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Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. (APB) On 6th November 1935, a prototype aircraft took to the air for the very first time. As Sydney Camm's sturdy, single-engine monoplane fighter climbed into the sky, few realized that it was destined to become one of the enduring symbols of the greatest air battle ever fought. Its name was the Hawker Hurricane. Undaunted by Odds is a moving tribute to the Hurricane and the gallant pilots who flew it in combat. The painting portrays the Hurricanes of the 303 Polish Squadron RAF during the Battle of Britain as the unit climbs steadily to intercept yet another incoming wave of enemy bombers heading for London in September 1940. Soon the already battle-hardened Polish pilots will once again be in the thick of the action. Item Code : DHM6057APB Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. (APB) - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING ARTIST PROOF Hurricane Veterans edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm) Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (71cm x 41cm) Mencel, Jurek Nawarski, Stanislaw Ryll, Stefan Biggs, Jack Byrne, John Carter, Eric Cockram, Ken Joyce, Frank Parry, Hugh Taussig, Kurt + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £365 £395.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Undaunted by Odds by Robert Taylor. DHM6057 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 250 prints. Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm) Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (71cm x 41cm) Mencel, Jurek Nawarski, Stanislaw Ryll, Stefan + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £125 £50 Off! Now : £210.00 VIEW EDITION... PRINT Hurricane Veterans edition of 400 prints. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm) Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (71cm x 41cm) Mencel, Jurek Nawarski, Stanislaw Ryll, Stefan Biggs, Jack Byrne, John Carter, Eric Cockram, Ken Joyce, Frank Parry, Hugh Taussig, Kurt + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £365 £50 Off! Now : £245.00 VIEW EDITION... PRINT Battle of Britain Tribute edition of 150 prints. Supplied with Companion print Deadly Encounter. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Paper size 35 inches x 24 inches (89cm x 61cm) Image size 28 inches x 16 inches (71cm x 41cm) Mencel, Jurek Nawarski, Stanislaw Ryll, Stefan Biggs, Jack Byrne, John Carter, Eric Cockram, Ken Joyce, Frank Parry, Hugh Taussig, Kurt Ayerst, Peter V Elkington, John (companion print) Ellacombe, John (companion print) Foster, Bob (companion print) Neil, Tom (companion print) Pickering, Tony (companion print) + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £650 £425.00 VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

