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Please note that our logo is used on our website images only and does not appear on our products. Double Strike by Robert Taylor. Yom Kippur - the Day of Atonement - is the holiest day in the Hebrew calendar and in Israel is marked by a national holiday but on that day in 1973 the unexpected happened. At 14.00 hours on 6 October the coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israeli positions. Thousands of Egyptian troops swarmed across the Suez Canal into Israeli held Sinai whilst in the north nearly 1,500 Syrian tanks backed by artillery thrust west towards Israel. Facing this sudden surprise attack on the Golan Heights were less than 200 Israeli tanks. In the air, too, Egyptian and Syrian air forces struck in a single, co-ordinated assault hitting the Israeli anti-aircraft defences and hoping to deliver a fatal blow. Largely unprepared, Israel reeled however within hours it mobilised its fighting reserves and began a ferocious battle to stem the enemies advance. As Israeli tanks and infantry rushed to hold the front line and, in the north, push the enemy back, Israeli Air Force jets overhead fought a heroic battle to regain the initiative and control of the skies. It was grim work. Both Egyptian and Syrian forces were equipped with hundreds of Soviet-supplied SAM missiles but the tide of war was turning and a battered Israeli Air Force now went on the counter-offensive. And amongst their main targets were the heavily-defended Egyptian air bases that lay deep in the Nile delta. Robert Taylor's powerful and dramatic painting depicts one such strike that took place on 14 October 1973, half way through the war, when Israeli F-4 Phantom fighter-bombers made simultaneous strikes against the Egyptian air bases at Mansoura and Tanta north of Cairo. After the first wave struck the elite Egyptian MiG-21 units at El Mansoura, the other Phantom squadrons attacked Tanta in waves, turning to dog-fighting immediately after dropping their ordnance. Tanta was also home to two squadrons of Libyan Mirage 5s and the furious air battle that ensued involved countless fighter aircraft. Despite bitter opposition, the successful IAF missions eliminated much of the effectiveness of the Egyptian Air Force and its Libyan allies. AMAZING VALUE! - The value of the signatures on this item is in excess of the price of the print itself! Item Code : DHM6500 Double Strike by Robert Taylor. - This Edition TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING PRINT Signed limited edition of 400 prints. Great value : Value of signatures exceeds price of item! Paper size 34 inches x 19 inches (86cm x 48cm) Nachumi, Amir Egozy, Shlomo Peled, Eitan Ben-Nun, Avihu Agmon, Yoram Maimo, Naftali Halotz, Dani Feldsho, Yoel Ben-Rom, Shamuel Gordon, Shamuel Shaki, Dani Kanor, Zvi Gurion, Amnon Shani, Meir Bakal, Uri Ashael, Abraham Amitay, Itzchak Eyal, Achikar Gal, Yehoar David, Yair Tovel, Eli Bartov, Moshe + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £220 £210.00 All prices on our website are displayed in British Pounds Sterling

Other editions of this item : Double Strike by Robert Taylor. DHM6500 TYPE EDITION DETAILS SIZE SIGNATURES OFFERS YOUR PRICE PURCHASING ARTIST PROOF Limited edition of 25 artist proofs. Paper size 34 inches x 19 inches (86cm x 48cm) Nachumi, Amir Egozy, Shlomo Peled, Eitan Ben-Nun, Avihu Agmon, Yoram Maimo, Naftali Halotz, Dani Feldsho, Yoel Ben-Rom, Shamuel Gordon, Shamuel Shaki, Dani Kanor, Zvi Gurion, Amnon Shani, Meir Bakal, Uri Ashael, Abraham Amitay, Itzchak Eyal, Achikar Gal, Yehoar David, Yair Tovel, Eli Bartov, Moshe + Artist : Robert Taylor Signature(s) value alone : £220 £375.00 VIEW EDITION... General descriptions of types of editions :

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*The value given for each signature has been calculated by us based on the historical significance and rarity of the signature. Values of many pilot signatures have risen in recent years and will likely continue to rise as they become more and more rare.
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Brigadier General Abraham Ashael *Signature Value : £10	Credited with 2 victories in the F-4 whilst flying with pilot Meir Shani, he later became a PoW after being shot down and wounded, losing a leg.
