Hornshurch Scramble - The Hardest Days Part II by Robert Taylor
The Anniversary Edition
Overall Print Size: 33" x 25 1/4"
Edition size of 350
S/N by Artist and Nine (9) Pilots
Aircraft Type: Spitfire
On August 12th, 1940 the Luftwaffe turned their full attention to the RAF's forward fighter bases and radar stations with the intent to obliterate them once and for all. The outcome of the Battle of Britain hung in the balance. It was late in the afternoon of Sunday, 18 August 1940. The previous week had seen the hardest days of fighting in the Battle of Britain as the young pilots of the RAF Fighter Command had engaged in deadly duels with the Luftwaffe. Bystanders gazed cautiously upwards at the weaving contrails in the clear blue skies over southern England as they anxiously awaited the outcome. For just a moment, all was at peace: </p><p>A gentle breeze floated across the airfield at RAF Hornchurch as the exhausted young pilots of 54 Squadron could rest for a few brief minutes and reflect on their own previous two encounters with the enemy that day. The Luftwaffe had thrown everything at them in the past few days, but today had been the toughest of them all. And then the calm was shattered by the shrill tones of the alarm, the Luftwaffe had launched another huge raid of over 300 aircraft across the Channel, and it looked like Hornchurch was the target.
Signed and Numbered by the Artist and Nine (9) Pilots:- Wing Commander GEORGE W. SWANWICK
- Squadron Leader NIGEL ROSE
- Squadron Leader TONY IVESON DFC AE
- Squadron Leader PETER BROWN AFC
- Wing Commander TOM NEIL DFC AFC AE
- Group Captain BILLY DRAKE DSO DFC
- Squadron Leader 'BOB FOSTER DFC
- Pilot Officer NORMAN BROWN
- Wing Commander ROGER MOOREWOOD
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