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The Battle of Britain commenced at the beginning of June 1940, and for the next two and a half gruelling months the young men of RAF Fighter Command duelled with the cream of Goering’s Luftwaffe over the skies of southern England. It was to become the greatest aerial conflict in aviation history.
Always outnumbered, the valiant young pilots fought with a determined fierceness and...
They fought in the Battle of France, and throughout the Battle of Britain. At the time they were the Luftwaffe’s best known Fighter Wing, and for the next two years they duelled daily over northern France with the very best of the RAF who nicknamed them the ‘Abbeville Boys’.
One of Robert Taylor’s most iconic paintings, ‘Abbeville Boys’ features...
It is August 1940. The Battle of Britain is at its height. Great armadas of Luftwaffe aircraft have made incessant attacks on southern Britain throughout the day. The unmistakable roar of the Merlin engines fills the fighter station once again, as the Hurricanes scramble into the air. It is their sixth operation sortie of the day.
Totally outnumbered in each combat, they have taken...
On the 9th September 1940, Number 92 Squadron was thrown into the Battle of Britain. They had fought bravely during the evacuation from Dunkirk, and after a spell on convoy patrol, they were thrust into the desperate climax of the greatest air battle in history.
Flying Spitfires from Biggin Hill, they immediately went into action attacking massive Luftwaffe bomber formations and...
Occupied by the Germans since 1940, the Norwegian fjords, with their narrow inlets and steep mountainous backdrops, offered unique protection; however submarines departing and returning to Norway from their oceanic operations immediately attracted the attention of RAF Coastal Command.
Heavily defended by shore batteries, Flak ships with terrible fire-power, and marauding Luftwaffe...
On September 18, 1940 Spitfires of 66 Squadron attacked a formation of Me109s at 30,000 feet. Oxspring came out victor in his personal duel with a Luftwaffe pilot, the moment portrayed in a fine study of the Spitfire by Robert Taylor.
The weather on the morning of 31 December, 1944 was already unpleasant. In the Ardennes, hard-pressed German troops were battling Allied ground forces advancing through several inches of snow. Above, darkening skies heralded the arrival of more snow. At 10.45am, in deteriorating weather, a battle formation of 30 Fw190D fighters climbed out of Varrelbusch and headed south over the snowcovered...
During the height of the Battle of Britain a Luftwaffe pilot, standing beside his downed Me109, looks on as Spitfires of 54 Squadron returning to base at Hornchurch, roar overhead.
Between June 140 and December 1942 Malta was one of the most heavily bombed countries on earth. The battle for the island became a decisive turning point of WWII.
This superb piece depicts Hurricanes of 126 Squadron diving to intercept a force of Luftwaffe bombers as they make their attack on the port at Valletta.
MERLINS OVER MALTA was specially commissioned to help...
During the height of the Battle of Britain, Spitfires of 92 Squadron engage Messerschmitt Me109s of JG-2 in a high-altitude dog-fight directly over London in September 1940. Far below them, bombers of the Luftwaffe attempt one of their final daylight raids over the capital.
Released in 1990 as part of Taylor’s ‘Golden Anniversary series’ this iconic print has been...
