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Singapore Shackleton Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A4) An Avro Shackleton of No. 205 Squadron Royal Air Force flies over the Singapore coast.
Spitfire Survivor -SOLD- Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A4) Spitfire LF Mk IX MK912, one of the few remaining airworthy Spitfires, shown as she currently appears at Duxford airfield 2006.
X-Tra Weight -SOLD- Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A4) The men of Avro Lancaster 'X-tra Weight', as they were shortly before their untimely deaths in July 1944. They are (l-r) Sgt. J. Palmer, F/Sgt. D. Potter, F/O. W.B. Wilkinson, F/O F.L.W. Clement, F/O N.V. Gautschi, Sgt. J. McLachlan, F/Sgt. J. Balmer. Rise Above the Rest-SOLD- Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A4) The classic shape of the Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXc as it climbs above the clouds. This Spitfire is of No. 402 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, in early 1943.
Buzz Bomb Buster! Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A4) Two Spitfire Mk.XIVs of No. 610 Squadron RAF chase a V1 'Buzz Bomb' over the Kent coast in June 1944. The lead aircraft is flown by Sqdn Ldr R. Newbery, Commanding Officer of 610 Squadron, credited with destroying seven V1s in the Summer of 1944.
Stuka! Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) A Junkers Ju87B-2 'Stuka' releases its deadly load after a screaming dive above its target. Mediterranean, 1942. Desert Eagle Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) A Messerschmitt Bf190F-4/Trop shoots down an RAF Desert Air Force P40E Kittyhawk during the fierce battles in North Africa, 1942. The P40 pilot can be seen attempting to bail out of his stricken aircraft.
The Flying Barrel Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) The Brewster F2A-2 'Buffalo' Naval Fighter. This portly aircraft is shown in the markings of VF-2 ('Flying Chiefs') aboard USS Lexington in March 1941.
Wulf Pack Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) A Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5 is caught in a desperate, twisting battle with a US 8th Air Force Mustang in 1944. There is no clear outcome to the encounter.
Back Them Up! Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) Inspired by a WWII American Telecoms/War Bonds poster, this sketch is drawn without references from memory alone. It portrays a US Navy SBD-3 'Dauntless' gunner beating off an attack by Japanese Zero fighters.
First of the Many Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) This sketch shows an unmarked, factory fresh Gloster Meteor III before being handed to an RAF unit in 1945. The Meteor was the first of the RAF's jet fighters.
Catching the Wire Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) A Supermarine Seafire IIIc naval fighter just prior to touchdown aboard HMS Indefatigable, August 1945. This naval development of the famous Spitfire saw service against the Japanese just before the end of the Second World War.
Alaaaaarm! Sunderland! Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A5) An RAF Coastal Command Short Sunderland flying boat uses depth charges to pound a hapless Type VIIC U-boat, caught on the surface. An increasingly typical scene for the Kreigsmarine as 1943 wore on...
Lest We Forget-SOLD- Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A4) Spitifre Mk Vb AB910 flies ahead of Lancaster PA474 and Hurricane LF363. They are shown in the colours and specifications of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight in the 2006 season.
Harvard and Oxford-SOLD- Medium: Graphite Pencil on Paper (A4) Two stalwarts of RAF Training Command in the Second World War are depicted here. In the foreground, the North American Harvard advanced trainer, and over-flying an Airspeed Oxford.
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