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ROBERT TAYLOR - STRIKE AND RETURN

"I stood on the end of the runway at RAF Binbrook during the filming of the Memphis Belle and gazed over the ageless, beautiful Lincolnshire landscape. It was easy to visualize the Lancasters of 460 Squadron returning home, battle-worn and tired as they would have done some fifty years earlier, and to imagine the emotions of the crews as they brought their mighty Lancasters back to this famous wartime base." - Robert Taylor

The Aircrew Edition and Aircrew Artist Proofs have 4 signatures.

The Collectors Edition comes with a Companion print of Robert Taylor’s drawing Night Attack featuring a Lancaster and FW190 and has a total of 9 signatures.

The Victoria Cross Edition additionally includes the Companion print from Robert Taylor’s drawing Last Lancaster Home and has a total of 17 signatures.

Strike and Return - The Signatories

Aircrew Edition and Artist Proofs
Squadron Leader Pat Cardon DFC AE
Flight Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO DFC
Squadron Leader Tony Iveson DFC AE
Flying Officer Bill North

Collectors Edition is additionally signed by
Group Captain Dudley Burnside DSO OBE DFC*
Squadron Leader Lawrence Curtis DFC AE
Flight Lieutenant Bill Reid VC (Companion Drawing)
Wing Commander Ernest Rodley DSO DFC* AFC AE
Flight Lieutenant Fred Watts DFC

Victoria Cross Edition has the additional signatures of
Warrant Officer M ‘Ben’ Brennan DFM AFM
Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC OM DSO** DFC* (Companion Drawing - matted)
Flight Lieutenant James Castgnola DSO DFC
Wing Commander Rod Learoyd VC (Companion Drawing - matted)
Warrant Officer Norman Jackson VC (Companion Drawing - matted)
Group Captain J B Tait DSO*** DFC* ADC
Group Captain Leonard Trent VC DFC ADC
Warrant Officer Bill Wilcox DFM

Limited availability of Collectors and Victoria Cross Editions - please call us.

All images copyright Robert Taylor.

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All images copyright Robert Taylor.

Some other recent releases from Robert Taylor:

The Battle for Britain   Doolittle’s D-Day   Heading Home to Raydon   Running The Gauntlet
Skipper Comes Home   Target Bearing 270   Strike and Return   Late Arrival   Air Superiority
Knights Move   American Eagles   Late Arrival   Strike and Strike Again   Fighting Red Tails
Spitfires Over St Michael’s Mount   Savage Skies   Dambusters - The Impossible Mission
Top Cover / Vol 5   Schweinfurt - The Second Mission   Into the Teeth of the Wind
Desert Sharks   High Cost   Fury of Assault   Top Dog   Tommy Leader

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