CLOSE ENCOUNTER By Nicolas Trudgian
This wonderful Pencil Print release by Nicolas Trudgian was one of three published in conjuction with the Aces High Gallery and was limited to only 300 copies of each.
'Close Encounter' features the two immortal protagonists from the Battle of Britain - an Me109E and a Spitfire of 602 Squadron have made a high speed head-on pass at one another near the coast of Southern England - the combat could go either way.
This Copy of the Print is Signed by Artist Nicolas Trudgian and no less than TWENTY SEVEN RAF and LUFTWAFFE veterans!
TOM NEIL - 249 SQUADRON - Hurricane
NORMAN BROWN - 41 SQUADRON - SPITFIRE
GEOFFREY WELLUM - 92 SQUADRON - SPITFIRE
OWEN BURNS - 235 SQUADRON - BLENHEIM
ERNST-WILHELM REINERT - JG77 - ME109
ALBERT GREGORY - 219 SQUADRON - BLENHEIM
HUGO BROCH - JG54 - FW190
BILLY DRAKE - 213 SQUADRON - HURRICANE
ROBIN APPLEFORD - 66 SQUADRON - SPITFIRE
PAUL WEBB - 602 SQUADRON - SPITFIRE
TIM ELKINGTON - 1 SQUADRON - HURRICANE
MICHAEL WAINWRIGHT - 64 SQUADRON - SPITFIRE
JOHN ELLACOMBE - 151 SQUADRON - HURRICANE
TONY PICKERING - 501 SQUADRON - HURRICANE
BYRON DUCKENFIELD - 501 SQUADRON - HURRICANE
JOHN KEATINGS - 219 SQUADRON - BLENHEIM
JOE CHAMBERLAIN - 235 SQUADRON - BLENHEIM
BUNNY CURRANT - 615 SQUADRON - HURRICANE
LEOPOLD HEIMES - 235 SQUADRON - BLENHEIM
RICHARD JONES - 19 SQUADRON - SPITFIRE
KEN WILKINSON - 616 SQUADRON - SPITFIRE
TERRY CLARK - 219 SQUADRON - BLENHEIM
HEINZ LANGE - JG51/54 - ME109
TED 'TWIGS' TREES - 112 SQUADRON - KITTYHAWK
MOHINDER PUJJI - 43 SQUADRON - HURRICANE
BURT WINWOOD - 248 SQUADRON - MOSQUITO
PETER DONALDSON - 10 SQUADRON - WHITLEY
The Print is beautifully Framed and measures 22.5 x 22 Inches
** Please see my other Trudgian Pencil Prints in this series **