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Items Signed by Wing Commander John Freeborn DFC* (deceased) |
  | The Hunting Party by Ivan Berryman. (D) Price : £190.00 | Depicting Spitfires of No.92 Squadron, which on their first mission over Dunkirk, encountered six ME109Es and succeeded in shooting down every one of them! Such actions came to symbolise the spirit of the 92nd Squadron which went on to see intense f...... | |
| | The Hunting Party by Ivan Berryman. (E) Price : £170.00 | Depicting Spitfires of No.92 Squadron, which on their first mission over Dunkirk, encountered six ME109Es and succeeded in shooting down every one of them! Such actions came to symbolise the spirit of the 92nd Squadron which went on to see intense f...... | |
  | Close Encounter by Ivan Berryman. (F) Price : £130.00 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1As of No.610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAAF, intercept incoming Heinkel 111H-16s of the 9th Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 Legion Condor during the big daylight raids on London of August and September 1940 - the climax of the Bat...... | |
| | Close Encounter by Ivan Berryman. (H) Price : £135.00 | Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1As of No.610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAAF, intercept incoming Heinkel 111H-16s of the 9th Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 Legion Condor during the big daylight raids on London of August and September 1940 - the climax of the Batt...... | |
  | Land, Sea and Air by Ivan Berryman. (APC) Price : £115.00 | Spitfire of 761 Training Squadron (attached to the Royal Navy) flies over the Forth Railway Bridge on the eve of World War Two, also shown is HMS Royal Oak departing Rosyth for the open sea. ...... |
| | Land, Sea and Air by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £90.00 | Spitfire of 761 Training Squadron (attached to the Royal Navy) flies over the Forth Railway Bridge on the eve of World War Two, also shown is HMS Royal Oak departing Rosyth for the open sea. ...... | |
  | In Them We Trust by Ivan Berryman. (J) Price : £160.00 | Two Spitfire Mk1Bs of 92 Squadron patrol the south coast from their temporary base at Ford, here passing over the Needles rocks, Isle of Wight, in the Spring of 1942. ...... | |
  | Spitfire Alley by Ivan Berryman. (E) Price : £95.00 | A pair of Spitfire Mk.IXs of 402 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Kenley, practise combat manoeuvres in the skies above Kent in May, 1943. ...... | |
| | Spitfire Alley by Ivan Berryman. (F) Price : £130.00 | A pair of Spitfire Mk.IXs of 402 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Kenley, practise combat manoeuvres in the skies above Kent in May, 1943. ...... | |
  | Spitfire Mk.IXE by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £105.00 | A pair of Spitfire Mk.IXEs of 611 Squadron make their way home from a patrol during the summer of 1942. At this time 611 Squadron were based at Kenley and were the first squadron to receive the new Mk.IX putting it on equal terms, for the first tim...... |
| | Spitfire Mk.IXE by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £100.00 | A pair of Spitfire Mk.IXEs of 611 Squadron make their way home from a patrol during the summer of 1942. At this time 611 Squadron were based at Kenley and were the first squadron to receive the new Mk.IX putting it on equal terms, for the first time...... | |
  | Flt Lt Walter Lawson by Ivan Berryman. Price : £130.00 | Depicting the No.19 Sqn Spitfire Mk.IIA of Flt Lt Walter Lawson attacking a Bf.109 E-4 of JG.3 in the Summer of 1940. The final tally of Lawson before he was listed as missing in August 1941 was 6 confirmed, 1 shared, 3 probables and 1 damaged. The...... | |
| | Flt Lt Walter Lawson by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £200.00 | Depicting the No.19 Sqn Spitfire Mk.IIA of Flt Lt Walter Lawson attacking a Bf.109 E-4 of JG.3 in the Summer of 1940. The final tally of Lawson before he was listed as missing in August 1941 was 6 confirmed, 1 shared, 3 probables and 1 damaged. The...... | |
| | Flt Lt Walter Lawson by Ivan Berryman. (APB) Price : £80.00 | Depicting the No.19 Sqn Spitfire Mk.IIA of Flt Lt Walter Lawson attacking a Bf.109 E-4 of JG.3 in the Summer of 1940. The final tally of Lawson before he was listed as missing in August 1941 was 6 confirmed, 1 shared, 3 probables and 1 damaged. The...... | |
| | Flt Lt Walter Lawson by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £80.00 | Depicting the No.19 Sqn Spitfire Mk.IIA of Flt Lt Walter Lawson attacking a Bf.109 E-4 of JG.3 in the Summer of 1940. The final tally of Lawson before he was listed as missing in August 1941 was 6 confirmed, 1 shared, 3 probables and 1 damaged. The...... |
  | Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. Price : £145.00 | Whilst flying with A Flight of 85 Squadron on 30th July 1940, Geoffrey Allard encountered a pair of Messerschmitt Bf.110s about 40 miles from the coast, apparently patrolling near a convoy. After Squadron Leader Townsend, flying Red 1, had made tw...... | |
| | Close Combat by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £200.00 | Whilst flying with A Flight of 85 Squadron on 30th July 1940, Geoffrey Allard encountered a pair of Messerschmitt Bf.110s about 40 miles from the coast, apparently patrolling near a convoy. After Squadron Leader Townsend, flying Red 1, had made tw...... | |
  | Adversaries by Ivan Berryman. Price : £190.00 | No one knows for certain whether the two great fighter aces Douglas Bader and Adolf Galland actually fought each other in a one-on-one combat, but it is thought highly likely that they did as the famous Tangmere Wing led by Bader regularly found its...... | |
| | Adversaries by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £240.00 | No one knows for certain whether the two great fighter aces Douglas Bader and Adolf Galland actually fought each other in a one-on-one combat, but it is thought highly likely that they did as the famous Tangmere Wing led by Bader regularly found its...... | |
| | Adversaries by Ivan Berryman. (APB) Price : £75.00 | No one knows for certain whether the two great fighter aces Douglas Bader and Adolf Galland actually fought each other in a one-on-one combat, but it is thought highly likely that they did as the famous Tangmere Wing led by Bader regularly found its...... |
| | Adversaries by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £65.00 | No one knows for certain whether the two great fighter aces Douglas Bader and Adolf Galland actually fought each other in a one-on-one combat, but it is thought highly likely that they did as the famous Tangmere Wing led by Bader regularly found its...... | |
  | Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman. Price : £160.00 | On the afternoon of 5th September 1940, Spitfires of 41 Sqn intercepted a large formation of Heinkel 111 bombers and their escorts over the Thames estuary, en route for London. Flying N3162 as Red 2, Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock attacked the bombers...... | |
| | Total Commitment by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £190.00 | On the afternoon of 5th September 1940, Spitfires of 41 Sqn intercepted a large formation of Heinkel 111 bombers and their escorts over the Thames estuary, en route for London. Flying N3162 as Red 2, Flight Lieutenant Eric Lock attacked the bombers...... | |
  | Victory Above Dover by Ivan Berryman. Price : £145.00 | Adolf Galland claimed his 16th victory on the afternoon of 25th July 1940 when Spitfires of 54 Sqn were bounced by Messerschmitt Bf.109s of Gallands III/JG26. A fierce battle ensued off Dover during which F/Lt Basil Wonky Way, flying R6707, ...... | |
| | Victory Above Dover by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £170.00 | Adolf Galland claimed his 16th victory on the afternoon of 25th July 1940 when Spitfires of 54 Sqn were bounced by Messerschmitt Bf.109s of Gallands III/JG26. A fierce battle ensued off Dover during which F/Lt Basil Wonky Way, flying R6707, ...... |
  | The Longest July by Ivan Berryman. Price : £170.00 | Posted to 64 Squadron on 1st July 1940, the tragically short relationship of Sub Lt F Dawson Paul with the Spitfire was crammed with victories. He immediately shared a Dornier Do17 off Beachy Head and, just four days later claimed a Messerschmitt B...... | |
| | The Longest July by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £220.00 | Posted to 64 Squadron on 1st July 1940, the tragically short relationship of Sub Lt F Dawson Paul with the Spitfire was crammed with victories. He immediately shared a Dornier Do17 off Beachy Head and, just four days later claimed a Messerschmitt B...... | |
  | First Flap of the Day by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £190.00 | HM Stephen - one of the Battle of Britains top scoring fighter pilots, brings down two Me109s in quick succession over the White Cliffs of Dover, early on August 11, 1940. Flying a Spitfire with 74 Squadron, HM shot down five German aircraft on this...... | |
| | First Flap of the Day by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £190.00 | HM Stephen - one of the Battle of Britains top scoring fighter pilots, brings down two Me109s in quick succession over the White Cliffs of Dover, early on August 11, 1940. Flying a Spitfire with 74 Squadron, HM shot down five German aircraft on this...... | |
