Freedom

A tribute to all allied airmen who fought for our freedom, with a special thought for those who were shot down over enemy territory and made it their goal to escape and return home

Original

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Size: 30” x 20” (76cm x 51cm) unframed

SOLD. If you require a similar painting please contact me.

Prints

Giclée Print on heavy weight paper.

Image Size: 23” x 15” plus border (25” x 18” overall)

250 Signed and Numbered Limited Edition

£75 (US$135) (€105)

25 Artist Remarques (includes an original pencil drawing in the border and counter signature by Great Escapee 'Jimmy' James)

£125 (US$225) (€180)

Postage & Packaging included

Remarques: Each original pencil remarque is produced to order, if you require a specific remarque please request this with your order.

The Painting depicts a peaceful scene of a solitary Spitfire flying over the estuaries of southeast England, alone and free in a sunlit sky. The aircraft featured is a MkVB Spitfire of 610 Sqn., which was based at Ludham in the summer of 1942 and was briefly the personal aircraft of Flight Commander Denis Crowley-Milling following his return to the unit after spending some twelve months evading capture in occupied Europe. He survived the war and became a permanent commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force with a long and distinguished career.

Each Remarque Edition is signed by a pilot who had a quest for freedom, BA ‘Jimmy’ James, squadron leader and ‘great escapee’. His Wellington bomber was shot down by heavy flack over the Dutch coast in 1940 and he was taken prisoner. From that moment on he could think of nothing but escaping from his German captors and returning home. In total he made 12 escape attempts, including the Great Escape. Eventually he was sent to the dreaded concentration camp of Sachsenhausen and he escaped from there too. ‘Jimmy’ James was, without doubt, the greatest escaper and an inspiration in his fight for freedom, it was a great honour and pleasure to meet him when he signed my prints.

For a more detailed account of his epic story read his excellent book

‘Moonless Night’