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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. |
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