Strike and Return - "Rare" Victoria Cross Edition

Very Rare edition by Robert Taylor. Robert’s superb piece depicts Lancasters of 460 Squadron RAAF returning to their Lincolnshire base at RAF Binbrook following a daylight raid over Germany in the late winter of 1944. With the sun almost set, evening shadows lengthen on a magnificent winter landscape dusted with snow, as Lancaster J-Squared leads the mighty bombers as they descend in the fading light and the squadron motto rings true in the ears of the arriving crew – “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. Victoria Cross Edition This edition is signed by the artist along with the following 17 distinguished RAF Bomber Command veterans, including 5 Victoria Cross holders. It also comprises of two matching numbered companion prints. Main Print: Squadron Leader PAT CARDEN DFC AE Flight Lieutenant BOB KNIGHTS DSO DFC Squadron Leader TONY IVESON DFC AE Flying Officer BILL NORTH Group Captain DUDLEY BURNSIDE DSO OBE DFC* Squadron Leader LAWRENCE CURTIS DFC AE Wing Commander ERNEST RODLEY DSO DFC* AFC AE Flight Lieutenant FRED WATTS DFC Flight Lieutenant JAMES CASTGNOLA DSO DFC Group Captain J B TAIT DSO*** DFC* ADC Warrant Officer BILL WILCOX DFM Warrant Officer M 'BEN' BRENNAN DFM AFM Companion Print "Night Attack" - signed by: Flight Lieutenant BILL REID VC (see image below) Companion Pencil Proof, Mounted "Last Lancaster Home" - matted replica Victoria Cross medal and signatures: Group Captain LEONARD CHESHIRE VC OM DSO** DFC* Wing Commander ROD LEAROYD VC Warrant Officer NORMAN JACKSON VC Group Captain LEONARD TRENT VC DFC ADC (see image below) Published: 2003 Overall Size of Main print: 31" x 24" (inches) "Night Attack" Print Size: 15" x 20" (inches) "Last Lancaster Home" print, overall mounted size: 16" x 12" (inches)

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