Limited edition aviation art print Bader’s Bus Company signed in pencil by JOHNNIE JOHNSON, HUGH “COCKY” DUNDAS, DENIS CROWLEY-MILLING and artist ROBERT TAYLOR.  This print depicts the Spitfire fighters of the legendary Tangmere Wing in 1941, high above the south coast of Sussex, England.  They are flying a southerly course towards the Pas de Calais and no doubt another encounter with the infamous Abbeville Boys led by Adolf Galland.  The Tangmere Wing, led by Douglas Bader until his loss to POW status over France in 1941, produced some of the finest RAF fighter leaders of the war.  In trademark Taylor fashion, this print is dominated by an expansive early morning cumulus cloudscape.  This print is SOLD OUT at the publisher.  This print is NOT signed by Sir Douglas Bader.

Air Vice-Marshal James Edgar Johnson (CB, CBE, DSO**, DFC*, Legion d'Honneur (France), Legion of Merit (USA), DFC (USA), Air Medal (USA), Order of Leopold (Belgium), Croix de Guerre (Belgium), DL).  Johnnie Johnson joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1939 as a Sergeant Pilot flying with 616 Squadron but largely missed the Battle of Britain due to surgery for an old sports injury.  He served and was mentored by with Douglas Bader in 1941.  In the early months of 1943 he led 144 Canadian Wing on more than 140 sorties over northwest Europe.  Johnson scored a total of 38 victories and was the top-scoring Allied fighter ace in the European Theatre of Operations.

Air Marshal SIR DENIS CROWLEY-MILLING KCB CBE DSO DFC AE.  During the Battle of Britain Crowley-Milling flew in Douglas Bader's section and joined his Spitfire Wing at Tangmere, as a Flight Commander of 610 Squadron.  He was shot down in August 1941 but managed to evade capture in France, only to fall ill in Spain with paratyphoid.  In 1942 he formed the first Typhoon Bomber Squadron mainly attacking German airfields throughout northern France.  He finished the war with 5 victories.

The photos do not do this print justice.  Overall print size is approximately 33 by 24 inches. Bader's Bus Company was published as a signed and numbered edition of 1250 prints.  Print condition is excellent and stored flat in acid-free materials.

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