#graham turner

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Abillament del cavaller medieval vora el 1250.

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1940 07 04 Malta, Fiat CR 42 9º Gruppo attack British airfield - Graham Turner

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Henry IV at the Battle of Barnet against the Earl of Warwick

Easter Sunday, 14 April 1471

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1917 04 23 SE5 Ball vs Rumpler - Graham Turner

While No. 56 Squadron was equipped with S.E.5s, Britain’s top ace, flight commander Captain Albert Ball (with 30 aerial victories, mostly in a Nieuport), was sceptical about the new machine and was given permission to continue tofly his Nieuport 23 on lone patrols. On 23 April 1917, No. 56 Squadron began patrols with the S.E.5s. Because his Nieuport had been damaged in an early-morning encounter, Ball took up an S.E.5 (no. A4850) at 1130hrs and soonran into a flight of Albatros D.IIIs. He downed one and managed to break contact with the rest using the S.E.5’s superior speed. While returning to his airfield at 1230hrs, Ball encountered a lone Albatros C.III observation planefrom Flieger Abt 7 near the front lines north of Cambrai. In a diving attack Captain Ball put 40 rounds into the German machine, disabling it and wounding the observer. With a smoking engine, the German aircraft dived to the ground and managed to land. The German pilot and observer survived. Captain Ball now saw the worth of the S.E.5. Not only did the two machine guns give him extra firepower, but the speed advantage of the S.E.5 gave the pilot the initiative to initiate or break contact with enemy aircraft. Captain Ball would go on to shoot down 11 more German aircraft before his death in combat in May 1917.

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1916 02 12 East Africa, South African infantry attack Salaita Hill - Graham Turner

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1455 05 22 Saint Albans - Graham Turner

On the 22nd May 1455, the struggle for control of the government of England boiled over into armed conflict in the first battle of what would become known as the Wars of the Roses. The following thirty years would see the throne itself become the prize for the rival Royal houses of Lancaster and York.When King Henry VI regained his sanity in January 1455, the Duke of York`s brief protectorate came to an end and his chief rival, the Duke of Somerset, regained his position of influence at court.York withdrew to the north and began mustering men, supported by his brother in law, the Earl of Salisbury, and Salisbury`s son, Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, later known as the `Kingmaker`.Advancing towards London, the Yorkist force found the Royal army positioned in the small town of St. Albans. When negotiations for the Duke of Somerset's surrender broke down, York`s men stormed the town`s defences while Warwick broke into the market place through alleys and gardens, attacking the Lancastrian centre.Graham Turner`s painting dramatically recreates the scene as Warwick's men, wearing their red liveries and badges of the Bear and Ragged Staff, advance through the medieval market place, while the 'Kingmaker', in the latest Milanese armour, raises his visor to greet the Duke of York. York, with his Standard bearer beside him, is indicating in the direction of the Castle Inn, site of Somerset`s last stand, and the Abbey towers over the proceedings as it still does today.

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Illustration and statement by Graham Turner, artist:

The painting shows an incident from the battle of Roundway Down (July 13, 1643) that illustrates how thick and heavy armour had become at this time.

Captain Richard Atkyns found himself facing a Parliamentarian dressed in full cuirassier armour, whom he believed to be Sir Arthur Haslerigge. Atkyns reported “..I then immediately struck into him, and touched him before I discharged mine (his pistol); and I’m sure he staggered, and presently wheeled off from his party and ran….. Follow him I did, and in six score yards I came up to him, and discharged the other pistol at him, and I’m sure I hit his head, for I touched it before I gave fire….

Hearing the story Charles I said of Haslerigge “Had he been victualled as well as fortified, he might have endured a siege of seven years”.

This was painted for ‘Ironsides – English Cavalry 1588-1688’, one of the many books I’ve illustrated for Osprey. This original has sold, but it is available as a print – please visit my website for details.

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1944 10  10 Petsamo and Kirkenes - Graham Turner

German commander Hauptmann Walitschek with his 13th Company of the 136th Gebirgsheger Regiment on Lanhoe as they prepare to ambush a Soviet group on the morning of October 10, 1944.

