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Height and Sun

by Robert Taylor


“If you had the height, you controlled the battle. If you came out of the sun, the enemy could not see you.
If you held your fire until you were very close, you seldom missed”.

These three basic rules contibuted to the prowess in aerial combat of some of the most successful fighter pilots in history and seldom were they more valuable than when outnumbered. Between July and October 1940 the brave young pilots of RAF Fighter Command were under intense pressure from the constant attacks of the Luftwaffe, and the Hawker Hurricane was the machine of the Battle of Britain, accounting for 80 percent of RAF victories.
Shown here are Hurricanes of 32 Sqn climbing high into the morning sky, gaining Height and Sun in an attempt to gain the advantage over the onslaught of enemy fighters - August, 1940.

17" x 27½"

Available in the following editions

300 Limited edition   Signed by three Battle of Britain pilots $195 
175 Tribute edition Sold out $295 
50 Artist's proof  Sold out $695  


 



Limited edition signatures:
Group Captain Billy Drake Hurricanes / 213 Squadron Flight Lieutenant Richard Jones Spitfires / 64 Squadron
Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum Spitfires / 92 Sqdn.  


Tribute edition signatures: as above plus the following
Flight Lieutenant Alexander Appleford Spitfires / 66 Sqdn Flight Lieutenant Trevor Gray Spitfires / 64 Squadron 
Squadron Leader Tony Iveson Spitfires / 616 Sqdn  Flight Lieutenant Albert Gregory Blenheims / 219 Sqdn 
Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Bent Blenheims / 25 Sqdn  Master Pilot Leoplold Heimes Blenheims / 235 Sqdn 
Squadron Leader Maurice Brown Spitfires / 611 Sqdn  Wing Commander Terence Kane Spitfires / 234 Sqdn 
Flight Lieutenant Owen Burns Blenheims / 235 Sqdn  Squadron Leader Robert Kings Hurricanes / 238 Sqdn 
Flight Lt. Joseph Chamberlain Blenheims / 235 Sqdn  Flight Lieutenant Keith Lawrence Spitfires / 234 Sqdn 
Squadron Leader Kenneth Lusty Blenheims / 25 Sqdn  Flight Lieutenant Robin Lucas Defiants / 141 Sqdn 
Group Captain Byron Duckenfield Hurricanes / 501 Sqdn  Squadron Leader Jocelyn Millard Hurricanes / 1 Sqdn 
Wing Commander John Elkington Hurricanes / 1 Sqdn  Wing Commander Tom Neil Hurricanes / 249 Sqdn 
Squadron Leader Robert Foster Hurricanes / 605 Sqdn  Group Captain Herbert Pinfold Hurricanes / 56 Sqdn 
Wing Commander George Swanwick Spitfires / 54 Sqdn  Flying Officer Kenneth Wilkinson Spitfires / 616 Sqdn 


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