Letord Artillery Spotting

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Letord Artillery Spotting Ref: GT-33A

A Letord of the French C 11 Observation Squadron directs artillery fire onto the rear of the German lines east of Rheims on 11th April 1917, prior to the ground offensive.

The Letord is piloted by Cpt Joseph Vuillemin, who commanded the C 11 Observation Squadron through the campaigns at Verdun and the Somme. A former NCO, he was commissioned as an artillery officer in 1910 and became a pilot in 1913, specialising in aerial spotting. In the 1916 and 1917 campaigns he flew more than 100 combat missions in support of the army. During his career as an observation pilot he is also credited with shooting down seven German aircraft.

Gouache painting by Graham Turner GAvA - image size 19"x 13" (48 x 33cm)

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Winner of the Best First World War Aviation Picture in Show award presented by the First World War Aviation Society at the Guild of Aviation Artists 2023 Aviation Painting of the Year Exhibition.

Price: £750.00

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(Right) Graham Turner creating his oil painting ' 'Contact'.

'Oops!' - Sopwith Camel accident, painting by Graham Turner

Detail from Letord artillery spotting - original painting by Graham Turner GAvA

Award Winning First World War Aviation Art

Graham Turner's original oil painting Into the Hands of Fate (right) achieved award success at the 2013 Guild of Aviation Artists annual exhibition, held in the prestigious Mall Galleries, London, where it was awarded the Cross and Cockade prize for the best First World War aviation painting, the Roy Nockolds Trophy (voted for by the public), and was runner up for the two top awards - the Aviation Painting of the Year and Flypast Fellows Award for Excellence. It also sold straight away (for £7,500).

He also won the Roy Nockolds Trophy in 2011, the first time he exhibited with the Guild, for his painting 'Steady Boy', and was Highly Commended for 'Thank You Harry Tate' in 2012, both 'Victor & Vanquished' and 'Contact' in 2015, 'Replacements' in 2016, and 'Letter from Home' in 2017.

First World War Aviation prints

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