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Celebration Signing Event |
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SATURDAY 26th JUNE & SUNDAY 27th JUNE 2010
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the first flight of the DH98 Mosquito at the de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre
Very Limited Special Prints Available: see bottom of page |
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Images from Saturday & Sunday's
signing event
Chantal de Havilland the Great Grand Daughter of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland with newborn son Peter James
This line-up print will be available to order through the Aeroshop. cost is £12.00 inc p&p print will include names of all the crew members in the picture inc Rank & Sqd's
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Updated Tuesday, 06. July 2010
Special Guests attended the weekend event Saturday for lunch - Lady Jessica Broom wife of the late Sir Ivor Broom DFC, DFC*, DFC** DSO Sunday for lunch - Chantal de Havilland-Ingham Great Grand Daughter of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland with her newborn son Peter James de Havilland-Ingham the Great Great Grandson of Sir Geoffrey.
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| Our thanks go out to the Pilots & Navigators who attended the weekend event | |
| Saturday 26th June | Sunday 27th June |
| Flt Lt Ted Dunford DFC Pilot 608 Sqn | Flt Lt John Gerrish Pilot 39, 25 Sqn's |
| Flt Lt John Pemberton Navigator 68, 29, 125 Sqn's | Sgt Geoffrey Hewes Pilot 264 Sqn |
| Flt Lt Des Curtis DFC Navigator 618, 248 Sqn's | Flt Lt Des Curtis Navigator DFC 618, 248 Sqn's |
| W/O Bert Winwood Navigator 603,235 Banff Strike Wing | W/O Dick Maywood Navigator 608, 692 Sqn's |
| Wing Cdr Hal Randall DFC Pilot 248 Sqn | Flt Lt Reg Davey Navigator 139, 627 Sqn's |
| Flt Lt Derek Phillips Navigator 456 Sqn RAAF | Flt Lt Doug Hadland Navigator 162 692 Sqn's |
| Flt Lt Geoffrey Goodman Pilot 544 PRU | Fl Off Reg Negus Navigator 305 Sqn |
| Flt Lt GC Dunn DFC 608 Sqn 1409 Met Flight | Flt Lt Doug Gregory DFC Pilot 141 Sqn |
| Warrant Off Martin Sawyer Pilot 153, 540 PRU | Flt Lt Ken Lupton Navigator 141 Sqn |
| Fl Off Mike Bayon Navigator DFC 128 Sqn | W/O Albert Treadwell 169 Sqn |
| Air Commodore John Ellacombe DFC* Pilot 151, 487 RNZAF, Sqn's | Fl Off Tom Wingham Navigator 105 Sqn |
| Flt Lt Les Hadley Navigator 40, 139, 156.Sqn's | Sgt Ted Barff AFM,QC Pilot 141 Sqn |
| Lt Derrick Edwards RNVR Pilot 835, 853, 728 FRU | Flt Lt George Cash DFC Nav 139 ,1409 Met Flight |
| Fl Off Kenneth Oatley Navigator 627 Sqn | Flt Lt Ken Tempest DFC Pilot 139 Sqn |
| Flt Lt Thomas Gibbs Pilot 85, 25 Sqn's V2 Rocket Sites |
W/O Les E.G.Francis NAV 47Sqn |
| Sqn Leader Frank Leatherdale DFC Master Navigator 7, 115, | Sqn Ldr Joe Patient DFC Pilot 139 1409 Met Flt |
| RRE Defford | Flt Lt Trevor Lawman Pilot 211 Sqn |
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Patrick Black 487 RNZAF |
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| W/O Brian Cooper Pilot 219, 176 Sqn's | |
| Mosquito Limited Edition Prints by Nicholas Trudgian | |
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| Low Level Strike (available on signing day) The Salisbury Hall Edition (please read text) | |
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The first print is a black and white
pencil print named “Low Level Strike” it has been originally drawn by
artist Nicholas Trudgian; Nicholas has donated all the prints for the
museum, these prints have only been signed by the artist, and can be
purchased at the weekend and signed by the pilots and navigators free of
charge attending on the day.
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| The second print is of a special Giclée limited edition; there are only 20 world wide of these special giclee prints, the picture shows the Mosquito prototype flying over Salisbury hall, its shows its first flight ever in November 1940, this print comes with a unique fragment of madapolam fabric from the de Havilland 98 prototype Mosquito wearing its trade plate identity E-0234 later changed by the RAF to W4050. | |
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Included with the Special Giclee
print is the “Low Level Strike” pencil print, each print included with the
Giclee comes signed with no fewer than 30 + pilots and navigators who all
flew the mosquito during the Second World War. A few of these great names signed on the print include: Air Commodore Ted Sismore : Air Commodore John Ellacombe : Captain Eric Winkle Brown : Lt Commander Peter Twiss : |
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Flight Lieutenant Aubrey
Hilliard (Hilli Hilliard) : Flight Lieutenant Eric Atkins : Flight
Lieutenant Brian Beattie
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| For more information on this special print please contact Andy Barnes via email at: deb.andy@ntlworld.com | |
| Our thanks go to Nicholas and Andy for their contribution, all money from sales of these prints will go to DHAHT | |