A bolt for the blue by Gerald Coulson
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Overall Print Size: 32 x 25
Gerald Coulson’s dramatic painting Bolt for the Blue, published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Lightning, captures the very essence of this formidable fighter. Seen climbing out of RAF Wattisham, a Lightning F.3 of Treble One Squadron scrambles to intercept an unidentified intruder plotted on the RAF’s early warning radar. Almost certainly it will be Russian, probably he will be escorted out of harms way, but the interceptor is armed with a pair of air-to-air missiles just in case. A superb collector print for all who remember one of the greatest British fighters ever built.
The Signatures
350 signed and numbered with FIVE signaturesTHE ANNIVERSARY EDITION
125 prints with TEN signatures25 Artist Proofs
25 Remarques
THE COMMEMORATIVE PROOFS
50 Proofs with TWELVE signatures (issued with matted companion pencil drawing ‘Lightning Lift-off’)
- Air Vice Marshal GEORGE BLACK CB OBE AFC*
- Flight Lieutenant IAN BLACK
- Air Vice Marshal PETER COLLINS
- Flight Lieutenant HEDLEY MOLLAND
- Air Commodore JOHN MITCHELL CB OBE AFC*
THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION
This TEN signature edition is additionally signed by:
- Wing Commander JIMMY DELL OBE
- Group Captain IAN THOMSON
- Flight Lieutenant PAUL FIELD
- Flight Lieutenant ALAN PAGE
- Flight Lieutenant IAIN SMALL
THE COMMEMORATIVE PROOFS
- Wing Commander ROLAND ‘BEE’BEAMONT CBE DSO* DFC* DL (matted)
- Group Captain JOHN SQUIER (Companion print)
