ASSAULT ON THE CAPITAL Millennium Proof 34 RAF/Luftwaffe Aces
(Signatures)	Artist : Robert Taylor and Oberst ADOLF DICKFELD , Major HEINZ LANGE , Generalleutnant GUNTHER RALL , Hauptmann ERNST-WILHELM REINERT , Major ERICH RUDORFFER , Oberstleutnant HELMUT BENNEMANN , Oberleutnant SIEGFRIED BETHKE , Major HANS-EKKEHARD BOB , Hauptmann ALFRED GRISLAWSKI , Leutnant HERBERT KAISER , Unteroffizier RUDOLF MIESE , Oberst EDUARD NEWMANN , Leutnant EDMUND 'PAULE' ROSSMANN , Oberleutnant GUNTER SEEGER , Oberleutnant HERBERT THOMAS , Hauptmann RUDOLF TRENKEL , General HERBERT WEHNELT and the additional signature of Battle of Britain Luftwaffe Bomber pilot and Swords Holder Hajo Herrmann ... The companion print Battle over Dover is signed by Bob Doe , John Freeborn , Wilf Sizer , Tom Dalton Morgan , Tony Pickering , Pete Brothers , Desmond Fopp , Bob Foster , Basil Stapleton , William Walker , Vivian Schnell , Walter Schuck , Hajo Herrmann , Ulrich Steinhofer , Gunther Rall and Hans-Ekkehard Bob.
(Dimensions)	35" x 25" approx  Unframed Multi Signed Print Millennium Proof
Price	£595.00

Description

When the morning of September 7, 1940 dawned cloudless , RAF Fighter Command , it's resources fully stretched , prepared for another long day of air fighting. The Battle of Britain was at it's height. By mid afternoon no enemy raids had appeared , it was ominously quiet. It was 4pm before the first blips appeared on the radar screens , but within thirty minutes it was clear that the Luftwaffe was launching it's largest raid yet faced by the RAF, and it could only mean one target London ! On the coast spotters reported huge columns of aircraft as far as the eye could see. Fighter Command scrambled all twenty one Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons based within seventy miles of London. As running fights developed between the fighters , waves of bombers emptied their bombs on London. It was to be the first raid of the Blitz. However Goring's decision to switch from attacks on airfields to England's cities was to give Fighter Command the reprieve they so desperately needed. The decision cost the Luftwaffe the Battle of Britain , halted Hitler's invasion plans , and ultimately cost Germany the War... Robert Taylor's majestic painting depicts a typical scene from that afternoon of September 7, 1940 , the sky is alive with action as Herbert Ihlefeld leads his Me109's through the bomber formations giving chase to the Hurricanes of 242 Squadron. Today will prove to be the turning point of the Battle of Britain. A majestic painting by the world's foremost aviation artist , depicting a moment from the defining day in the most significant air battle ever fought. The main Print is signed by 17 Luftwaffe pilots who fought in the Battle of Britain , and one additional Battle of Britain Luftwaffe Bomber pilot who is the holder of the Knight's Cross , Oakleaves ansd Swords...MILLENNIUM PROOF SIGNATURES : Oberst ADOLF DICKFELD , Major HEINZ LANGE , Generalleutnant GUNTHER RALL , Hauptmann ERNST-WILHELM REINERT , Major ERICH RUDORFFER , Oberstleutnant HELMUT BENNEMANN , Oberleutnant SIEGFRIED BETHKE , Major HANS-EKKEHARD BOB , Hauptmann ALFRED GRISLAWSKI , Leutnant HERBERT KAISER , Unteroffizier RUDOLF MIESE , Oberst EDUARD NEWMANN , Leutnant EDMUND 'PAULE' ROSSMANN , Oberleutnant GUNTER SEEGER , Oberleutnant HERBERT THOMAS , Hauptmann RUDOLF TRENKEL , General HERBERT WEHNELT plus the additional signature of Battle of Britain Luftwaffe Bomber pilot and Swords Holder Hajo Herrmann ...Comes with the companion print Battle over Dover which is also signed by : Bob Doe , John Freeborn , Wilf Sizer , Tom Dalton Morgan , Tony Pickering , Pete Brothers , Desmond Fopp , Bob Foster , Basil Stapleton , William Walker , Vivian Schnell , Walter Schuck , Hajo Herrmann , Ulrich Steinhofer , Gunther Rall and Hans-Ekkehard Bob ... priced @ £595.00 ...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.