The Hard Way Home

The Hard Way Home by Robert Taylor
Overall Print Size: 35 1/4" x 23 1/4"
Edition size of 400
S/N by Artist and Four (4) Signatures:

Aircraft: Halifax Bomber - Hurricane Fighter

The Hard Way Home', pays tribute to the magnificent Halifax crews who flew with Bomber Command during World War II.

In the late summer of 1941 a lone Halifax of 405 Sqn RCAF struggles home the hard way - damaged and alone. One of the aircraft's engines is already out and another is smoking badly as the exhausted pilot and his crew fight to keep their unwieldy bomber airborne. Any marauding Luftwaffe fighters would have found them easy prey, but fortunately they have been spotted by a formation of Hurricanes from 253 Sqn on a routine patrol. For that final leg of their long journey this crew will at last have protection to see them safely back to base.

Signatures:

Limited Edition:

• Warrant Officer HARRY IRONS DFC - Rear Gunner / 158 Sqn
• Warrant Officer LAURIE GODFREY - WOP/Air Gunner / 408sqn
• Warrant Officer ERIC CARTER - Hurricane Pilot / 615 sqn
• Lieutenant STANISLAW NAWARSKI DFC KM - Hurricane Pilot / 302 sqn
  
  Collector's Edition:
  Includes all of the signatures in the Limited Edition plus:
• Flying Officer TOM SAYER DFM - Halifax Pilot / 102 Sqn
• Squadron Leader FRANK WILLIAMSON AFC - Halifax Pilot / 102 Sqn
• Flight Lieutenant "BLUEY" MOTTERSHEAD DFC - Halifax Pilot / 158 Sqn
• Warrant Officer JOHN MORRISON - Rear Gunner / 35 Sqn
• Flying Officer FRANK WALKER - Rear Gunner / 466 Sqn
• Flying Officer LEN McNAMARA DFC - Rear Gunner / 158 Sqn
• Warrant Officer FRED MALTAS - Flight Engineer / 35 Sqn
• Warrant Officer REG CLEAVER - Flight Engineer / 419 Sqn RCAF
• Warrant Officer HARRY GOUGH - Rear Gunner / 10 Sqn
• Flying Officer JOHN EVANS - Halifax Pilot / 158 Sqn
• Warrant Officer SAM THOMPSON - Mid Upper Gunner / 103 sqn
• Flight Lieutenant MATT HOLIDAY DFC - Mid Upper Gunner / 10 sqn
• Warrant Officer WILLIAM BELL - Navigator / 103 Sqn
• Flight Lieutenant KURT TAUSSIG - Hurricane Pilot / 225 Sqn
• Wing Commander JOHN "TIM" ELKINGTON - Hurricane Pilot / 134 Sqn
• Wing Commander TOM NEIL DFC AFC AE - Hurricane Pilot / 259 Sqn
• Pilot Officer STEFAN RYLL - Hurricane Pilot / 306 Sqn
  
  RCAF Edition:
• Wing Commander J.F."STOCKY" EDWARDS DFC* DFM RCAF - Hurricane Pilot / 92 Sqn
• Lieutenant Colonel DOUGLAS "DUKE" WARREN DFC CD RCAF - Hurricane Pilot / 165 Sqn
• Squadron Leader IAN HEWITT DFC* - Flight Engineer / 405 Sqn RCAF
• Warrant Officer REG CLEAVER - Flight Engineer / 419 Sqn RCAF
• Warrant Officer RICHARD CURNOCK - Rear Gunner / 425 Sqn RCAF
• Flying Officer EDWARD BOWLES - Bombardier / 429 Sqn RCAF
• Flight Lieutenant HENRY OAKEBY - Navigator / 432 Sqn RCAF