| The Fledgling by Ivan Berryman. (AP)
Under the watchful eye of his more experienced tutor a trainee pilot gets his first taste of the Spitfire Mk.IIa, airborne from Tangmere early in 1941. the nearest aircraft is P7856 (YT-C) which enjoyed a long career, surviving until 1945. |
| Item Code : DHM1722AP | The Fledgling by Ivan Berryman. (AP) - This Edition | |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | ARTIST PROOF | RAF Signature edition of 50 artist proofs.
| Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Appleford, Alexander N R L Heimes, Leopold + Artist : Ivan Berryman
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Other editions of this item : | The Fledgling by Ivan Berryman. | DHM1722 |
| TYPE | EDITION DETAILS | SIZE | SIGNATURES | OFFERS | YOUR PRICE | PURCHASING | PRINT | Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | £65 Off! | Now : £60.00 Better Than Half Price! | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Limited edition of 50 publishers proofs. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Duckenfield, Byron Wilkinson, Ken + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £90 | Half Price! | Now : £95.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | RAF signature edition of 50 prints (Nos 1 to 50) from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Appleford, Alexander N R L Heimes, Leopold + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £80 | Half Price! | Now : £75.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Taussig signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Taussig, Kurt + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | Half Price! | Now : £80.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Ayerst Signature edition of 100 prints from the signed limited editionm of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Ayerst, Peter V + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | £40 Off! | Now : £110.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Wilkinson Signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Wilkinson, Ken + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £40 | £30 Off! | Now : £95.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £500.00 | VIEW EDITION... | GICLEE CANVAS | Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints. | Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman on separate certificate | £100 Off! | Now : £400.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Jones signature edition of 200 prints from the signed limited edition of 1150 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Jones, Richard L + Artist : Ivan Berryman
Signature(s) value alone : £45 | Half Price! | Now : £75.00 | VIEW EDITION... | PRINT | Artist Special Reserve of 50 prints. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | Half Price! | Now : £60.00 | VIEW EDITION... | ORIGINAL PAINTING | Original painting, oil on canvas by Ivan Berryman.
SOLD. | | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | SOLD OUT | VIEW EDITION... | POSTCARD | Collector's Postcard - Restricted Initial Print Run of 40 cards. | Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm) | none | | £2.70 | VIEW EDITION... | REMARQUE | Remarque edition - limited edition of 10 giclee prints featuring an original pencil remarque. | Image size 26 inches x 17 inches (66cm x 43cm) plus border with text and remarque drawing. | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | £350.00 | VIEW EDITION... | EX-DISPLAY PRINT | **Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (One copy reduced to clear)
Ex-display prints in near perfect condition. | Image size 17 inches x 12 inches (43cm x 31cm) | Artist : Ivan Berryman | | £48.00 | VIEW EDITION... |
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Signatures on this item | *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. | Name | Info |
Flight Lieutenant Alexander N R L Appleford (deceased) *Signature Value : £40
| Born in September 1921, Robin Appleford was one of the youngest pilots to take part in the Battle of Britain. He joined 66 Squadron at Duxford on 13th May 1940, flying Spitfires. He was shot down over the Thames Estuary during a dogfight on 4th September 1940, but baled out slightly wounded. After a spell as an instructor, in 1943 he flew another combat tour, this time with 274 Squadron, flying Hurricanes on coastal defence in North Africa. After a spell with the Aircraft Delivery Unit, he went to South Africa as a flying instructor. Sadly, we have learned that Alexander Appleford passed away on 17th April 2012. |
Sergeant Leopold Heimes (deceased) *Signature Value : £40
| Already in the Belgian Air Force, he moved to 235 Sqn Coastal Command as an Air Gunner on Blenheims during the Battle of Britain before becoming a pilot, flying Spitfires and Catalinas with 350 Sqn before converting to 76 Sqn on Dakotas in India. Heimes stayed in the RAF until September 1951 having been gazetted as a Master Pilot. Sadly, Leopold Heimes died in 2009. |
The Aircraft : | Name | Info | Spitfire | Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, maximum speed for mark I Supermarine Spitfire, 362mph up to The Seafire 47 with a top speed of 452mph. maximum ceiling for Mk I 34,000feet up to 44,500 for the mark XIV. Maximum range for MK I 575 miles . up to 1475 miles for the Seafire 47. Armament for the various Marks of Spitfire. for MK I, and II . eight fixed .303 browning Machine guns, for MKs V-IX and XVI two 20mm Hispano cannons and four .303 browning machine guns. and on later Marks, six to eight Rockets under the wings or a maximum bomb load of 1,000 lbs. Designed by R J Mitchell, The proto type Spitfire first flew on the 5th March 1936. and entered service with the Royal Air Force in August 1938, with 19 squadron based and RAF Duxford. by the outbreak of World war two, there were twelve squadrons with a total of 187 spitfires, with another 83 in store. Between 1939 and 1945, a large variety of modifications and developments produced a variety of MK,s from I to XVI. The mark II came into service in late 1940, and in March 1941, the Mk,V came into service. To counter the Improvements in fighters of the Luftwaffe especially the FW190, the MK,XII was introduced with its Griffin engine. The Fleet Air Arm used the Mk,I and II and were named Seafires. By the end of production in 1948 a total of 20,351 spitfires had been made and 2408 Seafires. The most produced variant was the Spitfire Mark V, with a total of 6479 spitfires produced. The Royal Air Force kept Spitfires in front line use until April 1954. |
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