Close Encounter by Ivan Berryman. (B)

Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1As of No.610 (County of Chester) Sqn RAAF, intercept incoming Heinkel 111H-16s of the 9th Staffel, Kampfgeschwader 53 Legion Condor during the big daylight raids on London of August and September 1940 - the climax of the Battle of Britain. Spitfire N3029 (DW-K) was shot down by a Bf109 on the 5th of September 1940 and crash-landed near Gravesend, Kent, thankfully without injury to Sgt Willcocks, the pilot. For the record, N3029 was rebuilt and, following some brief flying in the UK, was sent overseas by convoy to the Middle East. Ironically, the ship carrying this aircraft was torpedoed en route and both ship and all its cargo were lost.

Supplied with the original signatures of
Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC*, AFC, CzMC (deceased)
and
Wing Commander Bob Stanford Tuck DSO DFC** (deceased).

Duke / Tuck Presentation Edition of Artist Proofs Nos. 1 - 5.

Image size 25 inches x 15 inches (64cm x 38cm)