NORMANDY BREAKOUT
(Signatures)	Artist ; Nicolas Trudgian and Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC AFC Wing Commander George Unwin DSO DFM.
(Dimensions)	36" x 24" approx  Unframed Print
Price	£0.00

Description

Wing Commander Geoffrey Page had no business risking life and limb at low level in a Spitfire in the maelstrom of D-Day and the heavy fighting that followed. On 12 August 1940, during the height of the Battle of Britain, he had been shot down in his Hurricane in flames. Page scrambled out of the inferno, baling out into the sea, but his burns were so severe he spent most of the next two years in hospital undergoing skin grafts. Most would have called it a day, but not the young Page. Showing the hallmark determination common among fighter pilots, he was back in the air by the spring of 1943. Immediately successful, on 29 June he and another pilot shot down 6 enemy aircraft in one ten minute encounter and by the following summer he was given command of 125 Wing. By D-Day Geoffrey Page commanded 132 Squadron's Spitfires, taking an active role in the invasion, and the heavy fighting in the weeks that followed. Nicolas Trudgian's stunning painting brings to life a typical ground support mission flown by 132 Squadron Spitfires just a few days after the invasion, as the Allied troops break out from the Normandy beach-heads. Hurtling at low-level they will seek out targets of opportunity, harry the retreating German forces, and take on any enemy fighters who venture near the battlefront. Below, American armour rumbles through a recently liberated French village, shaking the foundations of the quaint old buildings as they advance towards the Front. Nicolas Trudgian s painting encapsulates a moment of high drama, providing a wonderfully nostalgic study of the immortal Spitfire in action...Signed by: Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC , Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC AFC and Wing Commander George Unwin DSO DFM...priced @ Sold...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.