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Roy Cross (1) (1924–2024)

Author of Clipper Packets & Men O' War

For other authors named Roy Cross, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Image credit: Roy Cross (1924-2024).

Works by Roy Cross

Clipper Packets & Men O' War (2005) 30 copies

Messerschmitt Bf 109, Versions B-E (1972) — Author — 25 copies

Spitfire (1971) 22 copies

The Tall Ship in Art (1998) 15 copies

P-51 Mustang (1973) 15 copies

The Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art (1719) 14 copies

The Fighter Aircraft Pocketbook (1962) 9 copies

Celebration of Flight The Art of Roy Cross (2002) 8 copies

The bomber aircraft pocketbook (1964) 7 copies

Lockheed P-38 Lightning Described (1965) 7 copies

More Vintage Years of Airfix Box Art (2014) 7 copies

Great aircraft and their pilots (1971) 5 copies

Celebration of Sail: The Marine Art of Roy Cross RSMA (2004) 3 copies

Military aircraft, 1939-1945 (1971) 2 copies

Supersonic aircraft 1 copy

The Art of Roy Cross (2019) 1 copy

The Bomber Aircraft Pocket Book 1 copy

Associated Works

Hawker Hurricane (1974) — Editor — 18 copies

The Jet Aircraft of the World (1955) — Author — 16 copies

Commonwealth Boomerang Described (1965) — Editor — 9 copies

The Race Into Space: Man's First 50 Steps into the Universe (1971) — Illustrator — 6 copies

Tagged

1944 (1) Aircraft Recognition Guide (2) Airfix box art. (2) Airfix Classic Aircraft Series (1) airplanes (2) art (11) Art - Painting (2) art history (2) aviation (8) awesome (3) Bf 109 (2) Britain (2) culture (3) design (3) Ex WGCDR Geoff Matthews OAM RAAF Rtd collection (2) Germany (2) historic aviation (3) history (4) identification guide (2) illustration (3) Luftwaffe (5) maritime (2) Messerschmitt (3) MI (2) military (3) military aviation (3) military history (3) model (2) models (5) nautical (2) painting (3) pocket guide (2) RAF (2) recognition guide (2) reference (2) S6 Modellismo (3) Spotters Guide (2) war (2) WWI (3) WWII (10)

Common Knowledge

Birthdate: 1924-04-23
Date of death: 2024-04-24
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Education: Camberwell School of Art
Occupations: artist
journalist (aviation)
Organizations: Fairey Aviation (technical illustrator for training manuals|WWII)
Society of Aviation Artists (member|1952)
Airfix (box art|1964-1974)
The Aeroplane (contributing illustrator)
Eagle (contributing illustrator)

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Statistics

Works: 17
Also by: 4
Members: 172
Popularity: #124,308
Rating: 4.2

ISBNs: 22

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