THE TANGMERE WING, 1941 - Framed Collectors Piece

They were one of the great fighter units of World War II. Led by the audacious Douglas Bader, the Spitfire Wing at Tangmere was in the thick of the action during the tumultuous aerial battles that took place over the Channel and Pas-de-Calais in 1941.

Duelling on a daily basis with the cream of the Luftwaffe, especially the pilots of Adolf Galland’s JG26 based at Abbeville, many of Bader’s young Spitfire pilots were to become some of the RAFs greatest fighter leaders: Names such as Hugh ‘Cocky’ Dundas, Ken Holden and Johnnie Johnson who all signed this now extremely rare print together with Douglas Bader.

Robert is one of the few artists who personally knew Douglas Bader and benefitted from the great fighter leader’s knowledge. This famous painting, completed in 1980, was composed with a great deal of technical input from Bader himself and depicts 616 Sqn leaving the familiar and comforting sight of the Sussex coast in search for Luftwaffe invaders.

✨ The Spitfires at the forefront of the piece were piloted by four of the most outstanding Aces of the war and each of them has personally signed the print. We’re extremely lucky to have ONE COPY ONLY, featuring museum-quality replica RAF fighter wings and photographs of the signees, creating this unique FOUR SIGNATURE collector’s piece: