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Items Signed by Flt Lt Don Briggs DFM (deceased) |
| Vulcan Return by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £380.00 | A Vulcan bomber returns from one of the Black Buck missions to the Falklands, preparing to touch down at RAF Ascension Island after what was the longest range bombing mission in history. ...... | |
| Vulcan Return by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT | A Vulcan bomber returns from one of the Black Buck missions to the Falklands, preparing to touch down at RAF Ascension Island after what was the longest range bombing mission in history. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Falklands Vulcan by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £380.00 | The legendary Vulcan bomber en route to the Falklands on what was the longest bombing mission in history. The Black Buck missions began on Ascension Island, 7500 kilometres from the target, requiring multiple refuels and impeccable planning. ...... | |
| Falklands Vulcan by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT | The legendary Vulcan bomber en route to the Falklands on what was the longest bombing mission in history. The Black Buck missions began on Ascension Island, 7500 kilometres from the target, requiring multiple refuels and impeccable planning. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Vulcan Refuel by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £380.00 | Vulcan B2 XM607 of No.44 Sqn refuels from a Victor tanker of No.55 Sqn. One of several fuel stops in the 16 hour mission to the Falklands and back. ...... |
| Vulcan Refuel by Ivan Berryman. (P) SOLD OUT | Vulcan B2 XM607 of No.44 Sqn refuels from a Victor tanker of No.55 Sqn. One of several fuel stops in the 16 hour mission to the Falklands and back. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Vulcan Sunset by Geoff Lea. (B) Price : £155.00 | DHM0261B. Vulcan Sunset by Geoff Lea. ...... | |
| Lancaster Dawn by Anthony Saunders. (E) Price : £130.00 | Depicts a 103 squadron Lancaster returning from a night-time bombing mission. ...... | |
| Avro Lancaster B.1 by Ivan Berryman. (E) Price : £90.00 | R5689 (VN-N) - a Lancaster B.1 of 50 Squadron based at Swinderby. This aircraft crash-landed in Lincolnshire while returning from a mission on 19th September 1942, after both port engines failed as the aircraft was preparing to land. The aircraft n...... | |
| Vulcan at Ascension, 1982 by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £600.00 | During the Falklands conflict in 1982, the tiny mid-Atlantic volcanic island of Ascension became the starting point for the Black Buck missions - a relay of tanker aircraft refueling two Vulcan bombers to attack Argentine positions and damage...... |
| Ascension Departure by Ivan Berryman. (P) Price : £600.00 | During the Falklands conflict in 1982, the tiny mid-Atlantic volcanic island of Ascension became the starting point for the Black Buck missions - a relay of tanker aircraft refueling two Vulcan bombers to attack Argentine positions and damage...... | |
| Outbound Lancaster by Gerald Coulson. (C) Price : £125.00 | An all time classic image of the Lancaster bomber of Bomber command at altitude crossing the coast on its way to another bombing mission in Europe. In this atmospheric classic image, Gerald Coulson has shown this stalwart of the Royal Air Forces Bom...... | |
| Lancaster Lift-Off by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £135.00 | GC0724B. Lancaster Lift-Off by Gerald Coulson. ...... | |
| Lancaster Lift-Off by Gerald Coulson. (C) Price : £115.00 | GC0724C. Lancaster Lift-Off by Gerald Coulson. ...... |
Flt Lt Don Briggs DFM Squadron details |
Flt Lt Don Briggs DFM Aircraft details |
Canberra Manufacturer : English Electric | Canberra The English Electric Canberra first flew on Friday 13 May 1949 when its performance created a sensation. Such was the quality of the original design that in May 1951, when the first B2 Canberras entered service with No 101 Squadron at RAF Binbrook they could out manoeuvre all the fighters of the period and fly with impunity more than 10,000 feet above them. Operated by 17 airforces in more than 20 different variants, Canberras have been to war at Suez and in India, in Vietnam and the Falklands campaign, and in 1996 Canberra PR9s were engaged in operational reconnaissance flights over Bosnia and in other regions. It is widely and justifiably regarded as one of the greatest aircraft designs of all time. |
Lancaster Manufacturer : Avro Built : 7377 | Lancaster The Avro Lancaster arose from the avro Manchester and the first prototype Lancaster was a converted Manchester with four engines. The Lancaster was first flown in January 1941, and started operations in March 1942. By March 1945 The Royal Air Force had 56 squadrons of Lancasters with the first squadron equipped being No.44 Squadron. During World War Two the Avro Lancaster flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 618,378 tonnes of bombs between 1942 and 1945. Lancaster Bomberss took part in the devastating round-the-clock raids on Hamburg during Air Marshall Harris' "Operation Gomorrah" in July 1943. Just 35 Lancasters completed more than 100 successful operations each, and 3,249 were lost in action. The most successful survivor completed 139 operations, and the Lancaster was scrapped after the war in 1947. A few Lancasters were converted into tankers and the two tanker aircraft were joined by another converted Lancaster and were used in the Berlin Airlift, achieving 757 tanker sorties. A famous Lancaster bombing raid was the 1943 mission, codenamed Operation Chastise, to destroy the dams of the Ruhr Valley. The operation was carried out by 617 Squadron in modified Mk IIIs carrying special drum shaped bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. Also famous was a series of Lancaster attacks using Tallboy bombs against the German battleship Tirpitz, which first disabled and later sank the ship. The Lancaster bomber was the basis of the new Avro Lincoln bomber, initially known as the Lancaster IV and Lancaster V. (Becoming Lincoln B1 and B2 respectively.) Their Lancastrian airliner was also based on the Lancaster but was not very successful. Other developments were the Avro York and the successful Shackleton which continued in airborne early warning service up to 1992. |
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