Would you mind me asking what are the prints in question and how much are you looking for ?
I assume they are framed ? Cheers

Hi Waco,
The prints are as follows:
Dawn Patrol (2 of) 501 and 502 of 1000 signed by
Gwilym Lewis and Robert Chidlaw Roberts. Market value at the moment is around £450.

Lightning Strike 114 of 1000 signed by John W Mitchell, Rex Barber and Jay Robbins. Current value £470

Knights Cross 820 of 1250. This is is possibly his most sought after worked. Signed by Erich Hartmann. Current value: £1200.

I don’t expect to get top whack for them, so I’m open to offers on them.

The prints are rolled up in original postage tubes.

Thanks guys. Moggy, you are very correct there, things are only worth as much as the wedge people have in their pocket. The value of these prints have increased in recent years, paricularly the ones I have, but the probleme is, I need to sell them in a place where people are prepared to pay the money, where as on ebay, i tend to get the impression people are just out for an easy bargain, i used to have a shop on there and got fed up!

Dave also has a LinkedIn page. You may be able to get through to him through that if all else fails.

PBY

I read somewhere that an ICBM targetted all airfields the Vs operated from, including all dispersal sites.

Once airborne they would not be able to land at their departure airfield as it would have been destroyed. (assuming they scrambled in time)

I think the Soviets took it seriously.

Baz

The Vulcan pilot I spoke to mentioned that – I remember him saying ‘While your parents amd grandparents were sleeping, I was up there, protecting you, and I had no airfield to come back to’

At Farnborough 08, where I saw the Vulcan fly for the first time, I got talking to a Ex russian pilot, who had flown with his son from Nevsky Prospekt (spelling likely wrong) to see his ‘beautiful nemesis’ Vasily was a Bear co pilot in the 60’s and he told me that the Russians saw the Victor as thee Hurricane, the more rugged dependable machine that would do the damage, but saw the Vulcan as the Spitfire – The one they scared of, but also the one that captured their imagination. I was standing next to him when she roared down the runway, and he had tears in his eyes as he said ‘Good to see you again, old friend’.
That memory will always stay with me.

the other was very dark coloured, and appeared to be fully tooled up.

Sounds like Aggressor training to me.
The 81st Spangdahlen Hogs were based at Laken for a month back in 05 while the runway was being refurbed – could be that.
Minimum operating height in Germany is 1000ft, while here it is half that, so considering the nature of its job, maybe they are conducting some training that otherwise cannot be done on the continent.
My two bob.

I’m for – ‘put on display in a post Gaddafi Libya’

The former RAF El Adem is pretty much to the far eastern region of Libya, Tobruk, and the LBG it is unlikely to have been ‘taken out’ by NATO.

Mark

I agree – El Adem and the surrounding areas have a huge amount of history, so that particular aircraft should be embraced in such a exhibit.
Those old pictures of her laying in the middle of the sand remind me of the Kee Bird!

What is the situation with XM603? Friend of mine texted me a picture of her earlier this year and she looked awful, so I can’t imagine she looks any better now..