Nauticalia

***Strictly Limited Edition of 50 - only 12 left (November 2011)***

D-Day, 6^th June 1944, was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, with 175,000 troops delivered by ship, parachute and glider aircraft.

Air cover was a vital element, and this limited edition commemorative print depicts Spitfires – often described as “the plane that won the war” – over the eastern flank of the battlefield.

At the bottom of the frame are mounted authenticated segments of parachute cloth recovered from a field in Normandy, a piece of fuselage from Spitfire Mk I X4473, and the signatures of 24 veterans of which, sadly, 12 have now passed away.

The Rt Hon Lord Carrington KG GCMG CH MC PC 

The Rt Hon Lord Deedes KBE MC PC DL

Field Marshal Lord Bramall KG GCB OBE MC 

Field Marshal Sir Roland Gibbs GCB CBE DSO MC 

Group Captain J B Tait DSO DFC ADC 

Colonel Pierre Clostermann CDLL L&H MM CdeG DFC 

Air Commodore Peter Brothers CBE, DSO, DFC  

Lieutenant General Avi Baron M Donnet CVO DFC FRAeS 

Flt Lieutenant Bob Knights DSO, DFC 

Air Commodore John Ellacombe CB DFC 

Wing Commander Jack Rose CMG MBE DFC   

Flying Officer Leslie Valentine CdeG 

Colonel Terence Otway DSO LdH  

Colonel David J Wood MBE  

Staff Sergeant Peter B Boyle 

Captain Richard Todd OBE  

Madame Arlette Gondree-Pritchett 

Rear-Admiral E Gueritz CB OBE DSC 

Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi GCB 

Commander Mike Crosley DSC Royal Navy   

Able Seaman LC/SIG Robert Gale DSM 

Major-General P L de C Martin CBE 

Major Sir Hereward Wake Bart MC DL 

1er Maitre Leon Gautier LdH MM CdeG MDLR

Artist is Michael Turner PGAvA.

Frame measures 32x30".