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Cranston Fine Arts  Postcards  New for August 2023 |
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Into History - Spitfire Prototype by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Supermarine Spitfire prototype K5054 is seen taking to the air for a test flight in June 1936 from Eastleigh Airport in Southampton. Few, at the time, could have known what an iconic aircraft R J Mitchell had designed, yet the beautiful, classic lines were there to see in the very first example. |
Mayhem at Vieille Chapel by Ivan Berryman. (PC) No text for this item |
The Royal Scots Fusiliers Formed in a Rallying Square to Resist Cavalry by Richard Simkin. (PC) No text for this item |
Tribute to Pappy Boyington by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Pappy Boyington bringing his Vought F4U-1A Bu No 17883 of VMF-214 in to land at Turtle Bay Airfield, Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides Islands, in December 1943. Although often depicted in another aircraft, Boyington flew 883 more than any other of his Corsairs. |
Battle of Omdurman by Cyrus Cuneo. (PC) No text for this item |
Tribute to Don Blakeslee by Ivan Berryman. (PC) An American pilot who joined the British Royal Air Force in 1940, he flew Spitfires with the 'Eagle Squadron' No.401 Sqn and No.133 Sqn and became an Ace before America joined the war. Transferring to the USAAF as Commanding Officer of the 4th Fighter Group, he is shown here in 1944 flying P-51D Mustang 44-13779. Credited with a total of 14.5 victories, he was regarded as one of the best fighter leaders of the war. He died in 2008. |
2nd West India Regiment by Harry Payne. (PC) No text for this item |
A Fear of the Knight by Ivan Berryman. (PC) No text for this item |
The Battle of Trafalgar by William Stuart. (PC) No text for this item |
The 2nd Bombay Lancers (Review Order) by Richard Simkin. (PC) No text for this item |
Tribute to Ludwig 'Lutz' Beckmann by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Lutz Beckmann joined Jasta 6 in December 1917, transferring to Jasta 48 then Jasta 56 in March 1918 before scoring his first victory. By the end of the war he had scored 8 victories - he is shown here in his colourful Fokker D.VII in September 1918. In World War Two he was awarded the Knight's Cross while commanding a unit flying the Junkers Ju52. He died in 1965. |
SMS Derfflinger by Ivan Berryman. (PC) No text for this item |
The Grenadier Guards at a Sham Fight. Supports Moving Up to Re-Inforce the Fighting Line by Richard Simkin. (PC) No text for this item |
Just-a-Snappin' - Tribute to the 100th Bomb Group by Ivan Berryman. (PC) On 8th October 1943, more than 20 B-17 Flying Fortresses took off from Thorpe Abbotts for a raid on the submarine yards at Bremen. Among the aircraft crossing into Europe by mid-afternoon was 23393 LD-Y named Just-a-Snappin', piloted by Captain E E Blakely and carrying the commander of the operation, Major John B Kidd. Hit by a barrage of flak just as they released their bombs, 7 of the aircaft were taken out and lost. Just-a-Snappin' was also badly damaged, but managed to begin limping home on the two remaining left-side engines. After the flak came the fighters. The gunners of Just-a-Snappin' claimed 12 enemy fighters that day but were officially credited with 9 - even this was a record unsurpassed in the entire war. This painting shows the gunners claiming one of the enemy fighters as they cross the coast of Holland. Over the sea, anything was thrown out to reduce weight - the aircraft struggling to maintain altitude at just above stall speed. They headed for the first airfield they spotted, RAF Ludham in Norfolk. On landing, the shattered plane had no control and slid into the largest of the only two trees on the airfield. When the damage was inspected, more than 800 holes were found in the aircraft. Four of the crew were wounded, with Sgt Lester Saunders later succumbing to his injuries. |
Tribute to Midget Submarine HMS XE-3 by Ivan Berryman. (PC) The midget submarine HMS XE-3 made a successful attack on the Japanese cruiser Takao in Johore Strait, Singapore on 31st July 1943. Having evaded anti-submarine defences to reach their target, the Commander Ian Fraser and his diver James Magennis are shown preparing to attach limpet mines to the cruiser. Fraser then managed with great skill to position the main explosives directly under the ship before retreating back through the defended waters to safety. Both were awarded the Victoria Cross for their actions that day. |
HMS Mantis by Ivan Berryman. (PC) An Insect class river gunboat, HMS Mantis took part in operations on the River Tigris in modern-day Iraq in World War One. A British Army advance up the Tigris in 1915 took the town of Kut-al-Amara, but this army of more than 10,000 men were besieged by the Turks here, eventually surrendering in April 1916. With other river gunboats, HMS Mantis had attempted to help break the siege from early March 1916, and remained on the River Tigris until again called upon to assist an expedition in early 1917. As part of a fleet of nearly 20 river gunboats, HMS Mantis helped the forces of Sir Stanley Maude recapture Kut-al-Amara on 24th February 1917. The ship had a long career, briefly serving in north Russia during their civil war in 1919 before serving in China during the 1920s. Still operational at the beginning of World War Two, HMS Mantis was eventually scrapped in 1940. |
17th Lancers, Dispersing in Pursuit During a Field Day by Richard Simkin. (PC) No text for this item |
1746: After Culloden: Rebel Hunting by Seymour Lucas. (PC) No text for this item |
Tribute to Erich Lowenhardt by Ivan Berryman. (PC) Erich Lowenhardt was one of the most famous German Aces of World War One. A rival of the likes of Ernst Udet and Lothar von Richthofen in number of victories, he racked up an impressive 54 victories before his death in August 1918, caused by a failed parachute when he bailed out after a collision. He is depicted here, not in his final Fokker D.VII, but in an Albatros D.III, claiming one of his tally of 9 observation balloons - this one in May 1918. The fortunate balloon observer has managed to take to his parachute to escape this time, a measure the observers were often forced to employ by the German balloon busters. |
Climb-out from Scampton by Ivan Berryman. (PC) No text for this item |
The Meeting of Sir Colin Campbell and General Outram, Relief of Lucknow by Harry Payne. (PC) No text for this item |
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