Early Morning Preparations Avro Shackleton I could hear the rattle

I could hear the rattle and echoy screeches as it passed through the brick lined cutting pulling out of Euston station London

The achieve the same end result the Spitfire had to go into a half roll -the pilot would then pull hard on the stick to put the aircraft into a dive with the engine experiencing positive gravity force

as shown successfully breaching the dam

What fascinated me was the wonderful contrast between the middle ground buildings and the far away distance of the rocks

My print represents a Beaufighter from each squadron flying in formation over North Coates airfield

Early Morning Preparations Avro Shackleton I could hear the rattleMy latest release, RE8's being prepared for another sortie. The original, commissioned by and now in the private collection of Sir Peter Jackson sits in his museum in New Zealand. The image depicts RE8's of 69 Sqn. being prepared for another sortie. One can only be left to imagine the contrast between the peaceful early morning scenario, and the carnage the pilot and observer could be experiencing in a couple of hours time over a foreign land. The