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Cranston Fine Arts  Aviation Art World War Two Squadrons UK and Commonwealth No.225 Sqn to No.269 Sqn  No.245 Sqn |
[UP] - No.225 Sqn - No.228 Sqn - No.229 Sqn - No.234 Sqn - No.235 Sqn - No.236 Sqn - No.238 Sqn - No.240 Sqn - No.242 Sqn - No.243 Sqn - No.244 Sqn - No.245 Sqn - No.247 Sqn - No.248 Sqn - No.249 Sqn - No.253 Sqn - No.254 Sqn - No.257 Sqn - No.261 Sqn - No.262 Sqn - No.263 Sqn - No.264 Sqn - No.266 Sqn - No.269 Sqn |
| No.245 Sqn Aviation Art Prints, Paintings and Drawings |
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Return of the Hunters by Anthony Saunders. Omaha Beach, June 1944. Throughout the early morning of 6th June 1944, men of the US 29th Infantry Division had fought their way yard by yard across the bloody shingle of Omaha Beach. Thrown off course by worsening weather, they had finally landed near the village of Saint Laurent-sur-Mer, only to run into withering defensive fire - the strong German opposition was unexpected. It was the same on most sectors of 'bloody Omaha' beach that morning. But, showing unparalleled levels of bravery and determination, the US infantrymen finally prevailed and within days the scene on the beach was a hive of activity as 'Mulberry A' - one of two giant artificial harbours that had been towed across the Channel - was erected off this once-deadly beach. The two Mulberries - one American, one British - were a mammoth feat of engineering, each the size of Dover harbour and containing over 334,000 tons of concrete, ballast and steel. And yet they took a mere seven days to assemble. Only one, however, was to survive because, on 19th June, a violent storm swept up the Channel destroying the American Mulberry. The painting shows a pair of RAF Typhoons from No.245 Sqn over the American Mulberry. They race back to their base in Hampshire to refuel and rearm after delivering a blistering rocket attack on German positions behind the ever-widening Normandy beachhead. |
Typhoon Attack by John Young. A Hawker Typhoon 1b of No.245 Squadron, 2nd TAF, attacking German armour during the Allied advance to the Rhine in the autumn of 1944. |
Fugo non fugio - I put to fight, I do not flee
| Aces for : No.245 Sqn RAF | ||
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking the pilots name. | ||
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| Frank R Carey | 28.00 | The signature of Frank R Carey features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available. |
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