Typhoons Over Normandy The canvas measures size is 24" x 12" unframed RAF Hawker Typhoon Mk IBs of 609 Squadron on a ground attack mission over Northern France. Below them the late afternoon sun bathes Mont-St-Michael at low tide. The leader and his wingman have spotted a potential target and are descending low and fast for a better look. In the distance two more 609 Typhoons will hold station and watch out for an ambush by enemy aircraft. A stunningly atmospheric oil on canvas painting. Price: £SOLD

Pathfinders Inbound

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Outward Bound

by Stephen Brown

Dambuster Dawn

by Stephen Brown

Winter on the Front Line

by Stephen Brown

Hawker Typhoons of 609 Squadron, 2nd TAF at a temporary airfield in Northern Europe, December 1944.
From D-Day onwards, as the Allies marched relentlessly eastwards, the squadrons of the 2nd TAF moved with them, hopping from one temporary airfield to the next, always as close to the front line as possible. The robust Typhoons and Tempests of the RAF were ideally suited to the hazardous ground attack role that was so vital in paving the way for troop and armour advances. The winter of 1944-45 was severe and tested aircraft and ground crew to their limits.

£ SOLD

Spitfire Dawn

by Stephen Brown

North Weald, December 1941 and heavy snow falls have put paid to any operational flying for the day. In between flurries of snow, ground crews work on the Spitfire Mk Vbs of 222 Squadron so they can be ready to go as soon as the weather clears.

Original oil painting on canvas. Canvas Size: 38 x 12 inches
Framed Size: 44 x 18 inches

£ SOLD

 