| | First Flap of the Day by Nicolas Trudgian. (C) Price : £180.00 | HM Stephen - one of the Battle of Britains top scoring fighter pilots, brings down two Me109s in quick succession over the White Cliffs of Dover, early on August 11, 1940. Flying a Spitfire with 74 Squadron, HM shot down five German aircraft on this...... |
| | First Flap of the Day by Nicolas Trudgian. (D) Price : £200.00 | HM Stephen - one of the Battle of Britains top scoring fighter pilots, brings down two Me109s in quick succession over the White Cliffs of Dover, early on August 11, 1940. Flying a Spitfire with 74 Squadron, HM shot down five German aircraft on this...... | |
| | First Flap of the Day by Nicolas Trudgian. (E) Price : £180.00 | HM Stephen - one of the Battle of Britains top scoring fighter pilots, brings down two Me109s in quick succession over the White Cliffs of Dover, early on August 11, 1940. Flying a Spitfire with 74 Squadron, HM shot down five German aircraft on this...... | |
  | 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 |
  | Fight for the Sky by Robert Taylor. (B) SOLD OUT | All through the long hot summer of 1940 they crossed the Channel from stolen bases in northern France, coming in mighty swarms to deliver their deadly cargo. Bombers and dive-bombers, single-seat fighters and fast twin-engined attack aircraft, thei...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Channel Sweep by Richard Taylor. (B) Price : £425.00 | On 14th June 1940, the first German jackboots were heard on the streets of Paris. Within days France signed an armistice and Hitler could now turn his avaricious eyes north and across the grey waters of the Channel. The island of Britain stood alone...... | |
  | This Sceptred Isle by Robert Taylor. (C) Price : £425.00 | For nearly a thousand years the white cliffs of southern England had taunted many a foreign army. These fortress walls of chalk, however, were defended by the moat-like waters of the Channel, and together they had shielded the British from her enem...... | |
| | This Sceptred Isle by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | For nearly a thousand years the white cliffs of southern England had taunted many a foreign army. These fortress walls of chalk, however, were defended by the moat-like waters of the Channel, and together they had shielded the British from her enem...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
  | Readiness At Dawn - The Battle of Britain, 1940 by Nicolas Trudgian Price : £35.00 | Spitfires of 74 Squadron return to their base from an intense dogfight over the English Channel. As soon as they land they are hastily re-armed and re-fuelled by their diligent ground crews, so at a moments notice they can be scrambled to intercept ...... |
  | Scramble by Gerald Coulson. (C) Price : £230.00 | A telephone rings at a typical flight dispersal: a call from Operations sends pilots and ground crew running for aircraft ready fuelled and armed. A mechanic starts the engine of the spitfire in the foreground and it explodes into life, blasting out...... | |
  | Quartet by Gerald Coulson. (B) Price : £130.00 | The inspiration for this subject was principally the setting. A low sun turning the tops of towering cumulus to a soft ochre against a backdrop of azure. Through breaks in these massive clouds can be seen a landscape beginning to fade, greens and ye...... | |
  | Portrait of Pilot Officer John Freeborn by David Pritchard Price : £40.00 | ...... | |
  | First Loss by David Pritchard. (B) Price : £165.00 | On their first ever operational patrol, between Calaise and Dunkirk on the morning of the 23rd May 1940, 92 squadron commence their attack on Heinkel HE 111's preparing to bomb the retreating British Expeditionary Force on the beaches and dunes belo...... | |
  | Tigers Prey by David Pritchard. Price : £70.00 | Depicts Flight Lieutenant John Freeborn shooting down a Dormier 17 over the Thames Estuary on 13th August 1940 Flying Spitfire ZPC. ...... |
| | Tigers Prey by David Pritchard. (B) Price : £80.00 | Depicts Flight Lieutenant John Freeborn shooting down a Dormier 17 over the Thames Estuary on 13th August 1940 Flying Spitfire ZPC. ...... | |
| | Tigers Prey by David Pritchard. (C) Price : £85.00 | Depicts Flight Lieutenant John Freeborn shooting down a Dormier 17 over the Thames Estuary on 13th August 1940 Flying Spitfire ZPC. ...... | |
  | 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...... |
| Wing Commander John Freeborn DFC* Squadron details |
| Wing Commander John Freeborn DFC* 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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