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Items Signed by Flying Officer Kurt Taussig (deceased) |
| Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (D) Price : £60.00 | Hurricane Mk.IIC Z3971 of 253 Sqn, closing on a Heinkel 111. ...... | |
| A Buzz for Beamont by David Pentland. (B) Price : £85.00 | Wing Commander Roland Beamont in his personal Tempest V, intercepted and downed his first V1 Buzzbomb on the night of June 22nd, 1944, over south east England. As Commander of 150 wing and others he went on to shoot down a total of 30 V1 flying bomb...... | |
| In the Playground of the Gods by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £110.00 | A lone Royal Air Force Spitfire is shown high amongst the clouds over the southern counties of England during the height of the Battle of Britain....... | |
| In the Playground of the Gods by Ivan Berryman. (XX) Price : £110.00 | A lone Royal Air Force Spitfire is shown high amongst the clouds over the southern counties of England during the height of the Battle of Britain....... | |
| The Battle for the Skies Over Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Graeme Lothian. (D) Price : £110.00 | A large umbrella of Spitfire Wings covered most of the sky over Dieppe during the Allied attack Operation Jubilee on 19th August 1942. Squadron leader Johnnie Johnson leads 610 (County of Chester) Squadron down from top cover support to lend a hand ...... |
| The Battle for the Skies Over Dieppe, 19th August 1942 by Graeme Lothian. (F) Price : £130.00 | A large umbrella of Spitfire Wings covered most of the sky over Dieppe during the Allied attack Operation Jubilee on 19th August 1942. Squadron leader Johnnie Johnson leads 610 (County of Chester) Squadron down from top cover support to lend a hand ...... | |
| Return of the Heroes by Ivan Berryman. (B) Price : £75.00 | Spitfire of 610 Squadron which has been damaged during combat during the height of the Battle of Britain is shown over the white cliffs of Dover. No. 610 (County of Chester) Squadron of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force's first major combat with th...... | |
Give Us Spitfires by Ivan Berryman. (C) Price : £75.00 | A solo spitfire flies through the clouds over southern England. ...... | ||
| Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson. Price : £150.00 | With its sleek, graceful design, instantly recognisable by its thin, aerodynamically advanced elliptical wings, the Supermarine Spitfire was the creation of R. J. Mitchell, an aeronautical creative genius. His fighter was to become not only the most...... | |
| Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson. (AP) SOLD OUT | With its sleek, graceful design, instantly recognisable by its thin, aerodynamically advanced elliptical wings, the Supermarine Spitfire was the creation of R. J. Mitchell, an aeronautical creative genius. His fighter was to become not only the most...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson. (XX) Price : £125.00 | With its sleek, graceful design, instantly recognisable by its thin, aerodynamically advanced elliptical wings, the Supermarine Spitfire was the creation of R. J. Mitchell, an aeronautical creative genius. His fighter was to become not only the most...... | |
| Dawn Sortie by Gerald Coulson. (Y) SOLD OUT | With its sleek, graceful design, instantly recognisable by its thin, aerodynamically advanced elliptical wings, the Supermarine Spitfire was the creation of R. J. Mitchell, an aeronautical creative genius. His fighter was to become not only the most...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Spitfire Alley by Ivan Berryman. (APB) Price : £110.00 | 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. (C) Price : £120.00 | 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 F Mk21 by Ivan Berryman. (AP) Price : £85.00 | Pushing the concept of the Spitfire almost to the limit, the sleek F Mk212 represented the ultimate in fighter design at the end of the Second World War. Powered by the mighty Griffon 61 engine driving a five blade propeller, its armament consisted...... |
| Spitfire Mk.IXE by Ivan Berryman. (F) Price : £120.00 | 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...... | |
| The Fledgling by Ivan Berryman. (D) Price : £80.00 | Under the watchful eye of his more experienced tutor a trainee pilot gets his first taste of the Spitfire Mk.IIa, airborne from Tangmere early in 1941. the nearest aircraft is P7856 (YT-C) which enjoyed a long career, surviving until 1945. ...... | |
| The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £395.00 | The Battle of Britain had been won by the young fighter pilots of Fighter Command, but now it fell to another band of young men to wage total warfare against the Nazi war machine - the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command. And like the fighter pilots of th...... | |
| The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £325.00 | The Battle of Britain had been won by the young fighter pilots of Fighter Command, but now it fell to another band of young men to wage total warfare against the Nazi war machine - the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command. And like the fighter pilots of t...... | |
| The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor. (D) SOLD OUT | The Battle of Britain had been won by the young fighter pilots of Fighter Command, but now it fell to another band of young men to wage total warfare against the Nazi war machine - the aircrew of RAF Bomber Command. And like the fighter pilots of t...... | NOT AVAILABLE |
| The Scenic Route by Alan S Holt Price : £90.00 | A 225 Squadron TAC/R pair returning from Bologna over the Apennines, January 1945. EN199, The Malta Spitfire is being flown by F/O A.S. Holt (the artist) with F/O Kurt Taussig weaving. ...... | |
| The Scenic Route by Alan S Holt (B) Price : £135.00 | A 225 Squadron TAC/R pair returning from Bologna over the Apennines, January 1945. EN199, The Malta Spitfire is being flown by F/O A.S. Holt (the artist) with F/O Kurt Taussig weaving. ...... | |
| Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. (APB) Price : £395.00 | On 6th November 1935, a prototype aircraft took to the air for the very first time. As Sydney Camm's sturdy, single-engine monoplane fighter climbed into the sky, few realized that it was destined to become one of the enduring symbols of the gr...... | |
| Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £245.00 | On 6th November 1935, a prototype aircraft took to the air for the very first time. As Sydney Camm's sturdy, single-engine monoplane fighter climbed into the sky, few realized that it was destined to become one of the enduring symbols of the gr...... | |
| Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. (C) Price : £425.00 | On 6th November 1935, a prototype aircraft took to the air for the very first time. As Sydney Camm's sturdy, single-engine monoplane fighter climbed into the sky, few realized that it was destined to become one of the enduring symbols of the gr...... |
| Winter Combat by Richard Taylor. Price : £85.00 | The Hurricane was the RAF's first fighter capable of flying at over 300mph and proved to be one of the most rugged fighters in the history of combat aviation. Hurricanes fought with distinction in the Battle of France and, during the Battle of ...... | |
| Winter Combat by Richard Taylor. (AP) Price : £125.00 | The Hurricane was the RAF's first fighter capable of flying at over 300mph and proved to be one of the most rugged fighters in the history of combat aviation. Hurricanes fought with distinction in the Battle of France and, during the Battle of ...... | |
| Winter Combat by Richard Taylor. (RM) Price : £395.00 | The Hurricane was the RAF's first fighter capable of flying at over 300mph and proved to be one of the most rugged fighters in the history of combat aviation. Hurricanes fought with distinction in the Battle of France and, during the Battle of ...... | |
| Winter Combat by Richard Taylor. (RMB) Price : £625.00 | ...... |
Flying Officer Kurt Taussig Squadron details |
Flying Officer Kurt Taussig 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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