“COBBER”

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“COBBER”
“Cobber Kain was ’73’s most split-arsed pilot. He often led his section 40 miles or more over Germany, even though it was strictly against orders to cross the frontier.” Steve Richie. Hurricane ace.

FRANCE 26TH MARCH 1940
Flying Officer Edgar James ‘Cobber’ Kain was a New Zealander who joined the Royal Air Force in 1936. A natural fighter pilot he was posted to 73 squadron flying the Hawker Hurricane Mk 1 and in 1939 was in combat over France with this squadron based at Rouvres. In March 1940 he scored his 4th and 5th aerial combat victories – 2 Bf109 Es – to become the RAFs’ first fighter ace of the second world war, and the first to win a wartime
DFC. He achieved a score of 17 victories before he was tragically killed in a flying accident on 7th June 1940. He was just 21 years old.

This painting depicts a dogfight in which, Kain and his section fought against the Messerschmitt Bf109Es of JG53 led by the Luftwaffe’s most formidable ace Hauptmann Werner Molders (Black Chevron and Triangle) with his wingman Feldwebel Weigelt (White 3) in the skies over the Franco-German border region.

Limited edition of 200 giclée canvases, (which are the same size as the original painting)  400 paper prints and 50 single remarqued prints on archival paper. They will arrive with a signed Certificate of Authenticity and the back story behind the painting. Also available as a large or regular mug, greetings card, lithograph print and crystal paperweight

© Copyright image and text Simon W Atack 2019