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Flight Lieutenant KEITH LAWRENCE DFC – 5 victories - He flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain first with 234 Sqn, where he shared in the Squadron's first victory, and then in September with 603 Squadron, and 421 Flight. On November 26 he was shot down over the sea and after recovering was posted to Malta in January 1942 joined 185 Sqn, flying Hurricanes and Spitfires, eventually commanding the unit. During the heavy fighting that spring he destroyed or damaged 7 enemy aircraft over Malta. He returned to England in August as an instructor, returning to combat in February 1945 as CO of 124 Sqn. His final tally stood at 5 victories and 9 damaged.
Squadron Leader CYRIL "BAM" BAMBERGER DFC – 6 victories - Joining 610 Sqn in 1936, "Bam" he flew Spitfires throughout the Battle of Britain, first with 610 Sqn at Biggin Hill from July 1940 and then with 41 Sqn at Hornchurch, scoring his first victory in October. Volunteering for the defense of Malta in November 1940, he flew Spitfires with 261 and 185 Sqns, shooting down two Stukas over Grand Harbour in January 1941. After a spell in Tunisia with 93 Sqn he returned to Malta in 1943, downing another Stuka over Sicily. He finished the war with 6 aerial victories to his credit.
Group Captain ANTHONY "TOMMY" THOMPSON DFC - "Tommy" Thompson joined the RAF VF in July 1939 and was posted to 249 Sqn in October 1940, flying Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain shooting down a Bf109 and sharing a Junkers Ju88. In May 1941 he went with 249 Sqn to the defense of Malta, flying off HMS Ark Royal and in August joined the Malta Night Fighting Defence Unit at Ta'Qali. Damaging an Italian Br20 on November 11th he remained with the unit when it became 1435 Night Fighter Flight in December 1941. He went on to serve with 73 Sqn in the Western Desert and eventually became a test pilot.Remarque Editions
: Issued specially for the serious collector, each print in these exclusive editions will have an original pencil drawing created in the lower border of the print. There are two editions, the first limited to 15 prints worldwide, will have Remarque created on one side of the print. The second, exclusively limited to just 5 copies, will have two Remarque drawings created, covering both sides of the print.
Each remarqued print is conservation matted with all of the components of the Collector’s Edition but includes the original autographs of an additional three fighter pilots who flew in Malta and the Battle for the Mediterranean, creating an exclusive eleven signature edition:
Squadron Leader PERCIVAL GRAHAM LEGGETT – 2 victories - Completing pilot training in September 1940, he joined 245 Sqn at Aldergrove and then No.46 Sqn at Stapleford flying Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain, and was one of the youngest pilots to survive. During the famous encounter on 11 November 1940 when Italian aircraft carried out a raid on Harwich, Leggett shot down a Fiat BR.20 and shared in the destruction of another – the event was mentioned in a speech by Prime Minister Winston Churchill. In June 1941 he joined 249 Sqn in the defense of Malta and was immediately in action that afternoon. In July he shot down a Macchi C.200 but was shot down in December 1941, baling out. Following his recovery he joined 73 Sqn in North Africa.
Hauptmann ERNST-WILHELM REINERT Knights Cross with Oak Leaves – 174 victories - He flew in the Battle of Britain with JG77 before transferring to the Eastern Front for Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Here his victories mounted quickly, passing the 100 mark in October 1942. After a very successful period in Tunisia and North Africa he moved to Sicily in 1943 for the defense of Italy. He flew against RAF and USAAF aircraft over Sicily, the Mediterranean and Malta, scoring 51 victories in the Battle for the Mediterranean. On January 2nd, 1945 he took command of IV./JG-27 and in March he transferred to III./JG7 flying the ME262. During 715 missions hescored 174 aerial victories.
Flight Lieutenant KEN EVANS DFC – 5 victories - Joining the RAF in 1939, he flew Blenheims and Be