Daniel Bechennec
Daniel Bechennec, illustre artiste (entre autre) aéronautique, est bien connu pour ses nombreuses couvertures du Fana de l'aviation ou pour les affiches de meeting de la Ferté Allais, toujours hautes en couleurs et surtout pleines de vie. La précision de ses œuvres est un véritable hommage à l'histoire de ceux qui ont fait l'aviation. A la lecture de la biographie de Daniel Bechennec (sur son site www.danielbechennec.com), j'ai découvert que nous avions deux points communs : l'amour de la Bretagne (il est breton, je ne le suis pas mais m'évade aussi souvent que possible dans cette fabuleuse région) et surtout une passion sans doute déclenchée par la lecture pendant notre jeunesse du « Grand Cirque » de Clostermann. Je vous laisse découvrir quelques unes de ces œuvres, sélectionnées parce que relatant la période de la seconde guerre mondiale. De nombreuses autres illustrations sont à admirer sur www.danielbechennec.com.
Daniel Bechennec, famous aeronautical (amongst other things) artist, is well-known for his covers of the "Fana de l'aviation" (famous French aviation magazine) or for the posters of la Ferté Allais Air Show (yearly show near Paris), always high colored and plenty of life pictures. The precision of his artworks is a real homage to the history of those who made aviation. When reading the biography of Daniel Bechennec (on his website www.danielbechennec.com), I discovered that we had two common points : the love of Brittany (he is Breton, I am not but I escape as often as possible in this fabulous area) and a passion which probably started by the reading during our youth of the "Grand Circque" of Clostermann. I let you discover some of his artworks, selected because reporting the period of the second world war. Many other illustrations are to be admired on www.danielbechennec.com.
NOUVEAU - NEW
CONSTELLATION "F-BAZB" d'AIR FRANCE
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
AVIONS - AIRCRAFTS
MESSERSCHMITT Bf 110 G-4
Chasseur de nuit - Night fighter © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 F-3 / TROP 1/JG27 - Hans Joachim Marseille
Eté 1942 - Summer 1942 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Focke-Wulf (Tank) Ta 154 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
SUPERMARINE "SPITFIRE" MK 1a - Squadron 610
Juillet 1940 - July 1940 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
SUPERMARINE "SPITFIRE" vs V1 (Vergeltungswaffe 1)
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
SHORT S-23 CLASSE "C" - Empire "CLIO" - COASTAL COMMAND
Mars 1941 - March 1941 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
POTEZ 63/11 (GAO) vs Me Bf 109 E
Mai-Juin 1940 - May-June 1940 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
POTEZ 25 Rochefort-sur-Mer (France) - 1930
Aéronavale - French Naval Aviation
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
POLIKARPOV I-15 "CHATO" (José Falco) vs Me Bf 109
Guerre d'Espagne - 1936 - Spanish Civil War - 1936
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
AIRSPEED HORSA - Pegasus Bridge
Normandie, 6 juin 1944 - Normandy, 6th June 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
CHANCE VOUGHT F4U-1 "CORSAIR" - Gregory "PAPY" BOYINGTON
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
JUNKERS JU52/3m
Suède, 2° Guerre Mondiale - Sweden, WWII
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
LATECOERE 28-1 - (1928) Aéropostale
Amérique du Sud - 1933 - South America - 1933
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
MESSERSCHMITT BF109 C1
Friedrischafen, Allemagne 1939 - Friedrischafen, Germany 1939
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
HEINKEL He 59 - 3/906 - Novembre 1939 - 3/906 - November 1939
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
LAVOTCHKINE LA-5FN - Lt Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
LOCKHEED P 38 "F-5" LIGHTNING - Antoine de St Exupéry
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
ILYOUCHINE IL-2m
6e régiment d'Assault Spécial - V.V.S. - Baltique (Février 1945)
6th Special Assault Squadron - V.V.S. - Baltic region (February 1945)
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
BOEING B-29 - 40 - BW "Eddie Allen" - 20th Air Force
Extreme-Orient, 1944 - Far East, 1944 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
BLOCH 175 T - Escadrille 10 S
Escadrille 10 S, Aéronavale 1945 - Squadron 10 S, Naval aviation 1945
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
CURTISS P-40 E - Boris Safonov, 78th IAP
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT, R.A.F.
