Tower Bridge Hunter : The Man Who Dared. Alan Pollock

This famous painting was commissioned to celebrate one of the most astonishing aviation incidents of the jet age. On 5 April 1968 Hawker Hunter FGA.9 XF442 from No.1 Squadron RAF, flown by Flt Lt Alan Pollock, flew under Tower Bridge after "beating up" the Houses of Parliament. Unimpressed that there would be no fly past over London to celebrate the RAF's 50th Anniversary, Pollock decided to do something himself.

The edition is limited to just 100 individually produced fine-art giclée prints, with 50 artist's proofs, 50 publisher proofs and remarques within the edition, and 20 canvas prints.

 Signatures: Artist and Flt Lt Alan Pollock

ALAN POLLOCK, the man who flew a Hawker Hunter Jet through the middle of Tower Bridge on April 5, 1968. His daredevil antics caused a storm of controversy at the time, but the Royal Air Force refused to court martial him, preferring, instead to have a Medical Board discharge him. He was not court martialled, he claims, because his outspoken views on the fighting effectiveness of the Royal Air Force and the lack of RAF 50th anniversary flying celebrations in l968, might provide embarassing publicity. It has also since transpired that his one-man anniversary display inadvertently co-incided with the recently exposed 'coup plot' against Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour Government. A graduate prizewinner from RAF Training College Cranwell, Al Pollock was a fighter leader and instructor and saw active operational service in the Middle East and served as Aide-de-Camp to a NATO Air Commander. One of the three pre-formation founders of the Red Arrows aerobatic team, he held the rare 'exceptional' RAF fast jet pilot rating.

For further information and to read more about Flt Lt Alan Pollock's famous Tower Bridge Incident, please click here.

Prices

Artist's Proof: Sold Out

Publisher Proof: £175.00

Remarque: £235.00 copies have an original drawing added to the print border

Double remarque: £300.00 copies have two detailed drawings with squadron badges added to the print border

Canvas print: £300.00. 

Canvas prints are individually produced under the direct supervision of the artist to replicate the look and feel of the original oil painting.  Each of these carefully crafted giclées is signed and numbered and treated with UV protective varnish. The standard image size is 30x20 inches but can be larger on request.

Post & Shipping: Our prints are delivered in heavy-duty tubes ready for mounting and framing at your local frame shop. We guarantee safe delivery worldwide.

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