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 fait aujourd'hui les couvertures de l'ABSA 39-45.
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

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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, 6^th 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
6^e 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" - 20^thAir 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, 78^th 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 - 3^rd 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

RENAULT R35 "50733"
23^ème BCLM (Bataillon de chars légers modernes), 3^ème armée, octobre 1939
23^rd Modern Light Tanks Battalion, 3^rd Army, October 1939
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com

SOMUA S-35
4^ème escadron du 2^ème cuirassiers, 3^ème DLM, France, mai 1940
4^th squadron of the 2^nd cuirassiers, 3^rd DLM, France, May 1940
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com

SHERMAN M4A3 "MONTEREAU II" - 1/501^e RCC
2^ème Division Blindée, Normandie, août 1944
2^nd Armored Division, Normandy, August 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com

CAMION GMC CCKW 353 - 1^st Army 3549th Transportation Corps
37^th Truck Company, "Red Ball Express"
Août 1944 - August 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com

CAMION OPEL BLITZ & PAK 40
21^ème Panzer Division, Normandie, été 1944
21^st Panzer Division, Normandy, Summer 1944
© Daniel Bechennec www.danielbechennec.com