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Strike and Strike Again by Robert Taylor.
By the spring of 1945, Germanys once all-conquering submarine fleet, driven by allied forces from its bases in estern France, had fled to the relative safety of the Norwegian fjords - territory still remaining under German occupation since 1940. In one of Hitlers last stands, more than 100 U-Boats, merchant freighters, flakships, and other military vessels were hathered in the narrow fjords, laying up by day and sailing undercover of darkness. They were a menace that had to be dealt with. Tasked with the difficult job of eliminating this force were the Beaufighters and Mosquitos of RAF Coastal Commands Strike Wings based in Scotland. - Our job was to go after this shipping and sink it - recalled Wing Commader Colin Milson, C.O. of No. 455s Beaufighters. - The fjords were often just 200 - 300 yards across with cliffs rising vertically up 2000 feet, the deep water allowing the German shipping to get in beneath these high overhanging cliffs. This made for difficult and dangerous flying, exacerbated by the heavy flak and machine gun fire that always welcomed us. |
| | Item Code : DHM2581 | Strike and Strike Again by Robert Taylor. - This Edition | |
| | TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | | PRINT | RAF Aircrew Edition: Signed Limited Edition of 450 prints.
| Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) |  Corbin, Harold 
Doughty, Les
Graham, Herbert
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £85 | £40 Off! | Now : £210.00 |
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| Other editions of this item : | Strike and Strike Again by Robert Taylor | DHM2581 |
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PROOF | RAF Aircrew Edition: Artist Proof Edition of 25 prints. | Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm)
| Corbin, Harold
Doughty, Les
Graham, Herbert
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £85 | | £325.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | RAF Victory in Europe. Signed Limited Edition of 400 prints. | Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) |  Harrington, Ray
Webb, Maurice 
Curtis, Des
Parfitt, Bill
Corbin, Harold
Doughty, Les
Graham, Herbert
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £225 | £40 Off! | Now : £275.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | RAF Victory in Europe. Remarque Edition of 25 prints. Includes 7 signatures.
SOLD OUT (September 2009). | Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) | Harrington, Ray
Webb, Maurice
Curtis, Des
Parfitt, Bill
Corbin, Harold
Doughty, Les
Graham, Herbert
+ Artist : Robert Taylor
Signature(s) value alone : £225 | | SOLD
OUT | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | RAAF Edition: Signed Limited Edition of 150 prints. Includes 9 signatures.
SOLD OUT. | Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (72cm x 41cm) | Artist : Robert Taylor | | SOLD
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| Signatures on this item | | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | | Name | Info | Flight Lieutenant Herbert Bert Graham
*Signature Value : £35
| Bert Graham joined the RAF in 1941 and was immediately posted to a pilot training station in Torquay, Devon. After passing his final exams he then went on to fly Tiger Moths, before being posted to RAF Brize Norton flying Oxfords. In 1942 Bert transferred to start flying with 143 Squadron on Blenheims, but quickly moved on to Beaufighters with the North Coates Strike Wing. For his second tour Bert was posted to Scotland flying Mosquitos, where, before the end of hostilities, he completed many port and shipping strikes over Norway and occupied Europe. | 
Flying Officer Harold Corbin CGM (deceased)
*Signature Value : £30
| Harold Corbin joined the RAF in November 1940 and was sent to the United States to train as a pilot. On completion he returned to England as a Sergeant and after several positions was posted to 235 Squadron at RAF Portreath flying operations on Beaufighters. He completed many missions attacking various ports and enemy shipping on the French coast and in the Bay of Biscay. In 1944 he converted onto Mosquitos and joined 248 Squadron at RAF Banff, part of the Banff Strike Wing. The Banff Wing was to become immortalised for undertaking some of the most dangerous and concentrated attacks on German surface vessels and U-boats in the North Sea and on the Norwegian coastline. He was awarded the CGM in August 1944, and was given a full commission in December 1944. He had flown as co-pilot / observer with Maurice Webb from 1943 until the end of the war.
| Warrant Officer Les Doughty DFM
*Signature Value : £20
| Joining the RAF in 1939 as a driver, Les Doughty was posted overseas to serve in Iraq. In 1941 he applied for, and was accepted, to be a pilot and went on to train in Rhodesia. In 1943 his first operational posting was to 248 Squadron flying Beaufighters from RAF Predannack, providing fighter escorts and coastal patrols, with combat strikes mostly against enemy shipping. He moved with 248 Squadron to RAF Portreath and converted to Mosquitos. In early 1944 whilst out on a strike mission, he attacked submarine U-155 whilst under heavy fire as it was entering the French harbour of Lorient. The submarine was put out of action for the duration of the war, and Les was awarded an immediate DFM. |
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