Long Night Ahead by Richard Taylor


Long Night Ahead by Richard Taylor features RAF Mosquito FB.VIs from 169 Squadron.

One of the fastest, most versatile piston-engine aircraft of war, the de Havilland Mosquito was from the outset designed as an aircraft that relied on speed rather than guns for defence. Even more remarkable, most of its fuselage and wings were constructed of balsa and lightweight ply leading to the affectionate nickname of the ‘Wooden Wonder’. Fast, highly manoeuvrable and able to roam over enemy-occupied territory almost at will, Mosquitos excelled in pathfinder operations and delivering low-level precision strikes such as Operation Jericho, the daring low-level attack to breach the walls of Amiens prison to release Resistance fighters, carried out in February 1944.

The raid typified the skill, courage and determination of the Mosquito crews who harried the Nazis across the Reich and occupied territories. Whether it be Berlin, Oslo or Copenhagen nowhere was safe from the attentions of Mosquito crews.

To remember this extraordinary warplane and in tribute to the men who flew Mosquitos in World War II, Richard Taylor has created his moving painting, Long Night Ahead. Featuring Mosquito FB.VIs from 169 Squadron based at Great Massingham, Richard depicts them as they fly low over a poppy strewn meadow in the lee of Ely Cathedral as they head towards a south coast airfield in preparation for a night-fighter intruder operation shortly after D-Day in the summer of 1944.

Long Night Ahead by Richard Taylor is signed by a highly regarded Mosquito Navigator who flew many critical combat missions during World War II:
Flight Lieutenant DES CURTIS DFC - 618 and 248 Squadrons.

Artist:

Richard Taylor


From:

Military Gallery


Edition:

250 plus 25 Artist Proofs.



Size:

11.25 x 19.25 inches overall including borders.




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