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A stunning painting, commissioned to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, will be unveiled at an exhibition today (Wednesday). Created by artist Brian Cornwell, it depicts both ...
The Friends of The Museum of Somerset hosted John Smith, where he used models of all the aircraft involved to illustrate his talk.
As for the pilots, The Few are now one: 101–year-old Flying Officer John Hemingway is the only Battle of Britain pilot still living. But Duxford’s moving new displays mean their valour will ...
Amid the carnage of the Battle of the Somme, a handful of British soldiers were on a mission as new and intimidating as the warfare they were witnessing: they were painting and drawing combat. An ...
Battle of Britain airmen are being honoured with bronze sculptures recreating a photograph from 1940. ... Hilary Cairn, visited an art studio in Ramsgate to check the progress of the artworks.
The Battle of Britain changed war, and the world, forever. German planes incessantly bombed airfields and factories on the English Coast during the Battle of Britain. Photograph by AP.
John Hemingway in 1940. “He never saw his role in the Battle of Britain as anything other than doing the job he was trained to do,” the Royal Air Force said in a statement.