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Harvest 1940 by Gerald Coulson. A Heinkel HeIII come to rest in a cornfield as the victorious Spitfire pilot circles the downed aircraft. |
Birth of a Legend by Gerald Coulson. The prototype Spitfire on its maiden flight on 5th March 1936. |
Low Level Strike - 1943 by Gerald Coulson. De Havilland Mosquito Mk.IVs make a deadly fast and low strike against an enemy ground target in 1943. |
The First Blow by Gerald Coulson. Published to mark the 50th anniversary of the first RAF bombing raid of the second world war, on the 4th of September 1939 by the Blenheims of 107, 110 and 139 squadrons. |
Atlantic Convoy by Gerald Coulson. (GS) RAF Coastal Command fought a lonely war charged with defending the English Channel and the North Atlantic convoy routes, hunting U-boats, reconnaissance and rescuing downed airmen. And one aircraft above all others came to symbolise Coastal Command - the Short Sunderland, one of the finest flying boats ever built. Just a few days after the declaration of war Sunderland flying boats were in action, rescuing all 34 crew from the cargo ship Kensington Court sunk by U-32 off the Scillies. It was the beginning of the long and deadly struggle between Coastal Command and the U-boats. Winston Churchill wrote that the only thing that really worried him during the war was the submarine menace. He knew that if the vital North Atlantic lifeline was severed, there could be no ultimate victory. The task facing the Allies was immense, and the Battle of the Atlantic raged for nearly three years before, in May 1943, heavy losses forced Admiral Doenitz to pull his U-boats out of the North Atlantic. That same month five submarines were sunk by Sunderlands. It was the turning point of the Battle of the Atlantic, and for the next year the Allies were able to build up supplies and troops for the D-Day invasion. Gerald Coulson's magnificent painting Atlantic Convoy is a moving tribute to the aircrew of Coastal Command and portrays a typical North Atlantic convoy scene to perfection. The crew of a lone Sunderland, its four mighty radial piston engines thrumming powerfully against the gathering wind, keep a vigilant look out for a distant sighting of a U-boat. Behind them the convoy, laden with vital supplies, ploughs on relentlessly, ever closer to Britain, and safety. |
Mitchell's Masterpiece by Gerald Coulson. The Rolls Royce Merlin C Engine of Spitfire prototype K5054 is put through its paces in between early test flights at Eastleigh Aerodrome in March 1936. |
The Last Patrol by Gerald Coulson. No text for this item |
Johnny Comes Home by Gerald Coulson. Johnnie Johnson, the RAFs highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War II flies his Spitfire F MkIXE back to base in Kenley. |
High Speed Intrusion by Gerald Coulson. Famous for the Dambusters raid during the Second World War, RAF 617 Squadron is now based at Lossiemouth in Scotland. With its high-tech Tornados, the squadron today presents a very different picture to that of the 1940s. In 1990 they again found themselves in a combat situation when Iraq invaded Kuwait and their skills flying at high speed - low level were called on once more. This impressive painting by Coulson is a fitting tribute to one of this countrys most famous Squadrons. |
Hunter's Moon by Gerald Coulson. No text for this item |
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