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1895 Panhard - Graham Turner

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Little Voice (1998) Mark Herman

December 20th 2022

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hannigram/twotl x would you go with me

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1941 01 13 Wellington over Venice - Graham Turner

Wellingtons over Venice, 12/13 January 1941 Eyewitness accounts that describe Bomber Command's operations to Italy often speak of the long duration (some 9 hours) of the trip, and a boredom that was only punctuated by the joy in seeing the snow-covered Alpine peaks and the short-lived drama of bombing the target. Yet the earlier attacks on Italy, in 1940 and 1941, often proved to be much more wild adventures. Individual aircraft selected their own way of getting to the target and, once there, they would not just drop their bomb load but often engaged in 'further activities', such as the low-level shooting-up of flak positions, airfields, road convoys, moving trains or - in this case - ocean liners. In early December 1940, 4 Group had been taken off Italian operations owing to the need to conserve its Whitley Mk Vs for large fire-raising operations against German cities, and the 'Italy assignment' was transferred to 3 Group, which operated the Vickers Wellington MxIc.

The operational instructions issued by HQ Bomber Command stated they were to attack Italian targets, but only with a maximum number of 15 aircraft; they were given a fixed list of German targets from which to choose alternatives if weather precluded attack upon Italian objectives, but clearly the latter was the priority.

On 4 December, 3 Group undertook its first Italian operation, when 15 aircraft were detailed to bomb the Royal Arsenal in Turin, and Wellingtons were also sent to italy on 18 and 21 December, and on 11/12 January 1941. The following night, seven Wellingtons were ordered to attack the oil refineries at Porto Marghera, near Venice, and the progress of this operation is depicted in this battle scene. The bombers scored direct hits on the target area: one 1, 000lb boob dropped from 700ft scored a direct hit on large buildings at the oil refinery, causing a massive explosion with reddish/white smoke and flames to 400ft, whilst further bombs caused oil storage tanks to explode and a large building to collapse and disintegrate. Fifteen minutes into the attack, the target area was described by aircrews as being a mass of flames. Yet 3 Group's aircraft had not travelled that far (a round trip of 1,500 miles) just to drop their modest bomb loads (at that range about 1,500lb).

With little chance of being intercepted - in early 1941 the Regia Aeronautica had yet to train for the night-fighter role - the Wellingtons used their machine guns to strafe the oil refinery and flak positions. Two aircraft got down very low - to about 300ft and 390ft respectively - to attack the Italian liners Rex and Conte di Savoia, which were being used as troop ships to North Africa. The raid report stated that another Wellington on its return journey attacked Padua aerodrome from an incredible 20ft. Such activity encapsulates the brave - if at times reckless - endeavour of the early bomber attacks on Italy. Operations did become a lot more organised, more controlled and, ultimately, more devastating from autumn 1942 onwards, though a final 'wild ride' would be the daylight operation to Milan by 5 Group's Lancasters on 24 October 1942, which culminated in some low-level flying and strafing by machine guns (...). As for the two Italian liners, the next time the Rex was attacked by the RAF, in conjunction with Beaufighters of the South African Air Force, was on 8 September

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I'm doing a series of "Best Character Named X" polls where all the characters have the same first name but are from completely different media, feel free to send in name/charcacter suggestions, I'm posting one poll a day, check my pinned post for active polls

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1917 04 05 The Bristol first fight - Graham Turner

On 5 April 1917, the first air combat took place between the Bristol F.2A ond the Albatros D.lII. Ny late morning, t visibility had improved and a flight of six Bristol; from No. 48 Squadron, led by Captain William Robinson VC, encountered a flight of five Albatros D.IIIls from Jasta 11, led by Oberleutnant Manfred von Richthofen (he was promoted lo Rittmeister two days later] Robinson, who hod won the Victoria Cross For shooting down a Zeppelin in 1916. had little experience in fighting the German Jastas. Encountering the Germans over Douai, Robinson took a cautious approach and bunched his aircraft in a tight formation- hoping that the mutual defensive fire of the rear gunners would drive the Germans away. The British pilots flew their machines as if they were the staid B E 2s rather than well powered, highly maneuverable aircraft that they were. It was a fatal mistakes as the speedy and rugged Bristols would later prove themselves excellent ina dogfight. Diving on the British formation von Richthofen shot down two of the Bristols, Leutnant Simon another and Vizefeldwebel Festner a fourth - that of Caplain Robinson. Only two Brislols returned to base, with one so badly damaged that it had to be scrapped. The Jasta 11 flight suffered no damage.

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1917 10 18 Mahiwa, Maxim machinegun of the Schutztruppe vs 25th Royal Fusiliers - Graham Turner