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In the azure skies above London
and the south-eastern Shires of England during the long, hot
summer of 1940, a small band of RAF fighter pilots, substantially
out-numbered, and against all odds, flew and fought a savage
aerial battle in defence of the Realm. Their success in repelling
the might of the Luftwaffe has become legend. They were Churchill’s
FEW. Fresh from the heat of battle after a dog-fight over the
city, No. 85 Squadron’s C.O., Peter Townsend, levels off
and turns his Hurricane for home to re-fuel, re-arm, and rejoin
the fight. A symbolic portrayal paying tribute to the Hawker
Hurricane and its legendary pilots who, between them, accounted
for four of every five enemy aircraft destroyed during the momentous
Battle of Britain. Signed by: Peter Townsend. |