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Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Air Officer Commanding RAF Fighter Command emerges from his staff car during an impromptu visit to RAF Hornchurch in the early stages of the Battle of Britain and chats with Spitfire Pilots who have returned to their base. Their intense clashes with the Luftwaffe in the skies over Southern England still resonate in their minds. Dowding would refer to them as my fighter boys . It was Dowding, who more than anyone, prepared Britains defences against a German invasion years before the start of WW1... Signed by the artist : Gil Cohen and 21 distinguished Spitfire Battle of Britain pilots : Trevor Grey , Pete Brothers , Keith Lawrence , Byron Duckenfeild , Tony Pickering , Richard Jones , William Walker , John Keating , Bob Foster , John Ellacombe , Nigel Rose , Norman Hancock , Ken Wilkinson , Michael Wainwright , Robin Appleyard , John Freeborn , Geoffrey Wellum , A.E. Gregory , Owen Burns , John Down , and Ludwig Martell...priced @ £395.00 for this very rare Bentley Priory Proof Edition of only 30...To complement the purchase of your fine art print, we are now able to offer a professional Picture Framing service. For further details please contact us by phone or email.