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Naval and Aviation art by Leading Aviation Artist: Anthony Saunders.

 Anthony Saunders must be one of the most outstanding naval and aviation artists around today. He has extraordinary skill in portraying scenes of aerial combat that took place before he was born. Although in his own words Anthony prefers the artistic side of painting war aircraft rather than the historic side, he will spend many hours researching a subject, making sure that it is technically correct in every detail before applying any oil to canvas. The results of this technical and artistic skill are easy to see in his paintings; breathtaking skyscapes graced with the machines of aerial warfare beautifully brought to life with the rich colour that is unique to oil paint. With this skill it is hardly surprising that Anthony also paints many subjects other than aviation; scenes from Crimea and Waterloo are a particular favourite. He is equally at home with landscapes and portraits.

 

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Return of the Hunters by Anthony Saunders. (AP)		Dawn

Dawn Breakers by Anthony Saunders. (AP)
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A Welcome Return by Anthony Saunders.		Heaven

Heaven Can Wait by Nicolas Trudgian.
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Roam at Will by Anthony Saunders. (AP)		Battle

Battle of the Brenner by Anthony Saunders. (AP)
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USS Baltimore and Saratoga in the Pacific by Anthony Saunders.		USS

USS Yorktown at the Battle of Midway by Anthony Saunders
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Clash of Eagles by Anthony Saunders.		Berlin

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As the first rays of dawn broke over Gold Beach on the morning of 6th June 1944, twenty-three Halifax bombers from No.76 Sqn headed inland over the breaking surf below. Their task was to annihilate the large German coastal gun battery of Mount Fleury that overlooked the beach where elements of the British 50th Division would shortly be landing. As ships of the Royal Navy joined the barrage and with the battery all but silenced, the bombers headed north, back towards England. The painting catches the moment as the Halifaxes, now escorted by American P-51s of the 359th Fighter Group, survey the extraordinary sight unfolding below them. Carried by a vast flotilla of landing craft, the first assault brigades of the 50th Division stream towards the Normandy shore where, despite heavy initial opposition, the British forces soon broke through. The German defenders who had survived the assault on the Mount Fleury battery had been cowed into submission, the survivors quickly over-run and taken prisoner. Their 12mm guns had offered no resistance and remained silent throughout. By midnight the 50th Division had landed over 25,000 men, and linking up with the Canadians on Juno Beach, had secured a deep bridgehead along a six mile front. The Battle for Caen and their long, slow march to Berlin had begun.

Dawn Breakers by Anthony Saunders.		 Omaha Beach, June 1944. Throughout the early morning of 6th June 1944, men of the US 29th Infantry Division had fought their way yard by yard across the bloody shingle of Omaha Beach. Thrown off course by worsening weather, they had finally landed near the village of Saint Laurent-sur-Mer, only to run into withering defensive fire - the strong German opposition was unexpected. It was the same on most sectors of 'bloody Omaha' beach that morning. But, showing unparalleled levels of bravery and determination, the US infantrymen finally prevailed and within days the scene on the beach was a hive of activity as 'Mulberry A' - one of two giant artificial harbours that had been towed across the Channel - was erected off this once-deadly beach. The two Mulberries - one American, one British - were a mammoth feat of engineering, each the size of Dover harbour and containing over 334,000 tons of concrete, ballast and steel. And yet they took a mere seven days to assemble. Only one, however, was to survive because, on 19th June, a violent storm swept up the Channel destroying the American Mulberry. The painting shows a pair of RAF Typhoons from No.245 Sqn over the American Mulberry. They race back to their base in Hampshire to refuel and rearm after delivering a blistering rocket attack on German positions behind the ever-widening Normandy beachhead.

Return of the Hunters by Anthony Saunders.		 Depicting Mustang aircraft escorting Flying Fortresses on a bombing raid over Germany.

Guardian Angel by Anthony Saunders. (C)		On the morning of Sunday 7th December 1941 the Japanese launched their infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. Surprise was complete - within a few terrifying minutes, bombs and torpedoes had damaged or destroyed much of the US Pacific Fleet peacefully at anchor, and almost all of the fighters on the ground. But as Aichi D-3A dive bombers target the Fleet's flagship, the battleship California, a lone P-40 has managed to get airborne in the chaos to engage the enemy. Seventy years ago the world stood open-mouthed in shock as it learnt of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. This dramatic new edition is released in tribute to all those that took part in the actions on December 7 1941.
Day of Infamy by Anthony Saunders.

