Michael Rondot
Lightning
Size: 27 x 20ins approx (700 x 500mm) Medium: Print Edition: 450 Framed: No         Price S/N* NA Price AP* £120 Price RM* £225       * click here for details

This classic portrayal of 92 squadron’s flagship Lightning F2A XN778 "King Cobra" taking off from a rain-swept RAF Gutersloh in 1977 pays tribute to the legendary fighter, its pilots and the engineers who enjoyed a love/hate relationship
with the difficult and technically challenging Lightning.

Published in a limited edition of only 375 signed and numbered, 50 Artist Proof's and 25 Remarque prints, each LIGHTNING print is issued with a certificate of authentication to guarantee the edition size

All 375 signed and numbered are individually signed by TEN Distinguished Lightning Pilots and Commanders
All 50 Artist Proofs and 25 Remarques are signed by TWELVE Distinguished Lightning Pilots and Commanders

THE SIGNATORIES

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir KEITH WILLIAMSON GCB AFC
Commanded No 23 Squadron and Royal Air Force Gutersloh

Air Vice-Marshal JOHN HOWE CB CBE AFC
Commanded No 74 Squadron and Royal Air Force Gutersloh

Air Vice-Marshal PETER COLLINS CB AFC
Commanded No 111 Squadron and Royal Air Force Gutersloh
Reformed No 11 Squadron
Served on AFDS and Handling Squadron, Boscombe Down

Air Commodore ROGER TOPP AFC 2 bars
Commanded Royal Air Force Coltishall
Commandant of the Aircraft & Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscome Down

Group Captain DAVE SEWARD AFC
Commanded No 56 Squadron (the Firebirds Aerobatic Team) and
the Lightning Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Coltishall

Group Captain ED DURHAM
Commanded No 92 Squadron and served with No 23 and 74 Squadron
and the Lightning Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Coltishall

Group Captain BRUCE HOPKINS AFC
Commanded No 23 Squadron and served with the Lightning Conversion Squadron
at Middleton St George, the Lightning OCU at RAF Coltishall and AFDS

Group Captain GRAHAM CLARKE
Served on Nos 11, 29 and 29 Squadrons and the Lightning Training Flight
at RAF Binbrook

Group Captain DICK CLOKE AFC
Served on No 56 Squadron (the Firebirds) and No 111 Squadron

Wing Commander ALEX REED OBE
Served on No 92 Squadron and the Lightning OCU at RAF Coltishall
Unit Test Pilot 60 MU RAF Leconfield

Extra Signatures on Artist Proofs and Remarque Prints
JOHN SPENCER CBE AFC
(Remember the last Lightning with 'JS' on the tail?)
Commanded No 11 Squadron and was last Commander of Royal Air Force Binbrook
Also served on No 74, 23, 92, 19 Squadrons
and the Lightning OCU at RAF Coltishall

DICK CARREY
Served on No 56 Squadron, the Lightning OCU at RAF Coltishall
and also with the Saudi Air Force