Description

75th Anniversary Edition of 75

Print Size – 30½” x 23″

Longest Summer

Harvesting is briefly interrupted as Mk.I Spitfires of 609 Squadron pass low overhead. The young pilots return to 10 Group Sector Station at Middle Wallop after successfully engaging Luftwaffe raiders attacking naval facilities on the south coast, August 1940.
This limited edition portfolio, specially issued to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, includes an individually numbered limited first edition copy of the book THEIR FINEST HOUR.
The book has 128 pages featuring the Battle of Britain prints by Robert Taylor, Richard Taylor, Anthony Saunders & Gerald Coulson.
Presented in its own luxury embossed slipcase, each book is accompanied by a matching-numbered copy of the limited edition print Longest Summer.

Signed by the Artist &

Wing Commander John ‘Tim’ Elkington

Flight Lieutenant Terry Clark DFM AE
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on Blenheims – 219 Squadron / 6 victories
Wing Commander Terence Kane
Spitfire Pilot -234 Squadron / 1 victory
Chief Technician Joe Roddis
Ground Crew on Spitfires – 234 Squadron
Flying Officer Ken Wilkinson
Hurricane Pilot – 249 Squadron / 14 victories
Wing Commander Tom Neil DFC* AFC
Hurricane Pilot – 249 Squadron / 14 victories
Squadron Leader Tony Pickering AFC
Hurricane Pilot – 32 & 501 Squadrons / 1 victory
Flight Lieutenant Archibald McInnes
Hurricane Pilot – 601 & 238 Squadrons
Flight Lieutenant William ‘Bob’ Hughes DFC AFC
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner on Blenheims with 23 Squadron
Wing Commander Richard ‘Dickie’ Summmers OBE AFM
Observer on Blenheims – 219 Squadron