	Channel Patrol by Stephen Brown Spitfire of 19 Squadron during a Channel patrol in September 1940. Although seemingly alone in the sky the young pilots have no time to admire the cliffs of Beachy Head below them or the sun setting behind them. They must remain constantly vigilant or risk being caught off guard by Luftwaffe fighters. The Battle of Britain is drawing to a close and 19 Squadron have more than played their part in the struggle for control of the country’s skies. Based at Duxford and later Fowlmere, 19 Squadron fought with distinction during a sustained period of almost continuous front line combat. Canvas measures 38 x 12 inches / 97 x 30cms. This original oil on canvas painting is signed on the back of the canvas by these brave Spitfire pilots: Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC, Wing Commander Peter Ayerst DFC and Lieutenant Lionel Peter Twiss (please see below for further details)    Price: £1950.00   Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC joined the RAF with a Short Service Commission in August 1939. He joined 92 Squadron flying Spitfires in June 1940 at the time of Dunkirk. He flew throughout the Battle of Britain, later completing over 50 fighter sweeps and escorts over northern France and Belgium until August 1941. He then joined 65 Squadron as Flight Commander in March 1942 operating over northern France and flew off Aircraft Carrier Furious on operation Pedestal, to Malta. (Geoff was a Flt. Lt. during “Operation Pedestal”) He returned to the UK as a test pilot Gloster Aircraft and finished the war as a Pilot Attack Instructor. Geoff was credited with three destroyed, four probables and several damaged and was awarded the DFC in July 1941. Geoff’s Best Selling book “First Light”, recalling his wartime flying career, is highly recommended by SWA Fine Art. To give you some idea of the popularity of this book, sales to date have exceeded 500,000 copies! You can purchase a copy and have it signed by Geoff on the day.   Wing Commander Peter Ayerst DFC. Few RAF pilots flew operationally from the beginning to the end of the Second World War. Fewer still can claim to have experienced action from Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, El Alamein and the D-Day landings, to bomber escort duty in the closing days of the war in Europe. Peter Ayerst is one such man. Peter joined the RAF in 1938 on a short service commission and was despatched to France when war broke out. After serving with legendary fighter ace Douglas Bader, Peter was posted to North Africa in 1942 where he was forced to crash-land his Hurricane in a minefield. Peter flew Spitfires on intruder sorties over France before and during D-Day, on bomber escort duty against V-weapons sites and in support of mass daylight raids deep into Germany. Awarded the DFC in December 1944, he also flew as fighter escort to King George VI's Dakota. By the war's end, Peter had flown every mark of Spitfire and Hurricane in the RAF's inventory! This stood him in good stead after the war when he worked with famous test pilot Alex Henshaw: he was part of the flight-test crew when Henshaw rolled a Lancaster! Sqn. Ldr. Lawrence “Benny” Goodman (Pilot. 617 Sqn) volunteered for aircrew at 18 years of age and was called up in 1940. After basic training he went to RAF Abingdon – a Whitley O.T.U – for what he was told would be ‘straight through’ training. This did not materialise and he found himself in the role of a Ground Gunner. In 1941, a posting eventually came through to the Initial Training Wing followed by Elementary Flying School at Peterborough and an instructor’s course at Woodley, Reading; then to Clyffe Pyparde, a holding unit. A sea journey to Canada followed and Service Flying Training School on Ansons. On completion he was posted to Kingston, Ontario, to instruct Acting Leading Naval Airmen on the Royal Navy tactics of the time. e.g. jinking after take off, dive bombing etc. “However, I had to learn everything first, so I was just about one step ahead of the students! said Benny. Eventually returning to the UK and O.T.U. on Wellingtons at Silverstone and Heavy Conversion Bomber Unit at Swinderby on Stirlings. Then a short course at the Lancaster Conversion Unit. After an interview Benny and his crew were surprised and delighted to find they had been selected for 617 Squadron – this was in 1944 and they stayed together as a crew on 617 Squadron until the war in Europe ended. He completed 30 missions – all with William “Jock” Burnett as his flight engineer. Notable raids Benny took part in were on the Tirpitz (29/10/44), dropping the Grand Slam 22,000 bomb on the Arnsberg Viaduct (19/03/45) and the attack on Berchtesgarten ‘Eagles nest’ (25/05/45). Lieutenant Commander Lionel Peter Twiss (born 23 July 1921) OBE DSC and Bar is a British pilot, who held the World Air Speed Record. Educated at Sherborne School, he had been rejected by the Fleet Air Arm as a pilot but when the Second World War broke out, he was accepted as a Naval Airman Second Class. After training at 14 E &RFTS at Castle Bromwich and Yeovilton, he was employed on target-towing duties in the Orkneys. He then served with the MSFU on catapult ships flying Hawker Hurricanes. During the Malta Convoys in 1942 he flew with 807 Squadron, on Fairey Fulmars, from the carrier HMS Argus. For these operations he received the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC). Later in the year the Squadron converted to the Supermarine Seafires flying from HMS Furious for the Operation Torch landings in North Africa. During the Allied landings in Algeria and Morocco he added a bar to his DSC, gazetted in March 1943.By this time he had shot down one Italian aircraft ( a Fiat CR 42 on 14 May 1942) and damaged another. He then flew long range intruder operations over Germany from Ford Naval Air Station, developing night fighter tactics with the RAF's Fighter Interception Unit. He claimed 2 Ju 88's shot down during 1944. During the war Twiss began to get opportunities to fly new aircraft and began test flying in late 1944 in the United States. By the end of the war he was a Lieutenant-commander. In 1946, Twiss joined Fairey Aviation as a test pilot and flew many of the company's aircraft, including the Fairey Primer, Fairey Gannet, Fairey Firefly, and the Fairey Rotodyne compound-helicopter. In 1947 he entered the Lympne Air Races flying a Firefly IV, winning the High-speed Race at 305.93mph [1]. He worked two years on the Fairey Delta 2, a supersonic delta-winged research plane. On 10 March 1956 this aircraft flown by Twiss broke the World Speed Record raising it to 1,132 mph (1811 km/h), an increase of some 300 mph (480 km/h) over the record set in year before by an F-100 Super Sabre, and thus became the first aircraft to exceed 1,000 mph in level flight. In 1959 Fairey Aviation was sold to Westland Aircraft a helicopter manufacturer, which was not Twiss's area. Twiss joined Fairey Marine in 1960 and was responsible for development and sales of day-cruisers. He appeared in From Russia with Love driving one of the company's speedboats. In 1969 driving the Fairey Huntsman 707 Fordsport he took part in the Round Britain Powerboat Race, including among his crew Rally champion Roger Clark. He also appeared in the film Sink the Bismarck in which he flew a Fairey Swordfish.

 

 

 

 

A Legend is Born
by Stephen Brown

Original Painting: SOLD

 

The Master of the Seas

“Although I will admit to the Sunderland being one of my favourite aircraft,
I do enjoy the opportunity I have to raise more awareness of the brave,
but often overlooked work, undertaken by the RAF Coastal Command.”
Stephen Brown, artist.

