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A Commemorative limited edition to celebrate the 90th anniversary of No 6 Squadron, RAF.
Artist Michael Rondot flew Jaguars as a flight commander with 6 Squadron and now uses his unique expertise to covey the thrill of mountain low flying with this powerful portrayal of 6 Squadron Jaguars thundering over a remote loch in the north of Scotland. The Jaguars are en-route to Cape Wrath to carry out precision-guided bombing attacks at Garbh-eilean weapons range. The lead aircraft is armed with a Paveway II laser guided bomb, whilst the No 2 is carrying a TIALD pod to laser desinate their target. In the background mighty Ben Hope, soaring up to 3040 feet, forms a massive backdrop against a darkening sky as the ‘Big Cats’ get down to business.
Illustrated on the print border are some of the proudest moments during the Squadron’s 90 years of unbroken service. Its pilots were among the first Royal Flying Corps airmen to fight in World War I and in July 1915, Captain Lanoe Hawker flying a Bristol Scout was awarded the first ever Victoria Cross for aerial combat. Later in the war, close co-operation with the Army earned the squadron its ‘Gunner’s stripe’ badge. During World War II 6 Squadron became famous for operating Hawker Hurricane IIDs in the ‘tank-busting’ role over North Africa, earning the nickname ‘Flying Tin Openers’, or ‘Flying Can Openers’, and the badge designed in 1942 is still proudly worn with the ‘Gunner’s stripe’ on the squadron’s Jaguar aircraft today.
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