They are the warriors, these men of Robert Taylor's magnificent paintings. They are the descendants of Alexander's Companions, of the knights of old,and the seamen under Lord Nelson. They came from the tribunes of Rome and the conquistadors of Spain. They are the same as the men who followed El Cid and Leonidas. Set apart fiom the passage of time and the humdrum of ordinary existence, these men and their antecedents wrote and are writing the pages of history.They are the warriors of the ages, the men who responded to the call of duty as they saw it, and fought for what they believed in. Held together by the bonds of camaraderie, of mutual respect and very often by a shared measure of fatalism, they live with eternal respect in the hearts of those who think and care...

They are the warriors, these men of Robert Taylor"s magnificent paintings. They are the descendants of Alexander"s Companions, of the knights of old,and the seamen under Lord Nelson. They came from the tribunes of Rome and the conquistadors of Spain. They are the same as the men who followed El Cid and Leonidas. Set apart fiom the passage of time and the humdrum of ordinary existence, these men and their antecedents wrote and are writing the pages of history.They are the warriors of the ages, the men who responded to the call of duty as they saw it, and fought for what they believed in. Held together by the bonds of camaraderie, of mutual respect and very often by a shared measure of fatalism, they live with eternal respect in the hearts of those who think and care...

Foreword by Brigadier General Robin Olds USAF (Ret.)

Introduction by Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC , AFC

Robert Taylor by Charles Walker

The Battle of France Remembered by Group Captain Frank Carey CBE, DFC, AFC, DFM

Scramble at Sunset by Major Martin Drewes

We Who Survived by Colonel Walker "Bud" Mahurin USAF (Ret.)

The Making of a Painting by Robert Taylor

Acknowledgements

THE PAINTINGS  Introduced by the Artist

Balloon Buster

Channel Dash

Bringing The Peacemaker Home

Operation Chastise

Sting of the Black Tulip

Return to Duxford

Chance Encounter

Eagles at Dawn

Mission Beyond Darkness

Dawn Operations

Fight for the Sky

They Landed by Moonlight

Fighter General

Remember Pearl Harbor!

Greycap Leader

The Doolittle Raiders

G for George

Birth of a Legend

The Legend of Colin Kelly

The Gallant Ohio

Glorious Summer

Front Line Hurricanes

Spitfires Over Darwin

Most Memorable Day

The Homecoming

Fighting Tigers

Rolling Thunder

Phantom Strike

Severn Trail

ViperVenom

Canberras Over Cambridgeshire