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One lancaster aircraft typified the resilience of the men and machines of RAF Bomber Command: Flying with 460 Squadron RAAF, Lancaster serial number W4783, call sign G For George, took part in almost every major attack on Germany between December 1942 and its retirement in 1944, completing no fewer than 90 bombing sorties.
Robert Taylor's emotive painting shows G For George, damaged...
By mid-afternoon on Wednesday 11th September, 1940 German bomber formations were plotted flying up the Thames Estuary towards London. To deal with the imminent raid Fighter Command scrambled nine squadrons to make the intercept. As the Luftwaffe bombers approached the docklands east of London, sixty Spitfires and Hurricanes fell upon them and a pitched battle ensued. Leading No. 74 'Tiger'...
Flying a twilight mission in his P-61 Black Widow on October 24, 1944, Colonel Johnson and his radar operator have picked up a formation of three Fw190s; stealthily closing on their quarry in the gathering dusk, 'O.B.' makes one quick and decisive strike, bringing down the enemy leader with two short bursts of fire. Banking hard, as the Fw190 pilot prepares to bale out, he brings his blazing...
Strangled by the Japanese blockade of its sea ports, and with its supplies from Russia diverted to combat Hitler's invasion in the South, China was left with but one lifeline for vital supplies from the outside world: A treacherous unpaved track hacked through mountain terrain linking the vital port of Rangoon with the city of Kunming, in South West China - it was the infamous Burma...
During her short but violent career the Bismarck became a household name. In her first engagement she sank HMS Hood, once the largest ship in the Royal Navy, but this devastating blow brought down the wrath of the Royal Navy upon the Bismarck and within three days she was also sunk. Robert Taylor’s dramatic painting shows the Bismarck firing the fatal salvo that destroyed the Hood,...
When Admiral Horatio Nelson routed the combined French and Spanish Fleet off Cape Trafalgar he won the single most decisive and far-reaching battle in naval history. Though not a single British ship was lost, Britain’s most famous naval figure died in the battle.
Robert Taylor’s magnificent painting shows Victory breaking through the enemy line at 1.00pm 21st October...
With a unique airframe constructed of wood, the Mosquito was light but exceptionally strong and had a reputation with its crews of being able to get them home even when heavily damaged. Few other aircraft were so highly regarded by the crew that flew them and enthusiasts alike, making the Mosquito one of the greatest aircraft of WWII.
Gerald has captured the scene perfectly as a...
Aichi D-3A1 dive bombers from the Japanese carrier Kaga attack the battleship Nevada, already holed by torpedoes and beached at Hospital Point. The destroyer Shaw is on fire, and behind her the battleship Pennsylvania, the cruiser Helena, and the Base Force Flagship Argonne, can be seen in the turmoil of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941.
Flying at altitudes as low as fifty feet and observing strict radio silence, the crews taking part in the Dambuster Raids faced heavy flak and ground fire as they crossed Holland to Germany. On the run into the target, using their height finding spotlights, they would have to fly in complete darkness at precisely 60 feet before their lethal cargo could be released.
Gerald uses his...
In the months following D-Day, Hawker’s 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.
As another fine summer day begins,...
