Blackburn Roc (Signed) (Original)

Artist: Chris Davey
Medium: Mixed Media on Board
Size: 28" x 18" (710mm x 450mm)
Date: c. 1990
Signature: Signed by artist right hand side
Code: DaveyCBlackburnRoc

This is the Signed unique original Mixed Media art by Chris Davey.

The Blackburn B-25 Roc was a British Second World War-era Fleet Air Arm fighter aircraft designed by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. It took its name from the mythical bird of the tales of the Arabian Nights, the Roc.

Derived from Blackburn's Skua and developed in parallel, the Roc differed in its adoption of a turret for its armament. Operationally, the Roc came to be viewed as inferior to existing aircraft, such as the Skua, and the type only had a brief frontline service.

• Artist Biography
  Chris Davey; Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK
  An airbrush artist with years of experience, Chris has become Osprey Publishing's principal illustrator of RAF aircraft, having produced the profiles for over a dozen books since 1994. His most recent work included Aces 27 and 30, and Combat Aircraft 14 and 19. He is particularly adept at 'big' aircraft like the Halifax and Sunderland.