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 Historical military art print showing troops from the South Lancashire regiment landing at Sword Beach in Normandy during the Second World War.

D-Day by Chris Collingwood.  June 6th 1944 allied troops land in Normandy, here assault troops of the South Lancashire Regiment of the British 3rd Infantry Division storm ashore at sword beach.

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D-Day by Chris Collingwood.

June 6th 1944 allied troops land in Normandy, here assault troops of the South Lancashire Regiment of the British 3rd Infantry Division storm ashore at sword beach.

Open edition prints. Image size 18 inches x 12.5 inches (46cm x 32cm). Price £37.00


Signed edition print. Image size 18 inches x 12.5 inches (46cm x 32cm). Price £


Limited edition of 100 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £390.00


**Open edition prints. Image size 18 inches x 12.5 inches (46cm x 32cm). Price £20.00

ITEM CODE DHM0670

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Sword beach was one of the five Normandy invasion beaches. Sword beach was subdivided into four areas Queen beach, Roger, Peter and Oboe. Sword beach was a five mile beach from Ouistreham at the mouth of the River Orne on the east stretching west o Lion-sur-Mer. the British's 3rd   Division   the 1st Lancashire Regiment, 2nd East Yorkshire regiment,  The 8th Infantry Brigade and 13th / 18th Hussars.  The task of taking Caen and the airfields near by was given to the 3rd Division.  Losses on the first day was 630 dead and wounded. out of a force of 29,000 men.  

Sword beach was the far east beach and the other landing beaches were code named Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah.

 

 

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Ivan Berryman - Battle of Britain Art

Artist Ivan Berryman has been producing many pencil drawings depicting scenes from the Battle of Britain. Each of these is signed by one of the pilots who was actually present at the battle, and is often inspired by the events they took part in themselves. Special signed print editions have also been created from existing full colour print editions, with some featuring multiple pilot signatures. You can find all of Ivan's Battle of Britain artwork on his website - www.ivanberryman.com, or see a full list of pencil drawings - updated regularly, in our dedicated section of pencil drawings.

When you go to a product page for an item in our shop, click on the names of the pilots where they are linked in the text for an item to see a profile page for that pilot. Often we include photos of signing sessions along with details of their flying career, and a full list of all items signed by the pilot.

Pilot Signed Battle of Britain Prints and Original Pencil Drawings

Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain

We are busy building up a portfolio of many many original pencil drawings which depict events from the Battle of Britain, the famous air battle won by 'the Few' in the summer of 1940. The British and Commonwealth pilots defended the air above Britain and the surrounding seaways from the might of the German Luftwaffe. Greatly outnumbered, the bravery of these young pilots saved the country from invasion, and let Britain survive to go on to defeat Germany. Without that first crucial victory, the outcome of the war could have been so very different. We have been busy arranging signing sessions with the few pilots who fought in that great battle who remain with us to this day. Our newly commissioned pencil drawings are often based on the descriptions of the battle by these great men, and are authenticated by their signatures. We have also had several editions of existing prints signed in full, or have signatures added to parts of existing editions. We have also incoporated signatures of some of the German pilots who also took part in the battle, some of whom went on to become top scoring aces of the war. See our Original Pencil Drawings Section - particularly the section of artists David Pentland and Ivan Berryman. Also, see our New Signature Editions section to see all of our newly signed editions.

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