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Coup de Main, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. - Cranston Military Prints

Coup de Main, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland.


Coup de Main, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland.

As a prelude to the invasion of Europe, certain important targets were attacked by airborne forces. Among them the bridge over the Caen canal which would protect the allies left flank. Major John Howard (D Company Ox and Bucks Light Infantry) gliders achieved complete surprise and the bridge was taken in a matter of minutes. Ever after it has been known as Pegasus Bridge in honour of the airborne forces emblem.
Item Code : DHM1840PCCoup de Main, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. - Editions AvailableExtra....

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Signed limited edition of 20 giclee art prints. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm)Artist : David PentlandAdd any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!£145.00

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Limited edition of 10 giclee art artist proofs. Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm)Artist : David PentlandAdd any two items on this offer to your basket, and the lower priced item will be half price in the checkout!£180.00

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Small limited edition of 15 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Rayner, Titch
Died : 2015
Sergeant Titch Rayner (deceased)
Titch Rayner served with the British Parachute Regiment. On D-Day he was flown into France on Horsa glider No.4, which landed off target due to a navigational problem. With the element of surprise gone, he and his fellow Paras had to fight their way through to Pegasus Bridge. He died on 2nd April 2015.
Signature Value : £35
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+ Artist : David Pentland

Signature(s) value alone : £35		£20 Off!Now : £100.00

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Signed Ltd. Ed of 30 Artist Proofs. Image Size 13.4 inches x 9.4 inches (34cm x 24cm) Paper Size 16.5 Inches x 11.7 inches (42cm x 29.6)Artist : David Pentland£20 Off!Now : £55.00

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Small limited edition of 35 giclee art prints. Image size 12 inches x 8 inches (31cm x 20cm)
Rayner, Titch
Died : 2015
Sergeant Titch Rayner (deceased)
Titch Rayner served with the British Parachute Regiment. On D-Day he was flown into France on Horsa glider No.4, which landed off target due to a navigational problem. With the element of surprise gone, he and his fellow Paras had to fight their way through to Pegasus Bridge. He died on 2nd April 2015.
Signature Value : £35
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+ Artist : David Pentland

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Signed Ltd. Ed of 100 prints. Image Size 13.4 inches x 9.4 inches (34cm x 24cm) Paper Size 16.5 Inches x 11.7 inches (42cm x 29.6)Artist : David Pentland£15 Off!Now : £40.00

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Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm)Artist : David Pentland
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Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm)Artist : David Pentland
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Original painting, oil on canvas by David Pentland. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm)Artist : David PentlandSOLD
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With bright yellow spinners and distinctive twin-booms glinting in the June sunshine, two P-38 Lockheed Lightnings of the USAAFs 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group hurtle low over Pegasus Bridge as they race across the Normandy landscape shortly after the D-Day landings, June 1944. Flying from their base at Kings Cliffe in Cambridgeshire they have today been tasked to support the advancing allied forces; they will strafe and bomb the enemy lines, destroying enemy communications, armour and ground targets, causing as much chaos and disruption as they can. Dangerous work, these low-level missions, but tasks that the tough P-38 pilots relish. A few days before, the bridge below had witnessed a very different scene. The first action on D-Day happened here when, moments after midnight on the night of 5th - 6th June, three gliders swooped silently from the sky to land within yards of their target - this vital road bridge across the Caen canal. Major John Howard and men of the 6th British Airborne Division were to seize and hold this strategic point. After a brief but furious fire-fight the stunned German defenders were overwhelmed and the bridge captured. The Invasion of France had begun, and for the Germans it was the beginning of the end. Hitlers much vaunted armies had begun their slow bitter retreat to the end that was the burning hell of Berlin. When it came to hammering German ground forces in the days after D-Day, Lockheeds outstanding P-38 Lightning gained an awesome reputation. Richard Taylors evocative new painting recreates the scene over Pegasus Bridge shortly after D-Day as a pair of P-38 Lightnings thunder inland in support of the advancing allied armies. Below, signs of the recent action are still plainly visible as trucks and their exhausted drivers hasten back to the beach-head to collect reinforcements.

Tactical Support by Richard Taylor. 		Features the successful Horsa glider borne assault on the Caen Canal bridge at Benouville in Normandy at approx. 00.15hrs on D-Day, the 6th June 1944. Troops from the second battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry led by Major John Howard took the bridge which later became known as Pegasus Bridge.

The Longest Day Begins - Pegasus Bridge by Geoff Lea. 		Wearing the distinctive black and white identification stripes of the D-Day operations of June 1944, Airspeed Horsa MkII assault gliders, towed by their Short Stirling MkIV tugs of No.620 Squadron, make their way across a moody English Channel en route to Normandy during the tumultuous Operation Overlord.

Tugs of War (Stirling & Gliders) by Ivan Berryman.		 Halifax Tugs Towing Hamilcar Gliders. Halifax glider tugs of 644 Squadron based at Tarrant Rushton head out across the English Channel with their Hamilcar gliders as part of Operation Overlord in June 1944. The mighty Hamilcar was capable of carrying an 8-ton payload, which was the equivalent of two Tetrarch light tanks, and was used both in the Normandy invasion and at Arnhem.

Operation Mallard by Ivan Berryman.
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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature and is for the unmatted version where available. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Sergeant Titch Rayner (deceased)
Died : 2015
*Signature Value : £35

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Small limited edition of 15 artist proofs.
Small limited edition of 35 giclee art prints.


Rayner, Titch
(Sergeant Titch Rayner (deceased))

Titch Rayner served with the British Parachute Regiment. On D-Day he was flown into France on Horsa glider No.4, which landed off target due to a navigational problem. With the element of surprise gone, he and his fellow Paras had to fight their way through to Pegasus Bridge. He died on 2nd April 2015.
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