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Typepad is no more. The blogging platform that I have used since I began my Flight Artworks endeavour is closing down, pitching myself and thousands of others into the internet abyss. With very little notice,… Moving this blog

268 Squadron Mustangs in flight

“We Saddled Our Fates to a Wild Mustang”

Four North American Mustang aircraft of No.268 Squadron Royal Air Force, representative of those it used in WWII, flying over the Normandy region of France.

Three 617 Squadron Lancasters low over coast

No, not *that* G-for-George

Recently I noticed some confusion about the code letters applied to the fuselages of RAF aircraft during WWII, such as “G for George”.

Me 109 going down on fire pilot baling out

Luftwaffe ace Helmut Wick shot down over Poole Bay

I learnt two things making this image: a deadly encounter between German and British fighter aircraft in late 1940; and the unusual cockpit canopy jettison mechanism on the Messerschmitt Bf 109.

Two for the Hawker Hurricane fans

Two of my latest pictures feature RAF Hawker Hurricane fighters in action during the Battle of Britain.

Is it a bird, is it a drone … ?

If you are thinking a drone would have made easy work of this job, there are two problems with that.