First Flight by Gerald Coulson. SIG1706 Original watercolour produced on high

Original watercolour produced on high quality art paper

609 Squadron (PR) and 152 Squadron (UM) were pitting themselves against the Luftwaffe

Looking skyward a German sentry caught sight of parachutes floating down

passing over the Queen Elizabeth on Southampton Water

Thus began an exchange of fire that lasted more than three hours

First Flight by Gerald Coulson. SIG1706 Original watercolour produced on highGC0103. First Flight by Gerald Coulson. On July 21st 1951 WB188, the Hawker PIO67 Prototype, made its first flight from Boscombe Down, flown by Hawker Chief Test Pilot and WWII fighter ace, Squadron leader Neville Duke DSO, OBE, DFC**, AFC. This historic aircraft went on to become the Hunter, one of Britains most successful fighter aircraft. Created under the guiding hand of famed Hawker designer Sydney Camm, the PI067 Hunter became the RAFs standard