TANGMERE WING, 1941 - Rare Framed Print Now Available
Robert Taylor's famous print is framed and ready to ship or collect from the UK Gallery!
TANGMERE WING, 1941
They were one of the great fighter units of WWII. Led by the audacious Douglas Bader - who had lost both his legs in a pre-war flying accident - 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.
We're delighted to have just ONE COPY ONLY which has been framed to full conservation standards to include museum-quality reproduction RAF wings together with the photos of the four famous pilots who signed the edition and feature in the print:
- Group Captain Sir DOUGLAS BADER CBE DSO* DFC* (pictured)
- Group Captain HUGH 'COCKY' DUNDAS CBE DSO* DFC
- Air Vice Marshal JOHNNIE JOHNSON CB CBE DSO** DFC*
- Wing Commander KEN HOLDEN OBE DFC
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Robert Taylor is one of the few artists who personally knew Douglas Bader and who benefitted from the great fighter leader’s knowledge. The striking piece, which portrays Douglas Bader leading his Wing in ‘Finger Four’ formation across the Sussex coast towards France on a fighter sweep in early 1941, was composed with a great deal of technical and historical input from Douglas Bader and such is the scarcity that pristine examples rarely become available on the secondary market.
ONLY ONE COPY AVAILABLE - CLICK HERE FOR INFO!
You may also like these other Robert Taylor pieces depicting Douglas Bader - click on an image for more info
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