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Cranston Fine Arts  Postcards  New for 2021 |
New postcards published by Cranston Fine Arts in 2021.
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Zero Hour by Ivan Berryman. (PC) As dawn breaks across South Pacific skies, a group of Mitsubishi A6M5 Zeros of the 201st Air Group head outbound from their base at Rabaul on a raiding sortie in November 1944. |
Mustering of Storks, Bonnemaison, France, 4th July 1917 by David Pentland. (PC) French Spad VIIs of the famous Groupe de Combat 12 Les Cigognes (The Storks) during a relative lull on the front. Shown here are some of the famous names of Escadrille N3, Capitaine Georges Guynemer (No.2) , Capitaine Alfred Auger (No.6) , Sous Lt. Georges Raymond (No.9) and Adjutant Rene Guilliaumot (No.13) |
Vikings by David Pentland. (PC) Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 12th August 2008. Armoured personnel carriers from The Queen's Royal Lancers, Viking Group, tasked with providing security for the delivery of a new turbine being moved from the Kandahar Airfield to the Kajaki Dam. |
The Last Eagle, Innsbruck, Austria, May 1945 by David Pentland. (PC) Abandoned Me 109G-10, 3rd Staffel JG4. |
Tribute to Sottotenente Giuseppe Biron by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Giuseppe Biron was one of Italy's most successful pilots serving on the Eastern Front in 1941, claiming at least four kills against Russian aircraft, as depicted here, as he sends a Mig 3 down in flames whilst flying a Macchi MC.200 with 369a Squadriglia, 22° Gruppo Autonomo. Biron's aircraft sports the scarecrow smoking red stars emblem, designed by Biron himself and adopted as 22° Gruppo's badge before their deployment to the USSR. |
Cavalry Sabre by David Pentland. (PC) F86A Sabre of Col. Jack W. Hayes ex-cavalry, bomber and Mustang pilot, attempting to intercept a Russian MIG 15 flown by Soviet ace Casey Jones, over the Yalu river, Korea, February 1952. |
Blue Bonnets - Highlanders c.1746 by Chris Collingwood. (PC) No text for this item |
Phantom II by David Pentland. (PC) Phantom II of US Marine Corps, VMFA-531 (Grey Ghosts) Vietnam, Danang April 1965. |
The Uhlans - Black Brunswick Lancers c.1815. (PC) No text for this item |
Raging Tempest by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Developed from the hawker Typhoon, the first hawker Tempest MkV took to the air during September 1942 and immediately showed great promise as a most versatile aircraft. During the build up to Overlord in 1944, Tempests raged across northern France softening up the enemy defences and blocking or destroying arterial supply routes. This Hawker Tempest V is engaged in knocking out a German train as part of Roland Beamont's No.3 Squadron operations prior to D - Day. |
Czech - Mate by David Pentland. (PC) French Armee de L air Curtiss Hawk 75As flown by Czech ace Frantisele Pevina and his squadron Commander Captaine Jean Accaut, dive on unsuspecting Junker Ju87Bs (Stukas) during the Battle of France 1940. |
Harry Tate RE8, France, 1st October 1918 by David Pentland. (PC) Lt R Sterling and 2nd Lt J Owens - while flying contact patrol these officers displayed marked gallantry and endeavour, flying at altitudes from 500 to 1,000ft for 3 hours they successfully located the enemy defence lines (Extract from the commendation for DFC) |
Seastrike by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Without doubt one of the most outstanding and versatile aircraft in the Allied inventory during World War II, the Bristol Beaufighter was to endure a cautious reception by its crews when it first entered service, not least due to difficulties experienced by crews attempting to abandon a stricken aircraft in an emergency. Its performance and hard-hitting potential quickly overcame such doubts, however, and it went on to earn a commendable reputation - and the nickname Whispering Death. Here, two 254 Sqn TF. MkXs attack a captured Norwegian vessel in 1945. |
SS Uganda at Santorini by Ivan Berryman. (PC) The P&O Cruise Liner SS Uganda is shown anchored off the Greek island of Santorini. Although part of the P&O fleet, SS Uganda kept the livery of the British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd (B.I.) which was taken over by P&O in 1971. |
Wing Commander J R Baldwin by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Britain's highest scoring Typhoon ace, Wing Commander J R Baldwin sweeps above Utah Beach on a sortie in support of the Allied forces' drive into mainland Europe following D-Day in June 1944. He is shown flying one of his personal aircraft, Typhoon 1b MN935 'JBII'. |
Balearic Slinger by Chris Collingwood. (PC) Roman army auxiliary. It is said that a good slinger could propel his missile up to 400 metres, this being greater than the bow and arrow. |
Roman Legionary 1AD by Chris Collingwood. (PC) A Roman soldier was a well-trained fighting machine. He could march 20 miles a day wearing all his armour and equipment. |
Saro Sr.53 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) A Ministry of Supply contract issued in the mid 1950s resulted in the unique Saro SR.53 supersonic interceptor fighter, which incorporated a mixed powerplant consisting of an Armstrong Siddeley Viper turbojet mounted above a liquid-propellant de Havilland Spectre rocket motor. First flown in 1957, the aircraft displayed good characteristics, but was ultimately not put into production. |
The High Passes by David Pentland. (PC) The Carnic Alps, Northern Italy, 24th May 1915. Within the first days of declaring war against Austro-Hungary surprise attacks by Italian Alpini captured the weakly-defended Cima Frugnoni, the Pfannspitze and the Porze. Basically there were two means of penetrating the Austrian lines: either across the relatively low 1,360 m (4,462 ft) Plöcken Pass or via the 1,636 m (5,367 ft) Kreuzbergsattel pass. The Italians attacked both with such vehemence that the terrible losses made this one of the bloodiest battles in the Alpine war. |
Red Section Scramble by Ivan Berryman. (PC) 609 Sqn Hawker Typhoons are shown taking off from Manson in Kent in February 1943. Nearest aircraft, R7872 (PR-S) is that of Sgt John Johnny Wiseman, the other, DN294 (PR-O) being the mount of Fl Sgt Alan Babe Haddon. Both aircraft were tragically lost during an action on 14th February, the pair being taken by surprise by Focke-Wulf 190s over the Channel, Wiseman losing his life in the incident. |
A Brace of Hunters by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Known among the Taliban forces as the Mosquito, the Apache AH-1 has proved itself a formidable and essential part of the British presence in Afghanistan, operated by 656 and 664 Squadrons of 9 Regiment AAC. Two AH-1s are depicted here landing after a close support mission in 2010. |
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