'A Short Sunderland of No 422 Squadron, based at Pembroke Dock, sweeps the English Channel in search of enemy shipping threats. Initially operating with impunity, the German U-boats came close to severing the vital supply lines between the USA and Britain: had they succeeded the Allied invasion of Europe could not have happened. At the vanguard of the country's defence was the Short Sunderland. With the range required to operate over the Atlantic, it was rapidly equipped with the electronic detection and weapons systems needed to give the convoys effective protection and turn the tide against the U-boats. The crews became unsung heroes of World War II; gruelling 12 hour missions being typical, often in terrible weather and with little hope of rescue if they ran into problems.'

Original oil painting on canvas 12 x 38” / approx. 31 x 96cms.

Price £SOLD

“So much has been written and said about the legend of Douglas Bader,
few can fail to be in awe of his accomplishments. A born leader to
whom we all owe a debt of gratitude.”
Stephen Brown, artist.

The peace and tranquillity of life on the canals is briefly shattered as RAF Spitfires roar low overhead. This is no ordinary flight of Spitfires: led by the legendary Douglas Bader, these are aircraft of the Tangmere Wing, returning after being scrambled to intercept a Luftwaffe raid during 1941. Bader is flying a rare Mk V aircraft: the same basically as the Mk Vbs of the rest of the squadron but fitted with eight machine guns, which he preferred to the machine gun and cannons combination of the Vb.

This painting has been signed on the back in permanent ink by no less than three well known Battle of Britain Spitfire pilots: Air Commodore Peter Brothers (used to share a room with Douglas Bader and often flew alongside him), Group Captain Allan Wright and Sqn Leader. Geoffrey Wellum.

Canvas size: 18" X 30" / approx. 46 x 76cms.

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“Flying Tigers”

by Stephen Brown

Original Painting for Sale:  Price £975 (approx. US$1803) plus shipping.

The canvas measures 12” x 22” and is beautifully framed making the overall size approx. 18” x 27”.

Signed on the back of the canvas by one of the most famous of
the ‘Tigers’ – Dick Rossi. Quite possibly the only painting of it’s kind, signed by Dick Rossi, available worldwide to buy today.

For further details of this remarkable pilot please click here

 by Stephen Brown

Price: SOLD

As dawn breaks over the Norfolk Broads a damaged Lancaster is given moral support by a Spitfire of 118 Squadron. Based at RAF Coltishall, 118 Squadron were tasked with protecting Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and other local towns from Luftwaffe raids and at the same time protecting our own bomber forces
crossing the North Sea.

The canvas size unframed is: 38" x 12" or approx. 97cms. x 30cms.

This evocative oil painting, full of warmth and nostalgia as it is, will appeal to the collector who appreciates such atmosphere in a painting as well the two famous aircraft depicted. Before you buy the painting it is hoped we will have it signed also by Flt. Lt. Phil Ainley, Lancaster bomber pilot with 30 successful missions to his credit.

Concorde – The Pride of Bristol
by Stephen Brown

Overall canvas size: 28” x16”

Full of grace and beauty Concorde G-BOAF taxis toward her final resting place at Filton airfield, Bristol. Proudly waving Union Jack flags from the cockpit are pilot Captain Les Brodie and Concorde chief pilot Captain Mike Bannister. No one who
saw Concorde on Wednesday November 26th 2003 could fail to be moved by the sight of this magnificent aircraft as she moved these last few yards with the greatest of dignity under the gaze of the world’s media and thousands of local well-wishers.

Price: £1950.00

Mustangs Over the Reich

Price: £2250.00

As the Second World War drew to a close, Allied bombers and fighters were able to fly relatively unchallenged over German territory. A lack of fuel, trained pilots and serviceable aircraft prevented the Luftwaffe from mounting any meaningful resistance.

In “Mustangs Over the Reich” by Stephen Brown, P51 Mustangs of 336th Fighter Squadron, 4th Fighter Group range deep into the Reich in a search for targets of opportunity. By VE-day the 4th had become the top scoring Fighter Group with over 1,000 victories against the Luftwaffe.

Concorde – The Last Flight Home

by Stephen Brown.

