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by Gary Eason
$45.00
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Our luxuriously soft beach towels are made from brushed microfiber with a 100% cotton back for extra absorption. The top of the towel has the image printed on it, and the back is white cotton. Our beach towels are available in two different sizes: beach towel (32" x 64") and beach sheet (37" x 74").
Don't let the fancy name confuse you... a beach sheet is just a large beach towel.
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Monday 30 September 1940 saw the last of the great aerial combats over southern England. The Battle of Britain was not officially over for another... more
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Machine wash cold and tumble dry with low heat.
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Monday 30 September 1940 saw the last of the great aerial combats over southern England. The Battle of Britain was not officially over for another month, but this was the last time in daylight that the German Luftwaffe sent hordes of bombers across the English Channel escorted by Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters. They were confronted by the defending RAF Hurricanes and Spitfires. By day's end broken attacking aircraft were strewn across the landscape.
This picture is an imaginative retelling of one such incident in Kent featuring Bf 109 number 5175 of 7/JG53, based at Le Touquet-Etaples airfield, piloted by Unteroffizier Ernst Poschenrieder. His aircraft was hit, probably by a Spitfire of 92 Squadron.
As he came down he was also fired on by anti-aircraft guns over Chatham dockyard. His forced landing at Broom Hill, Strood, was so severe that his plane broke in the middle and he sustained serious back injuries. He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner - though the det...
Photographer and digital artist based in the UK. Landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes - and photographically crafted aviation scenes under the Flight Artworks banner: catch up on Facebook or on Instagram. Please contact me or visit my website, flightartworks.com if you would like to license my photos, although a growing range is available via Alamy. Discussions about how my pictures are made are in my blog, Aerial Combat. On Instagram also at @gary.eason. On Twitter @flightartworks and @garyeason. CHANGES: As part of a constant quality improvement process please note that I review and sometimes replace or remove earlier works. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: Please respect the considerable time, effort and investment in equipment that goes...
$45.00