| | Item Code : DHM0423H | Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. (H) - This Edition |  Buy 1 Get 1 Half Price! |
| | TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | | PRINT | Drake Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints.
| Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) |  Drake, Billy 
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £55 | £15 Off! | Now : £75.00 |
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| Other editions of this item : | Merlin Roar by Anthony Saunders. | DHM0423 |
| | TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 2500 prints. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Artist : Anthony Saunders |  | £37.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ARTIST
PROOF | Limited edition of 50 artist proofs.
Last remaining prints in this edition have the added signature of Byron Duckenfield. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) |  Duckenfield, Byron 
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £50 | £20 Off! | Now : £75.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRESENTATION | Stanford-Tuck Presentation Edition of 10 Artist Proofs. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Stanford-Tuck, Bob (clipped)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £85 | | £170.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRESENTATION | Page Presentation Edition of 5 Artist Proofs. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Page, Geoffrey (clipped)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £85 | | £170.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRESENTATION | David Presentation Edition of 2 Artist Proofs. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | David, Dennis (clipped)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £75 | | £220.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRESENTATION | Battle of Britain Presentation edition of 3 prints from the edition of 50 artist proofs. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Stanford-Tuck, Bob (clipped)
David, Dennis (clipped)
Hartmann, Erich (clipped)
Steinhoff, Johannes (clipped)
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £335 | | £350.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Signature edition of 350 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Duckenfield, Byron
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £50 | Half
Price! | Now : £50.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Donnet signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Donnet, Mike
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £20 Off! | Now : £65.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE
CANVAS | Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Image szie 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) | Artist : Anthony Saunders
on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £300.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Wilkinson / Duckenfield signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Duckenfield, Byron
Wilkinson, Ken
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £95 | £20 Off! | Now : £75.00 | VIEW EDITION... | | PRINT | Wilkinson Signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 2500 prints. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) | Wilkinson, Ken
+ Artist : Anthony Saunders
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £20 Off! | Now : £65.00 | VIEW EDITION... |
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| Signatures on this item | | *The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare. | | Name | Info | 
Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC* (deceased)
*Signature Value : £55
| Joined the R.A.F. in 1936. His first posting was to 1 squadron flying Furies then Hurricanes and first saw action over France in the Spring of 1940 and was awarded his first DFC by the end of the year. As a Squadron Leader he was sent to West Africa to command 128 Squadron. 1942 saw his commanding 112 squadron in North Africa, in July saw an immediate BAR to his DFC and in December an immediate DSO. Posted to Malta as Wing Commander he won a US DFC in 1943. Back in the UK he now was flying Typhoons in the lead up to D-Day. With Pete Brothers he was sent to the States to attend the US Staff School at Fort Leavenworth. After the war he continued in the R.A.F. serving in Japan, Malaya, Singapore, Switzerland and his final posting as Group Captain RAF Chivenor, Devon. Retired in July 1963. Going to Portugal where he ran a Bar and Restaurant and dealing in Real Estate. In his flying career he accounted for more than 24 enemy aircraft. Sadly, Billy Drake passed away on 28th August 2011. |
| The Aircraft : | | Name | Info | | Hurricane | Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built. | | Me109 | Willy Messerschmitt designed the BF109 during the early 1930s. The Bf109 was one of the first all metal monocoque construction fighters with a closed canopy and retractable undercarriage. The engine of the Me109 was a V12 aero engine which was liquid-cooled. The Bf109 first saw operational service during the Spanish Civil War and flew to the end of World War II, during which time it was the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter squadrons. During the Battle of Britian the Bf109 was used in the role of an escort fighter, a role for which it was not designed for, and it was also used as a fighter bomber. During the last days of May 1940 Robert Stanford-Tuck, the RAF ace, got the chance to fly an Me109 which they had rebuilt after it had crash landed. Stanford-Tuck found out that the Me109 was a wonderful little plane, it was slightly faster than the Spitfire, but lacked the Spitfire manoeuvrability. By testing the Me109, Tuck could put himself inside the Me109 when fighting them, knowing its weak and strong points. With the introduction of the improved Bf109F in the spring of 1941, the type again proved to be an effective fighter during the invasion of Yugoslavia and during the Battle of Crete and the invasion of Russia and it was used during the Siege of the Mediteranean island of Malta. The Bf109 was the main fighter for the Luftwaffe until 1942 when the Fw190 entered service and shared this position, and was partially replaced in Western Europe, but the Me109 continued to serve on the Eastern Front and during the defence of the Reich against the allied bombers. It was also used to good effect in the Mediterranean and North Africa in support of The Africa Korps. The Me109 was also supplied to several German allies, including Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Slovakia. The Bf109 scored more kills than any other fighter of any country during the war and was built in greater numbers with a total of over 31,000 aircraft being built. The Bf109 was flown by the three top German aces of the war war. Erich Hartmann with 352 victories, Gerhard Barkhorn with 301 victories and Gunther Rall with 275 kills. Bf109 pilots were credited with the destruction of 100 or more enemy aircraft. Thirteen Luftwaffe Aces scored more than 200 kills. Altogether this group of pilots were credited with a total of nearly 15,000 kills, of which the Messerschmitt Bf109 was credited with over 10,000 of these victories. The Bf109 was the most produced warplane during World War II, with 30,573 examples built during the war, and the most produced fighter aircraft in history, with a total of 33,984 units produced up to April 1945. Bf109s remained in foreign service for many years after World War II. The Swiss used their Bf109Gs well into the 1950s. The Finnish Air Force did not retire their Bf109Gs until March 1954. Romania used its Bf109s until 1955. The Spanish Hispanos flew even longer. Some were still in service in the late 1960s. |
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