Original oil painting -Overall size: 36” x 24” (915mm x 610mm)

Wednesday 26th November 2003 is a day few who saw this majestic aircraft on her last flight will ever forget. On this memorable occasion thousands of people watch from below as Concorde (G-BOAF) passes gracefully over Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge en route to her final destination just a few miles away at Filton, Bristol.

Price: SOLD

The Jubilee Flight

by Stephen Brown

Original oil painting -Overall size: 36” x 24” (915mm x 610mm)

This brand new edition is published with approval of the Red Arrows Trust, an organisation formed to ensure the good name of the Red Arrows is protected by ensuring their name and identity is only linked to commercial projects which have been vetted by the trustees.

Price: £4995

Lightning Tribute
by Stephen Brown.

Oil on canvas painting. Overall size: 38” x 24”

This painting is signed on the back of the canvas by all four men
who have signed the main print edition.

Price: £2250.00

Lightning F. Mk 1As of 56 Squadron on a pilot training sortie during 1963. During the early 1960’s many Lightning squadrons gave their aircraft colourful paint schemes, none was more striking than 56 Squadron (The Firebirds), who in 1963 doubled as the official RAF display team.

Conceived in a post-war period when speed, acceleration and climb rate were the key measures of a fighter, the English Electric Lightning excelled on all counts. Capable of Mach 2 in level flight, the Lightning provided the backbone of Britain’s front-line Cold War defence until well into the 1970’s.

Concorde – The Homecoming

by Stephen Brown
Original oil on canvas painting.

Overall size 36” x 24”

Price: £4995

History in the making as Concorde (G-BOAF) makes her way home to Filton, Bristol, almost certainly never to fly again. For many, Wednesday 26th November 2003 will be etched in their memory as the day they watched this most famous and beautiful commercial aircraft glide gracefully over Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge.

Concorde – Pride of Britain

by Stephen Brown

Original oil on canvas 36” x 24”

Climbing towards 60,000 feet and the edge of space Concorde (G-BOAD) traveled where no other commercial aircraft could go. Its enormously powerful engines enabled Concorde to reach the speed of sound – Mach 1 (about 675 mph). During the lifetime of Concorde the fleet carried just over 2.5m passengers.

Price: £1950.00

Tireless Vigilance

Oil on canvas – framed.
Overall size 56” x 34”

Price: SOLD

on behalf of a customer whose move to a smaller house necessitates reducing the size of his large collection of paintings. Please contact us for details.

With the grace and majesty of mighty battleships, a pair of Short Sunderlands sweep out towards the dangers of the North Atlantic. With a 12 hour mission ahead of them the Tireless Vigilance of the crews will once again play a crucial role in protecting vital supply lines from the menace of the German U-Boats.

Welcome Home

by Stephen Brown

Price:SOLD

Concorde - Second to none

By Stephen brown

£SOLD

Dawns First Light

by Stephen Brown

£SOLD

Welcome Sight

by Stephen Brown

£SOLD

Hunters Over The Lakes
£SOLD

Oil on canvas – framed.
Overall size 56” x 34”

Originally conceived as a counter to the growing Cold War threat of the Soviet Union, the Hawker Hunter went on to serve in the RAF for well over 3 decades, equiping a total of 30 fighter squadrons. It also provided much needed export revenues with sales to some 19 overseas airforces.

Right from its first test flight by Neville Duke in 1951 the Hunter has been universally acclaimed by pilots for its balance, control, manoeuvrability and responsiveness. In Stephen Brown’s dramatic painting, pilots of 66 Squadron put their Hawker Hunter F.6s through their paces on a training sortie over the English Lake District in 1959.

Lancasters Over Kynance

Oil on canvas – framed.
Overall size 36” x 28”

Price: £SOLD

RAF Lancasters over Kynance Cove in Cornwall, returning from a daylight sortie over Northern France in the winter of 1944

Catalinas of 210 Squadron

Oil on canvas – framed.
Overall size 46” x 26”

Price: £SOLD

RAF Catalinas of 210 Squadron low over the west coast of Scotland in 1944.

The Consolidated Catalina PBY-5 proved invaluable to the RAF in its efforts to defend vital convoys from the threat of enemy submarines, particularly during the Battle of the Atlantic.