Operation Chastise, the plan to destroy the mighty Ruhr dams, was bold, audacious and dangerous. It was also set to become one of the most legendary combat missions ever undertaken in the history of aviation warfare. In late February 1943 a unique decision was taken by the RAF to form the now legendary 617 Squadron, a highly specialised unit within Bomber Command. Its task was to be the destruction of the huge Möhne, Sorpe and Eder dams, which provided vital services to German industry. Tasked with providing the crews for this new squadron was the young, outstanding, bomber and night-fighter pilot Wing Commander Guy Gibson, already a veteran of 174 bomber operations. On 21st March 1943 the unit was formed at RAF Scampton under his command, and the chosen men had just eight weeks to prepare for the task in hand.
Low Pass Over the Möhne Dam by Anthony Saunders.		 The last remaining units of the fascist Italian Air Force attempt to engage B25s from the 340th Bomb Group who have successfully destroyed a vital enemy rail bridge in the strategic Brenner Pass, northern Italy, 10 April 1945. The enemy Me109s are completely routed by escorting P51 Mustangs of the 325th Fighter Group who are quickly on the scene. There was only one way the Germans were going to re-supply their beleaguered army in Italy against the relentless assault of the Allies pushing northwards – and that was through the Brenner Pass in the Alps. The Allies knew that if they could destroy this strategic labyrinth of heavily defended road and rail bridges, the enemy would either be forced to surrender, or perish. And the task of destroying these bridges fell to men of the US Twelfth and Fifteenth Air Forces who must fly their heavily-laden bombers dangerously close to the rugged Alpine peaks, and endure a pounding from the anti-aircraft guns lining the narrow pass below. Not to mention any roving enemy fighters, or the turbulent weather over the mountains.

Battle of the Brenner by Anthony Saunders.		 Returning to base after an arduous escort mission, Captain Art Fiedler leads a flight of P51 Mustangs from the 325th Fighter Group - the Checkertail Clan - through the Po Valley in northern Italy seeking out targets of opportunity amongst the retreating Axis forces, July 1944. When in December 1943 the 325th Fighter Group, the Checkertail Clan, had moved into south-eastern Italy they were soon escorting American bombers on long range missions deep into occupied Europe. In two years of air combat the Checkertails soon became one of the crack units in the Fifteenth Air Force, destroying a staggering 537 enemy aircraft in the air, and accounting for many more on the ground.

Roam at Will by Anthony Saunders.		When a fighter escort with a bombers range first appeared over Berlin, Goering knew the end of the war was only a matter of time. when that particular fighter escort turned out to be the Mustang, perhaps the most outstanding of all WWII fighters, the time was all too short. Unlike the RAFs Spitfire and Hurricane, that had succeeded in the Battle of Britain, Goerings Luftwaffe failed to protect its own air space, leaving allied air forces unhampered to bomb Germany by both day and night. Two battle weary Mustangs of 357th Fighter Group, with ammunition spent and fuel low, have broken away from the main bomber force to head across the Channel for home.

Head for Home by Anthony Saunders. (APB)

 

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HMS Prince of Wales enters Valetta harbour, Malta.

Enter the Prince by Anthony Saunders (B)

HMS Prince of Wales enters Valetta harbour, Malta.

 

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On the night of 12th September 1944, Lancaster NF958 (LS-M) of No.15 Sqn was lost in the skies above Mannheim when it was attacked by the Messerschmitt Bf.110G-2 of Ofw Ludwig Schmidt of II/NGJ 6, the bomber receiving hits to the bomb bay which ignited the incendiaries still in their racks. Five of the crew bailed out and were taken prisoner of war once captured. The pilot, F/O Norman Overend RNZAF, did not escape the aircraft. Flt Sgt Harry A Beverton was seen to leave the stricken Lancaster but was not seen again.<br><br><b>Crew of <i>Lancaster LS-M</i> :</b><br><br>F/O Norman Overend RNZAF<br>Sgt Barry J Howarth <i>(survived)</i><br>Sgt George B Thomson <i>(survived)</i><br>Flt Sgt John D Jones <i>(survived)</i><br>Flt Sgt Robert P E Kendall <i>(survived)</i><br>Flt Sgt Harry A Beverton<br>Sgt I Spagatner <i>(survived)</i>.

Incident over Mannheim by Ivan Berryman. (D)		 Focke-Wulf FW.190A-5/U8 of 1 Gruppe, Schnellkampfgeschwader 10 in 1943. All national markings were painted out, except for the call sign C on the fuselage and repeated, crudely sprayed, on the engine cowling.

Focke-Wulf Fw190A-5/U8 by Ivan Berryman. (D)		 The defense of Naples and southern Italy in World War Two was a desperate affair for the Regia Aeronautica who found themselves massively outnumbered as the Allied invasion progressed. Based at nearby Napoli-Capodichino, the Macchi 202s of 22º Gruppo Autonomo suffered terrible losses whilst trying to defend the port against the Allied heavy bombers, but nevertheless pressed home spirited attacks on the B-24s and their escorts. Here, Italian ace Maggiore Vittorio Minguzzi leads a trio of M.202s around the iconic crater of Mount Vesuvius.

Moving Mountains - Tribute to Maggiore Vittorio Minguzzi and 22º Gruppo Autonomo by Ivan Berryman. (P)		 Under the command of Gianfranco Gazzana-Priaroggia, the Regia Marina submarine Leonardo da Vinci was to become the most successful non-German submarine of World War Two. On 21st April 1943, she encountered the liberty ship SS John Drayton which was returning, unladen, to Capetown from Bahrain and put two torpedoes into her before surfacing to finish her off with shells. The deadly reign of terror wrought by the combination of Gazzana-Priaroggia and his submarine came to an end just one month later when the Leonardo da Vinci was sunk by HMS Active and HMS Ness off Cape Finistere.

