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Tropical Duties by Richard Taylor. (RM) - Military Art

Tropical Duties by Richard Taylor. (RM)


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Tropical Duties by Richard Taylor. (RM)

On Wednesday 22nd June 1938 a new sound was heard over the humid streets of Singapore as four Bristol Pegasus radial engines heralded the arrival of the RAF's newest flying-boat. For the men of 230 Squadron gathering on the slipway at Seletar, the approaching aircraft looked formidable and even from a distance, they could spot the powerful array of .303 machine guns it possessed. 230 Squadron had been chosen as one of the first units to be re-equipped with the world's most advanced flying boat - the Short Sunderland. Richard Taylor's painting is a tribute to the outstanding Sunderland and the men who flew it in the Far East. As the sun beats down on tropical island anchorage a Mk III Sunderland from 230 Squadron unloads essential supplies at a forward base on an archipelago deep in the Indian Ocean. A second aircraft, breaking a patrol, prepares to land.
Item Code : DHM6441RMTropical Duties by Richard Taylor. (RM) - This Edition
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REMARQUELimited edition of 25 remarques.

Image size 27.5 inches x 15 inches (70cm x 38cm), Paper size 34 inches x 22.5 inches (86cm x 57cm) Hallisey, William (signed in person)
Stevens, Graham (signed in person)
Bardgett, William Eddie (signed in person)
+ Artist : Richard Taylor


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Other editions of this item : Tropical Duties by Richard Taylor.DHM6441
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PRINTSigned limited edition of 350 prints. Image size 27.5 inches x 15 inches (70cm x 38cm), Paper size 34 inches x 22.5 inches (86cm x 57cm) Hallisey, William (signed in person)
Stevens, Graham (signed in person)
Bardgett, William Eddie (signed in person)
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Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Image size 27.5 inches x 15 inches (70cm x 38cm), Paper size 34 inches x 22.5 inches (86cm x 57cm) Hallisey, William (signed in person)
Stevens, Graham (signed in person)
Bardgett, William Eddie (signed in person)
+ Artist : Richard Taylor


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Image size 27.5 inches x 15 inches (70cm x 38cm), Paper size 34 inches x 22.5 inches (86cm x 57cm) Hallisey, William (signed in person)
Stevens, Graham (signed in person)
Bardgett, William Eddie (signed in person)
+ Artist : Richard Taylor


Signature(s) value alone : £30
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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Flight Lieutenant Graham Stevens
*Signature Value : £10

With No.230 Sqn, flew Sunderlands against the Japanese. Called up in 1941, he completed his pilot training with the US Navy in Pensacola, Florida and was selected to fly Catalina flying boats in the maritime reconnaissance role. Inititally posted to 270 Squadron in West Africa as a 2nd Pilot, he and his crew were tasked with patrolling over the South Atlantic gathering information on enemy maritime activity. As the war in Europe drew to a close, he completed a Captains conversion course and re-trained to gly the Short Sunderland. As victory over the Japanese approached he joined 230 Squadron in Madras to begin what was the most satisfying period of his service, piloting repatriation flights for Allied POWs from Singapore to begin the first leg of their journey home.


Flight Lieutenant William Eddie Bardgett
*Signature Value : £10

With No.230 Sqn, flew Sunderlands against the Japanese. Volunteering for duty with the RAF, after training in Canada he crewed up at an OTU in Northern Ireland and eventually flew out to India to join 230 Squadron where he was '2nd Dickie' to Graham Stevens as Captain of Sunderland aircraft P for Peter. He was briefly re-assigned to another skipper when his Captain became ill, serving with Flight Lieutenant Alliot as part of a three aircraft detachment based to the island of Labaun which, after the Japanese surrender, was also home to P-51 Mustangs of the RAAF. Upon his former Captain's recovery, he was reunited with him at RAF Seletar in Singapore where they had earlier taken part in many repatriation flights together ferrying recently released POWs and wounded troops back to India for their trip home.


Flight Lieutenant William Hallisey
*Signature Value : £10

With No.230 Sqn, flew Sunderlands against the Japanese. Working as a customs and excise officer at the outbreak of war he was finally allowed to enlist in January 1941, in the RAF Volunteer Reserve. After training he became a Flying Instructor spending two years in Canada, sometimes flying anti-submarine patrols. Receiving an operational posting to 202 Squadron in April 1944 and based in Gibraltar as a 2nd Pilot on Catalina PBYs, he flew during Operation Cork to protect the western flank of the D-Day landings from U-Boats. In April 1945 he was posted to the Far East where he flew Sunderlands with 230 Squadron against retreating Japanese coastal vessels, where he also gave informal night-flying training. Following the Japanese surrender he represented the squadron to fly in the formal surrender ceremonies, then helped to ferry recently liberated Allied POWs out of Singapore and back to India.
Artist Details : Richard Taylor
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Richard Taylor

From an early age, young Richard Taylor had shown an exceptional ability to draw. Not surprising perhaps, having been brought up in a family where fine art drawing, painting, print publishing, gallery receptions and art exhibitions pervaded daily life, but in his case a quite unusual talent was obvious to all who saw his work. A future somewhere in the world of art seemed undoubted, though exactly where didn't become clear to Richard until he completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design at Bath Spa University College. He excelled during his academic years, producing a remarkable body of creative illustrative work that was clearly leading him towards the world of fine art painting. Under the watchful guidance of his father Robert, Richard's skills were fast maturing to a standard where local galleries started exhibiting his paintings and drawings and he found himself immersed in commissions for friends, and soon, friends of friends, depicting images ranging from automobiles to wildlife. No matter what the subject area, like any determined young artist, Richard took it all in his stride. But deep down, his heart always lay with his passion for aircraft, and things mechanical - as his father says it must be in the genes. Richard Taylor is a young talent not to be ignored. His abounding enthusiasm for painting aircraft, and the distinctive natural flair of this young professional artist is clearly demonstrated in this, his very first aviation painting to be issued as a limited edition.

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