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Items Signed by Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC (deceased) |
| Clipped Signature - Neville Duke. Price : £65.00 | Flew Spitfires with No.92 Sqn in WW2 then became a test pilot with Hawker. He claimed the world air speed record in a Hawker Hunter in 1953, but was injured in a later forced landing. He wrote several books on aviation. He died in 2007. ...... | |
| Winter of 41 by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £160.00 | With the Battle of Britain won, and the first chinks in Goerings armour exposed, RAF Fighter Command is at last able to carry the war to the enemy. It is the bittersweet winter of 41. Mk Vb Spitfires, having taken off as the first streaks of dawn ...... | |
| Winter of 41 by Nicolas Trudgian. (AP) Price : £200.00 | With the Battle of Britain won, and the first chinks in Goerings armour exposed, RAF Fighter Command is at last able to carry the war to the enemy. It is the bittersweet winter of 41. Mk Vb Spitfires, having taken off as the first streaks of dawn ...... | |
| Winter of 41 by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £125.00 | With the Battle of Britain won, and the first chinks in Goerings armour exposed, RAF Fighter Command is at last able to carry the war to the enemy. It is the bittersweet winter of 41. Mk Vb Spitfires, having taken off as the first streaks of dawn ...... | |
| Winter of 41 by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £130.00 | With the Battle of Britain won, and the first chinks in Goerings armour exposed, RAF Fighter Command is at last able to carry the war to the enemy. It is the bittersweet winter of 41. Mk Vb Spitfires, having taken off as the first streaks of dawn ...... |
| A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor (AP) Price : £395.00 | Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fighter aircrews flew combat throughout the six long years of World War Two. At the outbreak of war in 1939 four RAF Hurricane squadrons and two equipped with Gladiators went immediately to France where in short time N...... | |
| A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor (B) Price : £275.00 | Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fighter aircrews flew combat throughout the six long years of World War Two. At the outbreak of war in 1939 four RAF Hurricane squadrons and two equipped with Gladiators went immediately to France where in short time N...... | |
| A Time for Heroes by Robert Taylor. (C) SOLD OUT | Royal Air Force and Royal Navy fighter aircrews flew combat throughout the six long years of World War Two. At the outbreak of war in 1939 four RAF Hurricane squadrons and two equipped with Gladiators went immediately to France where in short time N...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Light - Battle of Britain, July 1940 by Philip West. (AP) SOLD OUT | Another busy start to the day at Biggin Hill in the summer of 1940. The Battle of Britain is at its height and 92 Squadron Spitfires with Geoffrey Wellum in G for George, depart under early morning sunlight to engage a mass of incoming enemy aircraf...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Light by Gerald Coulson. Price : £160.00 | In Gerald Coulsons fine study First Light, Mk Vb Spitfires of 92 Squadron climb out of Biggin Hill at the outset of an early morning patrol on a cold winters morning in February 1941. Leaving the mist behind as the first beams of light streak across...... |
| First Light by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £200.00 | In Gerald Coulsons fine study First Light, Mk Vb Spitfires of 92 Squadron climb out of Biggin Hill at the outset of an early morning patrol on a cold winters morning in February 1941. Leaving the mist behind as the first beams of light streak across...... | |
| First Light by Gerald Coulson. (XX) SOLD OUT | In Gerald Coulsons fine study First Light, Mk Vb Spitfires of 92 Squadron climb out of Biggin Hill at the outset of an early morning patrol on a cold winters morning in February 1941. Leaving the mist behind as the first beams of light streak acros...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Light by Gerald Coulson. (Y) Price : £130.00 | In Gerald Coulsons fine study First Light, Mk Vb Spitfires of 92 Squadron climb out of Biggin Hill at the outset of an early morning patrol on a cold winters morning in February 1941. Leaving the mist behind as the first beams of light streak acros...... | |
| Desert Sharks by Robert Taylor. Price : £110.00 | Robert captures precisely the arid heat, dust and smoke of desert warfare, conveying an air of impending conflict. Neville Duke in his 112 Sqn P40-D Kittyhawk....... | |
| Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. Price : £220.00 | During the early part of World War II the coastline of Britain was constantly under threat, particularly the busy shipping lanes of the North Sea. As well as carrying out bombing raids on strategic coastal targets and ports such as Luftflotte 5s att...... |
| Evening Patrol by Gerald Coulson. (Y) Price : £200.00 | During the early part of World War II the coastline of Britain was constantly under threat, particularly the busy shipping lanes of the North Sea. As well as carrying out bombing raids on strategic coastal targets and ports such as Luftflotte 5s at...... | |
| First Flight by Gerald Coulson. Price : £120.00 | On July 21st 1951 WB188, the Hawker PIO67 Prototype, made its first flight from Boscombe Down, flown by Hawker Chief Test Pilot and WWII fighter ace, Squadron leader Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC**, AFC. This historic aircraft went on to become the Hunt...... | |
| First Flight by Gerald Coulson. (AP) SOLD OUT | On July 21st 1951 WB188, the Hawker PIO67 Prototype, made its first flight from Boscombe Down, flown by Hawker Chief Test Pilot and WWII fighter ace, Squadron leader Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC**, AFC. This historic aircraft went on to become the Hunt...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Flight by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £225.00 | On July 21st 1951 WB188, the Hawker PIO67 Prototype, made its first flight from Boscombe Down, flown by Hawker Chief Test Pilot and WWII fighter ace, Squadron leader Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC**, AFC. This historic aircraft went on to become the Hun...... | |
| Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £170.00 | The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, a...... |
| Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £240.00 | The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, a...... | |
| Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian. (B) Price : £200.00 | The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, a...... | |
| Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £145.00 | The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, a...... | |
| Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £150.00 | The air war fought in the skies above the inhospitable wastelands of the North African desert were among the most hotly contested of the war. The outcome of the bitter land war raging below largely depended upon who controlled the air space above, a...... | |
| After the Battle by Robert Taylor. SOLD OUT | RST0004. After the Battle by Robert Taylor. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| After the Battle by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | RST0004B. After the Battle by Robert Taylor. ...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Wings of Glory by Robert Taylor. Price : £210.00 | Robert Taylors spellbinding painting, Wings of Glory, paying tribute to Mitchells immortal fighter, features the MkX1X Spitfire of the RAFs Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffin engine providing maximum speed of 450mph...... | |
| Wings of Glory by Robert Taylor (B) Price : £235.00 | Robert Taylors spellbinding painting, Wings of Glory, paying tribute to Mitchells immortal fighter, features the MkX1X Spitfire of the RAFs Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. Powered by the Rolls-Royce Griffin engine providing maximum speed of 450mph...... |
Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC Squadron details |
No.112 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 1st July 1957 Known Codes : , DY, GA, RT, XO, | No.112 Sqn RAF Swift in destruction |
No.92 Sqn RAF Country : UK Disbanded 1st October 1994 Known Codes : , GR, QJ, DL, 8L, | No.92 Sqn RAF East India Aut pugna aut morere - Either fight or die |
Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC Aircraft details |
Spitfire Manufacturer : Supermarine Built : 20351 | Spitfire Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954. |
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