No two aircraft came to symbolise RAF Fighter Command’s epic struggle against the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain more than the Supermarine Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane. Flown into the heat of battle throughout that long summer of 1940, a small band of brave young RAF airmen took these iconic aircraft to the skies in a herculean effort to repel the might of Hitler’s air force. Often outnumbered but never out-fought, they defied the odds to ensure that by the end of September 1940 their battle was won. For the first time the Luftwaffe had tasted defeat and Hitler’s dream that victorious soldiers of the Third Reich would march along the streets of Whitehall remained an illusion.

The courageous, ongoing efforts of the RAF were duly noted in parliament. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivered a speech to the House of Commons on 20 August 1940 which included the immortal words; ‘Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few’ and forever more the pilots who fought during the battle would be remembered as ‘the Few’.

In one of the finest drawings of his long career at the forefront of aviation art, Robert Taylor has delicately crafted a symbolic yet moving tribute to those brave airmen who flew in the Battle of Britain. Several of the battle’s great heroes later became personal friends with Robert who uses this deep insight and memories of those closely involved to transport us back to a rare moment of tranquillity. Employing his unmistakeable painterly style he gives us a magnificent view of the two iconic fighters as they overfly a wondrous birds-eye view of the Thames and London’s Palace of Westminster.

The main image is faithfully reproduced as a high quality giclée fine art print on textured velvet paper, alongside is a completely separate portrait of Winston Churchill who will be eternally remembered as one of history’s most formidable leaders.

Also included in each composition are museum-quality reproduction RAF Wings and an original fragment of sandstone recovered from the Houses of Parliament following severe damage during ‘The Blitz’.