At dawn on 12 February 1942 a German battle fleet rounded the Cherbourg peninsula. Their destination was Germany.

Undetected, the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, together with the cruiser Prinz Eugen and supporting vessels, had escaped from the French port of Brest, and were making an audacious dash - in broad daylight and under the noses of the enemy - to the safety of the Elbe Estuary. But first they must sail through the Straits of Dover, one of the narrowest and most heavily defended straits in the world.

Everything depended on surprise - and air cover. Given the job of providing that air cover was one of Hitler’s youngest Generals, Adolf Galland, and his Messerschmitt Me109's of JG-26.

• 32” x 24”

• 1 of 1000

• Signed by Robert Taylor and 5 veterans of Operation Cerberus:

  • Generalleutnant ADOLF GALLAND KC WITH OAK LEAVES SWORDS AND DIAMONDS

  • Major GERHARD SCHOPFEL KC

  • Korvettekapitän FRIEDRICH-KARL PAUL

  • Oberleutnant ADOLF GLUNZ KC WITH OAK LEAVES

  • Oberleutnant-zur-see GERD-DIETRICH SCHNEIDER

• Issue Date: 1996

• Channel Dash is part of the Adolf Galland Trilogy, along with Fighter General and Most Memorable Day. Ideally, for the sake of history, these three prints would be sold together. Each of the Trilogy is numbered 510 of 1000.

• If purchased as a trilogy, a Special Edition companion print is included alongside a letter personally signed by Robert Taylor and numbered 510 / 1000. This is a black and white print made from the final drawing of Most Memorable Day.

• Includes certificate of authenticity with print number and short history of each signatory.

$1095 NZD