Scourge of the Deep - Leonardo da Vinci by Ivan Berryman. (P)

Crucial to the early stages of Operation Overlord on 6th June 1944, the B-26 Marauders of the 386th Bomb Group, 553rd Bomb Squadron, carried out low level bombing runs on the German defenses to pave the way for the Allied landings along the beaches of northern France and thereafter provided vital air support as the invasion gathered momentum.  131576 AN-Z, now on display at the Utah Beach Museum, is depicted here as a tribute to the brave crews of the 386th.

Pure Dynamite by Ivan Berryman. (P)		 On finals, Hawker Typhoon PD608 (5V-G) of 439 Sqn drifts over the threshold at a forward airstrip in Belgium after a mission during the winter of 1945. RB326 is waiting to take off, whilst others taxi in to their dispersal.

Snowbound - Tribute to No.439 Sqn RCAF by Ivan Berryman. (P)		 Hurricane Mk.IIC Z3971 of 253 Sqn, closing on a Heinkel 111.

Hurricane Mk.IIC by Ivan Berryman. (E)		 A pair of Spitfire Mk 1s of 92 Sqn, based at Pembrey, practising dogfight tactics in a rare moment of relative peace in August 1940. Nearest aircraft, N3249, (QJ-P) is that of Sgt Ralph <i>Titch</i> Havercroft who was to score 3 confirmed victories, 2 unconfirmed, one shared and three probables during his combat career.

Where Thoroughbreds Play by Ivan Berryman. (C)

 

U-BOAT SIGNATURES
A selection of some of the WW2 U-Boat Commander signatures that appear on the naval artwork of Anthony Saunders


Otto
Kretschmer
Jurgen
Oesten
Alfred
Eick
Reinhard
Hardegen

 

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PILOT SIGNATURES
A selection of some of the pilot signatures that appear on the aviation artwork of Anthony Saunders

Gunther Rall

Tony Pickering

Mickey Mount
Hector MacLean

Byron Duckenfield

Clyde East

Grant McDonald

 

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On this day in Royal Navy history....

17 May

Found 51 matching entries.

DAY

MONTH

YEAR

SHIP

ENTRY

17thMay1897HMS AstraeaSailed Simonstown for the Mediterranean
17thMay1897HMS BriskSailed Delagoa Bay for The East Indies
17thMay1912HMS A3Used as a target and sunk
17thMay1917HMS G14Launched
17thMay1919HMS ClioArrived Port Sudan
17thMay1919HMS L71Launched
17thMay1919HMS BristolSailed Gibraltar for Portsmouth
17thMay1926HMS EnterpriseSailed Hull
17thMay1928HMS EnterpriseSailed Henjam
17thMay1928HMS EnterpriseAt Henjam
17thMay1929HMS EffinghamArrived Mauritius
17thMay1932HMS HarebellArrived St. Peter Port
17thMay1934HMS ColomboArrived Tanga
17thMay1934HMS ColomboArrived Tanga
17thMay1934HMS ColomboSailed Mombasa
17thMay1934HMS ColomboArrived Tanga
17thMay1934HMS L71Arrived Portsmouth
17thMay1934HMS LupinArrived Henjam
17thMay1934HMS GrimsbyCommissioned
17thMay1934HMS EffinghamArrived Campbeltown
17thMay1934HMS FrobisherArrived Campbeltown
17thMay1935HMS DurbanArrived Malta
17thMay1936HMS DauntlessArrived Wusung
17thMay1936HMS DauntlessArrived Wusung
17thMay1939HMS FrobisherCommander H. W. Biggsin Command
17thMay1940HMS EffinghamCapt. J.M. Howson in Command
17thMay1940HMS EffinghamWrecked
17thMay1941HMS FormidablePatrolling off Crete
17thMay1943HMS EmeraldSailed Scapa Flow
17thMay1943HMS Duke of YorkArrived Scapa Flow
17thMay1945HMS BermudaSailed Malta. Anchored Marsaxlokk
17thMay1946HMS JavelinArrived Portsmouth
17thMay1955HMS Loch KillisportAt Khor Kuwait
17thMay1958HMS AurochsMachine gunned by Indonesian aircraft between Celebes and Halmahera
17thMay1968HMS DanaeArrived Plymouth. SMP
17thMay1972HMS AuroraSailed Piraus
17thMay1972HMS JupiterSailed Piraus
17thMay2002HMS GrimsbyMalaga
17thMay2002HMS GrimsbyMalaga
17thMay2002HMS LindisfarnePortsmouth
17thMay2002HMS LindisfarnePortsmouth
17thMay2002HMS LancasterDevonport
17thMay2002HMS LancasterDevonport
17thMay2004HMS ChathamPlymouth Sound
17thMay2005HMS BulwarkDevonport
17thMay2005HMS GraftonPlymouth Sound
17thMay2005HMS CampbeltownDevonport
17thMay2006HMS ArgyllPlymouth Sound
17thMay2007HMS ArgyllDevonport
17thMay2007HMS CampbeltownSuez Canal
17thMay2007HMS ChathamDevonport

Entries in this list are supplied by worldnavalships.com
 

 

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