Brigadier General Amir Nachumi *Signature Value : £10	One of the IAFs foremost Aces with 14 victories, 7 in the F-4 Phantom and 7 in the F-16. His notable missions include 4 MiG kills on his first combat mission on the opening day of the Yom Kippur war and Operation Opera, the F-16 strike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor.
Brigadier General Itzchak Amitay *Signature Value : £10	Credited with 5 victories in the F-4 Phantom, including 3 in one day, he was only the third Navigator to become an Ace in the Phantom with the IAF.
Brigadier General Moshe Bartov *Signature Value : £10	He was officially credited with at least one aerial victory whilst flying the Phantom.
Brigadier General Shamuel Ben-Rom *Signature Value : £10	Officially credited with at least 2 victories in the F-4 Phantom, he scored 119 Squadron's first ever aerial victory in the Phantom.
Brigadier General Shlomo Egozy *Signature Value : £10	He scored 10 victories, 2 in the Mirage and 8 in the F-4 Phantom, becoming Israel's second Phantom Ace, doing so in just two missions. He is the IAFs highest scoring F-4 Ace.
Brigadier General Uri Bakal *Signature Value : £10	Whilst flying the Phantom he was on one occasion forced to eject after suffering a direct hit during a mission but managed to make it back to Israeli lines.
Brigadier General Yoel Feldsho *Signature Value : £10	Scoring 4 victories, 1 in the F-4 Phantom and 3 in the F-15, he flew an F-15 on Operation Wooden Leg, the longest bombing mission ever staged (1280 miles) against the PLO HQ in Tunis in October 1985.
Brigadier General Yoram Agmon *Signature Value : £10	An Ace with 6 ictories in total, 2 in the Mirage and 4 in the Phantom, he gained the IAFs first ever kill in the Mirage and the world's first victory over a MiG21.
Brigadier General Zvi Kanor *Signature Value : £10	Officially credited with at least 2 victoires in the F-4, he scored 119 Squadron's first ever victory in the Phantom.
Colonel Amnon Gurion *Signature Value : £10	Officially credited with 2 victories in the Phantom he spent much of his flying time with Navigator ace Itzchak Amitay as his back seater.
Colonel Dani Shaki *Signature Value : £10	He scored 3 victories in the F-4 Phantom over Egyptian MiGs, all on his first combat mission when he and Amir Nachumi were the first two aircraft to scramble as the Yom Kippur war broke out.
Colonel Eitan Peled *Signature Value : £10	An Ace with at least 6 victories, all in the F-4 Phantom, he was the fourth Israeli pilot to reach Ace status while flying the F-4.
Colonel Eli Tovel *Signature Value : £10	Whilst flying as back seater on Phantoms he was on one occasion shot down by enemy fire and forced to eject, but was later recovered.
Colonel Naftali Maimo *Signature Value : £10	Scoring 3 victories in the F-4, he received the Distinguished Service Medal, Israel's second highest award for his actions during the Tanta mission and later commanded an A-4 unit in the Lebanon war.
Colonel Shamuel Gordon *Signature Value : £10	He scored at least 1 victory while flying the F-4 Phantom and was one of the first veteran Israeli Air Force pilots to transition to the F-16.
Colonel Yehoar Gal *Signature Value : £10	Officially credited with 2 victories in the Phantom, he flew as back seater with pilots Eitan Peled and Dani Halotz.
Lieutenant Colonel Achikar Eyal *Signature Value : £10	Credited with at least 1 victory in the F-4 Phantom, the frst aerial victory for the IAF in the Phantom, he later spent 3 years as a PoW in Egypt.
Lieutenant Colonel Yair David *Signature Value : £10	He was shot down whilst flying the Phantom but was recovered after a daring Combat Search and Rescue mission.
Lieutenant General Dani Halotz *Signature Value : £10	He scored 3 victories in the F-4 Phantom including 2 in a single day and went on to become the Israeli Air Force Commanding Officer between 2005 - 2007 and later the Army Chief of Staff.
Major General Avihu Ben-Nun *Signature Value : £10	He scored at least 4 victories, 2 in the F-4 Phantom and 2 in the Mirage and went on to become the Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force between 1987 - 1992.
Major Meir Shani *Signature Value : £10	He flew Phantoms with Abraham Ashael as his back seater and both were later shot down becoming PoWs.