Signatures on this item
*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
Name	Info
Flight Lieutenant Jack Biggs *Signature Value : £25	Serving with 17 Sqn on Hurricanes he then transferred to Spitfires flying on the Burma front from March 1944 until the end of September 1945 as air cover for the planned invasion on Malaya which, as a result of the Nuclear attacks on the Japanese Empire, never happened.
Flying Officer John Byrne *Signature Value : £40	With the RAF since 1938, Byrne flew Hurricanes, Spitfires, P-47s, Tempests and Typhoons during WWII. Upon joining 197 Sqn in March 1944 he flew Typhoons during one the squadrons most hectic periods in the run up to D-Day and throughout the subsequent Allied invasion, mostly on low-level bombing missions. In total Byrne completed over 150 combat operations and finally left the RAF in 1946.
Flying Officer Ken Cockram (deceased) *Signature Value : £25	After training in Rhodesia and a spell with 73 OTU in Egypt, Ken Cockram flew Hurricanes and Spitfires in late 1944 and early 1945 with 26 AA Cooperation Unit based in Egypt. He also flew Curtiss Kittyhawks with 112 Squadron on anti-shipping and fighter patrols, once crashing his aircraft on take-off during a dust storm. He completed a total of 198 operations. He died on 7th June 2013.
Flying Officer Kurt Taussig (deceased) *Signature Value : £45	Czech Kurt was sent, age 15, by his parents on the Kindertrnsport to England from Czechoslovakia in June 1939 to escape the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Determined to fight the Germans he joined the RAF at eighteen in late 1942, and after training was posted to the Middle East to join 225 Squadron flying Spitfires on photo-reconnaissance duties in Tunisia, the Sicily landings, and in Italy. He died on 19th September 2019.
Lt Stanislaw Nawarski DFC KM (deceased) *Signature Value : £50	Polish pilot Stanislaw Nawwarski flew with the French Air Force, but escaped to England after the fall of France in 1940 and joined the RAF. Just prior to the Battle of Britain he was injured after being shot down whilst ferrying an unarmed Hurricane. In 1941, back in action, he was posted to 302 Polish Squadron flying Spitfires. He flew Spitfires om D-Day and throughout the subsequent Allied advance through Normandy, scoring four victories, all Me109s. He died on 8th January 2017.
Pilot Officer Stefan Ryll *Signature Value : £35	Stefan Ryll went into operations with 306 Squadron flying both Hurricanes and Spitfires, and took part in the last raid of the war flying a P-51 Mustang on escort for the bombers flying to Berchtesgaden.
Sqn Ldr Hugh Parry (deceased) *Signature Value : £45	Hugh Parry joined the RAF from Northern Rhodesia in December 1939, and after training in England was posted in February 1941 to join 260 Squadron flying Hurricanes. In April he transferred to 266 Squadron flying first Spitfires and then Typhoons. In March 1943 he went to Malta with 601 Squadron on the USS Wasp, flying the Spitfire Vc, where he remained until July. After a spell as a test pilot, he returned to combat with 41 Squadron flying Spitfire MkXIIs. On 24th September 1943 he was shot down near Beauvais and managed to evade capture for the next five months until he was eventually captured by the Gestapo in Paris. After a month in prison he was sent to Stalag Luft III until the end of the war. He died on 31st December 1990.
Sqn Ldr Jurek Mencel DFC, KM*** AFM*** *Signature Value : £40	Flying with the French Air Force he fought in the Battle of France but was hospitalised after breaking his back in a crash in mid-1940. Returning to operations with 317 Polish Sqn, his first mission was on Spitfires escorting the RAF Bombers taking part in the engagement that lead to the German 'Channel Dash'. He flew Spitfires throughout the Normandy Invasion also flying Hurricanes and Mustangs with 308 and 309 Sqn's scoring victories against Me109's and Me108's and on the 9th April 1945 he shot down an Me262 Jet over Hamburg.
Squadron Leader Frank Joyce MBE *Signature Value : £25	Originally flying Hurricanes with 87 Squadron, he was shot down in May 1940 during the Battle of France, was badly injured bailing out and lost his leg. After having a false leg fitted, he returned to active service duties with 286 Squadron, flying Defiants on coastal patrols.
Warrant Officer Eric Carter (deceased) *Signature Value : £35	At the age of 19 Eric joined the RAF in 1939, Initially posted to 615 Squadron in 1940 flying Hurricanes and stationed at Valley in North Wales, with air duties of defending Liverpool and Manchester, and also escorting ships from Liverpool down to South Wales., during the late stages of the Battle of Britain and due to the shortage of Pilots Eric would fly Defiants with 456 Squadron which was a night-fighter squadron so sometimes he would Hurricanes with his squadron during the day and due to Pilot shortages would fly Deviant's at night for 456 sqd night-fighting over the Manchester and Liverpool area. Eric was then posted to 81 Squadron, again on Hurricanes. In the autumn of 1941 he accompanied the squadron on HMS Argus to Russia as part of Force Benedict, a clandestine operation to defend the strategically important Russian port of Murmansk. As well as operational patrols the squadron escorted Russian bomber missions. Eric would on occasions be in combat with Messerschmitt Bf 109s but had no confirmed victories, On his return from Russia Eric continued to fly Hurricanes. Then converting to the Spitfire, when he was then transferred to Burma, where he flew missions escorting transport aircraft delivering supplies to the 14th Army as they advanced towards Rangoon. After the war Eric Carter left the RAF in 1946. In 2013 along with other surviving pilots who flew in Russia, they were presented with the Arctic Start by the Prime minister David Cameron and in 2014 at the Russian Embassy at a ceremony he was presented with the Russian Ushakov Medal . Sadly Eric passed away on 26 July 2021 aged 101.

The Aircraft :
Name	Info
Hurricane	Royal Air Force Fighter, the Hawker Hurricane had a top speed of 320mph, at 18,200 feet and 340mph at 17,500, ceiling of 34,200 and a range of 935 miles. The Hurricane was armed with eight fixed wing mounted .303 browning machine guns in the Mark I and twelve .303 browning's in the MKIIB in the Hurricane MKIIC it had four 20mm cannon. All time classic fighter the Hurricane was designed in 1933-1934, the first prototype flew in June 1936 and a contract for 600 for the Royal Air Force was placed. The first production model flew ion the 12th October 1937 and 111 squadron of the Royal Air Force received the first Hurricanes in January 1938. By the outbreak of World war two the Royal Air Force had 18 operational squadrons of Hurricanes. During the Battle of Britain a total of 1715 Hurricanes took part, (which was more than the rest of the aircraft of the Royal air force put together) and almost 75% of the Victories during the Battle of Britain went to hurricane pilots. The Hawker Hurricane was used in all theatres during World war two, and in many roles. in total 14,533 Hurricanes were built.

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