| Item Code : IBF0003 | No.76 Squadron Halifax by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available | |
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| DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS |
| Signed limited edition of 20 giclee art prints. | Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman |  | £145.00 | | |
Limited edition of 5 artist proofs.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm) |
Slack, Dennis | | Warrant Officer Dennis Slack |
| Upon completing his training on Wellingtons, Dennis was assigned to 158 Sqn as a Bomb Aimer on Halifaxes. In 1943 he was shot down whilst on a raid to Berlin and spent the rest of the war as a PoW in Stalag Luft IV b. |
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Irons, Harry | | Warrant Officer Harry Irons DFC (deceased) |
| Joining the RAF at the age of 16 in 1940, he did 2 full tours as a Rear Gunner with 9 Squadron and took part in nearly all the famous raids of Bomber Command. He finished in 1945 at 158 Squadron flying Halifaxes. 'I had just turned 18 when we went on a gunnery school course. After that six-week training, we usually went for a further three months training to an Operational Training Unit. It so happened that 9 Squadron had just converted from Wellingtons to Lancasters and they were 14 air gu |
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Coles, Tommy | | Flight Lieutenant Tommy Coles DFC |
| Having completed training as a pilot, he joined 158 Sqn with whom he completed 37 Operations on Halifaxes and was awarded the DFC |
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Fripp, Alfie | | Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp |
| An Observer with 57 Squadron, he was one of the first aircrew to be taken captive during WWII when his Blenheim was downed on 13th October 1939. His Commanding Officer at the time, Harry 'Wings' Day, was shot down just a few days before and went on to play a leading role in the Great Escape. Enduring over 5 years of captivity, he finally walked to his freedom in the Long March of 1945. – in luft 3 he was responsible for rationing the red cross parcels which he collcted from the train |
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Manning, Len | | As a Rear Gunner on Lancasters with 57 Sqn, his aircraft was shot down by a German Night Fighter on only his 3rd Operation on 18th April 1944. Taken in by local French civilians, they kept him in hiding until the Allies advanced through Northern France before he finally got back to Britain on 5th September 1944. |
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Wingham, Tom | | Flight Lieutenant Tom Wingham |
| With 76 Sqn he was a Bomb Aimer on Halifaxes before his aircraft was shot down on a mission to Dusseldorf on 22nd April 1944. Using several well-organised 'escape lines', which were set up by local civilians throughout parts of Europe to help keep evading aircrew fed and clothed, he eventually made it through to Allied Lines on 13th September 1944. |
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Cleaver, Reg | | Warrant Officer Reg Cleaver (deceased) |
| Served with 419 (Moose) Squadron RCAF. Reg Cleaver was a Flight Engineer and Co-pilot on Halifaxes until On his 17th operation on 24 June 1943, on a raid to Wuppertal, his aircraft was shot down by German Fw190 nightfighters. After initially evading capture he was eventually captured in Holland where he was beaten by the Gestapo and taken as a PoW to Stalag Luft 6 until the end of the war. He died aged 89 when his car hit a tree in Brandon, he was given a funeral with full military honours a |
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Easter, Jack | | Flying Officer Jack Easter |
| Joining the RAF in 1940 he was a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on both Halifaxes and Liberators with 148 Sqn which served on Special Duties carrying out supply drops and pick-up missions to resistance groups. Before leaving the RAF in December 1945 he had completed 75 Operations and over 500 hours of flying. |
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Payne, Tom | | Flight Lieutenant Tom Payne |
| Having joined the RAF in 1941 he completed training to become a pilot before joining 90 Sqn which made a significant contribution to the Battle of the Ruhr as well as raids on Hamburg and Peenemunde. Also serving with 15 Sqn he flew both Wellingtons and Lancasters. |
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Spivey, Maurice | | Pilot Officer Maurice Spivey DFM |
| Wireless Operator / Air Gunner with 158 Squadron. |
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Statham, Rex | | Warrant Officer Rex Statham |
| Flight Engineer, 158 Squadron. |
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Tunstall, Fred | | Flight Lieutenant Fred Tunstall DFC |
| Rear Gunner, 158 Squadron. |
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+ Artist : Ivan Berryman | £50 Off!
 | Now : £170.00 | | In 1 Pair
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| Small limited edition of 20 artist proofs. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) |
MacNamara, Len | | A Rear Gunner with 10 Squadron at Melbourne, before being transferred to 158 Squadron at Lissett. He completed 36 Operations, then after a spell at OTU, completed 10 more Operations with 75 New Zealand Squadron. |
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+ Artist : Ivan Berryman | £30 Off!
| Now : £85.00 | | |
| Small limited edition of 50 giclee art prints. | Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm) |
MacNamara, Len | | A Rear Gunner with 10 Squadron at Melbourne, before being transferred to 158 Squadron at Lissett. He completed 36 Operations, then after a spell at OTU, completed 10 more Operations with 75 New Zealand Squadron. |
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+ Artist : Ivan Berryman | £30 Off!
| Now : £65.00 | | |
| Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman
(on separate certificate) | £100 Off!
| Now : £400.00 | | |
| Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 40 cards. | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.90 | | |
