SUPREME COURAGE - Various Editions

From the studio of Philip West depicting a Blackburn Skua getting airborne in typically grey North Sea weather. The editions are signed by men who fought courageously for ‘King and country’ flying in Skuas from HMS Ark Royal through much of the 1940 campaign off Norway.

The Blackburn Skua had many remarkable "firsts" to its credit; the first all-metal monoplane built for the Fleet Air Arm (FAA); the first dive bomber in British air services; the first enemy aircraft shot down in World War Two fell to a Skua; the first fighter ace in the FAA (Lt. Bill Lucy DSO) flew Skuas and the first warship (Konigsberg) destroyed by dive bombing was sunk by Skuas.

Each print has been signed and numbered by the artist along with the following Fleet Air Arm veterans:

Lt. Cdr. Derek T.R. Martin (pilot)

Eric Bond (TAG - Telegraphist Air Gunners)

Lloyd Richards (TAG - Telegraphist Air Gunners)

CPO Ron Skinner, HMS Ark Royal’s Ships Writer (duties included counting the aircraft out and those who returned safely to HMS Ark Royal)

Each Artist Proof & Remarque Edition has been additionally signed by:

Captain Eric "Winkle" Brown (the most highly decorated Royal Navy pilot, holder of the world record for flying the most types of aircraft 487, and world record holder for the highest number of aircraft carrier landings, a staggering 2,407)

Squadron Leader Douglas Harcourt (pilot)

Lt. Cmdr. George R. Blackburn (pilot)

Overall print size: 17¾" x 27¾" (700mm x 450mm

Limited Edition £150.00 Size: 100

Artist Proof Edition £175.00 Size: 50

Commemorative Remarque Edition £275.00 Size: 15 *NO LONGER AVAILABLE*

Double Remarque Edition £425.00 Size: 10 *NO LONGER AVAILABLE*