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CURRENT CATALOGUE
by Anthony Saunders
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Current Catalog shows alphabetically, by artists, all prints currently
available from the Military Gallery. Many are now low in inventory
and a few close to selling out. Click on thumbnail image or title
to see larger image and more information.
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MIDWAY - THE ATTACK ON THE SORYU
BD pilots pull out of their death-defying dives having delivered their 1000lb bombs perfectly on target with three direct hits. Already there is utter chaos aboard the Sôryû as exploding ammunition and igniting fuel erupt onto the flight deck from the hangars below. Secondary explosions rip through the ship, fires rage beyond control and her hull shudders to contain the violent inferno. The Sôryû is doomed.
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MiG ENCOUNTER
Colonel Robin Olds and his flight of eight F-4 Phantoms from the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing encounter a large group of North Vietnamese MiG-17s over the hills north of Hai Phong, 20 May 1967. During the clash that followed Olds and his WSO 1st Lt. Stephen B. Croker destroyed two MiG-17s.
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MOSQUITO THUNDER
Set on 1 April 1943 - the twenty-fifth anniversary of the RAF's formation - Anthony depicts Sqn Ldr Roy Ralston DSO DFM leading a group of the squadron's aircraft as they race home to RAF Marham following a highly successful strike on the railway workshops in the German city of Trier.
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NORMANDY THUNDER
To commemorate the events of D-Day, Anthony Saunders has completed 'Normandy Thunder', a striking painting that depicts P-47 Thunderbolts of the 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group over the seawall of St-Aubin-sur-Mer, the small town that would witness some of the fiercest fighting along Juno Beach stormed by the Canadian Third Division. By nightfall, however, as the P-47s returned home after their fourth and final mission of the day, the Canadians on Juno beach would have penetrated deeper inland than any other Allied unit on D-Day.
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OUT OF THE BLUE
As a section of the force escorting a large formation of Luftwaffe bombers heading over the Channel, a group of Bf109 fighters from JG3 open their throttles ready to dive on a section of Hurricanes from 32 Squadron spotted in the distance below, 24 August 1940.
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PACIFIC GLORY
Anthony Saunders' stunning painting graphically recalls a moment during the Allied fight-back. On 5 October 1943, ten months after the island had fallen to the Japanese, American naval aircraft raided Wake, one of many such operations carried out by the US Navy and Marines. At the forefront of the attack was Lt. Cmdr. Edward 'Butch' O'Hare, the US Navy's first Ace and first Naval recipient of the Medal of Honor. Throwing his F6F Hellcat into a furious dogfight, he engages Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeroes based on the island and in the process adds two more victories to his tally. Under O'Hare's experienced guidance his young wingman, Lt. Alex Vraciu, claimed his first kill, and would later become one of the foremost Aces in the US Navy with 19 victories.
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PATHWAY TO THE RUHR
With silver moonlight glinting on the wave tops below, Guy Gibson leads the first wave of Lancaster's low across the North Sea to avoid enemy detection, on the night of 16/17 May 1943. In formation with 'Mick' Martin on his port side and 'Hoppy' Hopgood to starboard, Gibson heads towards the Dutch Coast and the Ruhr valley beyond - their mission, the destruction of the Mőhne and Eder Dams.
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CURRENT CATALOGUE
by Anthony Saunders
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