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10.00" x 6.50"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
15.50" x 12.00"
Above and beyond - Jimmy Ward VC Framed Print
by Gary Eason
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Above and beyond - Jimmy Ward VC framed print by Gary Eason. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
On the night of 7/8 July 1941, Vickers Wellington L7818, AA-R of No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF, was returning to base at Feltwell in Norfolk after... more
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On the night of 7/8 July 1941, Vickers Wellington L7818, AA-R of No 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF, was returning to base at Feltwell in Norfolk after an attack on Munster in Germany when it was hit by cannon shells from a Luftwaffe Me 110 night fighter.
These ruptured various systems - the bomb bay doors fell open and the undercarriage partially lowered - while a fire began in a fuel line which threatened to spread across the fabric-covered wing. The second pilot, Sergeant James Ward, volunteered to try to douse the flames with a cockpit cover. With just a dinghy rope around his waist, he clambered out of the astrodome, bashing hand and foot-holds in the fuselage and wing to gain some grip. By his own account he probably had little real effect on the flames, which were going past his shoulder "like a blow torch", while the tremendous slipstream wrenched the cover from his grasp. Nevertheless they made it back to England and his extraordinarily courageous effort to save his c...
About 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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