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249 Squadron Sweatshirt featuring the photograph Percy Burton Hurricane ramming Bf110 by Gary Eason

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Percy Burton Hurricane ramming Bf110 Sweatshirt

Gary Eason

by Gary Eason

$48.99

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Our hoodies are made from a 75% cotton / 25% polyester blend and are available in five different sizes.   All hoodies are machine washable.

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Out of ammunition and mortally wounded after a lengthy treetop chase and exchanges of gunfire, 249 Squadron Hurricane pilot Percy Burton suddenly... more

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Percy Burton Hurricane ramming Bf110  Photograph by Gary Eason

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Artist's Description

Out of ammunition and mortally wounded after a lengthy treetop chase and exchanges of gunfire, 249 Squadron Hurricane pilot Percy Burton suddenly veers across and smashes off the tail of a Messerschmitt Bf110, losing his fighter's wingtip and sending both aircraft tumbling uncontrollably into the ground. They came down in fields just outside Hailsham in East Sussex.

Burton and both the Luftwaffe crew - pilot Hauptmann Horst Liensberger, Gruppen Kommandeur of V./LG 1, and his rear gunner, Unteroffizier Albert Kopge - were killed outright.

We will never know whether the ramming on 27 September 1940 was intentional, although that is how it appeared to witnesses. His fellow pilots believed that Burton was so badly wounded he knew he would not survive anyway. But calls for his gallantry to be recognised officially were answered, eventually, only with a "mention in despatches".

My bird's eye depiction was commissioned for the RAF Memorial Flight Club's 2020 Yea...

About Gary Eason

Gary Eason

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...

 

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