George Cross Island Association 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Print by John Young.

LI0029. George Cross Island Association 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Print by John Young.

Official limited edition print of the 60th Anniversary of the George Cross Island Association. Spitfires from one of Maltas most famous squadrons, 249, climbing up over Valetta harbour in the summer of 1942. The panorama beneath the aircraft is the city with its thousands of Maltese citizens daily exposed to the enemy blitz, ships of the Royal Navy and Merchant Service, and the Armys anti-aircraft batteries.

One secondary market print available only of this edition which is sold out at the publisher.

Signed by :
Squadron Leader Arthur Aldridge DFC,
Squadron Leader Cyril Bam Bamberger (deceased),
Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB CBE DSO DFC AFC (deceased),
Group Captain Billy Drake DSO DFC* (deceased),
Flight Lieutenant N L D Kemp DFC (deceased),
Squadron Leader Keith Lawrence DFC,
Squadron Leader P G Leggett,
Squadron Leader Harry Moon,
Flight Lieutenant James Pickering AFC (deceased),
Flight Lieutenant Douglas Robertson,
Flight Lieutenant Peter Rothwell,
Flight Lieutenant ARF Thompson DFC (deceased),
Commander Mike Crosley DSC* Royal Navy (deceased),
Petty Officer Frederick Jewett,
Vice-Admiral Sir lan McGeoch KCB DSO DFC (deceased),
Merchant Seaman Gunner Ron Linton,
Vice-Admiral Sir John Roxburgh KCB CBE DSO DSC,
Lieutenant Peter Twiss OBE DSC (deceased),
Lieutenant Stanley Fraser,
Sergeant Major Frank Rixon BEM,
Lieutenant Colonel Chevalier Antoine Pace Bonello MBE GC OCC,
Brigadier George V Micallef MOM CBE,
Dr Censu Tabone MD FRCS(EDIN) KUOM
and
Chief Nursing Officer Carmela Turner RGN SCM .

Signed limited edition of 500 prints.

Paper size 29 inches x 23 inches (74cm x 58cm)