Description
All Editions are signed and numbered by the Artist.
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Artist Remarque Edition and Artist Studio Collection signed by;
CPO (A) Donald A. Bunce CGM (Telephonist Air Gunner)
Sub Lt. (A) Stanley T. Brand (Pilot)
Lt. Commander Edgar Lee DSO (Telephonist Air Gunner)
Lt. (A) N.C. Gillis (Pilot)
Capt. Alan William Frank Sutton CBE, DSC* (Observer)
Petty Officer Leslie Sayer MBE, DSM (Telephonist Air Gunner)
Operation Cerberus was one of three operations during WWII for which the Swordfish was to become the most famous. Heavily outgunned in the Straits of Dover on this day in February 1942 by the German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen, with their accompanying flotilla of destroyers and motor torpedo boats, and with top cover provided by deadly fighter aircraft of the Luftwaffe, all six Fleet Air Arm Swordfish were shot down. Only five of the 18 air crew survived. Here we see the Swordfish flown by Sub. Lt. Kingsmill and Sub. Lt. Samples with PO Bunce in the rear, fighting for their lives with his machine gun. The bravery of the Swordfish aircrew in this and all other operations is a matter of history and must never be forgotten.
Size Calculator
70cm x 50cm = 27.5” x 19.5”
66cm x 40cm = 26” x 15.5”
48.3cm x 39.2cm = 19” x 15.5”
46cm x 34cm = 18.5” x 13”
38cm x 30.5cm = 15” x 12”
