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The image represents K7985 of 73 Squadron presently based at the Shuttleworth Museum
Artist signed limited edition of 500 giclee prints - image size 18" x 12"
Commissioned for the cover of Cross and Cockade magazine
During a painting and sketching trip out with Rex Preston
as depicted
The Rail Strike English Electric Canberra The image represents K7985 ofThe Rail Strike depicts a de Havilland Mosquito V attacking the rail yard installation at Nantes France in June 1944. Eleven Mosquitoes went into action, chosen aircraft going in at an altitude of 60 feet. Believably, one of the main dangers encountered during such action was in fact flying through the smoke caused by previous attacks. The temptation to leave most of the rail yard exposed had to be resisted and the majority of the canvas was covered
