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Russian Roulette by Robert Taylor.
A Soviet Yak 3 hurtles towards us in a typically daring head-on attack on a Bf109. Other Yaks wheel and turn frantically in search of the enemy. Casualties on both sides are evident. Away into the distant horizon stretches a vast Russian sky, painted in Roberts inimitable style: soon all will be quiet again until the next ferocious encounter. |
| | Item Code : DHM2167 | Russian Roulette by Robert Taylor. - Editions Available | |
| | DESCRIPTION | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | PRICE | PURCHASING | PACKS | Signed limited edition of 1250 prints.
Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm) |
Rall, Gunther | | General Gunther Rall (deceased) |
| A young pilot with III/JG52 at the outbreak of war. He quickly demonstrated his natural ability and leadership qualities, scoring his first air victory early in the Battle of Britain, and by July 1940 was leading 8/JG52. After transfer to the Eastern Front his air victories mounted at an astonishing rate. A crash hospitalised him but within nine months he was back in the cockpit, and, when commanding III/JG52, gained the Wings 500th victory. Gunther fought throughout the war to become the 3r |
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Steinhoff, Johannes | | General Johannes Steinhoff (deceased) |
| By early 1940 Macky Steinhoff was leading 4 / JG-52 during the Battle of Britain. He was then transferred to the eastern front where his success continued. In the final stages of the defence of the Reich he joined JV-44 flying the ME 262 in which he scored 6 victories before being seriously burned in a crash. He flew 939 missions scored 178 victories and was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak leaves and swords. |
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Vorozheikin, Arseny Vasilyevitch | | Lieutenant General Arseny Vasilyevitch Vorozheikin (deceased) |
| Lieutenant General Arseny Vasilyevitch Vorozheikin was born on October 28, 1912 in Prokofievka village, now Gorodetsky district of Nizhny Novgorod region in a peasant family. Russian. A member of the CPSU (B) / Communist Party since 1932. Joined the Red Army in 1931-1933 and since 1934. In 1937, he graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation School of Pilots. He participated in battles at the Khalkhin-Gol in 1939, had 30 air battles, shot down six Japanese planes (during one of the fights, seri |
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Treshyov, Konstantin Mikhailovitch | | Major General Konstantin Mikhailovitch Treshyov |
| On 22nd June 1941major general Treshyou took off on a alert at 3.45pm – 15 minutes before the war officially began. During that first day he made 12 combat missions and in pair with his flight leader, downed two enemy planes. Maj. Gen Treshyou fought over Leningrad, Stalingrad, Warsaw, Berlin and Prague. He flew 556 combat missions, scored 28 victories and was decorated hero of the Soviet Union. |
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Risso, Joseph | | General Joseph Risso (deceased) |
| Born in Cardolive on the 23rd January 1920, Joseph Risso was first engaged in aviation in 1938, he entered the Caudron d'Ambérieu pilot school the same year. In 1939-1940, he finished his education at the school of Istres. After the armistice of 1940, he escaped from Nouvion (today El Ghomri, Algeria) aboard a Simoun to join Gibraltar. After a forced landing at La Línea , he succeeded in rallying the FFL in Gibraltar and then in England. Joseph Risso joined the RAF in 1940. Flying Hurrican |
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Phalle, Jacques de Saint | | Lieutenant Jacques de Saint Phalle (deceased) |
| Escaping occupied France in 1942. Jacques was smuggled to England by American embassy staff in Madrid. Desperate to join the Free French Air Force he failed to tell his superiors that he never flown before! Volunteering quickly to fly in Russia. He was never found out. Arriving on the eastern front in late 1943 he flew 100 missions with the Normandie Niemen. Although de Saint Phalle himself flew more than 100 missions he had only one confirmed kill, shooting down an Fw 190. His own Yak fighter |
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+ Artist : Robert Taylor | £40 Off! | Now : £215.00 | | | | Limited edition of artist proofs. | Paper size 33 inches x 24 inches (84cm x 61cm) Only two copies available. |
Rall, Gunther | | General Gunther Rall (deceased) |
| A young pilot with III/JG52 at the outbreak of war. He quickly demonstrated his natural ability and leadership qualities, scoring his first air victory early in the Battle of Britain, and by July 1940 was leading 8/JG52. After transfer to the Eastern Front his air victories mounted at an astonishing rate. A crash hospitalised him but within nine months he was back in the cockpit, and, when commanding III/JG52, gained the Wings 500th victory. Gunther fought throughout the war to become the 3r |
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Steinhoff, Johannes | | General Johannes Steinhoff (deceased) |
| By early 1940 Macky Steinhoff was leading 4 / JG-52 during the Battle of Britain. He was then transferred to the eastern front where his success continued. In the final stages of the defence of the Reich he joined JV-44 flying the ME 262 in which he scored 6 victories before being seriously burned in a crash. He flew 939 missions scored 178 victories and was awarded the Knights Cross with Oak leaves and swords. |
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Vorozheikin, Arseny Vasilyevitch | | Lieutenant General Arseny Vasilyevitch Vorozheikin (deceased) |
| Lieutenant General Arseny Vasilyevitch Vorozheikin was born on October 28, 1912 in Prokofievka village, now Gorodetsky district of Nizhny Novgorod region in a peasant family. Russian. A member of the CPSU (B) / Communist Party since 1932. Joined the Red Army in 1931-1933 and since 1934. In 1937, he graduated from the Kharkov Military Aviation School of Pilots. He participated in battles at the Khalkhin-Gol in 1939, had 30 air battles, shot down six Japanese planes (during one of the fights, seri |
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Treshyov, Konstantin Mikhailovitch | | Major General Konstantin Mikhailovitch Treshyov |
| On 22nd June 1941major general Treshyou took off on a alert at 3.45pm – 15 minutes before the war officially began. During that first day he made 12 combat missions and in pair with his flight leader, downed two enemy planes. Maj. Gen Treshyou fought over Leningrad, Stalingrad, Warsaw, Berlin and Prague. He flew 556 combat missions, scored 28 victories and was decorated hero of the Soviet Union. |
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Risso, Joseph | | General Joseph Risso (deceased) |
| Born in Cardolive on the 23rd January 1920, Joseph Risso was first engaged in aviation in 1938, he entered the Caudron d'Ambérieu pilot school the same year. In 1939-1940, he finished his education at the school of Istres. After the armistice of 1940, he escaped from Nouvion (today El Ghomri, Algeria) aboard a Simoun to join Gibraltar. After a forced landing at La Línea , he succeeded in rallying the FFL in Gibraltar and then in England. Joseph Risso joined the RAF in 1940. Flying Hurrican |
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Phalle, Jacques de Saint | | Lieutenant Jacques de Saint Phalle (deceased) |
| Escaping occupied France in 1942. Jacques was smuggled to England by American embassy staff in Madrid. Desperate to join the Free French Air Force he failed to tell his superiors that he never flown before! Volunteering quickly to fly in Russia. He was never found out. Arriving on the eastern front in late 1943 he flew 100 missions with the Normandie Niemen. Although de Saint Phalle himself flew more than 100 missions he had only one confirmed kill, shooting down an Fw 190. His own Yak fighter |
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