• Spitfire banks in a red sky
  • Spitfire banks in a red sky
  • Spitfire banks in a red sky
  • Spitfire banks in a red sky
  • Spitfire banks in a red sky
  • Spitfire banks in a red sky

Spitfire banks in a red sky

£48.00

Red is for danger. An aerial assassin is coming straight at you.

Hand-pulled screen print, printed one colour at a time with water-based inks. 

The edition is limited to a maximum of just 200 prints.

The paper is beautiful fine art paper, 300 gsm, mould-made, 100% cotton, milled at St Cuthbert's Mill in Somerset. It is acid-free and buffered with calcium carbonate (pH 7–9) for archival longevity. The paper has hand-torn and/or deckled (feathered) edges.

Signed, numbered and dated in pencil by me, the printer, John Patrick Reynolds. 

Format options:
Standard size: 26cm x 19cm
Medium size: 48cm x 38cm
Large size: 76cm x 56cm

The Supermarine Spitfire is the RAF's most revered aircraft from the Second World War. It was the only British fighter produced continuously throughout the conflict. The Spitfire was designed by R. J. Mitchell, chief designer at Supermarine Aviation Works. Mitchell continued to refine the design until his death from cancer in 1937, when Joseph Smith took over as chief designer.

During the Battle of Britain (July–October 1940), the more numerous Hurricane flew more sorties resisting the Luftwaffe, but the Spitfire captured the public's imagination, in part because the Spitfire was generally a better fighter aircraft than the Hurricane. Spitfire units had a lower attrition rate and a higher victory-to-loss ratio than Hurricanes, most likely due to the Spitfire's higher performance. During the battle, Spitfires generally engaged Luftwaffe fighters—mainly Messerschmitt Bf 109E-series aircraft—which were a close match for them.

After the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire superseded the Hurricane as the principal aircraft of RAF Fighter Command, and it was used in the European, Mediterranean, Pacific, and South-East Asian theatres.

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