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The Aviation Art of Steve Heyen
Galleries - WWII Aircraft




'The Nine-O-Nine' 
B.17 G-30-BO of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 
91st Bomb Group encounters home defense Me109s over Germany in 1944.
B-17 aviation art 'Still they come' 
Lt. Werner Gerth of 11.(Sturm)/JG3 in his Fw190 A-8/R2, 'Black13', and other members of the squadron positioning for an attack on waves of B.17s in July 1944.
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Oil on canvas,  20" by 28", (49cm by 70cm)
FW-190 painting
'Unquestionable Courage'
Fairey Battles of 12 Squadron about to attack a bridge near Maastricht in 1940, an attack that saw the crew of this aircraft awarded two VCs.

Commission

Fairey Battle painting 'Prowling Sheep'
Corsairs of VFM 214 in the Solomon Islands, early 1944.

Oil on Canvas, 24cm X 48cm, 
9" X 19" 
F4U-1 Corsair
'Surface Tension' 

455 Squadron Beaufighters attack shipping in a Norwegian fjord in early 1945.
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Oil on canvas, 35cm by 45cm, 14" by 18"
Beaufighter aviation art 'Too Little, Too Late'
Brewster Buffaloes of RAAF 453 Squadron intercept Japanese bombers during the Malayan campaign, 1941. 1944.

Oil on Canvas, 35cm X 45cm, 
14" X 18" 
Brewster Buffaloe
'Jolly Rogers Over Rabaul' Corsair aviation art
Focke Wulf 190 D9, flown by Major Gerhard Barkhorn, whilst CO of Jg6, in 1945.
Oil on canvas, 30cm by 39 cm
FW-190 D9
'Agility, Speed and Beauty'
The Spitfire Mk1A flown by Pilot Officer JC 'Cocky' Dundas of 609 Squadron over the English coast in mid-1940.

Oil on canvas: 15.5" by 31", 39cm by 79cm
Spitfire art 'The Intercept'
A Hawker Hurricane of 601 Squadron flown by Howard Mayers prepares for an attack on a Ju88 in 1940, over Kent.

Oil on canvas, 38 X 75 cm (15 X 30 inch)
Hawker Hurricane by Steve Heyen
'Crucible Rabaul'
F4U-1 A Corsair flown by Ensign Frederick J Streig of VF-17, on a head-on attack with Zekes over Rabaul's Simpson Harbour.

Oil on canvas, 90cm by 60cm, 24" by 36"
Corsair painting 'White 3 , White 5 airbourne'
Adolph Galland scrambles his Me 262 from Munich-Reim aerodrome  in  1945.

Oil on canvas, 36cm X 45cm, 14" X 18"

Commission
Me 262 aviation art
'An Almost Perfect Rescue'
On the 23rd of May 1940 Deere took part in a daring rescue operation. 
Miles Master painting 'Will this be it?'
Avro Lancaster JO-F (ME701), "Whoa Bessie" of 463 Squadron climbs out from Waddington in 1944.

Oil on canvas: 18" by 36".
Avro Lancaster aviation art
'Shallow Dive Home' 
De Havilland Mosquito B.Mk IVs head back across the Channel.
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Oil on board, 36cm by 56cm, 14" by 22"
De Havilland Mosquito 'Right On Time'
P-47D-10 flown by Lt.Fred Christensen, of the 62nd FS, 56th FG, in 1944.

Oil on canvas

45cm by 90cm, 18" by 36"
P-47 aviation art
'Quick Turnaround'  
Hawker Hurricane Mk 1of RAF 501 Squadron flown by Pilot Officer KNT Lee scrambles during the Battle of Britain in August 1940
Oil on canvas, 10" X 21", 27 X 54cm
Hawker Hurricane aviation art 'White 10'  
The Bf 109 G-6 'White 10' flown by Oberleutnant Alfred Grislawski, , September 1943
Oil on canvas, 36cm X 45cm, 14" X 18"
Me109G painting
'Air superiority'  
The Grumman F6F-3 flown by Lt Alexander Vraciu, of VF-16, based on the Lexington, 1944.

Oil on board, 10" X 8"
Grumman Hellcat art 'Acceptable Odds' 
Oil on Canvas, 

45
cm by 60 cm
Me109F
'The most beautiful of them all?''  
A De Havilland Hotnet  flies arounf Hong Kong in 1953.

Oil on canvas, 30cm X 38cm, 12" X 15"
DH Hornet painting 'That Morning'

De Havilland Mosquitoes.

Oil on board
De Havilland Mosquito painting
'Coastal melee'  
Hawker Hurricane Mk1 flown by Flt Lt Pete Brothers No 32 Sqn, July, 1940.

Oil on canvas, 30cm X 38cm, 12" X 15"
Hawker Hurricane 'Under the radar' 
Mosquitoes of 456 Squadron.
 
Oil on canvas board, 
26
cm by 36 cm
10" X 14"
Mosquito art
'Sharp Eyes'
P-38Gs of the 96th FS.
Oil on board 21 X 32cm
P-38 Lightning art 'The scenic route home'  
Lt Robert Aschenbrener of the 8th FS, 49th FG in his P-40N-5.