Dunkerque, 1940 - Dunkirk, 1940 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
BREGUET S21-03 "Bizerte"
Aéronavale, 1939 - Naval Aviation, 1939 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
I.A.R. 80 vs B 24 Liberators
Ploesti (Roumanie), août 1943 - Ploesti (Roumania), August 1943
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Dewoitine D520 vs B 24 Liberators
Naples, Italie - Naples, Italy © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Commonwealth "BOOMERANG" & "CORSAIRS"
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
CONSOLIDATED PBY-5A CATALINA
Escadron de patrouilleurs-bombardiers 63 Gibraltar - Patrol-bombers Squadron 63, Gibraltar
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
CURTISS P 40 vs KAWASAKI TYPE 99 Ki.48 "LILY"
Les Tigres Volants - Flying Tigers © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
DORNIER DO 217 K-2 + Hs 293
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
MESSERSCHMITT 209 V1 - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
DOUGLAS DC3 - PAN AMERICAN GRACE AIRWAYS (1936)
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
NIEUPORT DELAGE 52
Guerre d'Espagne - 1936- Spanish Civil War - 1936 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
MITSUBISHI G3M "NELL" vs PRINCE OF WALES
Décembre 1941 - December 1941 © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Mikoyan-Gourevitch MiG-3
2° Guerre Mondiale - WWII © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
NORTH AMERICAN P 51 D-25-NA MUSTANG - 3rd AIR COMMANDO - Philippines
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
GLENN MARTIN 167 Maryland
Aéronavale France - Afrique du Nord 1941- French Naval Aviation - Northern Africa 1941
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
HELICOPTERES - HELICOPTERS
AUTOGIRE LeO C-30/301, France 1939 - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Sikorsky R-4
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
PERSONNELS & EQUIPAGES - STAFF & CREW
Royal Air Force - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Luftwaffe - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
U.S. Air Force - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
LES AFFICHES - POSTERS
Escadron "Alsace" - French Squadron "Alsace"
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Escadron "Lorraine" - French Squadron "Lorraine"
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
F.A.F.L. - Free French Air Force
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Escadron "Normandie-Niemen" - French Squadron "Normandie-Niemen"
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Meeting Aérien 1 - Air Show 1 - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Meeting Aérien 2 - Air Show 2 - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Meeting Aérien 3 - Air Show 3 - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
LA 2° GUERRE MONDIALE - WORLD WAR II
"BATTLEFRONT" - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
RENAULT R35 "50733"
23ème BCLM (Bataillon de chars légers modernes), 3ème armée, octobre 1939
23rd Modern Light Tanks Battalion, 3rd Army, October 1939
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
SOMUA S-35
4ème escadron du 2ème cuirassiers, 3ème DLM, France, mai 1940
4th squadron of the 2nd cuirassiers, 3rd DLM, France, May 1940
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
SHERMAN M4A3 "MONTEREAU II" - 1/501e RCC
2ème Division Blindée, Normandie, août 1944
2nd Armored Division, Normandy, August 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
CAMION GMC CCKW 353 - 1st Army 3549th Transportation Corps
37th Truck Company, "Red Ball Express"
Août 1944 - August 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
CAMION OPEL BLITZ & PAK 40
21ème Panzer Division, Normandie, été 1944
21st Panzer Division, Normandy, Summer 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Pzkpfw V "PANTHER" Ausf.A "215", Panzer Lehr Division
Normandie, juillet 1944 - Normandy, July 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
JEEP WILLYS & TRAILER - 1st US Infantry Division
Normandie, 6 juin 1944 - Normandy, 6th June 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Afrika Korps © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
8ème Armée Britannique - British 8th Army - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Parachutistes U.S. - U.S. Paratroopers - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Commandos Britanniques - British Commandos - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Wehrmacht © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
"Fallschirmjäger !"
Parachutistes Allemands - German Paratroopers © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Infanterie Japonaise - Japanese Infantry © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Parachutistes Britanniques - British Paratroopers - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
U.S. Marines - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Renault R35 - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
Char B1 bis - B1 bis Tank - © Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
LE MONDE MODERNE - THE MODERN WORLD
FOCKE WULF 190 D - Reno
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
S.O. 6000 "Triton" - Melun-Villaroche
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com
GAZELLES - Opération Daguet
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