Description

Unlocked from the extensive archives of the Military Gallery and previously unseen, Robert Taylor’s painting Daring Manoeuvres captures a deft moment during the distinguished career of the late Johnny Baldwin, the RAF’s highest-scoring Typhoon Ace of World War 2. It happened on Wednesday, 20th January 1943, the day on which, flying a Typhoon with 609 Squadron, he scored his first victories during an encounter with enemy fighters over southern England. A moving tribute to Hawker’s memorable Typhoon… Each print in the edition is issued signed by artist Robert Taylor, individually hand-numbered, and exclusively available through the Hawker Typhoon Preservation Group and Aces High, helping to raise funds to restore Hawker Typhoon RB396 to airworthiness. This is the first signed printout of the 100 commissioned.

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