Oil on canvas, 36cm X 45cm, 14" X 18"
P-40 painting
'Out of the clouds' 
P-39 Airacobras of the 35th FG over the Owen Stanley ranges, 1942
Oil on canvas, on board 

31
cm by 38 cm
P-39 Aircobra 'Afternoon Distraction'
The P-47D-5 flown by Captain Walker 'Bud' Mahurin with other Thunderbolts of 63rd FS/56th FG, encounter FW190s on their way home from an escort mission in early 1944.

Oil on canvas: 18" by 36", 45cm by 88cm
Thunderbolt aviation art
'Ace In A Day'
P.47N Thunderbolt flown by 1st Lt. OscarFrancis Perdomo of the 464th fighter squadron, 507th fighter Group.
P-47 Lil Meatie Reassurance' (Study for 'Right On Time'

Oil on board, 
20cm by 42 cm
P-47 aviation art by Steve Heyen
'After The Melee'
P.51 D Mustang 'Man O'War', flown by
Lt.Col Claiborn H. Kinnard  of  354th  Fighter 
Squadron, 355th Fighter Squadron, early 1945.
P-51 Mustang art 'Major Effort' 
P-51 Bs of 
the 356th FS, 354th FG cross the English coast, lead by Major James Howard.

Oil on canvas, 60cm by 90cm, 24" by 36"
P-51B art
'Ray and Red Dog'
P-51D's 'Lazy Daisy' and 'Red Dog XII'
of the 334th FS, 4th FG, flown by Lt. Raymond Dyer and Maj Louis 'Red Dog' Norley in 1944.

Oil on canvas
: 12" by 24".
P-51D aviation art 'Finding a Gap' 
Major Leonard Carson  climbs out on an escort mission in his P-51K, with other members of the 362nd FS, of the 357th FG, early 1945.
Oil on canvas,  16" by 32", (40cm by 80cm)
P-51D Nooky Booky
'Southern Cross Over Italy'
P.51 Mustang IVs lead by Squadron Leader Murray Nash of 3 Squadron RAAF engage in low level bombing in Italy, 1945.
Oil on canvas, 60 X 90 cm 
P-51D RAAF Italy 3 squadron 'A Canadian in Italy'
Spitfire Mk IX flown by Flt Lt Albert Houle, 417 Squadron, Italy, 1943.

Oil on canvas, 60 X 90 cm, 18" by 36"
Spitfire Mk9 RCAF
'Afternoon Sweep'
Spitfire Mk IX flown by Squadron Leader John Ratten, 453Squadron, early 1944

Oil on canvas: 45cm by 88cm
Spitfire art 'Deflection Shot'
Spitfire Mk I (N3183) flown by Plt Off Alan Deere, No 54 5qn, attacks Me110s in May 1940.

Oil on canvas, 45 X 60 cm, 18" X 24"
Spitfire dlown by Alan Deere
'Bobby Gibbes in his Mark 8'
Spitfire Mk. VIII  RG-V,  The personal aircraft of Wing Commander Robert ‘Bobby’ Gibbes, Wing Leader (Flying) of 80 Fighter Wing 1st Tactical Air Force, RAAF at Morotai, in 1945.
Bobby Gibbes Spitfire 'Agression can pay'
Spitfire Mk IX flown by Bobby Bunting of 93 Squadron attacks FW-190s in the Anzio area in 1944.

Oil on canvas: 18" by 36".
Spitfire aviation art
'Circuit Area Morotai'
Spitfire Mk VIII
Aircraft ZP-Y A58-672 flown by F/O F Inger of  No. 457 'Grey Nurse' Squadron, 1st TAF, RAAF, 1945
Oil on canvas on board
Spitfire art 'Flying Kiwis'
The Spitfire Mk1s flowin by Al Deere and Colin Gray of 54 Squadron over the cliffs of Dover, May 1940.

Oil on canvas: 14" by 18", 36cm by 46cm
Spitfire paintings
'The Thoroughbred II'
The Spitfire MkXIVE flown by Wing Commander George Clinton Keefer, 125 Wing, based in Eindoven in early 1945.


Oil on fine canvas, 24 cm by 48 cm 
, 9" X 19"
Spitfire Mark 14 'In the remains of the day'  
Spitfire Mk Ia  flown by Plt Off JC Dundas of No 609 Sqn, 1940.
Oil on canvas, 36cm X 45cm, 14" X 18"
Spitfire aviation art
'Just One Pass'
Hawker Typhoon 1B of 609 Squadron flown by Flg Officer R A Lallemant, based in Manston, in 1943. 

Oil on canvas, 38 X 75 cm, 15" X 30"
Hawker Typhoon art 'The Boys'  
P-51D flown by Lt Raymond Dyer with other members of the 334th, 4th Fighter Group in 1945.

Oil on fine canvas, 14" X 18"
* Short-listed for the 2011 CAE Simuflight Exhibition, Dallax, Texas.
P-51 painting