...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | As Typhoon Mk1b fighter-bombers of 247 Squadron exit the target area near Falaise at full throttle, the havoc wreaked in their wake bears witness to the devastation of their powerful rockets. Fuel and ammunition from the retreating German column exp...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | As Typhoon Mk1b fighter-bombers of 247 Squadron exit the target area near Falaise at full throttle, the havoc wreaked in their wake bears witness to the devastation of their powerful rockets. Fuel and ammunition from the retreating German column exp...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Closing the Gap by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | As Typhoon Mk1b fighter-bombers of 247 Squadron exit the target area near Falaise at full throttle, the havoc wreaked in their wake bears witness to the devastation of their powerful rockets. Fuel and ammunition from the retreating German column exp...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | The Greatest Day by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | Sunday 15 September 1940 and Luftwaffe supremo Hermann Goering believed victory over the RAF was at hand. Today, he decreed, would be the day that his 'glorious' Luftwaffe would finally break the back of Fighter Command's stubborn resist...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Stapme's Final Attack by Nicolas Trudgian Price : £35.00 | On December 23rd 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, Squadron Leader Basil 'Stapme' Stapleton was flying his Hawker Typhoon of No.247 Squadron on an offensive patrol from his base at Eindhoven. Behind enemy lines, he spotted a train and...... | |
  | Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. Price : £220.00 | During the early part of World War II the coastline of Britain was constantly under threat, particularly the busy shipping lanes of the North Sea. As well as carrying out bombing raids on strategic coastal targets and ports such as Luftflotte 5s att...... | |
| | Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. (Y) Price : £200.00 | During the early part of World War II the coastline of Britain was constantly under threat, particularly the busy shipping lanes of the North Sea. As well as carrying out bombing raids on strategic coastal targets and ports such as Luftflotte 5s at...... | |
 | Channel Combat by Adrian Rigby. Price : £140.00 | This scene depicts a Spitfire of No.609 Squadron being bounced by Messerschmitt 109s over the Needles on the Isle of Wight, using the typical Luftwaffe tactic of flying out of the sun. This particular aircraft was flown during August 1940 by one of ...... |
 | Spitfire Country by Nicolas Trudgian. SOLD OUT | A typical scene from a bright August morning in that momentous summer of 1940. Having climbed into the dawn sky at daybreak, the Spitfires of No 603 Squadron have already been in action, and with more heavy raids on the plotters table, they scurry b...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| | Spitfire Country by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) SOLD OUT | A typical scene from a bright August morning in that momentous summer of 1940. Having climbed into the dawn sky at daybreak, the Spitfires of No 603 Squadron have already been in action, and with more heavy raids on the plotters table, they scurry b...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Wings of Glory by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | Robert Taylors spellbinding painting, Wings of Glory, paying tribute to Mitchells immortal fighter, features the MkX1X Spitfire of the RAFs Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffin engine providing maximum speed of 450mph...... | |
| | Wings of Glory by Robert Taylor (B) Price : £235.00 | Robert Taylors spellbinding painting, Wings of Glory, paying tribute to Mitchells immortal fighter, features the MkX1X Spitfire of the RAFs Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffin engine providing maximum speed of 450mph...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Squadron Leader Basil Stapleton DFC (deceased) |
   | Trudgian RAF Fighter Print Pack. Pack Price : £1040.00 Saving : £724 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
    | Nicolas Trudgian Trade Price Spitfire Pack. Pack Price : £1550.00 Saving : £909 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Operation Bodenplatte by Nicolas Trudgian. Head to Head by Nicolas Trudgian Combat Over Beachy Head by Nicolas Trudgian. Normandy Fighter Sweep by Nicolas Trudgian. Victory Over Gold by Nicolas Trudgian. Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
   | 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) | |
   | Gerald Coulson Trade Discount Spitfire Pint Pack. Pack Price : £470.00 Saving : £484 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson. First Light by Gerald Coulson. Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. Scramble by Gerald Coulson. Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
    | Huge Discount Spitfire Aviation Pack of Prints by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £425.00 Saving : £374 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Wings of Glory by Robert Taylor (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. Return of the Heroes by Ivan Berryman. In Them We Trust by Ivan Berryman. High Pursuit by Ivan Berryman. The Fledgling by Ivan Berryman. |
| | Spitfire Aviation Print Pack. Pack Price : £290.00 Saving : £134 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Wings of Glory by Robert Taylor (B) Return of the Heroes by Ivan Berryman. Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Spitfire Aviation Print by Robert Taylor and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £290.00 Saving : £159 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Wings of Glory by Robert Taylor (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. High Pursuit by Ivan Berryman. | |
 | Pack 717. Pack of two Spitfire prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £585.00 Saving : £344 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Eagle Force by Robert Taylor. (B) September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Battle of Britain Aviation Art Prints. Pack Price : £650.00 Saving : £379 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. (B) September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Battle of Britain Spitfire Prints. Pack Price : £680.00 Saving : £349 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Hornchurch Scramble by Robert Taylor. (B) September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. |
 | Battle of Britain Aviation Prints. Pack Price : £580.00 Saving : £384 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Battle of Britain, Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson. Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Spitfire Battle of Britain Aviation Art. Pack Price : £540.00 Saving : £324 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Battle of Britain, Manston, 12th August 1940 by Gerald Coulson. September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Battle of Britain Spitfire Prints Pack Price : £380.00 Saving : £154 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson. Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | RAF Spitfire Fighter Aviation Art. Pack Price : £340.00 Saving : £184 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : First Light by Gerald Coulson. Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. | |
  | Nicolas Trudgian Battle of Britain Print Pack With THREE FREE PRINTS! Pack Price : £540.00 Saving : £344 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. High Patrol by Ivan Berryman. (E) Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. |
  | Nicolas Trudgian RAF Aircraft Print Pack. Pack Price : £270.00 Saving : £175 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Mosquitos Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Back from Normandy by Nicolas Trudgian. | |
    | Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE! Pack Price : £500.00 Saving : £280 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) The Struggle for Malta by Ivan Berryman. (F) LCT 312 by Ivan Berryman. (D) Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (D) Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. | |
| | Rare Spitfire Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £880.00 Saving : £420 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) | |
| | Pack 1251. Two Typhoon Aviation Prints by Stephen Brown and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £260.00 Saving : £75 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Typhoon Scramble by Stephen Brown. Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. | |
 | Typhoon Aircraft Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £190.00 Saving : £90 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Typhoon Country by Nicolas Trudgian. |
| | Battle of Britain Pilot Signed Prints. Pack Price : £540.00 Saving : £360 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) In Them We Trust by Ivan Berryman. (J) | |
 | Pilot Signed Spitfire Prints by Robert Taylor and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £575.00 Saving : £345 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Eagle Squadron Scramble by Robert Taylor Their Finest Hour by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) | |
 | Harbourne Stephen RAF Ace Signed Aviation Art by Graeme Lothian and Gerald Coulson. Pack Price : £280.00 Saving : £290 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : The Right of the Line by Graeme Lothian. (AP) Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. | |
 | Spitfire Aviation Prints by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £560.00 Saving : £200 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : September Victory by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Fighter Legend - Johnnie Johnson by Nicolas Trudgian. | |
| | Typhoon and Spitfire Print Pack by Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Typhoons Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. Fighter Legend - Johnnie Johnson by Nicolas Trudgian. |
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