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Please note that our logo (below) only appears on the images on our website and is not on the actual art prints. When you are ready to add this item to your basket, click the button below.       Website Price: £ 95.00       Sub XE-3 Print and Crew Signature Pack. PCK2888. Sub XE-3 Print and Crew Signature Pack. Clipped Signature and Print Pack. Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item DHM6743B. Tribute to Ian Edward Fraser VC by Ivan Berryman. Joined the Royal Naval Reserve in 1939, and served on several destroyers before joining HMS Sahib in 1943 - the same year he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for bravery and skill on submarine patrols. He volunteered for sevice aboard HMS Bonaventure - a depot ship for X-Craft midget submarines. Commander of the midget submarine HMS XE-3 in the successful attack on a the Japanese Atago Class heavy cruiser Takao, moored in Johore Strait, Singapore, 31st July 1945. HMS XE-3 is seen here making its way to its target on that day. Fraser and his diver - James Magennis who went out to place the limpet mines - were both awarded the Victoria Cross for this attack. He died on 1st September 2008. Small signed limited edition of 30 prints. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm) Item #2 - Click to view individual item CLP2878. Clipped Signature - Frank Ogden. As a member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, he took part in Operation Struggle, the midget submarine operation targetting Japanese naval vessels in Singapore. He was in charge of HMS XE-3 on the towed passage to Singapore before it was handed over to Ian Fraser VC for the attack on the cruiser Takao. For this task he was awarded an MBE. Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures. Clipped signatures are usually obtained from prints or publications that have been signed in person. Often, signatures have been rescued - or clipped - from prints that have been damaged in another area. Clipped Signature. Website Price: £ 95.00   To purchase these prints individually at their normal retail price would cost £160.00 . By buying them together in this special pack, you save £65 All prices are displayed in British Pounds Sterling   Signatures on item 2 *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 Sub Lieutenant Frank Ogden MBE *Signature Value : £60 (matted) As a member of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, he took part in Operation Struggle, the midget submarine operation targetting Japanese naval vessels in Singapore. He was in charge of HMS XE-3 on the towed passage to Singapore before it was handed over to Ian Fraser VC for the attack on the cruiser Takao. For this task he was awarded an MBE.

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