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Gnat - Aircraft Profile - : Gnat

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Operation Charge of the Knights, Basra, Iraq, April 2008 by David Rowlands. (AP)
<b>Ex display prints with minor border damage. </b>

Sunrise over Bristol Docks by Rodney Charman. (Y)
  On the night of  Friday 26th November 1943,  97 Squadron Bombers on there way to bomb targets in Stuttgart, Germany were intercepted by Night Fighters.  The painting shows Halifax Mk V   LK946 MP-F being attacked by the night fighter pilots Major Wilhelm Herget of the Stab I./NJG 4 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Florennes airfield, Belgium) and Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the Stab II./NJG 1 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium).  6 of the crew managed to parachute from the stricken aircraft but the mid upper gunner Sgt. Berndt was killed while returning fire.

Tragedy by Moonlight by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
 It is the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 and the British 2nd rater Temeraire with 98 guns, having followed HMS Victory through the Franco-Spanish line, finds herself alongside the Spanish flagship, La Santisima Trinidad. This giant was by some measure the largest warship in the World, boasting four full gun decks and 130 guns. Undaunted, Captain Eliab Harvey took on the Santisima Trinidad, delivering a number of blows into the enemy’s massive red and black hull. However, Temeraire was largely out of control by this time, having taken much punishment as she had approached the enemy fleet. Her main topgallant mast had been shot away, as well as the mizzen topgallant. Her fore yard had crashed down onto her deck and her fore topsail had caught fire and been extinguished. Taking fire from both sides, the Temeraire lumbered on, eventually colliding with Le Redoutable, which was engaged with Victory. Between them, the two British three-deckers poured fire into the French ship until it struck its colours

Tugging the Tiger's Tail by Ivan Berryman. (PC)

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Red Arrows


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Signatures for : Gnat
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Ray Hanna
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1 / 12 / 2005Died : 1 / 12 / 2005
Ray Hanna

Ray Hanna is a name many people associate with his time as leader of the Red Arrows. He had a long and varied career with the RAF from 1951 to 1971. In 1957 he led a team of four Hunters to start a remarkbale career in formation and display flying. He joined the Red Arrows on their formation with the Gnat in 1965, but it was his leadership from 1966 to 1969 that was to bring the team world wide acclaim and to Ray a bar to his AFC. Since leaving the RAF Ray has had a career in civil aviation flying Boeing 707s and later the Lockheed L-1011. His long and distinguished aviation career continues with his role as consultant and pilot with the Old Flying Machine Company and as leader of the famous Breitling Fighters. Sadly, Ray Hanna passed away on 1st December 2005.



Air Marshal Sir Peter Squire DFC AFC
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Air Marshal Sir Peter Squire DFC AFC

Air Marshal Sir Peter Squire began his operational flying with No. 20 Squadron flying Hunters in Singapore. He became an instructor on the Hunter before flying Gnats as a member of the Red Arrows; later returning to operational flying on the Harrier. In 1981 he took command of No. 1 Squadron at RAF Wittering and during the Falklands conflict, led the Squadron into action for which he received the Distinguished Flying Cross.



Squadron Leader Chris Taylor MBE
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Squadron Leader Chris Taylor MBE

Joined the RAF as an apprentice air radar fitter in 1961. He began flying training in 1966 flying the Jet Provost, Gnat and Hunter. He completed the lightning OCU at RAF Coltishall before joining 56(F) Sqn at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. A further tour on the Lightning back at the OCU was followed by selection for instructor training at CFS. He instructed on the Gnat at RAF Valley and then joined the team to bring the Hawk into RAF flying training. He flew both the Gnat and the Hawk as a member of the Standardisation Unit before an exchange tour with the USAF took him to Randolf AF base in South Texas. Returning to RAF Valley he completed tours as a Hawk Sqn Commander, Operations, and Deputy Chief Instructor before retirement from the RAF in 1998. He then began a second career as the Training Manager in the Hawk Synthetic Training Facility at RAF Valley.


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