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Des Curtis

Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC Originally a Wireless Operator / Gunner with No.235 Sqn on Beaufighters before converting to Mosquitos as a Navigator. He helped form 618 Sqn for ops against the Tirpitz, and then had success against U-boat pens om the French coast. In September 1944 he joined 248 Sqn Banff Strike Wing in Scotland.

Items Signed by Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC

	Strike and Strike Again by Robert Taylor (B) Price : £275.00	By the spring of 1945, Germanys once all-conquering submarine fleet, driven by allied forces from its bases in estern France, had fled to the relative safety of the Norwegian fjords - territory still remaining under German occupation since 1940. In ......
	Strike and Strike Again by Robert Taylor (C) SOLD OUT	By the spring of 1945, Germanys once all-conquering submarine fleet, driven by allied forces from its bases in estern France, had fled to the relative safety of the Norwegian fjords - territory still remaining under German occupation since 1940. I......	NOT AVAILABLE
	Dangerous Coast by Robert Taylor. Price : £165.00	Mosquitoes from RAF Coastal Command's Banff Strike Wing race through a deep-sided Norwegian fjord following a successful rocket strike against enemy coastal shipping. The de Havilland Mosquito was arguably the finest multi-role combat aircraft ......
	Dangerous Coast by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £310.00	Mosquitoes from RAF Coastal Command's Banff Strike Wing race through a deep-sided Norwegian fjord following a successful rocket strike against enemy coastal shipping. The de Havilland Mosquito was arguably the finest multi-role combat aircraft ......
	Dangerous Coast by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £225.00	Mosquitoes from RAF Coastal Command's Banff Strike Wing race through a deep-sided Norwegian fjord following a successful rocket strike against enemy coastal shipping. The de Havilland Mosquito was arguably the finest multi-role combat aircraft ......

	Devastating Strike by Robert Taylor. Price : £165.00	It was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world, one of the most envied - and one of the most feared. Built almost entirely of wood and assembled by carpenters, the beautifully streamlined de Havilland Mosquito, or Wooden Wonder w......
	Devastating Strike by Robert Taylor. (AP) Price : £345.00	It was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world, one of the most envied - and one of the most feared. Built almost entirely of wood and assembled by carpenters, the beautifully streamlined de Havilland Mosquito, or Wooden Wonder w......
	Devastating Strike by Robert Taylor. (B) Price : £240.00	It was one of the fastest operational aircraft in the world, one of the most envied - and one of the most feared. Built almost entirely of wood and assembled by carpenters, the beautifully streamlined de Havilland Mosquito, or Wooden Wonder w......
	Return of the Pathfinders by Anthony Saunders. Price : £120.00	Never had there been an aircraft like the de Havilland Mosquito; constructed almost entirely of wood with two Merlin engines bolted under each wing it could outrun any other piston-engine fighter in the world. Only when the Luftwaffe's Me262 jet......

Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC

	Moquito Aviation Art Trade Discount Pack. Pack Price : £450.00 Saving : £385	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Dangerous Coast by Robert Taylor. (B) A De Havilland Beauty by Ivan Berryman. (C) The Blackest Friday by Ivan Berryman. Return From Leipzig by Anthony Saunders. Sunday Afternoon by Geoffrey R Herickx. Night Raiders by Ivan Berryman. (C)
	Moquito Aviation Art Print Pack. Pack Price : £310.00 Saving : £155	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Home Run by Gerald Coulson. Dangerous Coast by Robert Taylor. A De Havilland Beauty by Ivan Berryman. (C)
	RAF Mosquito Aviation Prints Pack Price : £205.00 Saving : £160	Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Dangerous Coast by Robert Taylor. The Berlin Express by Stuart Brown. Sunday Afternoon by Geoffrey R Herickx.

Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC

Squadrons for : Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC. A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name.
Squadron	Info
No.235 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 10th July 1945 Jaculamur humi - We strike them to the ground Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.235 Sqn RAF	No.235 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.248 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : August 1918 Fate : Disbanded 30th September 1946 Il faut en finir - It is necessary to make an end of it Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.248 Sqn RAF	No.248 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.
No.618 Sqn RAF Country : UK Founded : 26th March 1943 Fate : Disbanded 21st July 1945 Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of No.618 Sqn RAF	No.618 Sqn RAF Full profile not yet available.

Aircraft for : Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC
A list of all aircraft associated with Flight Lieutenant Des Curtis DFC. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name.
Squadron	Info
Beaufighter Click the name above to see prints featuring Beaufighter aircraft. Manufacturer : Bristol Production Began : 1940 Number Built : 5564	Beaufighter BRISTOL BEAUFIGHTER The Bristol Beaufighter was a Torpedo Bomber and had a crew of two. with a maximum speed of 330mph and a ceiling of 29,000 feet. maximum normal range of 1500 miles but could be extended to 1750 miles. The Bristol Beaufighter carried four 20mm cannon in the belly of the aircraft and upto six .303in browning machine guns in the wings. it could also carry eight 3 -inch rockets, 1605 lb torpedo or a bomb load of 1,000 lb. The Bristol Beaufighter first flew in July 1939 and with some modifications entered service with the Royal Air Force in July 1940. In the winter of 1940 - 1941 the Beaufighter was used as a night fighter. and in March 1941 the aircraft was used at Coastal Command as a long range strike aircraft. and in 1941, the Beaufighter arrived in North Africa and used as a forward ground attack aircraft. The Bristol Beaufighter was used also in India, Burma and Australia. A total of 5,564 Beaufighters were built until production in Britain finished in 1945, but a further 364 were built in Australia for the Australian Air Force
Mosquito Click the name above to see prints featuring Mosquito aircraft. Manufacturer : De Havilland Production Began : 1940 Retired : 1955 Number Built : 7781	Mosquito Used as a night fighter, fighter bomber, bomber and Photo-reconnaissance, with a crew of two, Maximum speed was 425 mph, at 30,300 feet, 380mph at 17,000ft. and a ceiling of 36,000feet, maximum range 3,500 miles. the Mosquito was armed with four 20mm Hospano cannon in belly and four .303 inch browning machine guns in nose. Coastal strike aircraft had eight 3-inch Rockets under the wings, and one 57mm shell gun in belly. The Mossie at it was known made its first flight on 25th November 1940, and the mosquito made its first operational flight for the Royal Air Force as a reconnaissance unit based at Benson. In early 1942, a modified version (mark II) operated as a night fighter with 157 and 23 squadron's. In April 1943 the first De Haviland Mosquito saw service in the Far east and in 1944 The Mosquito was used at Coastal Command in its strike wings. Bomber Commands offensive against Germany saw many Mosquitos, used as photo Reconnaissance aircraft, Fighter Escorts, and Path Finders. The Mosquito stayed in service with the Royal Air Force until 1955. and a total of 7781 mosquito's were built.

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